Fast Fashion Ad - SNL

[@nathanhartono91]

Fun fact, I live in Asia and this was the only sketch from the episode I had to watch with a VPN 😂😂😂

[@nTrophy]

Omg. Seriously? 😮

[@hp4415]

Lol should be more specific that you live in china if you need to use vpn to watch this. Everywhere else in asia don’t need vpn to watch this ( except North Korea)

[@DavidHaydenFreeThinker]

@@hp4415 Can people in North Korea even access the internet. Do they even know what the internet is?

[@hp4415]

@@DavidHaydenFreeThinker who knows, never been there. Maybe higher up people in the government get internet?

[@alfredoxu7926]

pretty sure you need a vpn to access yt in china.

[@danzafrir2900]

"No lead, good clothes!" lmaooooo

[@patriciasalem3606]

This is like every fast fashion Pinterest video. And the companies have crazy, nonsensical names like WearWePurple or ShoeDoesFlower or ExcellentsOceanNotebook.

[@ServantsoftheHouseofPrayer]

Best prices!!

[@Nihilist_Porcupine]

Basically every listing on Amazon these days...

[@sarapereira7221]

They make clothes using machines not humans. SNL are so dumb 😂😂😂

[@GON-lu4me]

not NO lead but Minimal Lead

[@trollboy665]

Having actual TEMU ads on this was priceless

[@Kimillions]

🧢🤣🤣🤣

[@susanasoares2165]

Same🤣🤣🤣

[@BexiAF]

It's every ad, I swear.

[@christheghostwriter]

I genuinely don't understand why anyone would use ad-supported YT. Just pay the ten bucks for premium. I've had it for like eight years now, and I actually forget that a lot of people still sit through ads. My time is worth way too much watch ads

[@radiosilence104]

Americans are so ignorant and easily propagandized. They actually believe this happens in China. The minimum wage in China is equivalent to $21 US. And there is 96% homeownership in China. Meanwhile, in the US we have both poverty wages and prison slave labor, that accounts as the 3rd largest “employed” group in the country.

[@RebeccaMooreFrey]

THANK YOU BRILLIANT WRITERS & CAST FOR BRINGING UP A VERY REAL ISSUE & USING COMEDY TO LEVERAGE

[@luckynyaa2826]

No evidence whatsoever. Just propaganda.

[@christianlarson7259]

sure, the real issue is not CHINA. If you really think you want to care then stop wearing clothes...in general or look at the companies buying them.

[@RebeccaMooreFrey]

@@christianlarson7259 I do look at labels & I have noticed that clothes, bedding from China often smells strongly of chlorine after I wash them. Boycottig is a non-violent way to say No!

[@SpaceJelly7]

@@christianlarson7259 that is such a ridiculous statement. You are basically saying that since all industry has its problems, it's okay for this industry to be the worst. The real issue is capitalism, but no one is capitalizing on American consumerism quite like China is. They are basically exploiting the entire human race all at once. Temu and Shein contribute more waste and pollution than any other fast fashion brands, they are clearly using forced labor and not really trying to hide it, and the Temu app does more datamining than any other app on the market place. Not to mention that the CCP is the primary stake holder in every Chinese company by default, meaning that the Chinese government owns every Chinese company. So, Temu is using slave labor to cut costs, those lower costs allow them to undermine an American law that says any shipment of goods from other countries has to be inspected by customs unless its under a certain amount. This lets them bypass all sorts of taxes and other import laws. Then the app (which is number 1 in the app store, or at least it was for a looong time) is literally spy ware. So, yeah, these brands are not the same as just buying clothing in general.

[@porgeous88]

@@christianlarson7259 it's not as simple as saying don't buy anything made in China. Many luxury brands manufacture large volumes of their product in China. Some of the factories are incredibly high tech and put the slave labour and poor working standards that still very much exist in Italy, Romania, Turkey and Poland to shame. but you're right, if we don't spend, it doesn't sell, they stop making it but it applies to everything. The real question is why we fell so many new things all the time, decent fabrics will last a very long time. If you look after a jacket it should see 20-yrs or more. we don't need 10 of everything in every colour every month.

