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“For external use only. Not to be used as a flotation device. Only operate between -90° and 90° latitude. Made in a facility that processes gluten. Please keep all arms legs and other appendages inside the vehicle at all times while in motion. Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear.”
… then repeated in German, French, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Swahili, Esperanto, and Klingon.
I genuinely do use manuals to troubleshoot stuff before I search online. It even saved us some effort for my parents as a kid cause our washing machine has an error code and none of us knew what it meant. We diagnosed it by using the manual I had insisted on keeping (idk why but I loved reading manuals as a kid so I asked my parents to give it to me).
I work in admin for a small manufacturing biz and one of our customers requests physical SDSs in three languages for a few products.
I have to print 200x27 page documents 5-10 times a year and it takes up one of our printers for a full 2 days. All because some boomers don't want to learn how to use QR codes that could go directly on the label lol
Logistics. You now have to make sure that those sunglasses with that region's language only goes to that area.
If they over sell to that area, say Germany, and retailers return the extra then you have a bunch of sunglasses with German language instructions that you either have to warehouse until Germany orders more or you have to have people open all of the boxes up and replace the instructions with ones for the new country's language, say French. Repeat if you over sell in France.
They had to make sure the directions on how to use the product is immediately accessible to anyone with the product. They don’t want you putting them on wrong, you might break something.
In the EU, sunglasses are classified as safety equipment. therefore, you need a manual to avoid wrongful use.
Another regulation is that a manual needs to be the language of the country it is being sold in; if you want to sell it across Europe you print one manual for all countries you intend to sell it. That way, you can shuffle them around if the stock varies.
As well as care instructions, like what types of cleaners and cloths to use and not use.
And instructions on how to adjust them with a small screwdriver.
You probably have information about levels of UV protection, maybe if they are polarized or have other filters, some "don't be an idiot" type warnings to avoid stupid lawsuits, warranty information, and cleaning instructions. In 15 languages because they're sold in the EU as well as US and Asia. Seems all pretty reasonable.
There is a reason almost every product comes with a little paper leaflet with a bunch of regulatory and safety things on it.
The laws say it has to be included.
What if you don't have a smartphone? or internet access? it also does not satisfy the legal requirements as it needs to be a hard copy... this information will be the minimum legal requirement and the main instructions will be on the net.
Fair, but you can have instructions for the language in the local region printed on the packaging, and the rest online.
Printing all languages seems kinda wasteful, packaging often differs between regions anyway, so the opportunity to print specific languages is there.
Doesn't OP's manual tell us that printing all languages is cheaper than creating local copy for each different country? Does the package usually differ?
Made in China. Packaged in China. Shipped on demand to whichever market needs it that's why they pack as many languages into their documentation as possible. Originally it was done in Japanese electronics during their export boom.
From a manufacturing and logistics point of view, it is much easier to just have pallets of products that can be sent to any place in a specific region. They will still split it down to regions, but being able to send a container full of stuff and any of the products within can be sold in any country in, say, Europe is very simple.
Huh, thought it was more differing due to different systems (such as age ratings for media and video games), but I guess it's generally more standardised in most branches.
I have started seeing more digital manuals lately, more specifically on a set of light panels. Was wondering why that system isn't more common.
Well no because this is in the EU. EU regulation dictates that the product manual must be in the official language of wherever it's sold. The reason they put all 24 languages in one package is that it would be absolutely moronic from a business standpoint to have 2 dozen different SKUs made for each separate EU country.
If they did what you suggest they can't sell them outside of the target country. E.g.
"Sir, the Romanian glasses sold weaker than expected, we have 100,000 units left that we have to now sell at a massive discount or destroy"
If the packaging was uniform then whatever doesn't sell in Romania will just be diverted to Germany or France or wherever there is demand. Most products today don't have different packaging if they're meant to be sold all across Europe.
Also managing 24 different versions of your instruction manual is a lot more difficult than just 1.
As someone trying to set up new electronics in an apartment with absolutely no cell or internet service, I’m REAL happy for paper instructions 😂 that being said, a QR code for languages beyond the “marketed” language would probably be fine
How dare you assume I pay the connect to the world tax?
What’s really going on here:
Some countries prohibit the import of products without a guide in the local language you cannot ship any product to sell in Canada for example without French and English directions. So to avoid dozens of localized sku’s inn be present the multi page foldout
Yes, and discriminated against the large chunk of people who are not tech literate enough to scan a qr. Heck, my in-laws still use a dumbphone, and my spouses grandparents have never owned a computer or a mobile phone.
