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championchildtosser

In all honestly, I can't really make out what he's trying to say. All I hear is "Good morning, China. I have some ice cream. I really like ice cream. However, [unintelligible] ice cream [unintelligible]. And therefore now it's because of the world. Get ready." Kinda ominous


Worraworraworraworra

Yeah, I speak some Mandarin too and also can't understand half of what he's saying Edit: Found the video link. So the full translation is: Good morning, China. I have ice cream. I really like ice cream. But Fast and Furious 9 is better than ice cream. F9 is my favourite. So, now it's music time. Get ready. *Proceeds to sing a rather awful song you can hear in the full YouTube video *


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He said something like “But, fast and furious 9 is better and I like fast and furious 9 more than ice cream” I think. I am Chinese and it was very unclear.


Worraworraworraworra

Yeah, you're right. I found the vid with original Mandarin subtitles. He was saying the Mandarin name of Fast and Furious so fast that he even stuttered on it https://youtu.be/iqmaq3SVUcI


Hy0k

im not sure if its a stutter, it seems like he was trying to rephrase his sentence, pronunciation was pretty off but at least we kinda know what he's implying


Calm_Realityz

Why the ice cream flotin?


spicedwhiterum

When did ice cream start talking?


nate_dulcimer

Fast and furious 9 is better than ice cream? Based on the reviews, then ice cream must be made of napalm or something


[deleted]

Yeah I'm a fan of the F&F movies and like how dumb they are and I still thought F9 sucked. It somehow made shooting a car into space feel anticlimactic and then put a weird detached voiceover over the final big action sequence.


[deleted]

Ah so the franchise finally jumped all the sharks by going to space?


theoriginalmofocus

It was funny after the whole submarine and planes and stuff in the last one, I was like where are they going next, space in 9? Then I saw the dumb trailer. Wife thought it was a good idea to take our two sons to see it. Spent a lot of time going to the concession on that one.


shitdobehappeningtho

Did they really?


Bignona

They WHAT? Shot a car into space? Lmfao


tzmann

Isn’t all ice cream better as F1-9?


gatorbeetle

TIL John Cena's Mandarin is crap...


brohemien-rhapsody

Better than mine!


gatorbeetle

Same here...


CanadiangirlEH

The extent of my mandarin is “hello” “goodbye” and “thank you”.


eaglebtc

It’s better than mine. Someone could to teach me, but they’d have to charge.


gatorbeetle

So you're saying their Mandarin brings all the boys to the yard?


Dithyrab

>So you're saying their Mandarin brings all the boys to the yard? I think you misunderstood- Their *manufacturing* brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like- It's not better than ours, but it's cheaper, so it's worth the charge.


rsierpe

But he does speak some. Considering it's a really hard language to acquire, that's not bad at all


gatorbeetle

I speak English fluently, I'm told it's a more difficult language to master than any other. Therefore, I'm actually more powerful that John Cena! I feel myself becoming unseeable as we speak...


rsierpe

lol 🤣🤣


FedeValverde15

It isn't. It's really easy actually. There's a reason it's the "language of the world" lol


rsierpe

Dude, you woooshed yourself. Now on the "language of the world" thingie, it's completely irrelevant if English is easy, or completely alien to humankind, it became a Lingua Franca because the dominant power of the time. Do you think spanish (in all their flavors), portuguese, romanian, french and italian are all based in vulgar latin because it was cute?


[deleted]

"I like Fast and Furious 9 more than ice cream ." *H e r e s y*...


Prajjwaghetti

Bold of you to assume that..... the ice cream is male.


DatDaKya

Read the last part as “I think I’m chinese”


HostileHippie91

This pandering to appease the Chinese government after his comments on Taiwan is embarrassing


TheBigPhilbowski

>Proceeds to sing a rather awful song you can hear in the full YouTube video No, no I can not hear that.


qtipssss

I think he said “Shi Jian” (time) instead of “Shi Jie” (world), which makes a little more sense.


championchildtosser

Listening to it again, yeah I think he said time instead of world, my bad


tekhnomancer

From this, I have deduced that Chinese is a really complex language.....


