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Walmart pulls children's toy that swears and sings in Polish about doing cocaine

228 points by miki123211 5y ago

Someone1234 5y ago
Still available from Amazon. While there is a reference to the Polish language problem, most of the negative reviews are about the low quality, lack of volume control, and general failures.
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  Link? Would love to pick a handful up as gag gifts.
  - tyingq 5y ago
    The one listed as a "best seller": https://www.amazon.com/MIAODAM-Dancing-Electric-Speaking-Creative/dp/B0989NTS6B/ https://www.amazon.com/MIAODAM-Dancing-Electric-Speaking-Cre... Though searching for "dancing cactus toy" shows lots of other sellers.
    - SyzygistSix 5y ago
      From the ad: "Even if there is something in your heart you dare not say, I'll help you say it." I'm dying here. And to think I was worried that things like Google Translate would kill all the good Engrish.
      - tyingq 5y ago
        From my (pretty good quality, fwiw) LeeHoo Coffee Maker box: "On a comfortable weekend afternoon, sinking into the red-and white check chair to watch others pass by, you can relish on the leisure time, relaxing with freshly brewed coffee by using the commercial coffee maker and the gentle humming of a girl singer."
    - toomuchtodo 5y ago
      Thank you!
- huitzitziltzin 5y ago
  Do you have a link to the one that definitely sings the song in Polish? There are hundreds of dancing cactuses. I know a Polish language learner who would really “benefit” from this item but I’d like the right one.
swader999 5y ago
They should have waited a month or two. I would have actually bought one. Probably a hot item on the eBay.
1cvmask 5y ago
This is the weirdest Easter egg I have come across in a toy ever. Something tells me that this will become a collectors item like the upside down stamp Inverted Jenny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny From the article: The cactus was sold on Walmart’s website as an educational toy for about $26 and sings songs in English, Spanish and Polish. But Tanner, who is Polish, said when she listened to the Polish lyrics, the cactus was singing about doing cocaine, drug abuse, suicide, depression and used profanities. "It just so happens that I am Polish and when I started to listen to the songs and I heard the words," she said. "I was in shock. I thought what is this some kind of joke?" The song is by Polish Rapper Cypis, who is reportedly unaware his song was used by the Chinese manufacturer of the children's toy.
- tyingq 5y ago
  The "Troll" dolls with the under-the-skirt giggle button was somewhat memorable. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/business/hasbro-removes-trolls-doll-poppy-button-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/business/hasbro-removes-troll...
  - Freak_NL 5y ago
    Kind of silly how that article doesn't show the actual button.
    - tyingq 5y ago
      Ahh. One that does: https://www.ksat.com/news/national/2020/08/07/trolls-doll-pulled-after-complaints-it-promotes-child-abuse/ https://www.ksat.com/news/national/2020/08/07/trolls-doll-pu... And it's definitely curious placement for a button that makes the doll giggle and gasp.
  - ffhhj 5y ago
    Actually seems like a good idea executed wrong. The placing of the button will make the doll giggle when it sits, probably that was the intention.
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tester34 5y ago
Haha There are kinda popular video(s) called "Polish Cow" which's basically animated cow dancing with this "hard song" in the background that people are not familiar with. I bet it has something to do with this. Probably those chinese manufacturers weren't aware or didn't care what does this song actually mean, but they just wanted to use something popular (maybe at that time) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=polish+cow https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=polish+cow even top comment on youtube says >guy: puts his heart into a song about addiction and depression >the internet: hehe funny cow go brrr edit: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tylko-jedno-w-glowie-mam-polish-cow https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tylko-jedno-w-glowie-mam-poli...
- archibaldJ 5y ago
  a search for cactus toy on taobao returns many sellers of the same product (for as cheap as 5USD). Looks like it's quite popular in China. One seller from beijing even uses the same Polish song in its ads: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=637694403248&ali_refid=a3_430582_1006:1271070064:N:wAz9YWVecHiC86Dn3pQPtEqMxuuOSzBT:39b5811d90a673b51af65b9d1ee9ae41&ali_trackid=1_39b5811d90a673b51af65b9d1ee9ae41&spm=a230r.1.14.6&sku_properties=6863381:97603 https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=637694403248&ali_refid=... And in the cactus playlist there goes a song titled "Dancing Polish Cow" =) https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/2207287191893/O1CN01ve29VE1Pr2RCplFO3_!!2207287191893.jpg_430x430q90.jpg https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/2207287191893/O1CN01ve29V...
  - robjan 5y ago
    If anyone really wants it, it's available on AliExpress for around 5-7 USD including shipping to pretty much anywhere in the world https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002998790310.html https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002998790310.html
    - aaron695 5y ago
      > If anyone really wants it Why else would I be in the comments? I know experiences are what matter. Not things. But I think this has enough to talk about over the next 10 years to make it an experience being on my shelf. Maybe not but I've wasted more money on a bad round of expensive drinks. Thank you for the link.
beardyw 5y ago
