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[–]memes_lolol 8589 points8590 points  (223 children)

I've had a similar experience with phone cases like this as my Samsung j3 phone case was falling apart and you could clearly see it was made from Skylanders trading cards.

[–]AstarteHilzarie 3353 points3354 points  (149 children)

That's neat! But also how much protection can trading cards give your phone? That's like... zero cushion even if you stack then up.

[–]pvaa 6948 points6949 points  (54 children)

Depends on their special abilities surely?

Edit: Merci por le gold!

[–]somedood567 909 points910 points  (35 children)


[–]Awanderinglolplayer 643 points644 points  (30 children)

Stop calling me that

[–]BrainBlast-At-Last 269 points270 points  (27 children)

No need to be so surly.

[–]justputsomenamehere 142 points143 points  (21 children)

Surely we can stop

[–][deleted] 102 points103 points  (19 children)

It’s time to stop.

[–]enkrypt3d 99 points100 points  (17 children)

Surely you can't be serious?

[–]Sir-Funkmeister 117 points118 points  (15 children)

I am serious, and don’t call me surely

[–]zj_y33t 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Surely he is mistaken

[–]BoyAndHisBlob 81 points82 points  (3 children)

You bet your ass it does and don't call me Shirley.

[–]vernazza 366 points367 points  (41 children)

You're telling me my $3 case from Aliexpress isn't protecting my phone the way I hoped it would?!

[–]vferg 154 points155 points  (16 children)

The best part would be going back and reading the description where it probably used tons of buzz words to describe its armor protection on how its protecting your phone.

[–]LikeALincolnLog42 37 points38 points  (10 children)

Why do items from sellers in China have three quintillion words in the item names???

[–]shreyas208 91 points92 points  (9 children)

They're trying to fit in as many search keywords as possible.

[–]HSACWDTKDTKTLFO2 13 points14 points  (3 children)

Now I'm imagining an armor suit made up of Skylanders or Yu-Gi-Oh cards. I mean, technically you could stack them in a plate formation and do it...

[–]NotVoss 10 points11 points  (2 children)

A bunch of people have made actual Japanese armor with trading cards.


Duh.. my $1000 phone demands at least $4 protection.

[–]FertileProgram 12 points13 points  (9 children)

How much protection are people even expecting? I'm only expecting enough to slightly shield from the rain and dropping it from a short height

[–]Choco_Bacon 10 points11 points  (7 children)

I'm a construction worker and it isn't uncommon for me to drop it 4-6 feet to a hard floor. I need that much.

[–]StuffIsayfor500Alex 121 points122 points  (6 children)

Slightly more than 0 protection.

[–]ChuckVB 81 points82 points  (5 children)

Carrying around Skylanders cards is all the protection you need

[–]OvulatingHoe 97 points98 points  (3 children)

For your virginity

[–]ayeyo_pabs 42 points43 points  (1 child)

The protection of a chastity belt in the comfort of your pocket.

[–]Stickysun9 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Dude tries to stab you? Pull out a card with a ton of luck so he accidentally stab himself and you get to take his wallet

[–]Frysken 19 points20 points  (7 children)

Depends on the Skylander. If we're talking Giants, like Tree Rex, it should be good if you have his upgrades maxed out.

[–]MilitaryWorkingPup 8 points9 points  (5 children)

Pfft....nerds... *goes back to organizing Magic cards alphabetically by mana cost and color *

[–]Maxisfluffy 22 points23 points  (0 children)

If it was an imaginator you could customize it to be as soft as youd like

[–]ismoketreebranches 358 points359 points  (29 children)

I had a theory that China is just taking our trash and recycling it into products and selling it back to us. Wish.com I’m looking at you

[–]justsikko 222 points223 points  (22 children)

This isn't a theory. It's fact. Most of our recycling is sold to China rather than process it ourselves. That's why even some materials that are recyclable, like styrofoam, aren't recycled in most places. Because there's no market for recycled styrofoam.

