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4110477 No.4110477 [Reply] [Original]

I want this explained to me.

What the fuck is going on here?

Why did someone think this is a good idea?

>> No.4110493

I must know this.

>> No.4110505

I DEMAND

>> No.4110517

>>4110477

IT MEANS STOP THROWING YOUR CIGARETTE BUTTS ALL OVER THE PLACE YOU WORTHLESS SHIT.

>> No.4110515

I'm not your usual /jp/ resident, do you ignore people unless they offer something?

What do you need?

>> No.4110519
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>>4110517

>The leaves that covered the flowerbed were tobacco leaves

>> No.4110526

>>4110519
Just knock it off, ok? Respect the work of janitors.

>> No.4110532

The left panel depicts the smokers (you) mind and shows the after effect. This is a no-no. The top right panel depicts how much littering your cigarettes ruins the environment. This is a no-no. The bottom right panel tells you that you should carry a portable cigarette ashtray so you aren't littering it everywhere.

Case in point, don't litter. More specifically directed towards smokers.

>> No.4110533

Silly, Japanese. When will you ever learn to write in proper English?

>> No.4110546

>>4110533
No one gives a shit about English there. America has the leisure of wetbacks littered everywhere, Japan is a xenophobic country where even if they do find gaijins they won't want to hire them.

>> No.4110549

This is a problem of translation. タバコ in Japanese means both Tobacco and cigarette.

The rest of the propaganda is too subtle for an American audience.

>> No.4110550

>>4110533
In terms of punctuation and overall accuracy, the English translations on these signs are more proper than what you just wrote. I also think the second line is quite poetic. However, the concept espoused in the third panel is stupid. People will never hang ashtrays around their necks.

>> No.4110555

>>4110526
>>4110517
>>4110532

You don't seem to follow what I'm going on about.

I understand what the poster depicts, but why is the delivery so... Autistic?

I mean, tobacco leaves? Wait, what? Oh you mean, there are so many cigarette butts in parks where leaves are expected so tobacco butts may just as well be leaves? Gee, that's a clever pun. Only it's not. And look at the drawings, why's there a rooster in the park? Why are trees growing out of cigarette buts and why does the entire flowerbed have what I can only assume is a huge handle in the shape of a cigarette butt?

>> No.4110560

>>4110549
>propaganda

sup Tobacco industry rep?

>> No.4110562

>>4110550

> I also think the second line is quite poetic. However, the concept espoused in the third panel is stupid. People will never hang ashtrays around their necks.

It's the exact opposite in my mind. The second panel makes no sense, but I understand the passive aggressive humor in the last one.

>> No.4110568

>>4110550

In terms of punctuation and such: yes.

In terms of resembling anything that an English speaker would ever write or say (the main criteria by which it should be judged): lolno

Not the person you were responding to, btw.

>> No.4110572

>Don't throw cigarette butts in the planters
>Don't throw cigarette butts down the storm drain
>Carry a portable ashtray or something
Actually, this picture seems to suggest that if you don't have a portable ashtray you should just toss it on the street so the street cleaners will get it.

>> No.4110576

>>4110555
Really? Japan not having wonderful English is autism now?

>> No.4110579

>>4110560

>Using words for what they mean

>> No.4110584

>>4110555
>why's there a rooster in the park?
I want to know this too.

>> No.4110587

>>4110576

I make it a matter of principle not to respond to intentional strawmen.

>> No.4110600

The more I look at this sign, the less sense it makes.

>> No.4110606
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4110606

*cackle*

>> No.4110613

>>4110606
Why does Accelerator hate the Green Giant?

>> No.4110612
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>>4110606

>> No.4110616

>>4110606
NOOOOOOOO

>> No.4110617

>>4110606
what.

>> No.4110623
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4110623

Touhou version

>> No.4110625

>>4110606
The opposite is also true. The adult who hates them will be clinged to by them.

>> No.4110633

>>4110606

This can't be real, can it?

... If it's a photoshop though, what the fucking hell was the original about?

>> No.4110636

>>4110555

>I mean, tobacco leaves? Wait, what? Oh you mean, there are so many cigarette butts in parks where leaves are expected so tobacco butts may just as well be leaves? Gee, that's a clever pun. Only it's not. And look at the drawings, why's there a rooster in the park? Why are trees growing out of cigarette buts and why does the entire flowerbed have what I can only assume is a huge handle in the shape of a cigarette butt?

Anyone up for some cultural translation here then?

>> No.4110637

>>4110623
what the fuck

>> No.4110641

>>4110623

I can't decide which is worse. The original or the photoshop.

By the way, no, I do NOT want to see the original.

>> No.4110642

>>4110623
The best part is marisa does shoot lasers at herself sometimes.

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>> No.4110660
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>>4110606

>> No.4110684

>>4110645

They're really digging hard into finding anything and everything possibly wrong with smoking.

>> No.4110787

>>4110645

Jesus christ that's a huge cigarette.

>> No.4110801

>>4110787

Seconding this.

Do Japanese really carry such huge cigarettes through streets? Why?

>> No.4111183

>>4110684
That's a legitimate concern, though. Especially in a busy city like Tokyo.

>>4110801
The Japanese are huge smokers.

>> No.4111203

>>4111183
But that was taken on a train station in the middle of nowhere.

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>> No.4111227

>>4110645
700 celsius? Twice the melting point of lead? Are cigarettes really that hot or did they pull that out of thin air?

>> No.4111239

>>4111207
Ok, I lost it

>> No.4111245

>>4111227
http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae1.cfm

>> No.4111246

>>4111207
sakura petals for added effect

>> No.4111268

>>4111246
That's just the sparrow shaking up the branch because he's pissed at the smoker.
"I will feast on your entrails tonight!"

>> No.4111289
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4111289

Non-smoking bitches leave. Fee from Planetes was GAR despite being female.

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