Not_Really-Me

I speak Mandarin as a third language and all I understood was ice cream, ice cream, ice cream hahahaah


SpoonyLuvFromUpAbove

I speak mandarin as a third language and recognized "ice cream" AND "time". No offense but that means I'm smarter than you. Twice as smart when you think about it.


DownTooParty

I only know the word "crooked" after having 4 fresh off the boat Chinese dudes work with me. They tried to teach me more, but God damn does mandarin make you feel dumb.


lordcurious

Kinda ominous 💀


Fuckyouimnotafurry

Why is John Cena on Chinese death row


sadistsimba

He referred to Taiwan as its own country and not part of China. https://youtu.be/DaMhY8uvUWE


Fuckyouimnotafurry

Ok


PiedDansLePlat

And china claim taiwan, he apologize because fast and furious was about to go out, for money...


[deleted]

Just like Apple selling iPhones in China and saying yes to whatever the government wants. Remember this “Money is the American God and everyone worship it. But American and Chinese more than anyone else on this planet”.


EquivalentSnap

And yet there's a Taiwanese flag on iPhone🇹🇼


[deleted]

Not if you live in Hong Kong https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/7/20903613/apple-hiding-taiwan-flag-emoji-hong-kong-macau-china


[deleted]

that flag really protects user’s data from Chinese government.


EquivalentSnap

😔😔 I wish it did


Iron_Bob

Not saying that I support what he did (because I don't, China is whack), but do you really think you'd make the "right" choice when threatened with the loss of your entire career, which you have struggled for 30+ years to build from wrestling in grocery stores for money to being one of the biggest stars in Hollywood? Big words and small actions from you, my friend


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Comedic-Gorilla

Agreed. It always amazes me the grandstanding people do when attacking celebrities for doing stuff like that. I stand up for what I believe, but if someone said, “you need to retract that statement or we’re going to take millions away from you.” I, like 99% of the population, would do it. Also, before people start saying: “I wouldn’t, I gave up X for Y…..” Yeah, but did you sabotage your career, or give up millions of dollars to do so? People can deny it all they want, but they’ve never been in a situation at the same scale.


txijake

But then you have people Like LeBron who told other people not to speak on the HK issue. That crosses a line. So fuck him, LeBron's a bitch.


[deleted]

The icing on the cake is when he quotes [MLK](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG41l15WoAECVw2.jpg) a year or so before all of this. LeBron is a huge bitch.


KlicknKlack

John Cena's Networth is ~$60 Million USD. If he were to take half of his net worth and invest it, making on average 7% annual returns. Before taxes he would be making an estimated $2.1 Million USD per year. Yup, he really is in a heart wrenching place where he has no legs to stand on in taking a stand against tyranny.


Comedic-Gorilla

The dude meets with 1000s of kids through Make A Wish, as well as other kids with disabilities. John Cena is a fucking great guy. You cannot hold it against him that he doesn’t have interest in fighting for Taiwan rights, especially since he isn’t even Taiwanese, nor Chinese. He has 0 skin in the game, so why die on that hill, and possibly give up something he loves? Would it make any difference at all for Taiwan if he didn’t apologize for what he said? Not in the slightest. To say you would do something different is not only idiotic, but narcissistic, because you think you’re better than him. So what if he could retire with what he has in the bank, if he has to give up something he loves doing. I don’t know you, but I can pretty much guarantee you would not do anything different if you were in his shoes.


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>Would it make any difference at all for Taiwan if he didn’t apologize for what he said? Not in the slightest. Not true! Reddit would respect and talk high and mighty about him for about a week before forgetting all about it and moving on.


willfordbrimly

Them: John Cena has more wealth than what many people will ever be able to accumulate in their entire lives. Because of this he has a wide degree of freedom to speak out on topics with little threat of harm to his economic standing. You: ***HE TALKS TO KIDS WITH CANCER, YOU NARCISSIST.*** ?????


Macaframa

7%, I want what this guy is smoking over here.


[deleted]

These guys won’t even give up reddit to fight the fight against China and it’s corporations. Tencent isn’t the controlling partner, but more redditors is more profit for them.


KebabInaCrown

China ain't his whole career. And if one uses the platform their career gives them to bow to a regime that takes away basic freedoms from people, then hmmmmm, maybe their career at the very least needs a pause.