[–]DaleLaTrend 143 points144 points  (6 children)

[–]DaughterEarth 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I thought this was cool then my hopes were crushed

[–]r00t96 13 points14 points  (3 children)

PolyMatter made a video about it too recently.. kinda interested to see how Western nations will deal with the issue. https://youtu.be/-gNZtI7hbvI

[–]psyblet 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Until recently anyway.

[–]Lollasaurusrex 47 points48 points  (9 children)

Which is why capitalism fails in certain markets and public goods.

The incentives are wrong.

The fact that there is no market for it but it should still be done is literally why taxes exist.

[–]justsikko 31 points32 points  (2 children)

Yup. I was mind blown when I learned that there is shit that's easily recyclable but we just don't do it cause no company will buy it. Especially considering all the uses China has for our plastic. Shit they even make clothes out of it.

[–]Enverex 17 points18 points  (5 children)

Wish.com I’m looking at you

Wish.com is literally just a dropshipper for AliExpress btw. With a healthy markup for people that can't even be bothered to check on the product they're buying.

[–]ismoketreebranches 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Oh you can check, but ymmv. The funniest thing to me is they provide free refunds, but how do you refund something free but with $4 shipping?

[–]Velidae 61 points62 points  (4 children)

My mom bought a leather belt when we were in China and a couple years later it ripped in half. It was made of old newspapers.

[–]CommanderSpleen 10 points11 points  (1 child)


[–]Alconium 15 points16 points  (0 children)

24k leather plated.

[–]ThatsN0Tit 8 points9 points  (1 child)

To be fair maybe they were new newspapers when it was made.

[–]PineappleMeister 1182 points1183 points  (127 children)

This reminds me of that old post of the punching bag that was full of trash.

[–]arkartita 329 points330 points  (115 children)

Ewww, for real?

[–]PineappleMeister 602 points603 points  (113 children)

[–]beaverinablender 532 points533 points  (104 children)

How you remember something from 7 years ago is beyond me.

Further down u/DrRodneyMckay bought 3 more, for science, to discover a sock with feces of unknown origin on it.

I'm paging u/DrRodneyMckay to see if he can remember anything from this, surely interesting, experience.

[–]DrRodneyMckay 538 points539 points  (87 children)

Oh god this was a lifetime ago. How you remembered to tag me is beyond my realm of understanding haha.

I tried to dig up the photos of mine but can't find them. Mine were just as bad except I got the added bonus of used bullet casings.

[–]JKleinMiddelink 210 points211 points  (45 children)

[–]DrRodneyMckay 196 points197 points  (37 children)

I need to find the rest of the photos. I didn't end up posting them because of some real life drama that used most of my free time... They are here somewhere...

[–]jclss99 119 points120 points  (13 children)

I searched your post history 7 years back looking for the pics and was quite disappointed. All those people were counting on you OP. Lol

[–]DefinitelyHungover[🍰] 118 points119 points  (10 children)

If they deliver, this could be the longest op payoff in history.

[–]jclss99 53 points54 points  (9 children)

What a time to be alive

[–]FuckIsms 31 points32 points  (0 children)

7 years in the making man... cmon pull through op

[–]jackasseress 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Do it, you'll definitely rake in the gold and become a Reddit legend for finally delivering

[–]MadBodhi 19 points20 points  (7 children)

RemindMe! 1 day

[–]beaverinablender 21 points22 points  (30 children)

How interesting! I wonder if they're still for sale, I want to buy some for my own investigation.

It's good to see you're still active on Reddit after all this time! I wonder if I will be in seven years time?

