For all the mall ninjas out there...

[jekostas]

You now have a patch to prove it!

Only $4.99

http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/MALL-NINJA-PATCH-203p4155.htm

[kirk13]

Nice

[ducttapetech]

Those are great!

That's us mobile.

[comis]

I remember the maxpedition guys are Taiwanese, but they probably should know what's the meaning of those Japanese words mean...it didn't say mall ninja for sure, and I am not too sure for those who can read it, what they will make out of this.   

[Grant Lamontagne]

I'm kind of scared to ask, but what does it say?

Def

Sent from my smurfing hunk of techno sorcery

[dks]

I like the potbelly 

and for our younger/newer/old and forgetfull readers, it may be worth posting this again:

the origin of the mall-ninja stereotype

http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/

[comis]

I'm kind of scared to ask, but what does it say?

Def

Sent from my smurfing hunk of techno sorcery

Hey, Grand.

I am not Japanese, and hope I wasn't too far off from truth.  The thing is I don't know how offense is it to wear a patch saying "fxxking stupid rascal"(hope our Japanese members won't find it too offensive, and look up 'bakayaro'), where everyone find it quite offensive to say, yet they are the ones to understand it.  Either the patch may piss off the bystanders or the wearer of the patch make a laughing stock of oneself.

[Grant Lamontagne]

I doubt anyone wearing a patch like that is worried about offending people around them.   

Thanks for the translation!

Def

Sent from my smurfing hunk of techno sorcery

[pfrsantos]

Yup, that's the thing with wearing some writing you don't understand. When I see someone with a japanese/chinese/sanscrit tattoo, I can't help thinking it may say something like "I'm a stupid westerner" or "I hate japanese/chinese people" or "I'm not afraid of the Triades/Yakuza"...

 

[Grant Lamontagne]

I always wanted to pitch a TV show called "Real Tattoos" where I go around the country with translators and symbologists and tell people what their tattoos really mean.  I think the show would be a hit.

Def

Sent from my smurfing hunk of techno sorcery

[comis]

Yup, that's the thing with wearing some writing you don't understand. When I see someone with a japanese/chinese/sanscrit tattoo, I can't help thinking it may say something like "I'm a stupid westerner" or "I hate japanese/chinese people" or "I'm not afraid of the Triades/Yakuza"...

 

That'd happen to a friend long ago, when he shown me a tattoo on his shoulder.
He asked me what did it say, and I told him, "the tallest"
I could tell from his expression it wasn't the answer he expected.
"The tattoo artist said it meant the highest or the extreme"
He was pissed that afternoon.

[derekmac]

Yup, that's the thing with wearing some writing you don't understand. When I see someone with a japanese/chinese/sanscrit tattoo, I can't help thinking it may say something like "I'm a stupid westerner" or "I hate japanese/chinese people" or "I'm not afraid of the Triades/Yakuza"...

 

That'd happen to a friend long ago, when he shown me a tattoo on his shoulder.
He asked me what did it say, and I told him, "the tallest"
I could tell from his expression it wasn't the answer he expected.
"The tattoo artist said it meant the highest or the extreme"
He was pissed that afternoon.

That's why I'd never get a tattoo in a different language. 

[jekostas]

Yup, that's the thing with wearing some writing you don't understand. When I see someone with a japanese/chinese/sanscrit tattoo, I can't help thinking it may say something like "I'm a stupid westerner" or "I hate japanese/chinese people" or "I'm not afraid of the Triades/Yakuza"...

 

That'd happen to a friend long ago, when he shown me a tattoo on his shoulder.
He asked me what did it say, and I told him, "the tallest"
I could tell from his expression it wasn't the answer he expected.
"The tattoo artist said it meant the highest or the extreme"
He was pissed that afternoon.

Oddly topical

It means... Fiery Strength... LOL XD

Oh, uh, might not be work safe.

[comis]

That's why I'd never get a tattoo in a different language. 

Just don't get the 'highest' or 'fiery strength' 

[pfrsantos]

That's why I'd never get a tattoo in a different language. 

Just don't get the 'highest' or 'fiery strength'