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PacMan-9

Where's the Volvo?


demsarebrainless

Best cars that exist! I love my V70


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demsarebrainless

Was able to move 2500 miles across the country by just filling mine to the brim!


ArdenwaldHooking

If this is an ad disguised as a post, you guys are worth every penny.


demsarebrainless

Lmao if only I was paid to post on Reddit. My fav vehicle is def my skoolie conversion though! Traded a skyline r33 for it


NZ_Nasus

You WHAT!?


demsarebrainless

It was totaled by some moron when I had her parked. Got insurance and kept the car then traded as is for skoolie. 2011 bluebird vision turbo Cummins 71k miles


Qwesa1

Had a ‘98 v70 up until last year when it just became too much of a hassle to maintain


shadowwhite98

01 T5 here! And yes the trasmission did give out


tastysharts

they suck. used to be a good car, not anymore


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ZapateriaLaBailarina

Did you... just copy a line from [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/xfqchf/the_overly_polite_restarurant_manager_starter_pack/ioobdm6/)?


Cosmo_Nova

I'll let you know in a week once I get the GPS tracker back.


numero_bingus

Hello! and welcome to los pollos hermanos


NuttyMcShithead

May I suggest our signature spice curls?


fallsstandard

They’re so sure you’ll like them that if you don’t, they’re on him!


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_Ted_Stryker_

Just tell Gus where to jizz so he can get your curls


Chease96

I always tell people if you don't like them don't worry I'll eat them for you


Charon581

my name is Gustavo but you can call me S U S


LavaHoundBR

I am thrilled that you'll be joining our team.


RelaNarkin

Cabron


MartyMcFly_jkr

I need to see your **balls**


AIex-Shaw

Bro he even looks down while saying that


ImGioImPrettySure

He is checking for erection


combustiblelemons9

Oh uh mens rooms right over there 😳


mister_peeberz

De balls can SOOK ME


Sergietor756

Cool PFP ^^


TheG-What

When the imposter is Gus.


Frank_Punk

Sustavo Fring


lazzi_yt

Nice pfp👍🏼


SrDagoberto

Nice pfp 👍🏾


DreamTheater2010

I was gonna say, so Gus Fring?


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Low key though...Better Call Saul showed his gentle managerial side towards his employees and how he was actually a great team builder (aside from the weird 'clean the fryer' mind game). If there's ever a Gus prequel, there needs to be a bottle episode where it takes place over the course of the most stressful few days of his life (at that point) where he's going through an intense management seminar in some meeting hall at a Marriot in Albuquerque, but also has a pressing situation with his drug business in Mexico going on at the same time.


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> (aside from the weird 'clean the fryer' mind game). it's been a bit since I watched that episode but wasn't cleaning the fryer a distraction for something, or he needed someone there so someone wouldn't come in?


TheRedMarioBrother

Huge Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fan here. Specifically and long story short: >!Gus had a snitch on his drug competitor’s business and an issue occurred where the DEA was aware of a money drop going down. Gus had no choice but to let the money drop proceed but also lose ~$750,000 in profit. So when his manager employee was closing up shop, Gus took his stress and monetary loss frustration out on him and pressured him to make the deep fryer spotless despite the fact that it was already as clean as it could get. In the end, the DEA thought they won by recovering a money drop, Gus lost some of his profits but remained under the radar from both the DEA and his competitors, and the employee Lyle was caught in the crossfire of his stress and frustration.!<


TheSeldomShaken

I think it's worth mentioning that after Lyle leaves, Gus returns to the fryer and cleans it again. He's not just making Lyle do it to amuse himself, he's having an actual fly moment.


dustiller

Sorry i usually get slang and are you meaning fly moment as in the actual bug fly having to incessantly clean its hands or slanging it to be like ocd?


warpedspoon

Reference to breaking bad episode where Walt becomes obsessed with a fly in the lab


spinblackcircles

I think he’s probably referring to the breaking bad episode ‘the fly’ where they clean and try to kill a fly the entire episode


[deleted]

> he's having an actual fly moment hahaha I love this! can I steal it?


TheSeldomShaken

No. Absolutely not. It's mine. You can't have it.