[–]DrRodneyMckay 40 points41 points  (25 children)

Not as 'active' as I once was but still around,

Quitened down a bit after the exposure I got from the 'Telstra Data Guy' thing that exploded off Reddit onto the front page of every international media outlet. (Google it)

[–]Electr0freak 42 points43 points  (10 children)

So you spent a day downloading data at around 100-200 Mbps on average (fellow network engineer here) and people lost their minds over it? Fuck, I work for an ISP, and I think it's good of you to take advantage of an opportunity. The service wasn't metered that day so it wasn't "$10,000 worth of data" it was $0 worth of data that day, and if Telstra was impacted in any way by a ~200 megabit stream, they have bigger problems than you, particularly when they made their own bed by having a free data day (to apologize for an outage, no less).

[–]DrRodneyMckay 90 points91 points  (4 children)

Yah I know right. Someone downloaded a bunch of shit. Whoopdy do how amazing.

The whole thing spawned when people who have no idea how a big telcos network actually work started accusing an individual (me) of slowing the entire Telstra network on the free data day.

I was on the 4GX network at the time so max download was 250mbits.

Before I went to bed I was like 'thats right free data, might as well queue upmall those backlogged downloads'

Went to sleep

Woke up and went out with family the next day

Got home at 11:30pm and was likem,'better stop the downloads before the free data ends'

Saw how much it chewed through and posted a screenshot to Reddit

Woke up the next day to 100s of messages from journalists, radio and TV people all melting down about it.

I milked the publicity. Got a great job out of it and it opened heaps of new opportunities up for me. Was a fun few weeks in the spotlight, glad it was over as quickly as it started though, people are insane.... Writing 3x page long death threats in Facebook messages.. 50/50 mix of supporters vs haters.

[–]Electr0freak 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Good for you, man. A lot of idiots with opinions out there. Those of us who know how the shit actually works got your back.

[–]FrigginAwsmNameSrsly 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to hear it worked out for you as well as it did, congrats! People are just begging for reasons to complain about anything these days.


This entire thread is such a roller coaster, you're about to be a reddit celebrity. This is the most thrilling thing since the rice guy.

[–]DrRodneyMckay 25 points26 points  (4 children)

Saw your edit:


How can you abuse something that's marketed as 'free all you can eat' (well I guess you can )

The responsibility was on their end to make sure people are capped/limited/whatever if it was deemed to be impacting others/causing a issue.

I was just lucky at the time I lived next door (100meters) from a tower with 4GX support and apparently quite a decent backhaul from the tower to their network.

It sucks some people couldn't get above a few megabits on the day, but luck was on my side and I was able to max it out all day.

[–]Electr0freak 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, your proximity to the tower gave you the advantage in TCP throughput (low loss/latency allowing window sizes to scale high enough to reach capacity) so you could fill up the pipe. Telstra should have configured fair-queuing. Not your fault they don't have their shit configured right.

[–]Dreviore 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He didn't abuse it. Telsra and the media went to villify him for his actions that hurt their corporate monopoly.

Happens in Canada all the time when you find a loophole in an agreement; and it's why they no longer offer unlimited data, even for a month (I still have Rogers SKU for that, but it auto expires after 30 days)

[–]ijustwant2argueagain 12 points13 points  (5 children)

Quitened.....I've been trying to pronounce this for a solid minute.

[–]DrRodneyMckay 78 points79 points  (3 children)

Little more detail

All 3 of mine contained a mixture of

30% what appeared to be used underwear and socks 40% sawdust 20% cloth and other misc bits of fabric 5% medical waste like empty pill bottles, packaging from syringes (not the actual syringes) 5% used ammunition casings

[–]Dreviore 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wonder what that bag would've smelled like after a few weeks in a hot gym; with a bunch of sweaty guys running around.

Mind buying another one and finding out?

[–]TrippySubie 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Comments have “7y ago” and the guys tracking number says itll arrive December of 2011...fuck man cant believe its been that long

[–]QueefyMcQueefFace 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh god the Jolly Rancher story showed up in that comment section. Is the Jolly Rancher story really over 7 years old? Internet legends never die I guess, like the Cumbox.

[–]domcsek 1654 points1655 points  (116 children)

How much did you pay for it?

[–]caed744[S] 1708 points1709 points  (109 children)

Like under ten pounds not much at all really.

