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The Japanese Wii Safety Manual is Crazy

Zander — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:39:27 EDT

@ Leprechaun: that was pretty funny, oh, and by the way, the Caps Lock key is to the left of the A key.

Zander

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Zander — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:38:27 EDT

@Leprechaun

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Immutablyme — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:40:19 EST

I think you're trying a bit too hard to be funny. All of those illustrations were perfectly clear to me. Your conclusions were a stretch, to say the least.

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darkdreamer1315 — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:44:30 EDT

I want to know who comes up with the translations for all this stuff, lol... you should send it to Engrish.com.

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siames — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:05:37 EST

i know the answer dudes, these guys used to consume a lot of hallucinogen mushrooms,plus the fuckin´ atomic bomb, i really understand them.

siames

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LEPRECHAUN — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:18:10 EST

THE ONE WITH THE HEART.......
IM GUESSING THAT MEANS DONT POINT CONTROLLER AT GRANDPAS PACEMAKER(MAYBE WII'S BREAK THEM?)??
I THINK MAYBE YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR HEART WITH THE WII.... IMAGINE THE DEATH TOLL IF WII'S WERE PLACED IN NURSING HOMES NATION WIDE

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Ironhell — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:23:33 EST

when i use the toilet in a forign country i jut look for the little picture of a man... then i urinate on the side of a building.

"do not grow pot in your Wii"

"Playing with your Wii may cause blindness, and hairy palms"

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jude.pedroza — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:15:28 EST

Bien padre!!!

jude.pedroza

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000 — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:14:12 EST

おおのー

000

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amicrazie — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:10:17 EST

Thanks for the tips. i seriously wanted to do all these things! well, now i know

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tdog — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:10:20 EST

is anyone getting this , wii is owned by M Jackson, anyone that buys this shit is contributing to to his baby boy fucking ways signed, hater of MJackson

tdog

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tdog — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:07:40 EST

who would buy anything from m jackson in the first place, wii is for baby boy fuckers

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tdog — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:06:50 EST

who would buy from michel jackson in the first place, wii is for baby fuckers

tdog

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CAC — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:57:56 EST

The thing is, the Japanese used in Japanese technical/consumer electronics manuals is quite horrible and nearly incomprehensible to the Japanese; likely, it is produced by Filipino slave labor.

They need the pictures.

CAC

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Danasty — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:57:41 EST

The one with the trash can probable means "Do not through away your wii with other trash that will be burned. This could cause harmful toxins in the air" (I just ruined all the fun of guessing what it meant)

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pangster — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:56:50 EST

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captain8bit — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:49:45 EST

Inserting vegetation into ventilation holes is a serious problem in Japan.

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donkeymon — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:41:37 EST

I don't have my Wii or the instruction manual yet, but I just translated these pictures and captions back into Japanese for my wife, and she thought that they were friggin' hilarious. She also said that you guys have a bit too much free time.

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fastmike — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:47:18 EST

I have that problem in toilets all the time .
i prefer the toilet that women use
Now weres my M.S.N icons ?

fastmike

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Xenobiologista — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:35:04 EST

I think the pics are for people who can't [or are too lazy, or don't have time to] read. Small children, for instance. Icons are good, imagine if you're visiting a foreign country, need the toilet, and aren't sure if you're a "lelaki" or a "perempuan".

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celtickuja — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:11:06 EST

The garbage thing is because all electronics should not be just thrown away with regular trash. They should be recycled.

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Tamyuun — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:35:07 EST

darkowl - Whoa, where I live in Japan 80% of our trash is recycled. We have to separate ours into burnable, plastic, paper, cans, and PET. For larger stuff and electronics there are different categories. I don`t know where you`re getting the "buryable" bit from, but it`s certainly not the case for most of Japan. The Wii is subject to the electronics recycling law, which means you can be FINED if you don`t recycle it properly. (Which is why they are saying not to just toss it into the normal garbage.)

The clover bit is just a cute image for "Do not stick things into your Wii"

(I live in Japan and have a Japanese Wii.)

Tamyuun

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ben792x — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:01:57 EST

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pithy11 — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:06:31 EST

It's funny because you can't read Japanese hurrr

pithy11

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humilitybecomeshim — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:05:48 EST

Robotube and chasqui - in Japan, rubbish is separated into burnable and buryable (and sometimes, but rarely at the moment, recyclable). What I imagine they're saying is, do not put your Wii in the burnable rubbish collection. It is buryable.

humilitybecomeshim

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pithy11 — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:02:52 EST

It's funny because you can't read Japanese.

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mattyu — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:42:40 EST

omg them "crazy" japanese folk!

all kidding aside, these graphics are actually pretty well done.. you can understand almost all of them without an explanation.

i'm guessing the garbage one is "do not place the console next to flammable materials" and the clover one is "do not insert objects into the exhaust grille"

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HotShotNN — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:39:24 EST

So you can't control your heart with the Wii!?
Thank god Steve Jobs invented the Mac.

HotShotNN

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chasqui — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:10:34 EST

Robotube - thanks for the translation on the sign. I, like you, don't get that one. Don't throw your Wii away? From the pictogram I thought the Wii was for sale - that is, don't re-sell your Wii. Anyone with ideas as to why they'd warn against throwing it away?

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golfingtigger — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:35:55 EST

This post had me in tears. Great post!

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tmbg47 — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:25:41 EST

another possible caption for the one with the heart:

The Wii does not love you.

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Mmmm...bacon — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:17:55 EST

Do not taunt Happy Nintendo Wii.

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rimplestultskin — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:05:48 EST

Blu-ray discs will not work in the Wii.

considering all that cracking on the disc, i was convinced it meant "nintendo is not releasing WoW for the Wii."

rimplestultskin

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djdare — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:02:12 EST

man, why can't my gadgets come with comics, that's awesome.