I always feel weird listening to songs in a language I don't understand. I feel I should find out what it means so I know whether to approve of it or not!
- Kye 5y ago
  Even people who understand the words of a song frequently miss the meaning of the song, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
  - sanqui 5y ago
    "Which machine did you think they have been raging against? The washing machine?"
- dusted 5y ago
  I prefer listening to songs in a language I don't understand, it makes me able to appreciate the sound of the voice, the rhythm and musical quality, without being biased by the content of the lyrics, which are often unimpressive to say the least.
  - scns 5y ago
    Well, i'd suggest listen to songs written by musicians with great lyrical talent ;) Listening to Nas (i call him the black shakespeare) at the moment, start with the first album Illmatic [0]. The other luminary would be Chuck Shuldiner for me, IMO the most complete musician after Bach. Damn, 4_412_591 views! [1]. Whole album [2]. Or Anthony Rother, who needs only one sentence [3] [0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01DA7137241FC16D https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01DA7137241FC16D [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8256VJ4hkJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8256VJ4hkJU [2] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwbDtBfx5bnPEgadOHQYEb6TyW3ni-6IT https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwbDtBfx5bnPEgadOHQYE... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjB3o6M6Jw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjB3o6M6Jw
  - janto 5y ago
    "Anything too stupid to be said is sung." - Voltaire (supposedly)
tyingq 5y ago
"These items are sold by a third-party seller on our marketplace website" That's really the essence of the story here. Walmart, Amazon, and others sell almost anything via their 3rd party seller functionality. With little oversight on product safety, counterfeits, issues like this one, etc. And not really enough visual cues and explanation to the buyer about what a 3rd party marketplace is. People seem to understand, for example, that their eBay purchase is something of a crapshoot. They don't always get that idea on Amazon and WalMart.
- jrootabega 5y ago
  Not enough cues? Hell, more like actively pushing and misleading you to buy from third-party sellers even when you explicitly filter by first-party only. Why would they leave potential sales on the table?
  - lotsofpulp 5y ago
    Amazon was bad when they removed the option to filter shipped and sold by Amazon many years ago. I thought Walmart was better, and it is because they let you filter for retailer as Walmart only, but recently they made it so it resets the filter every time you search. I cannot blame them, since retail profit margins are so low. But as a buyer, I try to direct my purchases to the retailers that make it easy for me to not deal with resellers. So I try to use Home Depot/Lowes/staples/Best Buy more often. Target is decent, but they also have more and more third party sellers now and do the same thing as Walmart.
    - swader999 5y ago
      Yeah it's great to keep it local. /s
      - lotsofpulp 5y ago
        How this is related to my comment? The purpose of buying something sold by the big box stores is to have a higher probability of them having vetted it or their source and it not being counterfeit, since they have to deal with the costs of the returns.
A4ET8a8uTh0 5y ago
This may be regarded as a low value comment so I apologize in advance. While reviewing the story ( and listening to the song ) my first thought was of Krusty from the Simpsons and how little he cared about the stuff he records on dolls bearing his likeness. In an odd way, it sounds exactly what happened here. 'This is how pros do it' - prolly Krusty edit: I know that the actual rapper may actually go legally after the company using his song.
- dls2016 5y ago
  "My spidey sense is tingling." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROFIc0-enLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROFIc0-enLc
Overtonwindow 5y ago
No! As an adult I really want that! seriously though, doesn’t belong in the kids section, can they move it to novelties?
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  It's all over Tiktok and IG, a Polish person I follow posted an IG story saying "For once I'm proud of my country". I'm guessing the news story will make this toy the must-buy item for Polish (and others) meme followers this Christmas.
  - Overtonwindow 5y ago
    I’m already looking for it. Just the hilarity of it and the storytelling that can be done with it.
ffhhj 5y ago
Wonder if they will also pull all the cheap laser/UV safety goggles that actually offer no protection at all.
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SyzygistSix 5y ago
Ebay sells out of popular toy that swears and sings in Polish about doing cocaine "This year's hit toy was late in coming, and the few remaining are going fast, some for incredible prices." I've never heard of Cypis, and now I absolutely want this toy. Learning to swear in Polish is a form of education. The happy accidents coming from Asian production can be really awesome. There are lots of negatives from this kind of production; we should be happy for the few positive ones. This is almost as great as getting a Barbie Liberation Army GI Joe or Barbie.
- randycupertino 5y ago
  > Learning to swear in Polish is a form of education. Highly recommend Furious Pete's educational video about Kurwa! (nsfw): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWlspF3B2M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWlspF3B2M His entire Polish language lessons series is pretty fun and tongue-in-cheek yet educational. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=furious+pete+polish+language+lesson https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=furious+pete+po...