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    [–]randypriest 1452 points1453 points  (28 children)

    26.50 dollarydoos

    [–]GoingOffline 422 points423 points  (24 children)

    What’s the conversion rate to Schrute bucks?

    [–]Chipotleeveryday 331 points332 points  (17 children)

    .04 Stanley Nickels

    [–][deleted] 148 points149 points  (9 children)

    How many gallons of chili can I buy for that?

    [–]inannaofthedarkness 121 points122 points  (3 children)

    You can eat it off the floor for free!

    [–]Dubhghlas 17 points18 points  (2 children)

    I see you're a person of fine culture as well!

    [–]apginge 6 points7 points  (1 child)

    but how much is that in undercooked onions?

    [–]amirchukart 22 points23 points  (1 child)

    3 gallons of ground chili

    [–]bibasik7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    So just under 24 water?

    [–]IneffectiveDetective 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    About 10 pounds worth

    [–]bri789 17 points18 points  (1 child)

    How many schmeckles would that be?

    [–]Iscream4science 160 points161 points  (24 children)

    Around 4,5 kg worth of moneys

    [–]pixelvengeur 47 points48 points  (6 children)

    Around 125.7 °C

    [–]culingerai 12 points13 points  (5 children)

    Less than 12 parsecs.

    [–]Dr_McKay[🍰] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

    About 18 metres

    [–]pikachew_likes_nuts 5 points6 points  (0 children)


    [–]Flyawaylittlemonkey 101 points102 points  (12 children)

    Under $13 for you colonials.

    [–]MightyCaseyStruckOut 47 points48 points  (7 children)

    Under $18 for my brethren who live up north.

    [–]caramelfrap 28 points29 points  (4 children)

    Thats fifty quadrillion bolivars for the Venezuelans down south

    [–]fantalemon 22 points23 points  (2 children)

    4.5x1026 dollars for my Zimbabwean crew.

    [–]ColdSpider72 29 points30 points  (1 child)

    Check out Dwayne Johnson over here calling a 9 pound phone case 'not much at all'.

    [–]V_es 10 points11 points  (3 children)

    Oh wow that’s worth 10 cases like that. Use aliexpress next time.

    [–]bunty66 5880 points5881 points  (104 children)

    Recycling at its best😀

    [–]DingDong_Dongguan 1590 points1591 points  (56 children)

    Re-use, let's see if OP Recycles.

    [–]foopiez 685 points686 points  (52 children)

    Just cracked a beer bottle

    why the hell was there a phone case inside?

    [–]pvaa 187 points188 points  (42 children)

    Ah! The old coaster-caseeroo!

    [–]Spartan7502 185 points186 points  (22 children)

    Hold my beer mat I’m going I- wait one minute...

    You piece of shit

    [–]gaymerRaver 115 points116 points  (20 children)

    Anyone who uses a rickroll in 2019 is going straight to hell when they die.

    [–]Mitt_Romney_USA 69 points70 points  (13 children)

    I dunno, I still love that song.

    [–]kmachate 73 points74 points  (6 children)

    That's not helping your campaign...

    [–]pistoncivic 29 points30 points  (5 children)

    Not to mention his binders full of Manning faces.

    [–]PatacusX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    I've been seeing it a lot lately on Reddit. Like several times so far in the past few days.

    I think maybe a bunch of redditors just time warped here from 2008

    [–]FellatioAlger 14 points15 points  (2 children)

    Hold my phone, I'm going in!

    [–]_Probably_Human_ 9 points10 points  (1 child)


    [–]SeanTheTranslator 8 points9 points  (0 children)

    XcQ do not view

    [–]caed744[S] 218 points219 points  (5 children)

    Yeah reassuring to see

    [–]champagnencampaign 44 points45 points  (1 child)

    Very reusing.

    [–]VusterJones 14 points15 points  (0 children)

    Much recycling. Wow


    Wouldn't this be reusing? A step above recycling?