[@jordanwilson3543]

"That's a thank you note from a happy worker!" Jokes aside, what a kickass, hilarious way to address such a real, relevant issue. Kudos SNL 👏👏👏👏👏

[@akb3536]

@@jordanwilson3543 I was really impressed they took it there. 💪

[@aragusea]

Ego’s sincere, ashamed “no” - what an amazing choice for a comedy skit. Killed me.

[@BenjaminBenson25]

Retirement going well I see

[@BenjaminBenson25]

*semi-retirement

[@martincatoniryan1638]

aragusea, double thumbs up!

[@jerindevassy100]

Wait, what..... is he retired?

[@HiIexist2803]

Hi Adam!!!

[@jamestk656]

"So there used to be or something? Why bring that up?" The line looks dry on paper but Gyllenhaal's delivery just makes it so funny. But the "we pay our workers even ones with wrong religion" and Chloe's reaction got me good lol

[@TheRafark]

Oh that was jack Gyllenhaal? I just looked it up - he’s 43! He looks way younger

[@Ε.Α-κ9σ]

​@@TheRafark43 IS young! My husband and his brothers are 47-50 years old, and they don't look older than this actor. 40s are the new 30s!

[@Nicia_IntheMoment]

@@Ε.Α-κ9σ Completely!

[@silversaint8886]

Isn’t all religion wrong? Just human fairy tales.

[@VladRadu-tq1pg]

@@silversaint8886 ouch the sheer edge...it s like all atheists come from a xerox printer or smth

[@jregulatori4672]

Loved this. A little shocked that SNL had the balls to do it. Usually every big media company walks on egg shells trying not to upset China. Just wish there was a way to block all Temu ads so I never have to see them again.

[@SynthiaVan]

For real. Proud of SNL for going there.

[@billyeveryteen7328]

We gave that up a few years ago. Even the EU and UK now treat Taiwan as a sovereign country, which we would NEVER do before.

[@Flixtex]

I mean snl is not watched in china so there's nothing to loose here 😂 what will china do?

[@hpflix]

Don’t worry about it. China knows we won’t stop buying.

[@andgainingspeed]

@@billyeveryteen7328 What does that mean in practical terms? Good to see EU recalibrating their relationships with trade partners based on their partners relationships with other partners who make the EU nervous.

[@Tacit_Tern]

SNL knocked it out of the park with this skit

[@kevinwilliams1470]

I just received a winter coat from temu and it came out the pack smelling like its been in there for 5 years the nrxt day I took it to the dry cleaner. And the cleaning bill cost more than the coat

[@creepcraddle]

@@kevinwilliams1470buy quality or don't buy at all

[@ruzzelladrian907]

I love this ad so much! A combination of Shein and Temu. This looks like a legit ultra-fast-fashion brand that just came out of nowhere and became mainstream overnight.

[@I.am.not.josh.groban]

This isn’t real it’s a tv show called mad tv from the 80s

[@laalaa99stl]

Shien + Temu = Xiemu?

[@dylan_fr11]

I mean you say it like she-moo

[@PyroDrew]

Xi (China's Dictator) + Temu = Xiemu

[@Buckboy2024]

Yes.

[@HoNow222]

no shit sherlock

[@radiosilence104]

Americans are so ignorant and easily propagandized. They actually believe this happens in China. The minimum wage in China is equivalent to $21 US. And there is 96% homeownership in China. Meanwhile, in the US we have both poverty wages and prison slave labor, that accounts as the 3rd largest “employed” group in the country.

[@laterferaligatr2947]

It was the instant nosebleed for me😂

[@KailuaChick]

So proud of SNL for this sketch!! 👏👏👏

[@yoongistongue4163]

Really? Because you do know SheIn uses the same factories that most popular producers do? They just don't add a huge profit among of it. And that's literally the only difference. But I assume it's ok as long those are western companies that sale you t-shirt for 10000 times their production value

[@kyle-flora]

@@yoongistongue4163 girl i'm not reading all that

[@anfinsons]

Except the title is fast fashion. It’s a terrible industry.

[@notapplicable4283]

Now say why

[@teresmajor7956]

So proud of crapping on Chinese Chinese product, but not American Chinese product amirite

[@Vitriol-Divergent]

This is the first time I’ve seen TEMU being called out for all of their violations against humanity.

[@magnusanemo]

Only violations against humanity are prices that are too high!1

[@JMRP]

Spoiler alert: it ain't just Temu.