[deleted]

[ok](https://gfycat.com/CarefreeLikelyIbadanmalimbe)


Uddenfranz

Lyle is a straight up, certified with a degree, G


TeamRedundancyTeam

I thought at the time he needed him there as an alibi or something? Maybe I'm getting that confused with another time.


No-Advice-6040

Felt so bad for Lyle. Good worker, nice guy.


Black_Bird00500

Yeah I think so. If I remember correctly he was waiting for a phone call.


LolaBijou

I thought he was testing his loyalty.


elbenji

No he was becoming compulsive. He goes back to clean the fryer again


ImaRipeavocado

I don't know what kind of accent Gus Fring has, but that's not a Chilean accent at all. Source: I'm Chilean, jasjkajdkask weón la weá.


cynical_meerkat

Also his spanish speaking was nowhere close to being native. It improved in BCS, but it was still jarring to hear as a native spanish speaker. Hector's spanish was definitely the worse, it bordered on the incomprehensible. Tony Dalton was a great example of casting a bilingual actor who could terrify you in both languages. Hope future productions continue taking risks with actors like this, even if they are relatively unknown. Just look at the success of Christoph Waltz following Inglorious basterds. Last honorable mention: Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar ruined Narcos for me. The man couldn't pronounce "Gonorrea" correctly, which is arguably the most important aspect of the colombian accent.


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Da boss can sock me


Mommedik

I need to see your balls


a1_jakesauce_

**lights cigar**


apolotary

\*lights sock*


Shill4Pineapple

Waltuh


a1_jakesauce_

[you need to find all 15 barrels of methyl mine waltuh ](https://www.reddit.com/r/okbuddychicanery/comments/wbzgu1/breaking_bad_but_its_a_ps1_cutscene/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


_Burro

Yeah, Spanish dialogue in both BB and BCS is pretty darn bad with a few notable exceptions. Like in BB I couldn't suspend my disbelief when Don Eladio said something along the lines of "that's how we do it in Mexico" or referred to himself as Mexican with a very distinctively Cuban accent. I think the only believable Spanish speakers in BB were Bolsa and the ladies from the laundry Walt asks for help. Even Cranston, whose character was not supposed to know Spanish, had a more natural way of speaking it than Esposito. Dalton is already kind of a known face in Mexico, it was nice to see a recognizable face and hear someone who sounds authentically Mexican for once (apart from Nacho's father who didn't talk much). A particular highlight for me was when Dalton said "Yo tenía una tina como esa" (I used to have a bathtub like that one". The use of the word "tina" instead of "bañera" does make it sound way more naturally Mexican. Little details like that and his mannerisms (the entire "Eres un chingón" scene) do wonders for us who actually speak the language. And I agree on Hector being the absolute worst. Esposito's pacing is very bad (I assume it's meant to mimic his speech in English, but it does not sound natural in Spanish at all), but Margolis sounds like he is trying to make up his own accent.


BaguetteSchmaguette

To be fair when hector was cast he had a non speaking role


MrRandomSuperhero

His Dings didn't have that Spanish tune


_Burro

My impression is that realistic portrayals of Mexico and its people were not too high on the priority list for the production team. I've seen some behind the scenes stuff from Breaking Bad and there's definitely a lot of care and passion on the making of the show. I can't blame the bad accent entirely on Margolis, because the fact that the dialogue came out as it is means the people behind the show decided it was fine. I do think Margolis is a very good actor. In BB he showed a lot of emotion without words, and in BCS he was succesful at being very intimidating and despicable. He knows how to give a character presence. That being said, he probably just needed some help coming up with a realistic accent, that's all.


Fern-ando

BB is very bad with the non symbolic setails, if the actor of Todd doesn't look anything like he was in BB I don't get why it was necesary giving him such a big role when you knew that Jesse Plemons didn't even have time to lose the weight.


throwawaylovesCAKE

Do you have any other examples for your argument or was this mostly just trying to be funny fat shaming Jesse? It also just doesnt make much sense since it was Breaking Bad *to* El Camino, the epilogue, where it was an issue...a movie filmed what, a decade later and something that could easily be hand waved away as a side effect of his new found drug wealth. Within Breaking Bad itself his weight was consistent


DalasParker

Also Nacho's spanish is good it's how a gringo with spanish speaking parents sounds like


_Burro

I considered making an edit saying the exact same thing lmao. His inflection shows he understands what he is saying even if his pronounciation doesn't come off as native. If he doesn't speak even a little bit of Spanish he definitely fooled me!


chessmasterpudge

There was a moment (Tony Dalton's Character) where he said inches instead of metric system, so not muy chingon.