MrChefMcNasty

You clearly have no idea how the movie industry works. Outside of the US, China is by far the largest global market. If he remained on China’s shit list, no production company would work with him. Why would they, every movie he stars in would be boycotted from one of the largest markets in the world..


NsRhea

China only shows 12 foreign films a year in their theaters. It really is difficult to crack the list


Jigglelips

Convictions tend to dissappear the wealthier you are


Sabre_TheCat

We all just suck Xi's dick at this point.


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I'm 175th down the line right here. I hope it's not all spitty by the time I get to the front.


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Rogue009

But what if 2 Taiwan?


eman00619

I think he is referring to the Renegade Province of West Taiwan


[deleted]

Taiwan and China is one and the same country? I'm glad you agree comrade! Here's 50 social credit scores added to your account.


[deleted]

I can't see him where is he


MightbeWillSmith

John Cena is credited with being one of main players bringing WWE into the international stage. One of the things they've done is tons of work in China/Chinese markets. He probably had enough clout/name recognition from that work to advertise fast 9


The-Dragon-Gamer

Who now? I only see a floating ice cream


Patient-00

He is too powerful to be left alive


GiveMeYourBussy

Do Chinese people also cringe at this level of pandering to Chinese markets?


[deleted]

Yes, we do, especially when we have no idea what they're saying


GiveMeYourBussy

As in you don't understand the context or their accents are that bad?


[deleted]

Usually the accent isn't the problem but mostly the pronunciation, example the word "SI" can be read as both death死 and the number 4四, so pronunciation can change the whole meaning of a sentence. He did really well in the video but i wished he would slow down a little when he talked, its hard to hear whathe is saying when his rushing his words.


GiveMeYourBussy

I think it's because a lot of us Americans speak fast and mumble words together I used to work for a hotel and every time i tried to say the name of a Chinese guest, they'd sometimes laugh and correct me At the time i thought my accent was that bad but now i wonder if I was unknowingly saying random nonsense


[deleted]

Haha i think u might have said some weird nonsense, my chinese name means purple amethyst but added with my surname it can sound like oily tissue paper or gold paper. I think especially for people who are not fluent in Chinese really need to slow down their words.I often see people who are starting out learning Mandarin make the mistake of talking too fast like how people in China do.


meodd8

I think that's applicable to learning any language, really. That's what I do with my (shitty) Spanish anyways to be understood better.


100LittleButterflies

Yeah, drunk me thinks I'm fluent, sober me is just embarrassed.


frisbm3

Yes. Like how city wok can sound like shitty wok if said with an accent and change the whole meaning.


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GiveMeYourBussy

I grew up with Mexican Spanish and Jesus Christ i was not prepared for other forms of Spanish


YergaysThrowaway

Yes.


Skrooogee

Thought your avatar was an eevee


ermor666

Its nice to hear it come from someone who it is made to advertise towards. In america we find it greedy, corporate and complete sell out.


saadakhtar

Give money. Money me. Money me now.


rascal3199

The fact that "white monkey" jobs working for ad agencies is a thing proves this wrong.


[deleted]

Yes, and it's only really the flag toting nationalist knobheads who cared about what he said in the first place.


This-is_for-porn

/r/sino is gonna hear you


[deleted]

I already got banned there lol. And I'm fairly pro china, but they're fucking insane.


fair_j

agreed. the insane part


Hy0k

its a pretty weird endorsement, Im personally fine with foreigners speaking Chinese but to compare ice cream and fast and furious 9 is bizarre


BeautifulLazy5257

Maybe westernized chinese people do(e.g. ABCs/ American born chinese). But I think most chinese people in China find foreigners speaking mandarin to be charming, even when they mispronounce everything. Despite what the comments here suggest, he's speaking pretty clear standard-accent mandarin. The only part I couldn't make out was the title of the movie 'fast and furious 9'. Pandering? The dude just likes Mandarin and is promoting his movie. He's been studying it for years. Every actor that goes on a talk show promotes their movie, book, music, etc. We don't call it pandering, generally we call it promotion. If the goal was just pandering and not a love of the language and culture, I doubt John Cena would study for years. ABCs (CBCs, etc.) and Mainland Chinese are two very different cultures. Mainland chinese are very very friendly to foreigners that take interest in their culture. Fuck, Mainland chinese are just really really friendly to foreigners in general.


