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paruresis_guy t1_j9kgb75 wrote

Holy shit! They still make these with that typo? I remember getting a good laugh out of seeing that wrapper whilst out on a date in high school. I'll be 54 in May, that was 1987!

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MessiahNIN t1_j9km7vz wrote

I was just thinking I remember these from the late 80’s early 90’s. Fuck I’m getting old.

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paruresis_guy t1_j9kmvgh wrote

Ah, old is more subjective than that...choose to feel young if you prefer it--it works for me!

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haluura t1_j9ku85w wrote

Back then, they made these typos because whenever an organization in China needed an English translation, they usually just got one of the board member's high school age children to do it. That ended when the CCP clamped down hard on the practice during the years leading up to the Beijing Olympics.

Although, it wouldn't surprise me to find out that this is what happened here. It's been a few decades since the Beijing Olympics. This company might be small enough that they are gambling that they can get away with this trick without the Govt detecting it.

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tiggs81682 t1_j9lb8gh wrote

You made me think, has it really been a few decades since the Beijing Olympics? Am I really that old?

The answer is, no, it's been a decade and half, since the summer Olympics, which I feel is a safe assumption of the Olympics you are referencing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Olympics

But yes, I'm old.

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gwillen t1_j9kupcd wrote

I swear around 2005 or so we would get these with a different set of typos, "glonous and cultual", which became a mini-meme around our college.

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BUTGUYSDOYOUREMEMBER t1_j9kyewe wrote

Was just about to comment on remembering seeing these from the early 1990s. Whatever factory that cranks these out has been going hard for decades

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EarlSandwich0045 t1_j9l0s76 wrote

They were also still in circulation when I was dating in 2005!!!

Glad to see they STILL currently are out there.

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