okay so these things are called “Jang-mi Kal” which is Korean for “Rose Knife”, exactly what it says on the tin
AND THEY WERE ADVERTISED AS BEING THE SHARPEST THING ON EARTH LIKE THERE IS NOTHING THESE BADASS MOTHERFUCKERS COULDN’T CUT
GIANT COW BONE? YOU BET
PADLOCKS? NO PROBLEM
STEEL PIPES? YEP
ITSELF???
HOLY SHIT
understandably, after these commercials aired, they took the korean internet by storm, and for a brief while jang-mi kal enjoyed ultimate meme status during which some glorious glorious parodies were made
they’re the strongest fucking weapon on earth
and that was your daily lesson on korean internet meme culture
Do you ever wonder about how an author would describe you in a novel? Not only your appearance but the way you talk and laugh and hold yourself and all the expressions on your face?
Every time Pleakley looks at or attempts to show someone information about Earth, the device used is a “Viewmaster”. Viewmasters create the illusion that the viewer is looking at a three-dimensional image that’s actually created by each eye looking at a slightly different pictures. Its basic premise is that the person looking in it has two eyes to create the effect, but Pleakley is a one-eyed creature and therefore would not see the 3-D effects of the Viewmaster. Adding to the gag is when he hands the ViewMaster to Dr. Jumba - a one-eyed alien handing an four-eyed alien a viewing device intended for two-eyed humans.
So a bunch of things. One: anyone wonder how odd it is that he would have an object from earth, let alone one for two eyed beings? Well, we all know his fascination with mosquitoes. Now here’s hte thing, at one point, mr. bubbles says he saved the earth once by convincing an alien race that mosquitoes were endangered and needed to be protected. pleakley seems to have been familiar with earth even before they arrived. My theory is that the viewfinder was given to him by Mr. Bubbles and that’s why the only slide is about mosquitoes.
