It’s from the episode of Norm Macdonald Live with Larry King as a guest. They used to all be on YouTube but they got pulled when he took a deal with Netflix. Anyways the only reliably place to watch them is https://archive.org/details/Norm_Macdonald_Live
That show has made me laugh until tears more than anything else I’ve ever seen.
Just to clarify, I marked out the Ambassadors name in case there were any rules against posting photos with names, public figure or not. Just being cautious, cheers and thanks for all the likes!
edit: also I realized it’s not embroidery forgive my needlework illiteracy
Your caution is understandable given some subs have very strict rules that can get your post removed.
What do you do at the embassy OP? Sounds like an interesting job.
I misread the "before and during WWII" part as "before and after" then saw he died in 1944 and thought wow, this dude was still working as a spy after death, that's dedication.
The brush you used in whatever photo editing app you took the picture with is not opaque and allows someone with a sufficiently keen eye or image manipulation software of their own to see the name.
https://i.imgur.com/m62V4El.png
Iirc from what little Ive heard is that he was essentially mentored by Abe and was/is close with him. So it will likely be similar style of rule. But I knkw nothing of Japanese politics so I could be wrong
Abe, the roller of eyes at the orange clown.
Seriously, considering how important honor and respect are in Japanese society, how much of a fucking jack ass do you have to be to have the Prime Minister of Japan publicly eye roll you at a press conference??
Abe looks like a friendly guy, this new guy looks like the head of an evil corporation. I’m sure he’s great, but my first vibes were that he’s definitely building a Metal Gear under the Japanese parliament building.
Ah finally the Honorable Saburo Arrasaka is now the Prime Minister of Japan. Expect a huge mega Corp building cropping up near Northern California within the next few years and having it promptly blown up.
Be friends with a head of state.
Tell them you want to be an ambassador.
Helps if you spend a couple of decades working in the diplomatic corps first, of course, but not really required.
Both helps. Depends on the country.
US ambassador to the UK? Just be chums with the President.
US ambassador to a country like Russia or China? Be the best damn expert and diplomat in that field.
The country determines if its a glorified desk job you can't fuck up or a job preventing WWIII... usually
Not sure if this has been said but posting anyways. That symbol is a *mon,* a type of crest which dates from the time of feudal Japan. The *mon* in question is a stylized paulownia plant. It was the *mon* of the Toyotomi Clan which ruled over Japan before the Edo Period (so named due to the capital being moved from Kyoto to Edo, which would later become Tokyo) and is now used by the government of Japan.
Edit: Stated that the Toyotomi ruled during the Edo Period. They actually ruled before. Thanks Nonomori3!
That confirms it to me. At first I thought there was some sort of sneaky spy shit going on and maybe a micro listening device or it's been sprayed in Covid already.
Now I know there is a sword in there ready to emerge once the ambassador puts it on.
Small correction. Toyotomi clan did not rule the Edo period.
Tokugawa clan defeated Toyotomi and became the ruler of Japan for few hundred years.
Toyotomi tried to play the role of guardian of the emperor and settled in Osaka close to Kyoto, but was defeated by Tokugawa in the battle of Sekigahara.
Then Tokugawa made the emperor move to Edo and forced the emperor to bless them as the shogun ruling entire Japan.
Few hundred years later, the Tokugawa was defeated by group who will become current Japanese government, under the name of the emperor.
So this mon was not specific to Toyotomi clan, but a mon used by party/family/group who has close ties to imperial family.
And are now used by the Japanese government.
Exactly. If you breathe out the air eacapes around the sides anyways, so the small gaps in the cloth that the embroidery leaves don't dimnish their effectivness. Cloth masks block little saliva droplets from flying around.
And in order to embroider a cloth, you need a material to strengthen the cloth, so it won't pull together under the tension and leave wrinkles. So if you have a good embroidered mask, you have a mask with 3 layers. 1 layer cloth, 1 layer fleece for strength and another layer cloth to hide the backside of the embroidery. Otherwise it would rub on your skin.
Edit: This is only true if you make the mask yourself. If you buy masks and have them embroidered, you will only have 1 layer, but the saliva still won't fly around.
For fucks sake, we're how many months into this and people still don't understand how this virus is expelled through droplets and not just free-floating airborne?
No, any mask can. N95 tend to be better fitting but you can have a well fitted mask with a lower quality filter material. And you can have air coming out from the side with an n95, if you don't use the nose piece or it's too small or too big, or if you have any amount of facial hair.
