BuzzyJan 26
Ross of Ottawa

A sign of the times? A toy maker accidentally sewed the mouth of their plushie horse on upside down. Now the frowning "crying horses" giving you the side-eye are a big viral hit with exhausted, unhappy workers in China's Yiwu "Trade City."

It's an "he gets me" thing I guess?

Jan 26 at 2:06pmTusky
Show threadRoss of OttawaJan 26

Original article and details on Japan Times - FYI some ads, captchas, pop-ups etc

https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/115961604398111403

Show threadrag. Gustavino BevilacquaJan 26

@ottaross

It looks like a smiling face with pink cheeks has be placed upside down (the black dots below the cheeks could be eyes).

Maybe they have parts to reuse…

Show threadRoss of OttawaJan 26
@GustavinoBevilacqua Could well be!
Show threadRoss of OttawaJan 26

Same energy:

#memes

Show threadLillyLyle/Count MelancholiaJan 26
@ottaross Similar
Show threadRoss of OttawaJan 26
@LillyHerself lol yes
Show thread*|FNAME|*Jan 26
@ottaross
We are all ‘crying horse’.
Show threadLillyLyle/Count MelancholiaJan 26
@ottaross It's the year of the fire horse this year. I read once that people in China fear this year so much that if an unplanned pregnancy occurs and the child would be borne during this year, that it almost always results in an abortion.
Show threadRoss of OttawaJan 26
@LillyHerself As a kid I thought superstitions and occult stuff was an interesting bit of history/fringe fun. As I've gotten older and see all this (*waves arms*) going on, it seems clearer that it contributes to letting people believe random things and justify terrible decisions.
Show threadLillyLyle/Count MelancholiaJan 26
@ottaross Me too, though I try to keep an open mind when it comes to concepts that originate in China, as that civilisation is so mindbogglingly old, that they may have figured out a thing or two - even if we're not sure what!
Show threadPlausible Human BeingJan 26
@ottaross I want one.
Show threadRoss of OttawaJan 26
@LovingFalloutLondon1954 Need to hunt for plushies with easily-invertible smiles. 😆
Show threadBard  Jan 26
@ottaross Yeah, I see it. I kind of want one.
Show threadSteffi the RedheadJan 29
@ottaross Chinese workers want worker rights.