  - thih9 5y ago
    Seems similar to "fuck", "fuck off", "fuck up", etc; but admittedly taken to a next level. This seems a general property of the Polish language, I recall an image with showing similar behaviour with another Polish swearword: https://i.redd.it/zw28vjrtkbc41.png https://i.redd.it/zw28vjrtkbc41.png
    - randycupertino 5y ago
      It's basically c*nt in Polish but is adaptable to any situation.
AlbertoGP 5y ago
This was noticed by a Polish mother in Taiwan and reported last July: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhiZmWTwMZU&t=202s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhiZmWTwMZU&t=202s Here is the cactus playing the song in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54MxIrPvFME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54MxIrPvFME
- baybal2 5y ago
  This is hilarious Though, i think it all boils down to fee Chinese being proficient in Polish, or any foreign languages to begin with https://external-preview.redd.it/Axh-na6HlrKEKyLjRONPMrQZQNnNluCViYQVA0IMo9I.jpg?auto=webp&s=c4b00dd79344f381b580ae9a836b44d5a9874f46 https://external-preview.redd.it/Axh-na6HlrKEKyLjRONPMrQZQNn...
akudha 5y ago
A Chinese company stole a Polish song, put it into kids toys and is selling them in the U.S, without the marketplace realizing it (though the last part is hard to believe) All serious issues aside, that is true globalization, lol. Copyright issues, quality control issues, ignorance (willful?) ...
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c1yd3i 5y ago
LOL
gambiting 5y ago
Incredible. In fact, thinking about it - we have a signing toy for our kid, it has several songs in English, Polish and Chinese. The songs in Chinese definitely sound nice, they have a good rhythm to them, but they could be about literally anything. The Polish songs are good though(I speak Polish).
lmilcin 5y ago
I am Polish. I have seen the toy many months ago, if not the previous year. It has been internet sensation for a long time. I fail to understand how this is any news. My younger son (4 1/2) has learned this by accident (yeah, a moment of unrestricted youtube access) and now I am trying to get him to unlearn the song.
wpietri 5y ago
If you search for these things on Amazon, you will find about a zillion sellers. Seems like somebody could use this to map out a whole set of dubious marketing companies. But my favorite bit is the product Q&A here: https://www.amazon.com/GOBOOMAN-Dancing-Childhood-Education-Birthday/dp/B098QK494T/ref=asc_df_B098QK494T/ https://www.amazon.com/GOBOOMAN-Dancing-Childhood-Education-... It's full of would be scam accomplices who bought the product on the promise of getting the money refunded if they gave a 5-star review. E.g.: Q: Is this product easy to use? A: No, the seller is a liar and deceived me. Let me buy it and give it a five-star review and give me a refund. Then the fact is that I did not receive a refund from the seller. Delicious. More scamming of scammers, please!
- rvnx 5y ago
  I don't know, I kinda like the product to be fair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGW2eVmzaEc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGW2eVmzaEc It has pretty good entertainment value.
  - wpietri 5y ago
    Oh, I'm definitely tempted to order one. I love dodgy electronic knick-knacks. But that's not going to keep me from some schadenfreuede around people getting upset that the fraudster they signed up to help also scammed them.
renewiltord 5y ago
Walmart and friends only advantage is that I can go to the store and buy things. But they make searching for items I have to go to the store for really hard. Many times I just want to know if this is in stock 30 mins from me. Any longer and I will just have it shipped on Amazon. But instead Walmart is a shitty Amazon and I never use it.
weystrom 5y ago
I wonder if somewhere there's one bored Polish electrical engineer who's laughing his ass off right now.
ramtatatam 5y ago
I googled for this toy and listened to the song (around 1 minute long), there is not a single swear word sung by this toy. The song itself is definitely not for children, but the title is a bit misleading in my opinion..
cosmodisk 5y ago
I used to work in translation industry, so I think I've got a pretty good idea why this could have happened. The toy manufacturer or local distributor hired some audio company to do polish recording. They then outsourced to someone and probably screwed up with payments,so ended up getting 'alternative' recordings. The company was cheap,so no QA was done either. Boom, the cactus is now on the shelves. Our company picked up some major airlines in Asia to translate their inflight film catalog,as the last provider did it in a way that 'Titanic' became 'Drowning dicks' and etc.. The languages involved were quite exotic but still spoken by millions.
- delroth 5y ago
  Maybe you should have read the article, which mentions that the Chinese company producing the toy just shipped a song from a Polish rapper without permission and is probably going to get sued for copyright infringement.
  - cosmodisk 5y ago
    My reasoning remains the same: someone in the whole chain got screwed and did it on purpose.
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aitchnyu 5y ago
I'm Indian and my 4 year old niece is very fond of Barbie Girl, which is a popular kids song for generations. Very few notice its about a woman's submission fantasy.
- __alias 5y ago
  I'm not sure how the Indian part is relevant, but I do think the Barbie girl song is a little different. I was very young when this song came out and so it was popular when I was a kid. Barbie girl is just an innocent innuendo in a way, because any one young just interprets it completely differently to an adult.
  - aitchnyu 5y ago
    I believe thats why the English lyrics didnt raise eyebrows here, its just catchy music.