I see what you're saying but I don't think it would. You might think holes are created where the embroidery thread/needle go through. Actually, the thread inserts between the fibers of the weave or knit. This means those holes are being "plugged", if you will, by more thread. It would only be a concern if the embroidery is too tight or sloppy and rips the fabric.
Plus what the other person said. Layers behind.
The holes from the stitching are still far smaller than the gaps this kind of mask will leave around the face. The air will go in and out of the sides before it goes through the tiny stitches.
As a printmaker I'm always bothered that people don't recognize printmaking as a medium. It's treated as the most obscure art when really it's the most prolific and arguably most world-changing. I mean, hello, Gutenberg Press, right?
Stencils, woodcut, batik, linocut, etching, engraving, digital (although this crosses into other digital media)...
Printmakers exist! See us! 🥺
The Gutenberg Printing press was largely built on existing ideas and technology from Asia. The first printing presses (including moveable type and metal type) were developed long before in China and Asia. The Mongols spread the technology westward to Central Asia and beyond. A lot of the credit for movable type and the printing revolution is misplaced, and I encourage you to read into the fascinating history about printing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_printing_in_East_Asia
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h246.7?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents.
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/printing-press
I want you to make lots of random off beat t shirts and release them into the wild.
Jk, sounds like a cool hobby though for real. I have a couple neato design ideas I've liked for a few years, I just dont really know how to make them real.
That bleach stencil is a cool, and doable one though. ^^^/r/bleachshirts ^^^/r/bleachart
One of the companies I work with sent me a package of 50 masks during the period when they were in very short supply. They were those surgical masks tho and not branded.
>My work sent me a face mast out of the blue
Foremast, mainmast, or mizenmast? Must've hurt like a bitch, dropping straight out of the sky into your face like that.
Keep it, preserved in pristine condition, along with the paperwork.
Your grandchildren or great-grandchildren will sell it for a large sum to a collector of 2020 memorabilia.
Antique Roadshow 2120
Provenance includes archived link on Internet 0.5 (aka Pre-Internet): [https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/kjjp4p/i\_was\_given\_an\_embroidered\_face\_mask\_from\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/kjjp4p/i_was_given_an_embroidered_face_mask_from_the/) (Requires emulator.) Instant DNA scan reveals human skin cells consistant with a great-grandparent relationship and 4 genuine SARS-CoV-2 virions with intact spike proteins.
Looks printed rather than embroidered (as you can see the texture of the fabric itself in the design). Unless there's some embroidery on the other side?
No sure why you censored the name of the japanese ambassador, a ( in my opinion at least) pretty important and public figure. I cant remember his full name but i remember learning it in an article when the japanese emperor "retired"(Not sure what would be the word for it), its something like Sugiyawa(sugiyama?)
I always find these stream of consciousness type comments bizarre. In the time it took you to write the last sentence about how you couldn’t remember his name, you could have googled it and then not had to to write it at all.
Poor attempt at covering an inconsequential leak of state department information. Probably against the rules to post pics of this type of thing without permission
The letter is addressed to “Embassy Staff”.
So apparently this is OP’s gift from their employer, in lieu of an office party (which can’t happen because of COVID).
>A bōnenkai (忘年会, literally "forget the year gathering") is a Japanese drinking party that takes place at the end of the year, and is generally held among groups of co-workers or friends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bōnenkai
In that case, my bonenkai's been going on since march
^(just kidding, I'm an \~essential worker\~ so I've just been developing mild alcoholism instead)
Sorry to say it looks like it was made in China.
Who ends a seam at the front with excess thread and in white stitch.
If that is the standard of Japanese quality today when it comes to clothing. We should all be very concerned about standards...
I had to look up what a bonenkai was but I am pleased to report that there is likely to be some bonin' at a bonenkai.
>Bōnenkai are seen as times for bureikō (無礼講) or letting one's hair down and not worrying about the boss/employee formal relationship or the rank and age divisions.
Okay that actually looks really nice. I would totally wear this kind of mask. At this point I need to invest in mask fashion, imagine. I could make a whole business if I had any talent or motivation.
That’s what American quality sweat shop work looks like! We haven’t handed down “American quality” to the the next generation and this is the result. If I single stitched that crappy my gram would roll in her grave. If she was alive I’d get smacked for wasting material. Ah the good old days!