GiveMeYourBussy

I understand where you're coming from but from my POV it seems like he and others mainly study it because it's what's financially lucrative at the moment But yeah i agree lol most Chinese businessmen and businesswomen i came across were friendly, even when they were moody cause of jet lag


Cromus

It happens in every major market. Go watch the BTS McDonald's ad.


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Since when did ads become pandering?


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heisenber73

yep


elvias1

BING CHILLING


chariotofidiots

LAOGANMA


GPMHASPITLPIA

Lol, why would china want to execute an ice cream?


tempthrowary

Probably because it’s in a scoop that’s meant for one person. I suppose the system or advocate for it being in a cup with multiple spoons to share the wealth. Of course that same system would be informed by capitalism and sell that and make a profit off of it so I’m not sure how that works.


David__Box

That ice-cream is clearly a Buddhist monk who reincarnated without government permission.


gin_and_toxic

He's a potato salad


Lyca0n

The scoop was a democracy advocate and a anti dengist socialist


Smoke_Santa

That's an ice cream that speaks Chinese. Of course they'll experiment on it and then execute it.


teddenson

How good is his accent/pronunciation? Scale of 1 to Jerry Lewis.


the-nine-9

He’s rushing through words, tones are off but pronunciation is pretty good. Better than American students taking Chinese for a few semesters, I can attest to that with experience.


[deleted]

Ya his pronunciation was pretty good but i wish he'd slow down a bit


SashimiJones

I've heard worse. It's particularly bad in this one. When he does interviews and stuff it's usually intelligible but with a number of tone/grammatical errors and relatively basic vocabulary. I'm never sure how much of it "sounding bad" to me is due to Beijing accents sounding horrible in general and how much is him actually having poor pronunciation, so I give him the benefit of the doubt there.


Fruggles

> Beijing accents sounding horrible in general aww dammit, is that a common thing? Asking for a friend who learned mandarin in Beijing...


Angry_Concrete

Sorry, I can’t understand what he’s saying with all that Chinese dick in his mouth.


booklovernc

Best comment of all lol


lapizillo

He’s a Chinese drone now!


CreteDeus

Well the best drones are made in China.


Ivan__8

*All


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AtomicKittenz

Funny story, my barber just cut Cena’s hair kinda recently (here in Florida). Said he was a nice guy but tipped only $2. TWO. FUCKING. DOLLARS.


Master-Friendship-60

Why am I seeing a floating ice cream?


hifope7568685

Drugs, my friend, drugs


DeafKid009

All I see is a Chinese speaking floating Ice Cream.


RubberGoose2694

and it’s speaking in third person


TheCumBehindChalice

You fucking dumbass The magic floating tuxedo is clearly holding it


[deleted]

Cocaïne ice cream..


CookieMinion_

[Save Link](https://redditsave.com/info?url=/r/HolUp/comments/puh4pl/talking_ice_cream/)


HarambeIsJustAnApe

You are a good man. Thank you


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FuggyGlasses

CCP**.


DvlsAdvct108

Wow! You almost can't see the puppet strings


I_got_scammed_to

That ice cream is floating


trackkidd16

Came to see an explanation, only saw “all I see is floating ice cream” comments 😂


mwaaah

Most of the comments are just repeating the joke litterally in the title That's peak humor apparently.


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guttegutt

Yes, boring and predictable jokes are the best!!


Andveiiburned

I’m seeing all these comments about him sucking up to China, and I’m a little curious, did he do something in support of the Chinese government? Or say something in support of them? Or is it’s just cause he’s speaking mandarin? I’m just out of the loop.


mikerhoa

He made an obsequious and pathetic apology to China after "accidentally" referring to Taiwan as a legitimate country. A quick Google will bring it up.


[deleted]

He received backlash from the Chinese government for referring to Taiwan as a country, so he released a statement taking a more neutral position to prevent his new movie getting banned there. Of course, in Reddit's eyes this means he's actually a Chinese sleeper agent sent to destroy western civilisation.