228 points by miki123211 5y ago

Still available from Amazon. While there is a reference to the Polish language problem, most of the negative reviews are about the low quality, lack of volume control, and general failures.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
Link? Would love to pick a handful up as gag gifts.
- tyingq 5y ago
  The one listed as a "best seller": https://www.amazon.com/MIAODAM-Dancing-Electric-Speaking-Creative/dp/B0989NTS6B/ https://www.amazon.com/MIAODAM-Dancing-Electric-Speaking-Cre... Though searching for "dancing cactus toy" shows lots of other sellers.
  - SyzygistSix 5y ago
    From the ad: "Even if there is something in your heart you dare not say, I'll help you say it." I'm dying here. And to think I was worried that things like Google Translate would kill all the good Engrish.
    - tyingq 5y ago
      From my (pretty good quality, fwiw) LeeHoo Coffee Maker box: "On a comfortable weekend afternoon, sinking into the red-and white check chair to watch others pass by, you can relish on the leisure time, relaxing with freshly brewed coffee by using the commercial coffee maker and the gentle humming of a girl singer."
  - toomuchtodo 5y ago
    Thank you!
huitzitziltzin 5y ago
Do you have a link to the one that definitely sings the song in Polish? There are hundreds of dancing cactuses. I know a Polish language learner who would really “benefit” from this item but I’d like the right one.

swader999 5y ago

They should have waited a month or two. I would have actually bought one. Probably a hot item on the eBay.