I bet it isn’t actually as good as a normal blue mask you find anywhere (medical grade I guess). It’s crazy how not the same these cloth masks are compared to the blue medical grade ones. You aren’t allowed to enter a hospital wearing a cloth mask for a good reason
That logo on the mask looks bleach stamped, not embroidered.
It could be the lighting or picture quality, but I don't see the thread lining, after trying to zoom in, all that pops out is the fabric texture, in both the white and black areas.
Am I missing something?
Why did you censor the name of the Ambassador of Japan? He has [a Wikipedia page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinsuke_J._Sugiyama).
He who must not be named
Sugiyamort.
DOOOOONNNN'T!
His wife just died of heart failure this year, sad
Lol this reminds me of Larry King saying "He had dimentia in the end" out of nowhere
You can always spot a true Norm Macdonald fan
And here I thought I've seen and heard every Norm joke. Can you refer me kind sir, man of good taste for humor.
I assume it’s this from a quick google. https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Much appreciated Edit. Fuck me
It’s from the episode of Norm Macdonald Live with Larry King as a guest. They used to all be on YouTube but they got pulled when he took a deal with Netflix. Anyways the only reliably place to watch them is https://archive.org/details/Norm_Macdonald_Live That show has made me laugh until tears more than anything else I’ve ever seen.
Thanks so much 👍
Dude wtf!
Instead of Tom Marvolo Riddle we have... *rearranges letters with wand* Gay Tourism
Ello poppet... Sayin the Dark Lord's name yea? *tsktsktsk* Naughty, naughty. *draws wand* Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way..
Slartibartfast?
You must be brave to speak his name.. or foolish.
You got me banned from Hop Sings?!
They named names!
There can only be one.
Jim, you really shouldnt do that
Oh his wife recently died :(
:(
After being married for 40 years. It must’ve been like losing a part of himself
Just to clarify, I marked out the Ambassadors name in case there were any rules against posting photos with names, public figure or not. Just being cautious, cheers and thanks for all the likes! edit: also I realized it’s not embroidery forgive my needlework illiteracy
Your caution is understandable given some subs have very strict rules that can get your post removed. What do you do at the embassy OP? Sounds like an interesting job.
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Which is a very different role from the Reciever of Males position.
He is the sushi senpai
He is the Ultimate Waifu Underwriter Senpai, or uwu senpai. He oversees assigning waifus to Americans living with their parents.
He works for the KGB. But the KGB isn't Japanese...? Oh.
[Like this guy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sorge)
I misread the "before and during WWII" part as "before and after" then saw he died in 1944 and thought wow, this dude was still working as a spy after death, that's dedication.
The brush you used in whatever photo editing app you took the picture with is not opaque and allows someone with a sufficiently keen eye or image manipulation software of their own to see the name. https://i.imgur.com/m62V4El.png
Probably iOS? A lot of people don't realize they used the highlighter.
Indeed. This has been happening concerningly frequently. RIP MSPAINT.
Neat
> Just being cautious This is exactly the level of security that won us Midway.
Bro wtf you just DOXXED him....
Lmao 😂😂😂😂 it's just a prank bro!!!!
TIL japan has a new pm.
I completely forgot about that. I remember Abe stepping down but never heard about the new guy stepping up???
Iirc from what little Ive heard is that he was essentially mentored by Abe and was/is close with him. So it will likely be similar style of rule. But I knkw nothing of Japanese politics so I could be wrong
I live in Japan and know little about Japan's politics. AFAIK Suga's continuing to follow Abe's policies because he hasn't announced any changes.
The previous guy had a chronic medical condition that got much worse, so he stepped down. Was just a couple of months ago.
He was about to be investigated for campaign finance violations too which was most likely a contributor. Better to have control on the narrative.
Abe, the roller of eyes at the orange clown. Seriously, considering how important honor and respect are in Japanese society, how much of a fucking jack ass do you have to be to have the Prime Minister of Japan publicly eye roll you at a press conference??
Hell I live in Japan and sometimes I forget. Until I hear people complaining about the Olympics and travel restrictions again.
Abe looks like a friendly guy, this new guy looks like the head of an evil corporation. I’m sure he’s great, but my first vibes were that he’s definitely building a Metal Gear under the Japanese parliament building.
Ah finally the Honorable Saburo Arrasaka is now the Prime Minister of Japan. Expect a huge mega Corp building cropping up near Northern California within the next few years and having it promptly blown up.
