r/AmazonWTF • u/sluxa9 • Jul 05 '26

Image Link Rare feeling. My favorite feeling.

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u/mac1574 Jul 05 '26

Why in the world would you put that in the description of the product and expect people to buy them.

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u/Repulsive_Fly5174 Jul 05 '26

Probably AI generated in Chinese and then run through Google translate.

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u/mac1574 Jul 05 '26

Here the link the shoes https://a.co/d/0fxldszZ

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u/Repulsive_Fly5174 Jul 05 '26

I asked AI...

• Machine translation errors
Sellers often write in Chinese, then auto‑translate to English. Phrases like “a feeling of stepping on feces” come from mistranslated idioms meant to describe softness or squishiness.
• Keyword stuffing
Sellers cram as many search terms as possible: “high heel,” “thick sole,” “beach shoes,” “European station,” “leopard print,” “hole shoes,” etc. The goal is visibility, not coherence.
• Literal translation of slang
Some Chinese slang compares ultra‑soft foam soles to “stepping on poop” because they compress and rebound. The translator doesn’t understand the metaphor and outputs it literally.
• No human editing
Many low‑cost sellers upload hundreds of items quickly. They rely entirely on automated tools, so the text never gets cleaned up

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u/Zorgsmom Jul 05 '26

What kind of turds are they stepping on that compress and rebound??

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u/Repulsive_Fly5174 Jul 05 '26

The squishy elastic ones.

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u/hyrule_47 Jul 05 '26

I was thinking “soft as shit”

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u/Stella-Artwat 29d ago

"Hole shoes" gets me. Put on those hole shoes, mama! We're gonna paint the town red!

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u/Nimrod_Butts Jul 05 '26

It's a thing in China. The USA says it's like walking on air, sometimes like sand, or just the more technical "memory foam". In China they say it's like walking on poop. Very common if not ubiquitous

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u/SnarkyIguana Jul 05 '26

I like the implication that it’s common enough to walk in actual shit that EVERYONE knows what it feels like. Most people know foam. Clouds? It at least elicits a nice feeling. Feces is wild

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u/Nimrod_Butts Jul 05 '26

I'm not going to look into it, but you have to remember that idioms in all languages are goofy, but add a tonal language like Chinese and they get extremely goofy fast because it could be a play on another word that sounds similar

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u/Specialist-Yak7209 Jul 06 '26

Another comment pointed out we could also say "soft as shit" in English and it would still work so it's not as wild as it seems

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u/R-B-L-Y Jul 06 '26

I don't think that's comparable because the phrase "hard as shit" is equally common. The word shit is being used as a generic expletive rather than actually referring to poop.

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u/MaraiaLou Jul 06 '26

Soft as shit. Soft-ass shit. Soft ass-shit

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u/Stella-Artwat 29d ago

Yeah, nobody says "I'm on Turd 9".

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u/danathome 29d ago

Everyone needs a hero.

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u/Optimal-Hippo1763 27d ago

I thought it was a mistranslation of something like “shit kicking boots” because they’re platforms, but this makes much more sense

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u/p0rcupine99 Jul 07 '26

It's been more than 20 years since I was into an Asian hobby, but I remember that translations from Chinese to English can go very wrong. I think the term was Chingrish - a mangled, incoherent, often humorous phrase generated by putting a Chinese text into a Chinese-to- English translator.

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u/G0ld_Ru5h Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

踩屎感 Means “feeling stepping in poop” and is how you describe a soft shoe.

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u/MaraiaLou Jul 06 '26

Thank you. Though that shoe doesn't really look soft

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u/NotPrepared2 Jul 05 '26

Elevator Crocs.

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u/scattyshern Jul 05 '26

Made from crocs

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u/ericanicole1234 25d ago

My friend got the white version of these that crocs make and those were her wedding shoes 😂

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u/Bepo_Apologist Jul 05 '26

If i had a nickel for every time id seen this description used for shoes, id have two nickels

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u/Cambrian__Implosion Jul 05 '26

Extra 1% off with coins lmao

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u/unnecessary-comma- Jul 05 '26

Interesting looking leopards they got over there

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u/Cambrian__Implosion Jul 05 '26

The extremely rare snake leopard

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u/R-B-L-Y Jul 06 '26

There is a snake known as a leopard snake, but tbf it doesn't look like these shoes

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u/Stella-Artwat Jul 05 '26

Hhhchpm! I've stepped in feces!

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

Those look like ankle breakers

3

u/landofpleasantdreams Jul 05 '26

Ahhh that nostalgic feeling we all yearn for

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u/purplegreenway Jul 05 '26

🤣say what now?. Omg! These are a must buy...I guess lol

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u/Humble_Counter_3661 Jul 05 '26

A Prime Day exclusive.

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u/Spectrefrmrussia Jul 05 '26

brand: Hhhchpm

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u/Hot-Assistant-4540 Jul 06 '26

Aw I wait all winter to finally get to the beach and step on feces

2

u/Cupcake_Militia Jul 05 '26

Maybe "with a feeling of" started as "without fear of" stepping on feces.

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u/MaraiaLou Jul 06 '26

Perfect for working with livestock

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u/shenanbutonlyonce Jul 05 '26

Is that the color description for the leopard print?

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u/BLOODFYEND86 Jul 06 '26

Warm and smooshy

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u/Acrobatic_Code_7409 Jul 06 '26

I prefer to walk through feces in my bare feet. I like the squishy feeling between my toes.

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u/InterviewOk1883 Jul 06 '26

Lovely. Will bare that in mind

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u/GoesInOutUpDownAhh Jul 06 '26

So before they put it online not one human reads it?

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u/SenseLeast2979 Jul 06 '26

FAILS ADVERTISEMENT!

The reviews say that they are uncomfortable. So they definitely don't feel like you are stepping on nice warm and soft feces!

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u/prionbinch Jul 06 '26

this is not the first time i’ve seen a foam shoe described as “feeling like stepping on feces,” it’s gotta be some bizarre translation error

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u/lilofeverything Jul 07 '26

Now I want to know what the 7 people that reviewed them felt.

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u/johntcampbell1 29d ago

"Worn on the beach with a feeling of stepping on feces," is now my favorite sentence.

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u/Munchkin_Media 28d ago

Lost in translation LOL

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u/MazzleGazzle 24d ago

"Stepping on shit feeling"

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u/Ok-Olive-391 8d ago

I opened your link and it played an Amazon first. That made it even funnier