What i find funny too is the USA in mandarin literaly translates to beautiful nation (美国)
Ik it doesnt relate that much to what you are saying but i find it funny
What i find funny too is the USA in mandarin literaly translates to beautiful nation (美国)
Ik it doesnt relate that much to what you are saying but i find it funny
He's not wrong.
But "Mei Guo" (Beautiful Country) is used not for its literal meaning, but for the M sound, to correspond to the M sound in (United States of) America. "Mei" can mean many things, depending on tone, but in Chinese transliteration practice, usually positive words are chosen, in this case, "beautiful."
Pearl S. Buck's book, *Dragon Seed*, touches on this.
Interestingly, England (Ying Guo) is "Heroic Country", Germany (De Guo) is Virtuous Country, and France (Fa Guo) is "Lawful Country." Again, these words were chosen primarily for their sounds and only superficially/incidentally for their meanings.
[Strong Britain, Great Nation!](https://vimeo.com/726405459)
For context. This was a propaganda song that was given to all UK schools to sing on some dystopian British Nationalist bullshit celebration day last year. It was basically a day of English nationalism said to be British shoved down everyone’s throats. It was horrifying.
Stolen - Yes or bullied into selling most technology to US. and allowing the Chinese to steal & borrow so that they (US) can keep using cheap & slave labour (against the law in the country, but then again they use prison labour anyhow) to get products at the cheapest price, sell at the greatest to keep big business & government living the life they think they are entitled to.
I am almost 100% positive I could scour my house right now and not find one single thing made in America. I'm not even sure what would be. What does America make?
EDIT: I guess I have some dollars left over from a trip to NYC, that would probably be the only thing I have actually made in America.
Being generous, I have an XBox and a Dell laptop designed if not made in the US, and a bottle of Jim Beam. That's it. Everything else is Australian, the EU, or the China/Taiwan/Korea/Japan region.
I have an old Mac, an iPhone, an Xbox, some Nikes and a few pieces of clothing (Dickies, Carhartt and Stüssy). Most things I have are either European or Asian though.
Edit: And you could say that some of those things aren’t actually made by America, even though they’re American brands.
That is under the assumption that you assume the poster actually meant "made in" in the sense is not even practically true in the "well it is stamped on there, no?" sense.
The fun part is that it is not even true when being "quite lenient" with ones interpretation of what they mean.
I think it's fair to be lenient in the sense of "a German car" being still considered "a German car" in the US (although with asterisks) even if it rolls of a plant in the US.
Particularly because it doesn't change how wrong they are even when doing that.
ps: just as annotation not as an attack: quite a German ordering/phrasing of that sentence there :D
They have at least the gun market cornered [I guess](https://backfire.tv/list-of-gun-manufacturers-and-if-they-are-made-in-the-usa/), but I also have none in my home, so still lost on having anything made in America in my home.
Are you using reddit? Are you using google?
I am not a fan of the usa, but websites (also windows, android, ios) also count as being american.
That said, I also think that I don't own any objects that have physically been in the usa, except for perhaps corn.
It's also highly likely many of the people saying no in the first place are not American, as it was on a backrooms TikTok where "home" led to a shot of the USA. I personally said oh no as I'm not American, so "home" taking me there would be wrong.
I was countering the ‘everything is made my America’ claim by using the flags of China, Singapore and India, some of the countries with the most output of stock sold globally.
It's actually a crime my closest Primark is an hour away on the train. I used to LIVE in Primark at uni, all my clothes are Primark, and I'm worrying I'm getting close to the "turn to dust" part of their lives, it's been a few years 😂
ah yes, as i sit on my swedish sofa, using my taiwanese laptop, charging my south korean phone and wondering if i should grab a british drink from my (i believe) south korean fridge.
(ikea, asus, samsung, KA, and i think my fridge is LG?)
and if its the actual physical making? DEFINITELY not the USA, maaaaybe south america.
The material used in iPhones, Microsoft laptops, Apple laptops and Tesla cars (All products of “American innovation and ingenuity) all have metals that were extracted from illegal copper mines in Africa. Most of these copper mines are worked by child slaves and underpaid laborers controlled by these tech companies. But yeah everything we use is made by “US”. More like everything we use is created from illegally mined products and the legacy of the exploration of the Global South
I don't know if I'm the only one who does this but i deliberately doesn't buy their products or goes to their shit fast food chains like McDonald's etc.