    1. Reduce

    2. Reuse

    3. Recycle

    That's the preferred order, right?

    [–]DatBowl 9 points10 points  (1 child)

    Yes, people always seem to forget this step. Like the 6-pack holders that can be eaten by sea turtles. It’s great that they’re less harmful, but there’s reusable 6-pack holders that don’t need to be in the ocean at all.

    [–]BelleAriel 73 points74 points  (28 children)

    Recycling is great unless it’s toilet roll then things get shitty.

    [–][deleted] 55 points56 points  (27 children)

    Recycling used toilet paper isn’t so bad. Reusing it is another matter though.

    [–]houjous 46 points47 points  (26 children)

    Just keep folding till you get a little on your finger. Also if you have to blow your nose use the paper before you wipe - you will regret going the other way around.

    [–][deleted]  (23 children)


      [–]OldMork 17 points18 points  (16 children)

      we have five, one for each family member

      [–]gutsplat 22 points23 points  (3 children)

      What’s that rusty knife on the end there?

      That’s not rust... that’s our poop knife

      [–]quesoburgesa 18 points19 points  (0 children)

      I was wondering when the poop knife would make an appearance

      [–]rcarnes911 9 points10 points  (1 child)

      Poop knives are essential toilet sundries

      [–]rosepettijohn 184 points185 points  (30 children)

      There is a sub somewhere that is all about what’s inside the stuff made in China. I’m too lazy to look it up, but I remember half of it being trash filled stuff, which I guess is eco friendly or disappointing depending on the item.

      [–]account_not_valid 112 points113 points  (6 children)

      This is why products such as stuffed toys and mattresses often have a label saying "Contains all new fibers" or similar. Previously they were often stuffed with old used cloth and rags. Unwashed, it would be a vector for disease spread and other harm.

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        [–]Mistawondabread 21 points22 points  (0 children)

        We are talking 40+ years ago.

        [–]arkartita 13 points14 points  (0 children)

        Look it up, I need it.

        [–]Blu3Subaru 680 points681 points  (35 children)

        My wallet had colgate toothpaste packaging inside

        [–]MadBodhi 154 points155 points  (17 children)

        Same it was inside some cheap "genuine leather" card case I got off Amazon.

        [–][deleted]  (16 children)


          [–]FukuyamaTheGropeyOne 75 points76 points  (8 children)

          Second lowest, but yeah it's wayyyyy down there

          [–]PureWhey 29 points30 points  (7 children)

          Is there a list?

          [–]Nozen_ 140 points141 points  (5 children)

          Full grain leather

          Top grain leather

          Split grain leather

          Genuine leather

          Bonded leather

          [–]marshmallowpillow55 78 points79 points  (3 children)

          To expand on this list, here’s more info from u/Jontolo a few moths ago:

          Leather grades:

          1. ⁠Full-Grain leather - leather that has never been sanded or buffed to remove imperfections (think high quality footwear and luggage). Has an almost vintage look.
          2. ⁠Top-Grain leather - has the split layer with imperfections taken away, so manufacturers can work with them. Think high end products like expensive handbags. Usually has a finished 'smooth' feel.
          3. ⁠Suede - the top layer of top grain is taken away, leaving a 'drop split'. Cow hide is usually hard, so to get the suede softness, this is usually lamb, goat, calf or deerskin.
          4. ⁠Genuine leather (corrected grade) - An artificial grain is applied to the surface to make you think it's legit. It's not.
          5. ⁠Bonded leather - this is the recycled-paper of the leather world. Pretty much the remaining pulp all brought together using chemicals.

          [–]ApplesCole 11 points12 points  (1 child)

          Where does patent leather fall into this ranking? Is the patent part just the gloss that’s then applied to lower quality leather?

          Asking as my colleague mentioned patent leather a few days ago and I hadn’t heard of it before.

