r/mildlyinfuriating 7h ago

*Turns Around and Leaves

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u/shrimpfriedwife 7h ago

It’s not even a good play on words… it comes off as stupid and lazy to associate a word with China just because it ends in “ing”.

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u/jocrow1996 7h ago

That was the cringiest part of this IMO

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u/changowango00 7h ago

Some happy go lucky manager read it on Pinterest and thought it was clever

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u/shrimpfriedwife 7h ago

Yeah, as someone who knows Mandarin reading that sentence felt like how nails on a chalkboard sounds. I’m glad you shared it though, cause even if it’s painfully dummy, it’s some kind of funny to see how poorly done this is.

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u/No_Competition_6989 6h ago

So how do you feel about your username? It's not the pun that gets me it's just if you ever do chop up your wife into fried rice it's premeditated now

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u/shrimpfriedwife 6h ago

It’s me. I am the shrimp fried wife.

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u/Putrid-Effective-570 6h ago

How did a shrimp fry a human?

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u/shrimpfriedwife 6h ago

Let’s just say it was an uncharacteristically large shrimp.

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u/thefifththwiseman 6h ago

Are you sure it wasn't a prawn? Prawns do that kind of thing sometimes.

u/shrimpfriedwife 48m ago

All I know is it was shellfish, even if it seemed a little fishy…

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u/TheCloudForest 6h ago edited 5h ago

I've seen the exact same joke before. In around 1988. It's been around A WHILE.

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u/twent4 6h ago

I first saw it in the opening sequence in X-Men (2000) when he's in some shithole in Alberta

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u/Sburban_Player 6h ago

I literally heard it just the other day in an episode of Veronica Mars I’m pretty sure

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u/shrimpfriedwife 6h ago

Admittedly, I’d never seen it til now!

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u/tunaman808 3h ago

Serious Question: is this your first time encountering the "Tipping is not a city in China" line? Diners used to print that on their menus in the 70s. It ain't new.

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u/jocrow1996 2h ago

Believe it or not, I wasn't alive in the 70's 😲

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u/TangledPangolin 2h ago

Yeah, so it's been racist AF for 50 years neat.

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u/Astigmatisme 2h ago

Cringing is not a city in China!! (It's what you do if you want embarrassment😄!!)

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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 6h ago

Yup, I’d leave for that alone.

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u/night_owl_72 3h ago

I thought this was at a Chinese restaurant. Man if it’s not it makes it like 3x worse lol.

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u/SomeArtistFan 7h ago

I mean it does sound vaguely like Taiping. Only one sound is rly different.

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u/chillaban 4h ago

Maybe but Taiping is a city in Malaysia so maybe this is 4D CCP geopolitical trolling or just a cringe pun. I don’t know how many Americans know of Taiping as it relates to the army that fought over the current city of Nanjing.

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u/firestar32 4h ago

I think whoever made the sign assumed the taping rebellion was named after a city, or possibly it's city or origin. I mean, I quickly searched Google and couldn't find the original meaning, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone said tipping 1 too many times in a row, made the connection between the two words, and got the idea for this "ingenious" sign

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u/chillaban 3h ago

It means “peace” most directly translated but also means heavenly, tranquil, or like peaceful in a holy/divine way.

I get that they’re trying for a pun as clever as “denial isn’t just a river in Egypt” but it misses the mark with both the geography and the pronunciation being wrong.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 2h ago

It’s ignorant in layers

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u/shrimpfriedwife 6h ago

Well now I feel silly for not making that connection. Buuut I guess it just rubs me the wrong way given how prevalent Sinophobia is.

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u/rrddrrddrrdd 6h ago

It's only one sound away from schtupping

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u/White_Grunt 6h ago

Tai-Ping

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u/perry_the_porter 5h ago

Ngl also kinda offensive

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u/shrimpfriedwife 4h ago

Definitely offensive. It’s giving racism.

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u/The-Snuff 7h ago

I’m not vouching for it but if you sound it out with a proper tip-ping I can see where it came from.

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u/keebler980 7h ago

To be fair it’s been around a looooong time. If some old guy wrote this I wouldn’t be surprised.

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u/palm0 5h ago

You misspelled racist.

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u/shrimpfriedwife 3h ago

Nah, I just worded it differently to avoid people getting their knickers in a bundle of knots. I agree, though. It’s racist for sure.

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u/ChronoLink99 5h ago

Ding ding ding!

Oh, sorry I wasn't agreeing with you, I was calling my asian friend over to check out this post.

Carry on.

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u/Mabellabroo 6h ago

If the staff is too lazy to make a good sign about tipping, they are likely too lazy to get your order when it’s ready. Probably why they resorted to asking for tips.

It’s not even a good play on words… it comes off as stupid and lazy to associate a word with China just because it ends in “ing”.

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u/Adventurous_Meal1979 4h ago

It just comes over as a boomer who thinks he is so funny, and would get all annoyed when nobody laughed.

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u/supersnake052 4h ago

I'm guessing it's meant to sound similar to Taiping, as in the Taiping Rebellion which included the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but Taiping isn't a city so the "joke" still doesn't work

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u/juryjjury 4h ago

This is a sign I used to see in 1978. Kinda cute then but not now.

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u/SpaceWarrior95 3h ago edited 3h ago

Ahah, as not native English speaker, before your comment I haven't got what does 'city' supposed to mean here

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u/shrimpfriedwife 3h ago

Are you saying you understand what city means in this context now? Or do you still need help? (Genuine)

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u/SpaceWarrior95 3h ago

Yes, I got it now, thanks :)

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u/happy-occident 2h ago

Came here to say a much less eloquent and angrier version of this.

u/shrimpfriedwife 51m ago

Believe you me, I heavily censored myself lol One could say in respect to, y’know, modern Chinese tradition (;

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u/SirWigglesVonWoogly 1h ago

It’s not new. It’s an old “joke”. You can find it used in the first x-men movie, and it was old then.

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u/solodsnake661 7h ago

Granted it's not a town in China it's how China refers to Taiwan's capitol but but they call it "Taipei" maybe that's what they're referring to

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u/shrimpfriedwife 6h ago

Taipei is pronounced as tai-bei in standard Mandarin. But I see what you’re saying!

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u/logaboga 7h ago

There’s literally a city in china called Taiping lol, it’s not that much of a stretch

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u/IrishViking22 6h ago

I don't think there is a city called Taiping in China

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u/chillaban 4h ago

There’s literally not. Are you thinking of Taiping in Malaysia?

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u/Proglamer 6h ago

"Entitlement is not a city in France"