Achewood in Japanese
Added 2023-06-04 17:00:04 +0000 UTCMy business partner BP grew up in Japan, so we had us some good ol'-fashion fun translating Achewood strips into Japanese. Instead of "achewood" as the masthead, it now says, "ai-ku-boku," with the kanji letters translating as “sadness-hardship-tree,” which I particularly like. (エイクウッド, or Eikuudo, is the "read phonetics," or katakana pronunciation set, of "Achewood.")
You also have to turn the comic around backwards to translate it, and, since they don't have the same kind of "depression" in Japan that we do, the final t-shirt just says that the wearer knows he is "without advantage" and must "harvest gray corn until the final morning."
Comments
In the heady days when this shirt was available for purchase and owning, I would call it "my party shirt." It one time bummed out an exotic dancer, but gave a grocer check out lady great joy.
Micah I Thomas
2023-06-10 20:08:22 +0000 UTCAlso, I so happy for the return of Sadness-hardship-tree!
Mark Walsh
2023-06-06 23:43:31 +0000 UTCDamn, that’s some rough chuckles!
Mark Walsh
2023-06-06 23:42:05 +0000 UTCThe back of Beef’s tee shirt reads “I want to kill myself” in Japanese.
Omurice
2023-06-05 08:42:10 +0000 UTCGoogle Translate tells me the strip is named "Mourning Wood", which provides a chuckle of its own. Technology and Achewood walk hand in hand
The Good Poster
2023-06-05 02:02:35 +0000 UTCMy high school Japanese teacher helped us remember 苦 by having us think of a face with skewers through the eyes and nose, which did indeed evoke the concept of "suffering."
Charles Richter
2023-06-04 20:06:24 +0000 UTCI went to a Japanese culture festival today, and now I get this. Coincidence? No. The Achewood-algo has infiltrated physical reality.
2023-06-04 19:22:25 +0000 UTCJe ne regrette rien
Eric Bradford
2023-06-04 19:00:51 +0000 UTCare some business models...rude
Chris Onstad
2023-06-04 18:55:47 +0000 UTCI still have an OG “depression” shirt from back in the day. And no I have never worn it
Eric Bradford
2023-06-04 18:42:48 +0000 UTCI like that the Japanese don't really have a word for depression. I am the one who has disappointed my family and have shamed my ancestors. Hand me my sword and I will commit seppuku or at least cut off my finger
J Hardy Carroll
2023-06-04 18:09:26 +0000 UTC