[@Nainai24047]

“Okay this is giving shady” lmao😭🤣

[@robertlloyd122]

"Returns? No problem! We certainly won't dump them in an ever-growing pile in the Atacama Desert."

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

Or the shores of Ghana.

[@robertlloyd122]

@@ronswansonsdog2833 I hadn't heard the same about Ghana, but I can believe it

[@gus.smedstad]

While I don't know about Temu, there are Chinese clothes sellers on Amazon that will basically say "keep it" if you return an item, because the clothes aren't worth the price of return shipping. I've also had them try and negotiate a partial refund instead of a full refund when they do this. Which is understandable, they don't want the item back, but they did invest a dollar or two in making the clothes.

[@sourdrop]

@@robertlloyd122 Watch the Documentary "Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion" it goes into a lot more detail about fast fashion waste being dumped in Ghana as well as just how horrible fast fashion is.

[@icantollie]

I once ordered a lamp on Amazon that cost $3, assuming it was a scam -- how could a lamp cost $3? Seven days later it arrived directly from Shenzhen, China, half a world away, in a nondescript cardboard box with nothing but Chinese characters except for my mailing address. How are American companies supposed to compete with them on price? (P. S. It's been 5 years and the lamp still works fine :/)

[@athensniceboy]

no prisoners... don't worry about it LMAO

[@lovethieves1383]

This is like the film "Zone Of Interest" but in 2024 and instead of that physical wall, it's VPN.

[@TheMMAKasual]

Whats funny is how many people don’t realize this applies to any company that makes its clothes countries like china and Taiwan

[@AndreiGu]

@@TheMMAKasual The U.S also uses prison labor as slave labor but it's easier to criticize foreign rivals

[@TheMMAKasual]

@JeanPaulBeaubier I’m well aware of the U.S.’s historic and modern uses of slavery. This conversation was more so suited towards clothing distribution but if you wanna talk about how the U.S. incarceration rate for black males is nearly 4 times any other race and how they force them to still pick cotton cool

[@kristoffer3000]

@@AndreiGu and it's actually true for the US, very much unlike China

[@MilesToGoGo]

0:20 the way Marcello nervously says “okay” is so funny to me 😂

[@radiosilence104]

Americans are so ignorant and easily propagandized. They actually believe this happens in China. The minimum wage in China is equivalent to $21 US. And there is 96% homeownership in China. Meanwhile, in the US we have both poverty wages and prison slave labor, that accounts as the 3rd largest “employed” group in the country.

[@radiosilence104]

Americans are so ignorant and easily propagandized. They actually believe this happens in China. The minimum wage in China is equivalent to $21 US. And there is 96% homeownership in China. Meanwhile, in the US we have both poverty wages and prison slave labor, that accounts as the 3rd largest “employed” group in the country.

[@yrindra]

Repeated that part like 6 times 😂

[@dennischiapello7243]

@@yrindra Then I'm not alone!

[@Delulu-To-Trululu]

He's confused but got the spirit

[@ChandlerJuliet]

Best snl skit in years. What a concept, relevant comedy

[@flowerpowers1855]

This is so accurate. So happy they did this sketch & bringing awareness to this 😂

[@olorin4317]

The best SNL sketches hold up a funhouse mirror to America’s unspoken absurdities. Well done.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Or one of those haunted mirrors that shows someone or something what they really look like. Or is SNL not at that point yet?

[@ironkraken7157]

the vast majority of criticism was leveled at china not america. try paying attention next time

[@olorin4317]

So pay no attention to the people consuming the product of slave labor? Maybe you reveal what you willfully ignore.

[@MithunOnTheNet]

@@ironkraken7157 Err, the ad literally blamed Americans for buying crap from Shein and Temu despite knowing the shady practices of these Chinese companies!

[@PyroDrew]

​@@olorin4317 The share of imports from China to the EU has made China the EU's largest external import partner. 20% of all EU imports were from China compared to 16.5% of all US imports were from China. Value of imports from China to Canada have doubled since 2013 and are now $65billion. You completely ignoring all other countries in your comment demonstrates your bias you willfully ignore and unspoken absurdities. Well done.

[@jbellamy83]

"Or" 😂

[@bobdavis4848]

Ya better believe that! "Or"! 🤔

[@gilbertbaker4647]

Thanks for sounding the alarm. We need much more of this message!