1cvmask 5y ago

This is the weirdest Easter egg I have come across in a toy ever. Something tells me that this will become a collectors item like the upside down stamp Inverted Jenny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny From the article: The cactus was sold on Walmart’s website as an educational toy for about $26 and sings songs in English, Spanish and Polish. But Tanner, who is Polish, said when she listened to the Polish lyrics, the cactus was singing about doing cocaine, drug abuse, suicide, depression and used profanities. "It just so happens that I am Polish and when I started to listen to the songs and I heard the words," she said. "I was in shock. I thought what is this some kind of joke?" The song is by Polish Rapper Cypis, who is reportedly unaware his song was used by the Chinese manufacturer of the children's toy.

tyingq 5y ago
The "Troll" dolls with the under-the-skirt giggle button was somewhat memorable. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/business/hasbro-removes-trolls-doll-poppy-button-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/business/hasbro-removes-troll...
- Freak_NL 5y ago
  Kind of silly how that article doesn't show the actual button.
  - tyingq 5y ago
    Ahh. One that does: https://www.ksat.com/news/national/2020/08/07/trolls-doll-pulled-after-complaints-it-promotes-child-abuse/ https://www.ksat.com/news/national/2020/08/07/trolls-doll-pu... And it's definitely curious placement for a button that makes the doll giggle and gasp.
- ffhhj 5y ago
  Actually seems like a good idea executed wrong. The placing of the button will make the doll giggle when it sits, probably that was the intention.
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tester34 5y ago

Haha There are kinda popular video(s) called "Polish Cow" which's basically animated cow dancing with this "hard song" in the background that people are not familiar with. I bet it has something to do with this. Probably those chinese manufacturers weren't aware or didn't care what does this song actually mean, but they just wanted to use something popular (maybe at that time) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=polish+cow https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=polish+cow even top comment on youtube says >guy: puts his heart into a song about addiction and depression >the internet: hehe funny cow go brrr edit: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tylko-jedno-w-glowie-mam-polish-cow https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tylko-jedno-w-glowie-mam-poli...

archibaldJ 5y ago
a search for cactus toy on taobao returns many sellers of the same product (for as cheap as 5USD). Looks like it's quite popular in China. One seller from beijing even uses the same Polish song in its ads: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=637694403248&ali_refid=a3_430582_1006:1271070064:N:wAz9YWVecHiC86Dn3pQPtEqMxuuOSzBT:39b5811d90a673b51af65b9d1ee9ae41&ali_trackid=1_39b5811d90a673b51af65b9d1ee9ae41&spm=a230r.1.14.6&sku_properties=6863381:97603 https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=637694403248&ali_refid=... And in the cactus playlist there goes a song titled "Dancing Polish Cow" =) https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/2207287191893/O1CN01ve29VE1Pr2RCplFO3_!!2207287191893.jpg_430x430q90.jpg https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/2207287191893/O1CN01ve29V...
- robjan 5y ago
  If anyone really wants it, it's available on AliExpress for around 5-7 USD including shipping to pretty much anywhere in the world https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002998790310.html https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002998790310.html
  - aaron695 5y ago
    > If anyone really wants it Why else would I be in the comments? I know experiences are what matter. Not things. But I think this has enough to talk about over the next 10 years to make it an experience being on my shelf. Maybe not but I've wasted more money on a bad round of expensive drinks. Thank you for the link.

beardyw 5y ago

I always feel weird listening to songs in a language I don't understand. I feel I should find out what it means so I know whether to approve of it or not!

Kye 5y ago
Even people who understand the words of a song frequently miss the meaning of the song, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
- sanqui 5y ago
  "Which machine did you think they have been raging against? The washing machine?"
dusted 5y ago
I prefer listening to songs in a language I don't understand, it makes me able to appreciate the sound of the voice, the rhythm and musical quality, without being biased by the content of the lyrics, which are often unimpressive to say the least.
- scns 5y ago
  Well, i'd suggest listen to songs written by musicians with great lyrical talent ;) Listening to Nas (i call him the black shakespeare) at the moment, start with the first album Illmatic [0]. The other luminary would be Chuck Shuldiner for me, IMO the most complete musician after Bach. Damn, 4_412_591 views! [1]. Whole album [2]. Or Anthony Rother, who needs only one sentence [3] [0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01DA7137241FC16D https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01DA7137241FC16D [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8256VJ4hkJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8256VJ4hkJU [2] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwbDtBfx5bnPEgadOHQYEb6TyW3ni-6IT https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwbDtBfx5bnPEgadOHQYE... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjB3o6M6Jw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjB3o6M6Jw
- janto 5y ago
  "Anything too stupid to be said is sung." - Voltaire (supposedly)

tyingq 5y ago

"These items are sold by a third-party seller on our marketplace website" That's really the essence of the story here. Walmart, Amazon, and others sell almost anything via their 3rd party seller functionality. With little oversight on product safety, counterfeits, issues like this one, etc. And not really enough visual cues and explanation to the buyer about what a 3rd party marketplace is. People seem to understand, for example, that their eBay purchase is something of a crapshoot. They don't always get that idea on Amazon and WalMart.