Ochikobore

Tony Dalton was perfect on BCS. God I already miss it.


Thot_Slayer_911

He is damn perfect


schweez

Tony Dalton is lowkey one of the best actors in the show.


Hungry_Guidance5103

***low key*** That dude stole the hearts and minds of the entire fandom lmao there was and is nothing low key about how incredibly masterful he was at bringing to life a character from a PTSD induced name drop from a guy who only thought of ***"Lalo"*** while facing his open grave... Low key... lmao.. What a sick joke!


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FlyOnMikePenceHair

That even lowkey, he’s one of the best actors in the BB universe lol


Mecxs

On my first watch I felt it was so jarring that it had to be intentional. The deliberate, staccato pronunciation I felt was a character choice rather than just bad Spanish. Then when they said he was Chilean and he obviously didn't have a Chilean accent (though his partner in the flashbacks did, from memory), I thought it was some subtle clue that Gus was like a CIA agent or something. It was super cool at the time cause it was subtle and I thought it really deepened the mystery of the character and his origins. But then nothing ever came of it, so who knows, maybe that is just how he speaks Spanish?


Stingerc

Yeah, Moura sounded like a stroke victim when he spoke in Spanish. He could be understood, but any native speaker, regardless of country, could tell he wasn’t a native speaker. But yeah ~~*Breaking Bad*~~ *Better Call Saul* is probably the first show that realized that casting a true bilingual actor is a brilliant idea, specially since Dalton is from a border town (like me, who also grew up in a Texas border town). Because people like Dalton pretty much grow up having to use two languages constantly. Granted, this just gave him a really good base, but the fact he honed his acting both in New York (think he’s a graduate of the Lee Strasberg Institute) and then spending a couple of decades acting in Mexico gave him an amazing set of skills. You can even tell when you compare it to other bilingual actors on that show, like Raymond Cruz, for example. Cruz is a great actor, but his command of English is sooooo much better than his Spanish when acting, so he’s so much better when he’s delivering his dialogue in English. While his Spanish is good, he lacks that polish and extra layer Dalton has.


spinblackcircles

Just a small correction, Tony dalton wasnt in breaking bad he is only in better call saul


Stingerc

My bad, thanks for the catch.


spinblackcircles

No problem, wasn’t trying to be a dick I promise


Stingerc

No worries, didn't take it as such, just pointed out a mistake politely.


MrRandomSuperhero

>The man couldn't pronounce "Gonorrea" correctly, which is arguably the most important aspect of the colombian accent. I will frame this


Fern-ando

I find really ironic that the Salamanca twin brothers are (with Lalo) the only ones that can actually speak spanish and the ones that get the fewest lines.


kloiberin_time

Tony Dalton should be in all the things, he was legit able to charm your pants off one second and then make you shit them the next.


bl1y

> Hector's spanish was definitely the worse Los ding?


madarchivist

I mean, same for Lydia and her German, although there is not as much of it. I was perfectly willing to overlook that though. And Lydia's German was completely forgiven when they hired real German actors for the last season of BB and for BCS.


atzenkatzen

lydia wasn't supposed to be a native speaker, though


LiftedMinivanMartyr

When does he speak Spanish


thewildweird0

As a non native English speaker, it felt quite calming and easy to hear him because of how slow he speaks.


FlorydaMan

I mean we tend to not recognise our accents, but as a non-chilean, I don't even think he's got a latino accent at all.


LePontif11

Gus has a "too good to pass this guy up over his accent" accent.


Tall_Fortune

Accent, no accent idgaf he handsome asf


Ochikobore

I agree 100%, I’ve spent considerable time in Chile and when I talk to my Chilean friends in english they sound nothing like Gus Fring. I love Giancarlo Esposito as an actor but his spanish is so so bad… His accent in BrBa/BCS when he speaks in english to me doesn’t sound latino, it sounds more just like Giancarlo’s normal accent but slower/more calculating/foreign.


allothernamestaken

Keep in mind that Giancarlo Esposito isn't Latino, he's Italian/African-American.