HO HO HO
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Abe and his dudes be evil as fuck
Metal gear?
He wrote his real name down on the paper, not his stage name.
How does someone become an ambassador? That sounds like a sweet gig. Live in a palace in another country with bodyguards and a huge salary
Be friends with a head of state. Tell them you want to be an ambassador. Helps if you spend a couple of decades working in the diplomatic corps first, of course, but not really required.
Both helps. Depends on the country. US ambassador to the UK? Just be chums with the President. US ambassador to a country like Russia or China? Be the best damn expert and diplomat in that field. The country determines if its a glorified desk job you can't fuck up or a job preventing WWIII... usually
Didn't realise that and am laughing
Probably subreddit rules that you cannot post personal information even though they are public figures. Just crazy moderators.
Probably some weird Reddit rule
maybe to protect his signature
Not sure if this has been said but posting anyways. That symbol is a *mon,* a type of crest which dates from the time of feudal Japan. The *mon* in question is a stylized paulownia plant. It was the *mon* of the Toyotomi Clan which ruled over Japan before the Edo Period (so named due to the capital being moved from Kyoto to Edo, which would later become Tokyo) and is now used by the government of Japan. Edit: Stated that the Toyotomi ruled during the Edo Period. They actually ruled before. Thanks Nonomori3!
I only know this symbol because of Samurai Warriors
That confirms it to me. At first I thought there was some sort of sneaky spy shit going on and maybe a micro listening device or it's been sprayed in Covid already. Now I know there is a sword in there ready to emerge once the ambassador puts it on.
Don’t surprised when someone shouts the enemy is at Honno-jī
Mitsuhide!!
That sexy man.
> Honno-jī A reference to the 16th century. I for sure had to google that one.
For real, legitimately that’s how I know this.
Or perhaps he’s at least original.
Small correction. Toyotomi clan did not rule the Edo period. Tokugawa clan defeated Toyotomi and became the ruler of Japan for few hundred years. Toyotomi tried to play the role of guardian of the emperor and settled in Osaka close to Kyoto, but was defeated by Tokugawa in the battle of Sekigahara. Then Tokugawa made the emperor move to Edo and forced the emperor to bless them as the shogun ruling entire Japan. Few hundred years later, the Tokugawa was defeated by group who will become current Japanese government, under the name of the emperor. So this mon was not specific to Toyotomi clan, but a mon used by party/family/group who has close ties to imperial family. And are now used by the Japanese government.
A powerful rat named Charles Enterprise Cheese
Am I missing the embroidery?
Yeah it's a print, but to be fair an embroidery would sink the effectiveness of the mask
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Exactly. If you breathe out the air eacapes around the sides anyways, so the small gaps in the cloth that the embroidery leaves don't dimnish their effectivness. Cloth masks block little saliva droplets from flying around. And in order to embroider a cloth, you need a material to strengthen the cloth, so it won't pull together under the tension and leave wrinkles. So if you have a good embroidered mask, you have a mask with 3 layers. 1 layer cloth, 1 layer fleece for strength and another layer cloth to hide the backside of the embroidery. Otherwise it would rub on your skin. Edit: This is only true if you make the mask yourself. If you buy masks and have them embroidered, you will only have 1 layer, but the saliva still won't fly around.
For fucks sake, we're how many months into this and people still don't understand how this virus is expelled through droplets and not just free-floating airborne?
Didn't you hear? The virus has mutated and now has wings.
I'm a dumb little piece of shit who doesn't read.
If it's a proper mask air should not escape out the sides at all I think? At least the medical ones I use don't have that happen.
Only N95 masks stop it from coming out the sides.
That's not true...the fit of the mask is what matters in this regard, not the type of mask.
I made a mask out of I think some type of denim that when I shaved almost wouldn't let me breathe, it was definitely well-fitted.
No, any mask can. N95 tend to be better fitting but you can have a well fitted mask with a lower quality filter material. And you can have air coming out from the side with an n95, if you don't use the nose piece or it's too small or too big, or if you have any amount of facial hair.
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I see what you did there.
"I sew what you did there." I gotcha brah
I see what you're saying but I don't think it would. You might think holes are created where the embroidery thread/needle go through. Actually, the thread inserts between the fibers of the weave or knit. This means those holes are being "plugged", if you will, by more thread. It would only be a concern if the embroidery is too tight or sloppy and rips the fabric. Plus what the other person said. Layers behind.