jrootabega 5y ago
Not enough cues? Hell, more like actively pushing and misleading you to buy from third-party sellers even when you explicitly filter by first-party only. Why would they leave potential sales on the table?
- lotsofpulp 5y ago
  Amazon was bad when they removed the option to filter shipped and sold by Amazon many years ago. I thought Walmart was better, and it is because they let you filter for retailer as Walmart only, but recently they made it so it resets the filter every time you search. I cannot blame them, since retail profit margins are so low. But as a buyer, I try to direct my purchases to the retailers that make it easy for me to not deal with resellers. So I try to use Home Depot/Lowes/staples/Best Buy more often. Target is decent, but they also have more and more third party sellers now and do the same thing as Walmart.
  - swader999 5y ago
    Yeah it's great to keep it local. /s
    - lotsofpulp 5y ago
      How this is related to my comment? The purpose of buying something sold by the big box stores is to have a higher probability of them having vetted it or their source and it not being counterfeit, since they have to deal with the costs of the returns.

A4ET8a8uTh0 5y ago

This may be regarded as a low value comment so I apologize in advance. While reviewing the story ( and listening to the song ) my first thought was of Krusty from the Simpsons and how little he cared about the stuff he records on dolls bearing his likeness. In an odd way, it sounds exactly what happened here. 'This is how pros do it' - prolly Krusty edit: I know that the actual rapper may actually go legally after the company using his song.

dls2016 5y ago
"My spidey sense is tingling." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROFIc0-enLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROFIc0-enLc

Overtonwindow 5y ago

No! As an adult I really want that! seriously though, doesn’t belong in the kids section, can they move it to novelties?

bellyfullofbac 5y ago
It's all over Tiktok and IG, a Polish person I follow posted an IG story saying "For once I'm proud of my country". I'm guessing the news story will make this toy the must-buy item for Polish (and others) meme followers this Christmas.
- Overtonwindow 5y ago
  I’m already looking for it. Just the hilarity of it and the storytelling that can be done with it.

ffhhj 5y ago

Wonder if they will also pull all the cheap laser/UV safety goggles that actually offer no protection at all.

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SyzygistSix 5y ago

Ebay sells out of popular toy that swears and sings in Polish about doing cocaine "This year's hit toy was late in coming, and the few remaining are going fast, some for incredible prices." I've never heard of Cypis, and now I absolutely want this toy. Learning to swear in Polish is a form of education. The happy accidents coming from Asian production can be really awesome. There are lots of negatives from this kind of production; we should be happy for the few positive ones. This is almost as great as getting a Barbie Liberation Army GI Joe or Barbie.

randycupertino 5y ago
> Learning to swear in Polish is a form of education. Highly recommend Furious Pete's educational video about Kurwa! (nsfw): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWlspF3B2M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWlspF3B2M His entire Polish language lessons series is pretty fun and tongue-in-cheek yet educational. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=furious+pete+polish+language+lesson https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=furious+pete+po...
- thih9 5y ago
  Seems similar to "fuck", "fuck off", "fuck up", etc; but admittedly taken to a next level. This seems a general property of the Polish language, I recall an image with showing similar behaviour with another Polish swearword: https://i.redd.it/zw28vjrtkbc41.png https://i.redd.it/zw28vjrtkbc41.png
  - randycupertino 5y ago
    It's basically c*nt in Polish but is adaptable to any situation.

AlbertoGP 5y ago

This was noticed by a Polish mother in Taiwan and reported last July: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhiZmWTwMZU&t=202s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhiZmWTwMZU&t=202s Here is the cactus playing the song in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54MxIrPvFME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54MxIrPvFME

baybal2 5y ago
This is hilarious Though, i think it all boils down to fee Chinese being proficient in Polish, or any foreign languages to begin with https://external-preview.redd.it/Axh-na6HlrKEKyLjRONPMrQZQNnNluCViYQVA0IMo9I.jpg?auto=webp&s=c4b00dd79344f381b580ae9a836b44d5a9874f46 https://external-preview.redd.it/Axh-na6HlrKEKyLjRONPMrQZQNn...

akudha 5y ago

A Chinese company stole a Polish song, put it into kids toys and is selling them in the U.S, without the marketplace realizing it (though the last part is hard to believe) All serious issues aside, that is true globalization, lol. Copyright issues, quality control issues, ignorance (willful?) ...