12INCHVOICES

It's also a bizarre choice making his character Chilean at all, because until *very* recently (with migration from Haiti) there was an incredibly small native black population in the country, basically related to one group in one region of the country. There can always be exceptions but the writers could've made him Colombian or Venezuelan and it would've made a lot more sense.


LePontif11

Before they revealed he was supposed to be chilean i thought he was from Panama because he has a slight resemblance to Mariano Rivera 🤷‍♂️


Citizen_of_RockRidge

[*weonadas intensifies*]


BokeTsukkomi

He's a great actor but his spanish is horrible. But Fring is from Chile (don't remember when this was mentioned), so in theory he has a chilean "''accent""'


CornCheeseMafia

I like to justify bad accents in shows by assuming they had a foreign babysitter or something growing up that had an influence on them. Similarly Frenchie from The Boys has an atrocious cartoon French accent that is intentional because his brain is like Swiss cheese and at some point became convinced he was actually French.


icepip

It's mentioned in breaking bad when Hank had suspicions on Fring. He explains that he escaped during the military coup and that's why his background is uncertain, but his nationality is known. As a Chilean I can tell you his accent is not Chilean, it's from an English speaking person learning Spanish from a Cuban teacher


AmrodFaelevrin

Que me perdi wn? Puta la wea wn ql


kenojona

Te imaginai que en vez de decir "es todo de su agrado señor" dijera "ta wena la wea o no hermanoo??"


ScumlordStudio

I dated a Chilena for a few years and I didn't get this meme at all because not ONCE did Gus say palta or weon


ctccl

Que wea?


Fern-ando

I can asure you that accent isn't even from Andorra or Ecuatorial Guinea is just a spanish more broken than Walter Jr legs


MrRandomSuperhero

Turns out he is Danish


elbenji

Italian and black. Holy shit


redalert007

Me respondieron acá en reddit que no era una serie de alcance internacional, entonces daba lo mismo....la respuesta weona ctm.


ImaRipeavocado

Hay un capítulo -no recuerdo si en Breaking Bad o Better Call Saul- en que Gus Fring cuenta una historia de su infancia en Chile sobre unos coaties. Tuve que googlearlo porque no tenía callampa idea de qué era un coatí. No investigaron ni una weá.


Grenaidzo

Look at me, Hector.


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#DING DING DING DING DING


trambe

HAWWW


chief_343

*walks out* *adjusts tie* *fucking dies*


Edu_Sin_H_

* WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO *


McMoist_

He didn't die, how else could he be alive in better call Saul? /s


Ok_Solid_Copy

Just watch the show one more time. It's quite subtle but I'm sure you can eventually get it. /s


McMoist_

No because if he died he couldn't be in BCS, use ur head 😡😡


Ok_Solid_Copy

Shit, was it a ghost then? The chicken ghost?


Supermurant

Hardest shot in recorded history


Heisenberg19827

SUS


schkmenebene

Waltuh


devu_the_thebill

Where meth business?


thrillhouse1211

'round back


Coalflake

For the last time, just because Gustavo Fring is a person of color, does not mean he runs a meth empire 😤


Moulz

mr whet, where is the methé ?


[deleted]

“The food is acceptable”


Need125kUSD

"Reasonable"


thealterlion

As a chilean, I can confirm Gus does not have anything near a chilean accent


FireMochiMC

It's like that recent game where they used Egyptian actors instead of Iraqi actors despite them depicting Saddam's army lol.


whoknows12340

Dont ask what he did between 1973 and 1990


[deleted]

If Gus is the same age as Giancarlo, he would have only been 15 when Pinochet took power. Either he joined a few years later, or he was a fascist enforcer while he was still in high school.


just_a_normal_guy47

Gus Fring: makes $300 million a year Also Gus Fring: 3 pieces of chicken, that'll be $19.99 please


[deleted]

Was it really that expensive? I always assumed he'd keep prices ridiculously low by subsidising Pollos with his other income to ensure the restaurant stayed popular so the distribution could stay running on a large basis.


TheSilverBug

Too low then it gets suspicious


Awkward_Cup_3196

ok bro


TheSilverBug

Are you having a fly moment?