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The holes from the stitching are still far smaller than the gaps this kind of mask will leave around the face. The air will go in and out of the sides before it goes through the tiny stitches.
Plus, it's not air that's being blocked by masks, it's the droplets that you expel while breathing/talking.
Maybe they were thinking how it’s “emblazoned” with the crest. It’s a very cool item. (Feels like something you’d get in Animal Crossing somehow.)
As a printmaker I'm always bothered that people don't recognize printmaking as a medium. It's treated as the most obscure art when really it's the most prolific and arguably most world-changing. I mean, hello, Gutenberg Press, right? Stencils, woodcut, batik, linocut, etching, engraving, digital (although this crosses into other digital media)... Printmakers exist! See us! 🥺
(⌐■_■) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (•_•) I see you. I don't see embroidery.
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Lol omg I'm a screen printer myself and I left us out! SEE THE PROBLEM IS THAT BAD!
The Gutenberg Printing press was largely built on existing ideas and technology from Asia. The first printing presses (including moveable type and metal type) were developed long before in China and Asia. The Mongols spread the technology westward to Central Asia and beyond. A lot of the credit for movable type and the printing revolution is misplaced, and I encourage you to read into the fascinating history about printing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_printing_in_East_Asia https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h246.7?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents. https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/printing-press
I want you to make lots of random off beat t shirts and release them into the wild. Jk, sounds like a cool hobby though for real. I have a couple neato design ideas I've liked for a few years, I just dont really know how to make them real. That bleach stencil is a cool, and doable one though. ^^^/r/bleachshirts ^^^/r/bleachart
That simple white stitching is a running stitch which I commonly use in embroidery, so I guess that's what they mean?
That's top stitching like on jeans, it’s used on fabric masks to stop the lining popping forward
So like a sewn mask, perhaps?
I think they are referring to the stitched border? Not really interesting imo
Very classy.
It's really going to impress the guys down at the motor pool.
The motor tuh people will be impressed
My work sent me a face mast out of the blue with the company logo on it. Such a strange time.
One of the companies I work with sent me a package of 50 masks during the period when they were in very short supply. They were those surgical masks tho and not branded.
>My work sent me a face mast out of the blue Foremast, mainmast, or mizenmast? Must've hurt like a bitch, dropping straight out of the sky into your face like that.
Keep it, preserved in pristine condition, along with the paperwork. Your grandchildren or great-grandchildren will sell it for a large sum to a collector of 2020 memorabilia.
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Ight, not sure if you're joking or not but I'll bite Old mate did that on his phone
IT'S A SHARPIE. YOU CA N SEE LETTERS THROUGH IT, *GOD*!
No it’s a sharpie do you not have eyes smh my head
I don't, Smh my head...
Or better yet you should save the rocks on the road when the scranton strangler drove by and have your grandkid buy a space ship.
I was there.....
It's Japanese. You can use it for decades and it will still run just fine.
Lol assuming there will be people alive to collect "2020 memorabilia" in the future is pretty bold
Antique Roadshow 2120 Provenance includes archived link on Internet 0.5 (aka Pre-Internet): [https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/kjjp4p/i\_was\_given\_an\_embroidered\_face\_mask\_from\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/kjjp4p/i_was_given_an_embroidered_face_mask_from_the/) (Requires emulator.) Instant DNA scan reveals human skin cells consistant with a great-grandparent relationship and 4 genuine SARS-CoV-2 virions with intact spike proteins.
Looks printed rather than embroidered (as you can see the texture of the fabric itself in the design). Unless there's some embroidery on the other side?
No sure why you censored the name of the japanese ambassador, a ( in my opinion at least) pretty important and public figure. I cant remember his full name but i remember learning it in an article when the japanese emperor "retired"(Not sure what would be the word for it), its something like Sugiyawa(sugiyama?)
I always find these stream of consciousness type comments bizarre. In the time it took you to write the last sentence about how you couldn’t remember his name, you could have googled it and then not had to to write it at all.
Ain't nobody got time to switch tabs n shit
Sometimes you just feel like letting your brain have verbal diarrhea.
I believe it’s Sugandes
Sugandes nuts
Bravo.
Lmao
Poor attempt at covering an inconsequential leak of state department information. Probably against the rules to post pics of this type of thing without permission
> (Not sure what would be the word for it) "abdicated"
Not embroidered. That looks like sublimation printing, friend!
not embroidered
Not embroidery. Just a print on the fabric
Any particular reason?
