I bought some cheap Chinese 2-way radios. The packaging has a big American flag and a “Designed in U.S.A.” claim, which I suspect is bullshit given the company involved. Also, there are two Bible verses referenced. This smacks of pandering to a particular slice of conservative Americans. All I want is cheap radios for skiing with my kids next winter, not a reminder of my country’s socio-political bullshit.
Don’t all iPhone have the same sentence on them?
Hell, I think the OG iPods w the clickwheel did too
Can be truth or lie depending on the company.
iPhones are actually designed in the US. My point is that the phrase is almost certainly a lie in this case.
The point they’re making us that every iPhone says “Designed in California, Made in China” on it, just like this product. “Designed in the US” means nothing if the vast majority of the actual production work is done in China.
Chinese OEM resellers will print anything on the product and the packaging. It’s just another sale for them. Same guy probably sells it with ten different brandings and flags and quotes and slogans for different markets.
We’re seeing this in Canada now too. Murcan products with a big maple leaf on them. Some stores are also slapping maple leafs on obviously Murcan products. We’re calling it Maple-washing.
I wonder what Murcans should call this OP example. Star-washing?
I’m used to ‘Packaged in the USA’ labeling on Made in [somewhere else] products. ‘Designed’…same-same, definitely since NAFTA, maybe before. The bible verses are new to me.
I was walking through a gift shop at a museum and the mugs had an obnoxiously large sticker on the front that said ‘Decorated in the USA’. Never came across that before. They bought made in China mugs and slapped an image on them in the USA. I guess that’s slightly better than ‘Designed in the USA’ as some factory here actually did some printing.
Right! So maybe “John-washing” cuz it’s all about the book of John.
yeah, the only one of the Beatitudes in Matthew they seem to like is the one where they get to adopt a persecution complex. The stuff about being meek and merciful is damned un-American.
I looked it up:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
So you have to believe that he existed, but not follow his teachings cuz they’re too woke. Got it.
Genesis 19:31
Ezekiel 23:20
I vote for “orange-staining”
Burger-laundering
Hamburgling?
burger-washing
Hamburding
We need a distinctive and protected “Made in Canada” symbol.
Spangle banging
On the first date?
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, indeed.
Ah, right down the Old Glory Hole.
“Freedom”
/jk
Almost just assumed it was meant to be a Thin Blue Line flag because of the colors.
Yeah. I have seen the monochromatic flag referred to as a “no quarter” flag, and initially wondered if that was the intent. Or maybe they just wanted to minimize colors to reduce printing costs.
monochromatic flag referred to as a “no quarter” flag
Intent or not, that’s what it is, the black flag or no quarter flag is one that states I will kill you dead even if you surrender.
Chuds think this means they’re tough manly men, what it really means is a declaration that they cannot be trusted with anything for any reason. It’s broadcasting to the world that you don’t intend to abide by any rules of engagement so it’s best to just blow you off the map pre-emptively. Flying this flag, even if you don’t even engage with an enemy, is itself a war crime according to the Hague conventions.
Most often seen on an Under Armor t-shirt with the word FREEDOM next to it.
If they wanted to minimize color/printing costs, they wouldn’t color the whole box black.
you gotta hand it to the chinese, they know how to play americans like a guqin.
The elites don’t want you to know this but the flags of the USA are free you can put them on your packaging I have 458 flags.
Pretty sure coating the whole thing with black ink to make it look ‘manly’ makes recycling more difficult to.
black ink to make it look ‘manly’
cries in goth girl
More options for you!
Did you get a knockoff? www.baofengradio.com is the legit url that I’ve bought baofeng radios from, and I just checked the boxes; no flags or bible verses.
Another commented mentioned this is from a US distributor that repackages Baofeng products.
But to be honest, there are so many Baofeng/BTech radios for sale on the internet I was never confident about which were legit and which were knock-offs. I just went for it and hoped for the best. They seem to work fine, at least so far.
Huh… I bought from https://baofengtech.com/ not that long ago and didn’t have pandering boxes… they are located in South Dakota so I guess I can’t say I am super surprised, just disappointed.
Could be that the packaging was redesigned recently.
I can’t believe this wasn’t a satire project by some artist.
You could also see it as a form of greenwashing, making you think you’re buying local, and thus greener, if you don’t look closely.
I think it’s funny that they put the verse on there, like I know what the fuck it says. I’m not looking it up.
Oh that is just QA engineer John, he stamped it at 3:16.
I love when this happens so I know who to stop giving business.
Lol you’re gonna run out of companies to buy from and have to live in the woods like a hermit. Every company does this, not matter how big or small.
Like… farmers are mostly conservstive and likely voted for a fascist, are you gonna stop buying food grown by farmers and grow your own?
The last time I made that decision it was over a dietary supplement. There is quite a bit of competition there. I guess if you are the one with a hot comodity you can shove Jesus and Hitler down everyone’s throat all you want.
I’m sure Baofengtech makes a version for liberals too, probably in a brown box marked as recyclable.
I’ve bought 15 Baofeng uv5r radios over the years… Every single one has been packed in a plain looking brown box marked recyclable
Did you put half as much effort into making a complaint to the company as you did in making this post?
Without doing that, there is no point in making the complaint.
If you really think complaining about this is going to make someone doing this sort of thing stop doing so, you definitely do not understand the American right wing these days.
What do you mean? They accomplish almost everything they do through complaint campaigns. Nobody complains more than the right wing, and they are getting their way because of it. What am I missing? Please enlighten me.
If someone complains about such things in today’s political environment, odds are much higher that they are automatically dismissed as “anti-American libtards” and laughed at - all the while the company behind it will be patting themselves on the back for “owning the libs.”
And so letting others know vs. the company is more proactive.
Yep - the bottom line is what will get them in the end.
Unless other people find it interesting, or they want to vent, not complain.
LMAO, this immediately made me think of a George Carlin bit, "That’s the reality; angry men in combat fatigues talking to God on a two-way radio and muttering incoherent slogans about freedom are eventually going to provide us with a great deal of entertainment, especially after your stupid fcking economy collapses all around you and the terrorists come out of the woodwork and you’ll have anthrax in your water supply, and saran gas in your air conditioner, there’ll be chemical and biological suitcase bombs in every city and I say enjoy it, relax, enjoy the show, take a fcking chance, put a little fun in your life.”
For fuck’s sake, just fucking say fuck! FUCK!
FUCK!
I just woke up and that’s how I feel at this moment. It’ll fade.
Ooh I haven’t seen this one yet. Tbf I’ve only ever watched YouTube videos of his bits, might be time to grab entire specials.
Hey, it’s hard to read a whole nine words. Probably fools a lot of them.