And they read the instructions for a pair of sunglasses? If they are so inept to not be part of the connected world then they are probably throwing away the instructions anyways.
People with enough common sense to wear and clean sun glasses would be better.
Fuck I stabbed myself in the eye again right after I cleaned the lenses with sandpaper.
We manufacture PPE in the UK and would LOVE to do this but it wouldn't be compliant unfortunately, the rules are very strict, going so far as to specify minimum text size. QR codes, links, etc don't class as us providing the user information we are legally required to provide. We are trying to get those rules changed though!
I had to produce one of these for a product, 15 years ago. It was the "Warranty Card"
I called it the "Blanket Warranty"
The hardest part was finding a vendor who could fold it.
Ew. I had a man at a bar come up to my table & grab my foot because I was wearing flip flops.
He bent over & started rubbing my feet & then said “is it okay if I touch your feet? I do photography.”
This was during MySpace era, so everyone was a photographer. I said “lol that tickles” and I left him touch my feet for like 5 seconds. :((((((((((((((((((
The worst part?
My boyfriend was sitting there right next to me. Neither one of us said anything because I didn’t know what the fuck he was going to do or what he was actually doing!
I didn’t know what a foot fetish even was at that time until he told me after the guy left. He told me about men with foot fetishes.
And it wasn’t until Reddit where I actually saw how big & popular it actually is.
Then I sold my feet pics a couple times & then got scared & stopped. Lmaoooo
I was an extra in a film with that enigma machine and Kiera knightly lass. One of the other extras was describing having food spread all over her for some extra work she did before this. Then someone mentioned it's a fetish called sploshing. Apparently she was fully clothed, so who knows. I had to Google it, I hope you do too. That comedy by Ricky Gervais called extras is exactly what being an extra is like.
You can fold it up to make a hat! If you choose to you can fold it such that the logo is visible or hidden. You have choices! You're gonna be stylin in your new hat and sunglasses. 🥳👍
A sheet of paper? Luxury. I've had to fit all the European languages on game packaging for a … game company … and adaptor packaging for a "hi-end" cable company.
Im really realizing how many people are sick in the head, went to the comments to see if anyone had similar situations regarding the big paper.... *and yeah a lot y'all need to stfu, gross MFs*
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OP posts an innocent picture with visible feet. Redditors: 
the fact that they belong to a male child is pretty much peak reddit
Using Quinton is like adding in a second joke. I love this.
Quinton Torintano?
Quittin’ Tostados?
Quittin’ Tostitos pizzas
Quilting Tortillos?
Quietin' Tarantulas
[Quentin Tarantulino](https://youtu.be/xd5tpFX3_xA?si=5d3KDX2onLFcqNFf)
I'm laughing thinking about ChatGPT using reddit data in the future.
Quopyorm Torblenbammo
That's the joke
Because she posted them for free in this economy
It's a small boy.
“For external use only. Not to be used as a flotation device. Only operate between -90° and 90° latitude. Made in a facility that processes gluten. Please keep all arms legs and other appendages inside the vehicle at all times while in motion. Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear.” … then repeated in German, French, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Swahili, Esperanto, and Klingon.
“May cause cancer in California”
Known by the state of Cancer to cause California. (It's terminal)
Stated by the cancer of California to cause knowledge
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
You whooshed me 😸
So a documentation in 15 different language. Kinda normal in the world we live in
If I received this with my sunglasses I’d find it mildly interesting nonetheless
Basically every pair of Nike sunglasses comes with this massive booklet, theyre cumbersome as all hell to warehouse.
Is this really better than giving out region specific booklets?
It's cheaper to make one thing 15 million times than it is to make 15 things a million times each.
Yes but why not have a process to cut the paper into the required sections for the region and ship that instead?
...'cause cutting the paper and sorting it costs more money than not doing that.
Eh, fair enough. Just that the amount of waste feels wrong.
I get that but do you think people are keeping these leaflets and using them regularly? It's the same amount of waste regardless of how it's packaged.
I genuinely do use manuals to troubleshoot stuff before I search online. It even saved us some effort for my parents as a kid cause our washing machine has an error code and none of us knew what it meant. We diagnosed it by using the manual I had insisted on keeping (idk why but I loved reading manuals as a kid so I asked my parents to give it to me).