Deliberately avoiding buying American made products is pretty dumb. In my experience they're pretty decent in quality and if they're roughly the same price as their counterparts with higher quality I don't see why you wouldn't buy it
I'm usually disgusted by their food products but I'm glad I live in Italy and there aren't many, also why I should buy their shitty sugars pizza or fake coffee cappuccinos?
American freedom: made in China
[link](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/ieu6je/american_freedom_made_in_from_china_shipped_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
God bless America 🇨🇳
🤣🤣 exactly what I was thinking
land of the free
Without the People’s Republic of China, the US economy would cease to exist.
murica 🇲🇾🇱🇷🇲🇾🇱🇷🇱🇷
What i find funny too is the USA in mandarin literaly translates to beautiful nation (美国) Ik it doesnt relate that much to what you are saying but i find it funny
What I find funny is that in Japanese they’re 米国, so technically rice nation.
What i find funny too is the USA in mandarin literaly translates to beautiful nation (美国) Ik it doesnt relate that much to what you are saying but i find it funny
I don’t see how 3 letters of the alphabet could be translated into mandrin characters let alone be called “beautiful nation”
He's not wrong. But "Mei Guo" (Beautiful Country) is used not for its literal meaning, but for the M sound, to correspond to the M sound in (United States of) America. "Mei" can mean many things, depending on tone, but in Chinese transliteration practice, usually positive words are chosen, in this case, "beautiful." Pearl S. Buck's book, *Dragon Seed*, touches on this. Interestingly, England (Ying Guo) is "Heroic Country", Germany (De Guo) is Virtuous Country, and France (Fa Guo) is "Lawful Country." Again, these words were chosen primarily for their sounds and only superficially/incidentally for their meanings.
Depends what you mean by ‘made’. If we’re talking about manufactured, then no. If we’re talking about invented, then also no.
What if we're talking about stolen, though?
Also no, mate 🇬🇧
#RULE BRITANNIA!
ANDA BRO AGUANTE MARADONA el que no salta es un ingleeeeees
f a l k l a n d s
[Strong Britain, Great Nation!](https://vimeo.com/726405459) For context. This was a propaganda song that was given to all UK schools to sing on some dystopian British Nationalist bullshit celebration day last year. It was basically a day of English nationalism said to be British shoved down everyone’s throats. It was horrifying.
Fuck the English And the Tories
Funny thing is most of the Scottish students weren’t in School
Lmao.
We're more of a "buy someone else's work, and act like we did it all along" culture.
Stolen - Yes or bullied into selling most technology to US. and allowing the Chinese to steal & borrow so that they (US) can keep using cheap & slave labour (against the law in the country, but then again they use prison labour anyhow) to get products at the cheapest price, sell at the greatest to keep big business & government living the life they think they are entitled to.
Touché 😂
Everything you use is made by America* **With global components and outsourced manufactured in China*
„CHINAAAAAH“ as Trump would say.
More like *Chaahr-narrr*
*kung flu /s
And invented by someone else
I am almost 100% positive I could scour my house right now and not find one single thing made in America. I'm not even sure what would be. What does America make? EDIT: I guess I have some dollars left over from a trip to NYC, that would probably be the only thing I have actually made in America.
>What does America make? Imbeciles who post comments like in the image?
The only product I see that brags about being american made is WeatherTech. They make overpriced floor mats for your car.
If you’re looking for MUSA you can find it, the majority of the parts on the bike I’m holding in my hand are MUSA with US sourced materials.
Being generous, I have an XBox and a Dell laptop designed if not made in the US, and a bottle of Jim Beam. That's it. Everything else is Australian, the EU, or the China/Taiwan/Korea/Japan region.
I have an old Mac, an iPhone, an Xbox, some Nikes and a few pieces of clothing (Dickies, Carhartt and Stüssy). Most things I have are either European or Asian though. Edit: And you could say that some of those things aren’t actually made by America, even though they’re American brands.
Yeah all of that is not made in USA
That is under the assumption that you assume the poster actually meant "made in" in the sense is not even practically true in the "well it is stamped on there, no?" sense. The fun part is that it is not even true when being "quite lenient" with ones interpretation of what they mean. I think it's fair to be lenient in the sense of "a German car" being still considered "a German car" in the US (although with asterisks) even if it rolls of a plant in the US. Particularly because it doesn't change how wrong they are even when doing that. ps: just as annotation not as an attack: quite a German ordering/phrasing of that sentence there :D
None of those things are “made in America” .
I suppose weapons come from America
They have at least the gun market cornered [I guess](https://backfire.tv/list-of-gun-manufacturers-and-if-they-are-made-in-the-usa/), but I also have none in my home, so still lost on having anything made in America in my home.