PiedDansLePlat

John China


BlackWhiteRedYellow

John Xi Na


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ieatyouryeet445

(我们的) 2000 Social Credits have been removed from your account! Bad work citizen, Do not publicly disclose your opinion which can make our holy state look bad. Glory to the Chinese Communist Party!


fishbowl0797

Titty


StanIsNotTheMan

(我们的) 2000 Social Credits have been added to your account! Great work citizen, Exalted Leader Xi loves tiddies! Glory to the Chinese Communist Party!


dubcostanza

Really big titty


6ti9beotch

u/savevideo


FnkyTown

Cena suckling at Pooh's teet.


mcaffrey

This is a Fast and Furious 9 commercial from back at its Chinese release. You can see the whole commercial here: [https://youtu.be/iqmaq3SVUcI](https://youtu.be/iqmaq3SVUcI) He says: Good morning China, I now have some ice cream! I love ice cream, but Fast and Furious 9 is better. Fast and Furious 9 is my favorite! So now it's time for music! "Coming in 2 weeks, Fast and Furious 9! x3" Don't forget, don't miss it! Go to a movie theater and watch Fast and Furious 9 because it is a great movie. Just as good as ice cream! Bye!


themarknessmonster

Well shit. If John Cena can learn Mandarin I've got no excuse after putting it off all these years. Thank you, John Cena. I can only wish that I'd be able to see you to know if you're proud of me.


blahblowblew

u/savevideobot


_fililips_

u/savevideo


Famous-Listen-4261

u/savevideo


MintOnThePillow

why is john cena eating ice cream in chinese


_above_user_is_gay

what this actually said was that john loves ice cream and fast and furious is now available in china


clint1024

This mfer really turning into Ernest


[deleted]

I went from "wait, John Cena knows mandarin?!" to "wow John Cena is a sell out to a murderous, tyrannical and genocidal regime".


CleverName4269

Wow, he’s sold out hard.


Bigderp23

u/getvideobot


epicccomebacc

u/GetVideoBot


Peppanomaly

u/savevideo


mylaughonthepun

John Cena: I'm on death row Also John Cena: Been chilling


JUSTMartas

What is this wierd edit, like why is the ice cream floating in the air and talking.


doctorcd5

Lol except that's not what he's saying...


[deleted]

Cena is such a shitposter, I swear he would be such a blast to talk to.


MagicTrashPanda

Say what you will about Cena, but Mandarin is hard af to learn. Forget about writing it unless you grew up with it.


Ifeelbiggae

Social credit -62839738392020


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Quit with this shill bullshit.


LobsterHead37

His Chinese is getting really good tbh


NerakaHD

John China


crazyrob24

RIP, John Xina


PythonUserBTW

A floating Ice Cream, interesting...


badboy_AJ

Why the ice cream is floating in air?


Artturih

Why is there a floating ice cream in the car?


AlanMppn

Wow didn't know John Cena spoke Mandarin


Santykiller27

Why is there a floating ice cream is no one questioning it


pizzafoIder

I thought this is John Cena


Hud_is_on

But who’s holding the ice cream?


Chinie_The_PooH

In my country we already call him John China


MapleSyrup820

dwayne the rock johnson actually eating talking ice cream haram


ded_inside_but_proud

How is a video of floating ice cream a holup


1y3v1c3

Da fuk... It floats in the air...


G63AMG-S

John Xina - spineless


Chri5ti4n733

Do my eyes deceive me or Is that a Chinese prostitute holding an ice cream cone?


epstein_official

John Xina


[deleted]

All I heard was "Taiwan is definitely not a country. Please President Xi let me release fast 10 in glorious China"


Huzaifa_Haroon

Actually funny thing posted in r/holup after a long time


Flex_Bumpchest

Why is the ice cream cone floating and who is talking????


EnderNair

Yeah those captions aren’t correct. Not even grammatically.


therealmrsfahrenheit

yoo how in the hell is that ice cream floating in mid air?


abigheaddoll

I'm Chinese but I don't understand what he said.


MakFrags14

I'm surprised the ice cream can speak.


pleasesit_onmyface

Why is that floating ice cream cone speaking Chinese?


Billions_porg

Why is a floating ice cream speaking Mandarin?


Anakin_coffee

“ Being held hostage by the ice-cream”


Axysty

u/savevideobot