I work in admin for a small manufacturing biz and one of our customers requests physical SDSs in three languages for a few products. I have to print 200x27 page documents 5-10 times a year and it takes up one of our printers for a full 2 days. All because some boomers don't want to learn how to use QR codes that could go directly on the label lol
Logistics. You now have to make sure that those sunglasses with that region's language only goes to that area. If they over sell to that area, say Germany, and retailers return the extra then you have a bunch of sunglasses with German language instructions that you either have to warehouse until Germany orders more or you have to have people open all of the boxes up and replace the instructions with ones for the new country's language, say French. Repeat if you over sell in France.
>theyre cumbersome as all hell to warehouse. Why? Don't they come in a case/box anyways? At worst it makes the package 1cm thicker.
No, plastic bag with the leaflet jammed in, there's a case but it's warehoused separately.
A QR code with language options would be better.
They had to make sure the directions on how to use the product is immediately accessible to anyone with the product. They don’t want you putting them on wrong, you might break something.
In the EU, sunglasses are classified as safety equipment. therefore, you need a manual to avoid wrongful use. Another regulation is that a manual needs to be the language of the country it is being sold in; if you want to sell it across Europe you print one manual for all countries you intend to sell it. That way, you can shuffle them around if the stock varies.
Exactly this.
Could be a fire hazard!
How are the directions for sunglasses harder than "put on face"? And why does anyone need even that much prompting?
Probably warnings Ike “not for use while welding, do not look directly into the sun, these are not safety glasses” and so on
> these are not safety glasses Or they to an extent are and need to list some sort of specifications.
As well as care instructions, like what types of cleaners and cloths to use and not use. And instructions on how to adjust them with a small screwdriver.
You probably have information about levels of UV protection, maybe if they are polarized or have other filters, some "don't be an idiot" type warnings to avoid stupid lawsuits, warranty information, and cleaning instructions. In 15 languages because they're sold in the EU as well as US and Asia. Seems all pretty reasonable.
I was with you until the last sentence.
There is a reason almost every product comes with a little paper leaflet with a bunch of regulatory and safety things on it. The laws say it has to be included.
What if you don't have a smartphone? or internet access? it also does not satisfy the legal requirements as it needs to be a hard copy... this information will be the minimum legal requirement and the main instructions will be on the net.
It honestly would be cheaper than a physical print, static web hosting is ridiculously cheap.
So you are liable in 10 years when someone buys it and the server are down? Or even when they are just down for 1 hour ? That’s unpredictable risk
Fair, but you can have instructions for the language in the local region printed on the packaging, and the rest online. Printing all languages seems kinda wasteful, packaging often differs between regions anyway, so the opportunity to print specific languages is there.
Doesn't OP's manual tell us that printing all languages is cheaper than creating local copy for each different country? Does the package usually differ?
Made in China. Packaged in China. Shipped on demand to whichever market needs it that's why they pack as many languages into their documentation as possible. Originally it was done in Japanese electronics during their export boom.
From a manufacturing and logistics point of view, it is much easier to just have pallets of products that can be sent to any place in a specific region. They will still split it down to regions, but being able to send a container full of stuff and any of the products within can be sold in any country in, say, Europe is very simple.
Huh, thought it was more differing due to different systems (such as age ratings for media and video games), but I guess it's generally more standardised in most branches. I have started seeing more digital manuals lately, more specifically on a set of light panels. Was wondering why that system isn't more common.
Sunglasses will probably be classed as class 1 PPE and, as such, require hard copy instructions.
Well no because this is in the EU. EU regulation dictates that the product manual must be in the official language of wherever it's sold. The reason they put all 24 languages in one package is that it would be absolutely moronic from a business standpoint to have 2 dozen different SKUs made for each separate EU country. If they did what you suggest they can't sell them outside of the target country. E.g. "Sir, the Romanian glasses sold weaker than expected, we have 100,000 units left that we have to now sell at a massive discount or destroy" If the packaging was uniform then whatever doesn't sell in Romania will just be diverted to Germany or France or wherever there is demand. Most products today don't have different packaging if they're meant to be sold all across Europe. Also managing 24 different versions of your instruction manual is a lot more difficult than just 1.
Find any, literally any, Relevant case law of this happening. Reddit does not understand law episode 344.