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c1yd3i 5y ago

LOL

gambiting 5y ago

Incredible. In fact, thinking about it - we have a signing toy for our kid, it has several songs in English, Polish and Chinese. The songs in Chinese definitely sound nice, they have a good rhythm to them, but they could be about literally anything. The Polish songs are good though(I speak Polish).

lmilcin 5y ago

I am Polish. I have seen the toy many months ago, if not the previous year. It has been internet sensation for a long time. I fail to understand how this is any news. My younger son (4 1/2) has learned this by accident (yeah, a moment of unrestricted youtube access) and now I am trying to get him to unlearn the song.

wpietri 5y ago

If you search for these things on Amazon, you will find about a zillion sellers. Seems like somebody could use this to map out a whole set of dubious marketing companies. But my favorite bit is the product Q&A here: https://www.amazon.com/GOBOOMAN-Dancing-Childhood-Education-Birthday/dp/B098QK494T/ref=asc_df_B098QK494T/ https://www.amazon.com/GOBOOMAN-Dancing-Childhood-Education-... It's full of would be scam accomplices who bought the product on the promise of getting the money refunded if they gave a 5-star review. E.g.: Q: Is this product easy to use? A: No, the seller is a liar and deceived me. Let me buy it and give it a five-star review and give me a refund. Then the fact is that I did not receive a refund from the seller. Delicious. More scamming of scammers, please!

rvnx 5y ago
I don't know, I kinda like the product to be fair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGW2eVmzaEc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGW2eVmzaEc It has pretty good entertainment value.
- wpietri 5y ago
  Oh, I'm definitely tempted to order one. I love dodgy electronic knick-knacks. But that's not going to keep me from some schadenfreuede around people getting upset that the fraudster they signed up to help also scammed them.

renewiltord 5y ago

Walmart and friends only advantage is that I can go to the store and buy things. But they make searching for items I have to go to the store for really hard. Many times I just want to know if this is in stock 30 mins from me. Any longer and I will just have it shipped on Amazon. But instead Walmart is a shitty Amazon and I never use it.

weystrom 5y ago

I wonder if somewhere there's one bored Polish electrical engineer who's laughing his ass off right now.

ramtatatam 5y ago

I googled for this toy and listened to the song (around 1 minute long), there is not a single swear word sung by this toy. The song itself is definitely not for children, but the title is a bit misleading in my opinion..

cosmodisk 5y ago

I used to work in translation industry, so I think I've got a pretty good idea why this could have happened. The toy manufacturer or local distributor hired some audio company to do polish recording. They then outsourced to someone and probably screwed up with payments,so ended up getting 'alternative' recordings. The company was cheap,so no QA was done either. Boom, the cactus is now on the shelves. Our company picked up some major airlines in Asia to translate their inflight film catalog,as the last provider did it in a way that 'Titanic' became 'Drowning dicks' and etc.. The languages involved were quite exotic but still spoken by millions.

delroth 5y ago
Maybe you should have read the article, which mentions that the Chinese company producing the toy just shipped a song from a Polish rapper without permission and is probably going to get sued for copyright infringement.
- cosmodisk 5y ago
  My reasoning remains the same: someone in the whole chain got screwed and did it on purpose.

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aitchnyu 5y ago

I'm Indian and my 4 year old niece is very fond of Barbie Girl, which is a popular kids song for generations. Very few notice its about a woman's submission fantasy.

__alias 5y ago
I'm not sure how the Indian part is relevant, but I do think the Barbie girl song is a little different. I was very young when this song came out and so it was popular when I was a kid. Barbie girl is just an innocent innuendo in a way, because any one young just interprets it completely differently to an adult.
- aitchnyu 5y ago
  I believe thats why the English lyrics didnt raise eyebrows here, its just catchy music.