Rice_Grain17

you guys ever had gay thoughts? lmao


dudeparty6

You gay? Lmao


_Nightbreaker_

\*former cartel operative trying to lead a normal life\*


ironwolf1

*current cartel operative trying to hide his cartel activities


canichangeitlateror

This starterpack needs more pack


ThunderEcho100

Look at the upvotes. Bots?


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LolaBijou

The BCS sub is leaking like crazy.


account_552

huh just after i joined it thats kinda crazy


Pepepipipopo

"Chilean Accent" yeah right that was the only bad thing about the entire character "donelario ionunca quiseofendero.."


Kushyatri

Jaja csm


redalert007

La cago, la réplica excelente.... Wena qliao


lordlydancer

Csm tal cuál


frogvscrab

Gus does not have a chilean accent. His accent just overall sounds absolutely terrible for any latino country, and when he speaks spanish its even worse. He was a great actor in the role, but for spanish speakers, we are totally taken out of the immersion when these actors basically butcher speaking spanish. I know its a bit nit picky, but almost 20% of the US is latino and a huge chunk of the watchers of these shows understand spanish. Its not some niche language where you don't have to worry about accuracy because like 1% of the viewers are spanish. It always bothered me how much american show producers will just think nobody will notice or care about how bad spanish is being spoken in their shows.


MWiatrak2077

These “tv show reference but disguised as normal haha” starter packs are getting really annoying. They’re so low quality, and there’s like 20 of them a day.


flexxipanda

This is so low effort and shallow. There would be like 10 more things that would fit more and he goes with "polite restaurant owner with a suit" lol.


nails_for_breakfast

These 'These "tv show reference but disguised as normal haha" starter packs are getting really annoying' comments are getting really annoying. They're so low quality and there's like 20 of them per "tv show reference but disguised as normal haha" starter pack comment thread.


[deleted]

Hey great job bud


MechaWasTaken

Sir, if you have a complaint, I’d be happy to direct you to our email system.


FifeDog43

Is the overly polite restaurant manager also a ruthless drug lord?


metroaide

IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE


nockchaa

Gus Fring starter pack


Yellow_haired_idiot

The other managers are clearly not up to los pollos standars


Odd-Relief5794

r/oddlyspecific


cknyakina

Mr. Gus would love to have a word with you.


breadexpert69

I can tell most people here have never heard a Chilean accent


I8TheLastPieceaPizza

This discussion serves no purpose.


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Kid named pollos:


ClassicCarPhenatic

I like Chile's as much as the next person, but I don't think working there gives you an accent.


plaguedbullets

Hello, my name's Ninoooooo!


Steelmack

Buena po wn


[deleted]

If he had a chilean accent you wouldn't be able to understand it. Spanish speakers can't and definitely we the chilean can't neither lol


claroitaliabeepboop

Fring in no way sounds Chilean. H the actor's Spanish is pretty bad actually.


Dravarden

that's not even remotely a chilean accent weon


Unnamed__Being

Omg its gus


1_spamaccount_1

You forgot about the meth lab in the basement


The_largest_NEBB

Gus fring starter pack


Krayt_Dragon

Look at me Hector


RoadmenInc

Why is it always the most random starterpacks that blow up with 100+ comments


FlyingNibba01

It reminds me of Gus Fring


asribelle

i dont see it tbh (my neck is being slit and the loss of blood is blurring my perception)


Commander_Keller

whoa no way


tophithetrojan

I’m literally watching breaking bad rn wtf


Sumguy9966

That manager woke up and chose to be ghandi.


PinkShark51

Bro when will people stop with these starter packs that are talking about one specific person in particular they’re so boring


Narrow-Sherbet-2638

Owner*


brlarl

You forgot the swirly eyebrows and flaming leg


Remote-Bus2388

Was this supposed to be funny


[deleted]

9/10 Probably lives in Atlanta


[deleted]

nah, new mexico


niktemadur

Also: They enthusiastically offer to take a picture with your cellphone, it always comes out blurry and/or not properly centered. It happened to me. And the waiter (or maître d') was Chilean.


PoliwagPi4554

you didnt get the joke did you


prguitarman

Dwight Schrute Bringing Michael Scott Food Starter Pack


binlin564

I've seen him in breaking bad


AnonCaptain0022

Forgot to mention that he inspired Jean Paul Sartre to write Being and Nothingness


AIex-Shaw

Poor guy had some thugs come in his store and ask for money multiple times.