I Can Eat Glass Meme

Noto Serif SC Regular abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789.,;:"(!?) 我能吞下玻璃而不伤身体。 我能吞下玻璃而不伤身体。 我能吞下玻璃而不伤身体。 The phrase is used as sample text for displaying Chinese fonts in GNOME Font Viewer. This screenshot shows the Simplified Chinese translation of "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me." As Mollick explained, visitors to a foreign country have "an irresistible urge" to say something in that language, and whatever they say (a cited example being along the lines of "Where is the bathroom?") usually marks them as tourists immediately. Saying "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me", however, ensures that the speaker "will be viewed as an insane native, and treated with dignity and respect".

На изображении показан скриншот просмотра шрифта Noto Serif SC с китайской фразой «Я могу есть стекло, мне не больно», а ниже — объяснение её шуточного использования. Турист, пытающийся сказать что-то на иностранном языке, вместо обычной фразы произносит абсурдное утверждение, поэтому его принимают за безумного носителя языка и начинают относиться с уважением. Это отправляют как реакцию на нелепую попытку продемонстрировать знание языка. EN: The image shows a screenshot of the Noto Serif SC font viewer with the Chinese phrase “I can eat glass, it does not hurt me,” followed by an explanation of its humorous use. A tourist trying to say something in a foreign language uses an absurd statement instead of an ordinary phrase, so people mistake them for an insane native speaker and treat them with respect. It is shared as a reaction to an absurd attempt to demonstrate language knowledge.

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