[@yoongistongue4163]

Yeah just that would be great if you keep western companies accountable too. But just because you pay 40$ for a t-shirt doesn't mean it was made under a better conditions.

[@_gokceada]

@@yoongistongue4163 h&m and zara

[@LisaMichele]

@@yoongistongue4163 exactly

[@fs5775]

@@yoongistongue4163 Sorry, wrong. Americans can openly protest. People don't get "disappeared" by the government in the US. Nice try tho. Have you lived in China? I have. You can sit down now.

[@blipmachine]

I know right, I gotta get me some cheap drip from Xiemu

[@UnderSide821]

I love how thet start to speak like a chinese food lady.

[@vknives]

This is the best sketch in years. Too real.

[@Tiniestwombat]

"Don't worry about it"

[@zoeledwards6617]

Don’t worry about it.

[@KatieB9845]

Don't worry about it! 😁

[@donnellcoleman7784]

Its cheap n rip off like a dollar store

[@rhondahanley5927]

One of my favorite lines from an episode of Drunk History. Works well here, too!

[@maltedmilk6888]

Fuck you, don't tell me what to worry about!

[@milanb.6022]

SNL fashion ads are always on point, and this one was way overdue. Thank you for bringing attention to this topic!

[@tomarnold7284]

They forgot to bring up: "We might not respect human rights, but that's not your business. Isn't it?"

[@thegreatreaper8840]

China is not obliged to respect human rights...but still, I want cheap products, does not matter how

[@blurdreamer]

a lot of western luxury brand manufactural their product from China cheaply but still sell in a premium price , human right is the least concern for everyone unless with lucrative benefit (fame, donation...etc)

[@jamestk656]

That wouldn't be in keeping with the joke. It would be something like: Voice: "We made this while respecting human rights." Model: "You saying that makes me think you weren't respecting human rights before!" Voice: "Don't worry about it."

[@wesleyferreira5645]

Like it doesn’t happen with luxury brands, this is hypocrite, slave labor and exploitation happens everywhere, you basically can’t buy anything that is free from that, chocolate clothes etc, we are fine with that as long it’s not in America, we outsource our slave labor in the end would be bad to have Americans working for cents, we just have to learn how to live with this messed up gilt

[@jamestk656]

@@wesleyferreira5645 The people complaining about forced and child labor in other countries aren't the people who just want to buy stuff for cheap; it's the people who didn't want to see even more jobs offshored out of the country. If everyone was playing by the same rules, most of those jobs wouldn't be offshored. What if the reason we need cheap stuff is because there isn't enough work for everyone to afford it?

[@beckytavani7907]

this is so on point. Congrats SNL for going there. Best sketch of the evening.

[@jriverariddering]

thank you for adressing all the issues all at once that all the other videos take forever to explain! finally something i know my friends will watch

[@RobeLifeMusic]

Xiemu: Where clothes are so cheap, even their sweatshop employees can afford to buy them. Even the silk robes 👘👘👘

[@trueheart1372]

lol they wish

[@donnellcoleman7784]

Like dollar tree

[@masakazuishiguro8525]

Most clothes sold in China are like that so you are probably not wrong.

[@JayJay-sk3iu]

🤣

[@dietotaku]

it's not like american companies pay us enough to afford clothes made in america

[@sonialdana84]

Thanks a lot SNL, that was very welcomed and needed.

[@lgmisfit10]

MARCELLOS “OK” LMFAO 😂😂

[@suzannejohnson220]

Thousands of items sold thru Temu and Shein are sold on Amazon AND ETSY! Even the photos are identical. Walmart. Target. Dollar Tree. FRYE. BLONDO. KENNETH COLE...all these companies use same Chinese mfg companies.

[@bellalerman9359]

Yup. And I avoid every single one! :) I don't buy Made in China (or other nearby SEA countries with CCP factories)

[@tanyachef]

It is legitimately hard if not impossible to totally boycott buying things that are made in China. Not to say that one should stop trying to take their purchasing power back in any way they can. Recycle, reuse, repurpose all are great but we all are fairly dependent on tech that comes out of China. I was watching a history course with my hubby last week. In history, the one true prevailing aspect of the human race is that all systems throughout history have one class of ppl living with the (at least) the marginalization of (if not straight enslavement) another class.