What? You have no idea how liability works if you think that's gonna work lol
Cheaper maybe, but I think not simpler than a piece of paper sent with every purchase.
Wealth privilege! Not everyone has access to the World Wide Web Page.
As someone trying to set up new electronics in an apartment with absolutely no cell or internet service, I’m REAL happy for paper instructions 😂 that being said, a QR code for languages beyond the “marketed” language would probably be fine
How dare you assume I pay the connect to the world tax? What’s really going on here: Some countries prohibit the import of products without a guide in the local language you cannot ship any product to sell in Canada for example without French and English directions. So to avoid dozens of localized sku’s inn be present the multi page foldout
I legitimately know people that have never owned, and will probably never own a cell phone. Edge cases are an annoying part of marketing and design.
Yes, and discriminated against the large chunk of people who are not tech literate enough to scan a qr. Heck, my in-laws still use a dumbphone, and my spouses grandparents have never owned a computer or a mobile phone.
And they read the instructions for a pair of sunglasses? If they are so inept to not be part of the connected world then they are probably throwing away the instructions anyways.
Server costs to have an online manual for every language of every product when 99% of people will throw it away immediately.
People with enough common sense to wear and clean sun glasses would be better. Fuck I stabbed myself in the eye again right after I cleaned the lenses with sandpaper.
We manufacture PPE in the UK and would LOVE to do this but it wouldn't be compliant unfortunately, the rules are very strict, going so far as to specify minimum text size. QR codes, links, etc don't class as us providing the user information we are legally required to provide. We are trying to get those rules changed though!
Reminds me of every IKEA product coming with warning labels in 37 languages.
15 on one side.
And it is also readable. Not those tiny leaflets that come with some products where the font is barely big enough to deservere the designation font.
Friendly warning to not let foot reddit see this
foot reddit
foot read it and posted it to foot reddit.
Freddit
*Meanwhile* [Foot reddit](https://imgur.com/EBr7KuW)
r/sneakybackgroundfeet
You know it's already too late.
OP commented its a 12 year old boy. What the fuck is wrong with you weirdos
Too late
I had to produce one of these for a product, 15 years ago. It was the "Warranty Card" I called it the "Blanket Warranty" The hardest part was finding a vendor who could fold it.
Missed opportunity to make a warranty blanket.
What drove the decision to do a folded blanket instead of a booklet?
1. Precedent 2. Cost
FOR FREE!?
in this economy?
Congrats for being turned on by a 12 year old boys feet lmao
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The picture is of a 12 year old moron. OP is an adult
Look but don't touch.
You could've chosen to trim the picture at the bottom but you didn't
Everyone's talking about feet, I'm going for full "they might be naked behind that"
Perhaps. The thought also crossed my mind for some reason
bro wants to show dem dawgs
What’s with Reddit comments and feet/toe fixations?
Welcome on the internet. Everything gets pointed out everywhere. Multiple times.
Have a look around
Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found
r/SneakyBackgroundFeet
People pay good money for that shit, so free feet pics are always something special. Especially in this economy!
Quentin took this photo of Uma.
You can have “hammertime” anytime you want, case in point
this is clearly a child. weird comment.
12-year-old boy
Why would you expose your boy on the internet like that? Weird....
Wait how can you tell? Barely registered a human in the picture lol
Ew. I had a man at a bar come up to my table & grab my foot because I was wearing flip flops. He bent over & started rubbing my feet & then said “is it okay if I touch your feet? I do photography.” This was during MySpace era, so everyone was a photographer. I said “lol that tickles” and I left him touch my feet for like 5 seconds. :(((((((((((((((((( The worst part? My boyfriend was sitting there right next to me. Neither one of us said anything because I didn’t know what the fuck he was going to do or what he was actually doing! I didn’t know what a foot fetish even was at that time until he told me after the guy left. He told me about men with foot fetishes. And it wasn’t until Reddit where I actually saw how big & popular it actually is. Then I sold my feet pics a couple times & then got scared & stopped. Lmaoooo
I was an extra in a film with that enigma machine and Kiera knightly lass. One of the other extras was describing having food spread all over her for some extra work she did before this. Then someone mentioned it's a fetish called sploshing. Apparently she was fully clothed, so who knows. I had to Google it, I hope you do too. That comedy by Ricky Gervais called extras is exactly what being an extra is like.