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Steely1 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:18:20 EST

Hilarious, Jason! Excellent work.

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CyanideDream666 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:42:18 EST

if the Wii can create lightning just from plugging in the nunchuck with your foot, then we should use it to control the weather. who knows what other secrets it holds...

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CyanideDream666 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:38:39 EST

the general consensus is LIGHTING!!

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BWGunner — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:24:38 EST

Special import, see?
Please stop laughing at my Wii!
Laughing till I pee

BWGunner

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lightredfloyd — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:21:13 EST

funny goodness, by the by kidrocky7, its wanksta...but no hard feelings yo, we cool. oh yea and stop using the burner when you need to re-up, the 5-Oh's be tappin' them shitz all day. Peace.

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jcc123 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:17:37 EST

Hey now, come on now Jason. If we had "dumb" picture instructions like this in the U.S. perhaps people won't sue McDonald's for spilling coffee on themselves when they drive. Or suff their faces full of Cheesburgers until they weigh 300 lbs. Instead they would see a picture of some idiot crashing his/her car into a tree while trying to drink hot coffee or a stay-puff marshmellow man shoving food into its mouth while on a scale that read 1,000 lbs.

Perhaps the they can teach us a thing or two about preventing the Darwin awards.

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PorpoiseSmegma — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:07:39 EST

I believe the one with the ash tray is translated as "If left unattended, your Wii can become rebelious and begin smoking cigarettes or perhaps crystal meth."

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kidrocky7 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:05:29 EST

lol, sweet stuff wangsta

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FullFlava — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:47:55 EST

shiftis said:
Haha. That was the greatest post ever.

Couldn't have put it better myself. Hilarious post.

FullFlava

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Robotube — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:39:07 EST

The sign over the trash bags says "Burnable Garbage". What in the hell?

Who in their right mind would just think, "Yeah, you know what, I'm just gonna throw my Wii in the trash, with all the banana peels and poopy Pampers."

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Wegmans — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:35:51 EST

Good work guys, that was hilarious!

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Monty — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:28:54 EST

That's it, Jason. I am nominating you for a Pulitzer.

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the_caveat — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:13:51 EST

Hellooooo new user pic.

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gret357 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:13:47 EST

ok, so giving ME funny looks, but of course that is situation normal.

gret357

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gret357 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:13:08 EST

i laughed soo hard i now have a headache and my coworkers are giving my funny looks.

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Paul — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:06:49 EST

Don't use your Wii for growing potted plants.

Paul

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karmaghost — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:01:56 EST

That one with the person holding the game disk... is that really supposed to be someone trying to force-remove a disk or maybe they're saying not to keep your finger in the hole while inserting the disk 'cuz it may get cut off.

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Doughbuy — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:52:00 EST

The 4 leaf clover thing is most likely do not stick vegetation into your wii or it will decompose and breed the grey plague destryong 99.9% of the worlds population...

Or it could just mean don't stick anything into the fan blades on the back of the wii... dead fan = lots of heat = very hot wii.

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homerjay — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:47:03 EST

For lucky best wash, use Mr. Sparkle!

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PorpoiseSmegma — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:39:28 EST

Is it something like "for better results in growing elusive vegetation, please use the disc loading mechanism, not the cooling fan ventilation system for your planting" ?

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WE_DELIVER — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:32:55 EST

LOL, good stuff...best post evar.

WE_DELIVER

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PorpoiseSmegma — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:32:48 EST

Does anyone with some insight into this instruction manual actually know what the hell the four leaf clover thing is all about? That is the most ridiculous warning I have ever seen in my entire life!

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agrajag42 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:14:43 EST

OMG - funniest post ever.

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cloudburst — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:13:28 EST

i would buy that manual. someone ebay it.

my first experience with butchered japanese instructions was a little parachute ball that said 'throw ball to air'. ??

cloudburst

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rfayed — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:13:16 EST

this is the funniest post i have ever heard =P every single one of them made my entire office turn around. worth losing my job over..

rfayed

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Ma8thew — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:07:01 EST

The one about Blu-Ray. Now THAT was funny.

Ma8thew

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Dim — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:04:12 EST

I bet you the clover is a clue. The leprechauns that assemble the Wiis are trying to tell us something.

Dim

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sublicon — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:59:24 EST

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Oh, man - I was caught off guard by some of these interpretations.

"Do not remove the four leaf clover from your Wii. It is Nintendo's secret to motion sensing."

Classic.

sublicon

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Dim — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:53:01 EST

Lol, that was really funny. Clovers, must be some sort of hint. I bet you that the Wiis are assembled by leprechauns.

Dim

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patrickswayze — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:52:37 EST

This was almost funny.

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NotJonGreco — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:49:56 EST

I shouldnt read something related to japanese nintendo instruction manuals while in biology. I actually laughed considerably loud, causing my professor to stare.

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sailentshadow — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:46:12 EST

And people said that PS3 is bad b/c it doesn't have a disc load tray, neither does the Wii... XD

It's funny, the first one. :P

Japan is always like that, though... You should see what they have on blow-dryers XD

sailentshadow

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etherean — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:44:33 EST

As funny as the usual post is, this one nearly got me in trouble at work. Good stuff.

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Jezzza — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:42:16 EST

I haven't yet seen the english version, why would they bother to draw different pictures, or do the Japanese not understand English pictures?

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shiftis — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:38:40 EST

Haha. That was the greatest post ever.

shiftis

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auger282 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:37:05 EST

wow hilarious...

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Pterror — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:35:04 EST

And here I was using my Wii as an ash tray. I guess I'll just have to get a PS3 for an ash tray now.

Pterror