[@tomatochemist]

@@tanyachef That’s true but these companies are relying on people using this excuse to not even try. Essentially hoping people won’t make the effort, which isn’t even that hard. It just requires not buying loads of new clothes every year. Needing tons of items to follow changing fashion trends easily means they have to be cheap… aka made by underpaid or even slave workers.

[@410unknown]

Yep, that’s why I buy from whoever sells it for the cheapest, even if it isn’t ethical. Because if it’s all the same, why pay a premium just because it has a different label? What can I do, I’m minimum wage and can barely afford to live 🤷‍♂️

[@tanyachef]

@@tomatochemist Id encourage ppl to re-read the 2nd and 3rd sentence of my post. It's not totally impossible to avoid NEW things from China, just VERY difficult, especially given that manufactures can get parts made in China but have things ultimately assembled in whatever country they want and then claim "Made in ____" Ppl like to be able to just think about these things quickly and for righteousness to be simple, easy and quick. It rarely is. Almost ALWAYS life is messy and complicated. My personal philosophy is to think globally and do what I can but leave the bulk of advocacy to local issues bc I have a better chance to make a difference.

[@celecha]

The "my shoe" at the end 😅😂 such good delivery

[@janetkriegl6720]

Chloe, "Kind of smells like gasoline". So TRUE! Fast fashions often DO smell like gasoline. Even after multiple washings.

[@PsychicOracle]

Because they're made out of gasoline!

[@janetkriegl6720]

@@PsychicOracle Petroleum by-products, not actual gasoline.

[@maddihausmann2469]

@@janetkriegl6720No lead!!!

[@ChrisCrossAplsauce]

I read that it’s the pesticides that are sprayed on them for the shipping trip. Don’t worry about it!

[@Earth1218]

What fast fashion piece ever survived multiple washings? Wash ‘em once and they’re wrinkled beyond repair. Twice and they start to disintegrate.

[@ThePrincess782]

Wait, there's a note sown in my jacket. That's a thank you note from a happy worker.

[@merricc6911]

Is the note growing? 🤓

[@Revidescent84]

Thanks, unpaid closed captioning

[@radiosilence104]

Americans are so ignorant and easily propagandized. They actually believe this happens in China. The minimum wage in China is equivalent to $21 US. And there is 96% homeownership in China. Meanwhile, in the US we have both poverty wages and prison slave labor, that accounts as the 3rd largest “employed” group in the country.

[@kamenanew9867]

​@@Revidescent84what's more annoying, quoting the video, a thing we all do when talking about a sketch to work folks and friends, the exact reason for a comment section on a video , ya know to talk about the video, or some mook commenting about someone quoting? To me it's always been the second one. Since like 03 or something when I first got on the Internet, there's been a you out there, annoying everyone. Congrats ig.

[@eyespy3001]

@@kamenanew9867And then there’s the You- the guy that has to white-knight the situation while inadvertently doin the same thing he claims he despises: giving an unwarranted and pretentious opinion. 👍

[@baldbicth123]

Ego looked so good with the blonde hair

[@MC-tl7oj]

She looks amazing pretty much anytime...the only time it's "m'eh" for me, is when they have her in granny costume

[@gjk540]

She's gorgeous.

[@ThanksWyatt]

That’s her natural hair color and her real name.

[@ammealmichieka2116]

" best factories , happiest workers" 😂😂

[@juggles5474]

Damn I’m actually impressed by something SNL did. Never thought I’d see the day 👏

[@lovetrioni]

So on point about people buying from shein and temu even after knowing about the pathetic condition involved in making them. Eventually everyone cares about the price 😅

[@Sparxx_]

“No lead, good clothes”

[@Macgargan24]

Best prices, minimal lead 😂

[@danhayabusa]

Jeez! Ego is an absolute smoke show

[@danielsierra7929]

H&M/ZARA awkwardly laughing on this sketch

[@tanschi8449]

Yea, same cheap clohtes, same cheap labor with a "legit" brand. Pay extra to avoid feeling guilty scheme

[@katiem.3109]

As bad as sweatshops are, there's still a major difference between that and clothes being made from slave labor at concentration camps as part of an ongoing genocide. That's what they're talking about here, hence the 'even ones with wrong religion' and 'all workers paid' comments in the video. Shein and Temu's shipping models (shipping individually as opposed to in bulk) allow them to skirt the Uighur forced labor act, which H&M, Zara, etc all must abide by.