          [–]nstarleather 5 points6 points  (0 children)

          Patent these days can be pretty junky though there isn’t anything that says it always has to be so...I’m sure if you were to buy shoes from a reputable brand you’d get good quality regardless of the type of leather...if they are $20 you’re getting cheap leather even if it says full grain.

          A patent finish is super glossy lacquered and there’s nothing in the original patent for patent leather that talks about the leather being “corrected” so in theory the “original patent leather” was probably a full grain veg tanned leather. Unfortunately at this point 90% of the really high-gloss leather you see is pretty cheap quality.

          [–]roostercrowe 13 points14 points  (0 children)

          hit me with that full grain baby

          [–]Deemaunik 2185 points2186 points  (62 children)

          Recycled cardboard. Shit, I'd probably buy from the company again after finding that.

          [–]DingDong_Dongguan 834 points835 points  (29 children)

          Wait until you find out that the company bought the beer originally for the employees.

          [–][deleted] 290 points291 points  (19 children)

          I’ll buy 3 then. Beer for everyone!!

          [–][deleted]  (17 children)


            [–]tkneil131 112 points113 points  (14 children)

            🦀 $11 🦀

            [–]Ditomo 87 points88 points  (12 children)


            [–]EpicLegendX 49 points50 points  (4 children)


            [–]TaylorSwiftTrapLord 39 points40 points  (3 children)


            [–]AsmrFavorites 50 points51 points  (0 children)

            Recycling is powerless to sea waste 🦀🦀🦀

            [–]SanduskyTicklers 9 points10 points  (1 child)

            Plot twist: their employees are 7 year olds

            [–][deleted]  (9 children)


              [–]whysoseriousmofo 64 points65 points  (6 children)

              This is unintended good publicity for them.. Its literally them cutting corners but inadvertently they are doing good by doing so..

              [–]cvdvds 34 points35 points  (3 children)

              I wonder if it's actually cheaper for them to use recycled/reused cardboard instead of new cardboard.

              Logistically I could see it actually being more expensive.

              [–]raretrophysix 25 points26 points  (0 children)

              I have knowledge in this industry

              The answer depends. When recycling there are two things to worry about:

              1: Contaminents (Bio material, Oils etc)

              2: Purity (you can't melt down and recycle plastic multiple times)

              When the purity goes down and contamination is high but not high enough to discard recycling companies will give the material for pennies over burying it. Hence it can get very cheap, cheaper than buying new materials

              So answer depends.

              [–]Bcron 17 points18 points  (0 children)

              It's probably easier and cheaper for them to buy misprinted paper stock from a printing company (like the printing company that made this beer box), than to use new unprinted cardboard or recycled/used cardboard.

              In all likelihood, this cardboard may be unused but unsuitable for use as packaging, and just wound up being sold off to an entirely different company that ended up using it in cellphone cases.

              The factories that make beer or toothpaste or Nintendo Switches don't make their packaging, they get them from printing companies, and those printing companies wind up with tons of unusable printed sheets of cardboard and whatnot, and you could imagine that these printing companies would want to get some money back from those unusable sheets.

              [–]BritishNecro 277 points278 points  (4 children)

              Now you have a phone case and a beer mat ...win win tbh

              [–]Florida225 36 points37 points  (3 children)

              Two down, one to go.

              [–]peritye 13 points14 points  (0 children)

              Happy anniversary

              [–]I_CAPE_RUNTS 11 points12 points  (0 children)

              Who’s your worm guy?

              [–]Weidz_ 202 points203 points  (10 children)

              Shenzhen 101

              [–]Herkentyu_cico 139 points140 points  (6 children)

              Actually i wouldn't even mind. Recycling is pretty cool. Even though that wasn't the company's reason to do so .

              [–][deleted] 121 points122 points  (2 children)

              Making recycling economically viable is the greatest good. The fact that this company may not have gone into business to recycle isn't a problem, the fact that is was POSSIBLE for someone interested purely in profit to start a profitable company by recycling is a great thing.