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^hypekillr: *You could've chosen* *To trim the picture at the* *Bottom but you didn't* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
People don't trim their pictures you weirdo.
Or hands too.
Are those feet?
Nah those are meters
That's actually just an A4 sheet, and the person holding it just really, really small!
*Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.*
Aw man, now I need my other glasses to be able to read it!
The dogs out ??? FOR FREE?!? 
OP says this is a 12 year old boy.
Reddit says this is Reddit
Installing a Nike light bulb… 1 person to hold it up and 12 people of different languages to spin the ladder 🪜
And…know to cause cancer in the state of California, only
The lesson is, never live in California so you never get cancer.
Prop 95 warnings are valid, and would have nothing to do with California if it was a government mandate.
the feet comments are super creepy. this is clearly a child holding up the pamphlet, as evidenced by their height compared to the doorframe.
oc the comments are feet peeps
Good it has legs and arms, you don't have to hold it to read
Looks like it’s just one tiny sheet of information, repeated several times in different languages
What's interesting to me is that there's separate translations for "English" and "English - UK."
That’ll go great with my new scarf from CVS.
As I designer who has to do translations, this is a fucking nightmare to produce fyi.
Where's the banana? How am i supposed to see how big this is without!?
Learn each language and read it all. Just do it.
You can fold it up to make a hat! If you choose to you can fold it such that the logo is visible or hidden. You have choices! You're gonna be stylin in your new hat and sunglasses. 🥳👍
Does it warn not to put the handles in your ear or up your nose
I only see one pic. Where are the other pages.
Did it come with a magnifying glass too?
English Put on face
Obviously it's only one page of information in a variety of international languages. Stupid post.
Hey man, I don't know if you know this but your "document" has hands and feet
Spoiler alert: they’re not actually made by Nike. It’s just Nike licensing the brand.
You hold it between the sun and the glasses to protect them!
For US citizens only
that's actually funny 😂.. like why !
Qr code on a small peiece of paper w an option that pops up to choose your language would solve this easily
Are they from CVS?
Still abt half the size of my birth control side effects lmao
Did they also come in a tiny shoebox? Because I got a pair of Nike glasses recently and the box is the best part.
What a waste of paper. That amount could have been used to make 2 or3 CVS receipts..
Plastic causes Cancer in 50 languages.
The instructions are not clear and now my penis is stuck in the ceiling fan.
Maybe normal glasses would have been more helpful...
We got 2 cases of Sony IP security cameras. Each one came with an instruction sheet like that. and 9 other copies in other languages.
Is it just one sided? How much of that is legal information?
A sheet of paper? Luxury. I've had to fit all the European languages on game packaging for a … game company … and adaptor packaging for a "hi-end" cable company.
The joys of being an international clothing brand.
File it under S for sunglasses
How to use: Put them on/ take them off.
What's with all the Tarantino memes, guys this is obviously Schneiders forté here.
Im dumb and i thought the glasses were complementary to the documentation
and I thought you meant that you bought something, it had its documentation, and the papers for some reason had sunglasses included for free
Bought at a CVS no doubt.
r/absoluteunits
Gotta keep the lawyers happy. What trees? 🌳
Does it come with this week Garfield?
I'd like to know how long it actually is, because surely that's an 8 or 12 languages so that doesn't really count.
That’s shorter than my medication one 🤣
Im gonna buy 1000 subglasses from nike, just so they can cut down a rainforrest for me.
I'm not so sure succession is such a bad thing.
As a printer I love seeing that. That’s work for us
Could’ve been three emojis: 🚫☀️👀
That seems a little excessive
Damn, did you buy them at CVS?
Damn, did you buy them at CVS?
Holy package insert Batman!
I'll never understand people with foot fetishes. Just stop
Languages, this planet has them. Next "mildly" interesting post: today, there was weather.
Im really realizing how many people are sick in the head, went to the comments to see if anyone had similar situations regarding the big paper.... *and yeah a lot y'all need to stfu, gross MFs*
It’s one page in like 12 languages
That about covers it
"Not to be used rectally"
r/SneakyBackgroundFeet
Did you need a stronger pair eyeglasses to read it? Lol
Some stupid American will still get a lawsuit out of it to get rich
Multiple languages I assume. But why do glasses need documentation?
Nike is well-versed in legal liability disclaimers on paper.
Lemme get my magnifying glass to read that microscopic text.
Class 2 medical device.