[@t091293]

at least it's making European countries richer, not shithole China

[@giovannitrumando]

I love that they're advertising important iissues in a funny way that makes people think about it

[@danielgo3898]

Finallyyyyy! I was wondering when someone was going to address these ridiculous Temu ads!

[@susivarga7303]

Why? Would you stop buying?

[@danielgo3898]

@@susivarga7303 stop? lol, I never started! Those prices are absurdly low! Anything priced that low has to be a ripoff or bait.😂

[@snoobins4623]

@@susivarga7303 No....

[@markwred]

Whats ridiculous is American companies buying that same item with another logo on it and you buying it for 300% more

[@danielgo3898]

@@markwred er hmmm! Pardon yourself, mark. You know nothing about what I purchase, soooo. Yeah, I’m an older consumer; so I’m informed and immensely conscious of the power of my purse strings.

[@ras3024]

Ego looks so good in this

[@donnellcoleman7784]

She Kel wife on good burger 2

[@MilesToGoGo]

She’s so beautiful!!!

[@reggaestar]

Insanely hot. She and Heidi are running quite the competition

[@FlappyBelly]

Great waffles

[@Nippleless_Cage]

Ego looks good in everything.

[@Magic_turtle5]

This is why I thrift shop! Even if it's a fast fashion item, at least my money is going to the thrift store and not supporting sweat shops.

[@nura1627]

Agreed.

[@SpiderHacksaw]

Well, after 40 years of this, even the thrifts are filled with this stuff. But at least it is one step removed the kleptocratic theocracy of China.

[@sarahdee374]

about 30 years ago I became aware of the forced labor of super cheap goods. I vowed to stop buying from China. That lasted maybe a month, but just couldn't bring myself to pay made in USA prices for basic clothes, toiletries, etc, etc. My bad. I work at and do buy a lot of better quality stuff at thrift stores. Highly recommend that. It's more fun too.

[@malittlekitteh]

@@sarahdee374 For the good of the planet we should all be thrift store shopping.

[@kristoffer3000]

@@sarahdee374 There's 0 evidence of China using forced labour, you fell for fascist propaganda.

[@jhandle900]

The pendulum is swinging back.

[@Moxy_1984]

This is amazing haha, I never trusted Temu and Shein for a second! Good work SNL

[@senguptasayn]

Absolutely THE BEST skit.so true.

[@Josh-dg6yb]

Loved how dark and sinister this one is. Great writing.

[@thetasworld]

I think the steady pace towards the socio-ecological dystopia helps...

[@kareninalabama]

​@@thetasworld, right? The dark and sinister tone of the sketch just mirrors our world.

[@陈圆圆-u8l]

This sketch won’t be seen on Bilibili😂😂😂😂

[@notani3533]

design is definitely original, no unauthorized designer involved

[@sciencewithesi9149]

i used to work at H&M and found a note and reported it and the manager said it was nothing and threw it away

[@cedrelaloera6334]

Exactly, american brands do exactly the same on Bangladesh and LATAM...so hypocrites

[@Extremely_Shawol]

OMG what did it say?

[@sharshar7582]

U can't just not tell us what the note said. Maybe she is saving us from trauma

[@ClearGalaxies]

What did the note say??

[@JohnBrown-ig5nc]

What did the note say?

[@steveconn]

A good old school clever SNL sketch!

[@meowmeowmeowbarf]

One of their best sketches

[@dallasgrey4247]

Ego looks really good in this one!

[@Pouncer_Fox]

Everybody looks trendy, the skit is hilarious, but can I just say that Ego looks super fine!

[@Rachel4momo]

Marcelo is so cute

[@AshMc1970]

The rings on Jake’s pointer fingers were a nice touch. 😁

[@evilken00]

Literally got a Temu ad for this vid

[@mkelly9221]

Me too!

[@wvusciguy]

That is funny.

[@knsnsy]

don’t worry about it

[@christophermcdonough3466]

Literally!!!

[@SidewalkCitizenLA]

😂😂😂

[@KootFloris]

Wonderful and very necessary ! All commercials hide how things are made and the real price for the planet.