              [–]Herkentyu_cico 34 points35 points  (1 child)

              Actually. Now that i think of it. It is a pretty cool achievement! Thanks for enlightening me and give me a 180° twist.

              [–]noize89 31 points32 points  (1 child)

              Depends. Some of the higher ups really do want to recycle for more reasons than just cost savings. I've met several factory owners who really want to be more green as long as they can continue to be competitive. Typically they cannot do too much, but they put some effort into it.

              [–]Herkentyu_cico 5 points6 points  (0 children)

              Like Fjällräven Kånken

              [–]jason_sation 213 points214 points  (9 children)

              I had a snap bracelet fall apart and it was just part of a tape measure inside.

              [–]allblindsdown 104 points105 points  (4 children)

              Did yours have weird non consecutive numbers on it? Mine did.

              [–]AstarteHilzarie 207 points208 points  (0 children)

              So slap bracelets were a solution to a misprint waste problem... interesting...


              4 8 15 16 23 42

              [–]clshifter 59 points60 points  (0 children)

              Wow that seems totally obvious now that you mention it.

              [–]Sublime50lbc 173 points174 points  (6 children)

              Your phone struggled with alcoholism before meeting you.

              He keeps his past suppressed on the inside hoping no one found out...but then here we are.

              [–]randypriest 52 points53 points  (3 children)

              Case closed.

              [–]pvaa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

              Oh you witty, randy priest you!

              [–]Maxisfluffy 8 points9 points  (1 child)

              TIL Im a phone case

              [–][deleted]  (13 children)


                [–]AstarteHilzarie 22 points23 points  (2 children)

                Time to rip it up and see what's inside.

                [–]HumanRepellant 13 points14 points  (8 children)

                I swear if you don't rip it up and post 😂


                I’m broke so

                [–]Executioneer 10 points11 points  (2 children)

                Ill buy you a new one dude. Just post it.

                [–]Salmon_Shizzle 30 points31 points  (2 children)

                Beer Mat = Coaster?

                [–]SineWave48 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                A beer mat is a cardboard coaster. Cheap, soaks up (minor) spillages, disposable, typically also used as an advertising media.

                [–]inshane_in_the_brain 99 points100 points  (12 children)

                Everyone here talking about how great it is they recycled and all im thinking is how shite the product was to begin with lmao

                [–]blurryfacedfugue 19 points20 points  (2 children)

                Well the thing probably cost 8 bucks off Amazon..

                [–]worldfire 30 points31 points  (0 children)

                They are usually misprints that are sold to companies to use. I see it a lot in packaging at factories.

                [–]shahirkhan 40 points41 points  (0 children)

                Lol that’s awesome. Excellent re-use of old shite

                [–]mrshakeshaft 19 points20 points  (0 children)

                Yes! My wife bought one that was made of an old Colgate toothpaste box. I was irrationally annoyed at the time but on reflection, what a good idea.

                [–]Throwaway_Old_Guy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                There's a reason why some things are so cheap...

                [–]MycroFeline 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                I’ve lived in China for more than 10 years, and yet I am still constantly amazed at the Chinese ability to turn literal shit into (roughly 26, in this case) bucks with fake plastic, fake leather, fake metal, fake everything... You gotta hand it to them. First-world countries pay them to take away their trash, they pack it into punching bags, and sell it right back for cold hard Schrute and Stanley currency...

                [–]JostGartner 5 points6 points  (2 children)

                It's the same with my gf

                [–]eirinne 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                She’s a coaster inside?

                [–]fatfook 33 points34 points  (2 children)

                My mate bought a punchbag that was full of household rubbish when he punched it so hard it split open.

                [–]prplmnkeydshwsr 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                Internet lore. There are pics of that (probably true).

                Also Chinese bridges which should be concrete but are general garbage.

                [–]StrangeAlternative 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                Even the outside looks very poorly constructed.

                [–]MistakesTasteGreat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                But, Macau-ver for mah phone