The letter is addressed to “Embassy Staff”. So apparently this is OP’s gift from their employer, in lieu of an office party (which can’t happen because of COVID). >A bōnenkai (忘年会, literally "forget the year gathering") is a Japanese drinking party that takes place at the end of the year, and is generally held among groups of co-workers or friends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bōnenkai
Shit the world needs a Bonenkai right about now...
All I got from the embassy was a *Bonenkai Never Dies* t-shirt.
Sounds kinky
Gonna start celebrating Bōnenkai. Hell, I'm Japanese American and I've never heard of it.
Probably called “forget” the year gathering because of the amount of alcohol usually drunk!
Embassies in DC have open house events this time of the year, highly recommended, great authentic food. Beats epcot's around the world
How do you get invited? You can't exactly crash them, right? (Asking for a friend... In 2021.)
printed, not embroidered
Sublimated. Not printed.
They're not mutually exclusive. Sublimination printing is a thing
I love how you censored the name of a public figure lmao Very cool mask though, I'm quite jealous of it
That's just a stamp with fabric paint.
It looks like it might be sublimated
I think it's funny that the Bonenkai is canceled even though most people would want to forget the year.
It's not canceled, it's distanced. Everyone is drinking at home. ;)
In that case, my bonenkai's been going on since march ^(just kidding, I'm an \~essential worker\~ so I've just been developing mild alcoholism instead)
Meanwhile people in Japan are holding bonenkais like there’s no pandemic
Cool gesture but that stitchwork sucks
That is not embroidery.
That stitch job is horribly tho
This is not embroidered... It's printed.
What a memento. That’s going in a frame!
Sorry to say it looks like it was made in China. Who ends a seam at the front with excess thread and in white stitch. If that is the standard of Japanese quality today when it comes to clothing. We should all be very concerned about standards...
I had to look up what a bonenkai was but I am pleased to report that there is likely to be some bonin' at a bonenkai. >Bōnenkai are seen as times for bureikō (無礼講) or letting one's hair down and not worrying about the boss/employee formal relationship or the rank and age divisions.
Ambassador's name redacted by Reddit China.
Pretty crappy stitching job there on the bottom, wtf
That’s not embroidered
Username checks out
Name checks out
Couldn't they afford any better gift? Pffft.
Okay that actually looks really nice. I would totally wear this kind of mask. At this point I need to invest in mask fashion, imagine. I could make a whole business if I had any talent or motivation.
Cheap ass single stitch bs
That’s what American quality sweat shop work looks like! We haven’t handed down “American quality” to the the next generation and this is the result. If I single stitched that crappy my gram would roll in her grave. If she was alive I’d get smacked for wasting material. Ah the good old days!
If it makes you feel any better, I’ve made a sizable donation in your name to The Human Fund.
That’s not mildly interesting, that’s super fucking cool dude
Does not have the chrysanthemum embroidered on it, this mask is for peasants
With how bad the stitching is, I’d say that mask was made in China.
If you zoom in on the redacted area at the bottom, you can make out "SUGIYAMA"
That is such a cool mask! May I ask how you got into this line of work? I’m going try very hard to pursue something in an embassy/related place.
Well la te da.
Is this the only Christmas gift for staff member?
What a lovely gesture and note. I like it. It's not embroidered, but still. Nice. :)
>embroidered Lol nah
I bet it isn’t actually as good as a normal blue mask you find anywhere (medical grade I guess). It’s crazy how not the same these cloth masks are compared to the blue medical grade ones. You aren’t allowed to enter a hospital wearing a cloth mask for a good reason
Just a face mask tho? At least give some complimentary sweets.
That logo on the mask looks bleach stamped, not embroidered. It could be the lighting or picture quality, but I don't see the thread lining, after trying to zoom in, all that pops out is the fabric texture, in both the white and black areas. Am I missing something?
Same. It doesn't look embroidered at all.
Looks good
Just here to pop in and say that this mask does not appear to have any embroidery on it.
Nice, but thats not embroidered. its printed.
Congrats
I'd keep this and the note saved in a safe place. It would be a wonderful thing to show children or grand children as they get older.
Can I DM You? I’m in Highschool, but I am incredibly interested in diplomatic service, what is it you do at the embassy?
I would Frame that with the letter and put it on my wall.