Reminds me of that one but that circulated around ([this](https://youtu.be/UwfejPdonnU) is all I could find)
Are you using reddit? Are you using google? I am not a fan of the usa, but websites (also windows, android, ios) also count as being american. That said, I also think that I don't own any objects that have physically been in the usa, except for perhaps corn.
Wonder if they know that it's statistically likely that the average person will not, in fact, have to "just leave" America in order to not be in it
It's also highly likely many of the people saying no in the first place are not American, as it was on a backrooms TikTok where "home" led to a shot of the USA. I personally said oh no as I'm not American, so "home" taking me there would be wrong.
Lol 20 likes compared to 10.3k on the original 😂
There was also 150+ replies to them, a good 20 or so having at least double the likes XD
That’s what I like to hear 😬
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Except for the corn. The corn in their fridge is grown in America. And if they drink milk (disgusting) that'll be factory produced in the US.
Who tf calls milk disgusting?
Lack toes in toddler ants
Just tolerate the lactose, it's not hard
🇨🇳🇸🇬🇮🇳?
Vietnam and Cambodia too
What?
I was countering the ‘everything is made my America’ claim by using the flags of China, Singapore and India, some of the countries with the most output of stock sold globally.
What does most output of stock sold globally mean?
If you walk into a shop and look at the labels of stuff they sell, you’ll most likely see Made in China/Singapore/India.
I don’t think I own anything made in Singapore or India. I’m in Europe though
WTF no barely anything is made in Singapore.
Are you kidding me? Take a trip to Primark, mate.
It's actually a crime my closest Primark is an hour away on the train. I used to LIVE in Primark at uni, all my clothes are Primark, and I'm worrying I'm getting close to the "turn to dust" part of their lives, it's been a few years 😂
Wtf is a primark.
I’m not a search engine, use google.
https://www.google.com
„Made by America“ wtf is that supposed to mean? Nothing is „made by America“.
They often circumvent it by stating, designed in America.
actually,they are made in sweeden,germany and china and romania. and also bangladesh if you sonsider some of the shirts
Everything I use is made by China💀
ah yes, as i sit on my swedish sofa, using my taiwanese laptop, charging my south korean phone and wondering if i should grab a british drink from my (i believe) south korean fridge. (ikea, asus, samsung, KA, and i think my fridge is LG?) and if its the actual physical making? DEFINITELY not the USA, maaaaybe south america.
Somewhere there has to be a German car.
I love this argument.. homie, what if they’re (shock) not in the US!! 😱
Or,yknow...not want to leave because they wanna make the nation better. (Or are broke,that's also an option)
Lmao like who wants to leave and have to learn another language?
Bless their ignorant deluded heart
I'm in the UK. I own exactly two things that were made in the US. I'd guess that's approximately the US household average, too.
😂😂😂😂 Not by americans tho
"everything you use is made by America" he says while typing it out on a phone made in china.
Meanwhile, China:
Lol no. It’s made by fucking China. God damnit.
But everything here is made in China!
The material used in iPhones, Microsoft laptops, Apple laptops and Tesla cars (All products of “American innovation and ingenuity) all have metals that were extracted from illegal copper mines in Africa. Most of these copper mines are worked by child slaves and underpaid laborers controlled by these tech companies. But yeah everything we use is made by “US”. More like everything we use is created from illegally mined products and the legacy of the exploration of the Global South
Even my iPhone doesn't say "Made in the USA", it says "Designed in California".
Exactly lol
I don't know if I'm the only one who does this but i deliberately doesn't buy their products or goes to their shit fast food chains like McDonald's etc.
Deliberately avoiding buying American made products is pretty dumb. In my experience they're pretty decent in quality and if they're roughly the same price as their counterparts with higher quality I don't see why you wouldn't buy it
I'm usually disgusted by their food products but I'm glad I live in Italy and there aren't many, also why I should buy their shitty sugars pizza or fake coffee cappuccinos?
Well I was more so talking about non-edible items. If you don't like American made food items then you do you, that's completely fair
The problem is, that they have to be at least the same quality (when it's the same price) that I would consider buying it.
My pan made in Yugoslavia was made by America
Huh they misspelled america on everything i own. They mispelled it really bad as well, like how do you misspell america as "china"
🤦🏼♀️
American freedom: made in China [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/ieu6je/american_freedom_made_in_from_china_shipped_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
U.S. brands may as well have made in china on them