[@Ingoivalde]

All jokes aside, Ego looks AMAZING in this sketch

[@beusin]

LMAO he's putting the hat on and modeling like it's nothing with a bleeding nose 😂

[@nura1627]

Best SNL ad since Ivanka's _Complicit_ parfum.

[@SynthiaVan]

Dude I'm proud of SNL for going there. I wonder what kind of reaction will come out of china...

[@nastenasimpsin3174]

Like...none. There's no youtube in China..Are you expecting an official statement from the government or something?

[@susivarga7303]

None. And you just watched a sketch about something well known for years. That was their point. Did/will you stop buying? No.

[@peadar-o]

Don’t worry about it.

[@sennicgs]

This will definitely get KZbin banned in China. Oh wait, it’s already been banned…

[@InfiniteSoulRoots]

🤣🤣🤣@@peadar-o

[@codreaming9304]

😂😂😂 ~ Love how they combined Shein and Temu 👏🏼

[@CHINESE_PRIDE]

This commercial is accurate AF

[@previnsnaidu1]

Pretty impressive that SNL actually did this sketch, you usually see everyone afraid to criticize things like this

[@princekentk]

Can I just say Ego looks good as Heck in this sketch lol

[@donnellcoleman7784]

She Kel wife on good burger 2

[@princekentk]

@@donnellcoleman7784 Oh word!! I have yet to check it out, now I gotta see it

[@ChartreuseDan]

Can you just not?

[@princekentk]

@@ChartreuseDan Aw your just miserable for no damn reason. Get a life, or Go to Hell the choice is yours

[@Synthysynthsynth]

@@donnellcoleman7784don’t be scared to use verbs and possessives, playa

[@Yamas258]

Ahh the deliveries of the 2 and 3rd . “Uhh okay “ “why being that up?” Casually

[@bobdavis4848]

Ahh yes. Also my spellcheck commonly changes my "bring" to "being," too.

[@jpm9628]

More of *this* kind of thing from SNL would be so welcomed by myself snd I'm sure many others.

[@thegreenco7896]

Im so glad that the fast fashion issue is gaining more recognition and awareness

[@Skummy123]

0:50 Letter from Masanjia Is a sad documentary about an incident like this

[@HeyCoachBarbara]

You don’t have to convince me not to shop on Xiemu 😩

[@nardo218]

Thank you so much for bringing light to this. Temu taunts me daily and i have yet to give in. Don't buy this shit!

[@CaWalrusJr]

Xi-emu, by 'Xi' Jinping! haha

[@yaakovina]

I don’t usually align with SNL but this time, I have to say THANK YOU for raising awareness!

[@Lingo2948]

That dead voice and music were so accurate that when this auto-played I went to skip the ad.

[@xcountryrunner9]

I also heard there was a huge scandal with temu where they were selling people's financial information. Grateful I never signed up

[@bellalerman9359]

Yup. They install spyware & spamware. Hack people's personal information.

[@naya4607]

What’s crazy is all the brands charging you more are also using cheap labor to increase their profit margins. Some using child labor as well. Almost none are actually paying wages where the workers thrive

[@naya4607]

Not an excuse to keep buying. Just stop buying or reduce how much you buy. Thrift.

[@leladunkel1982]

Said everything! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Such hypocrisy!! And yet, no one is complaining or boycotting the big brands.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

I wonder if you or anyone else knows if Claire's currently uses sweatshop labor. I quit my job there largely due to suspicions of this.

[@blueaxolotlfam]

... This could be a Walmart add, or target, mall. We have been buying these same items from China for a long time now.

[@SpiderHacksaw]

True. It is just that Walmart and others charge more so they can funnel more money to their CEO and board of directors. And mostly so they can funnel more money to 4 of the wealthiest 10 people in America. The Walmart family of heirs.

[@InvisibleRen]

Idk about Walmart and Target but I am so disillusioned now seeing that once popular mall and dept. store brands like Forever 21, Kohls, etc plus prestige fast fashion brands like Anthropologie and Zara are now making clothes that are the exact same quality. Amazon sells literally the same stuff as these sites with a 2-5x markup too. It’s wild. Like seriously, there’s no way for people living under the poverty threshold in the West to win. Buying secondhand helps, but a lot of apps are flooded with stuff from these brands Chinese e-commerce sites or the overpriced brands selling the same quality if you want something stylish. Frankly, they’re selling the same stuff that’s sold on TaoBao (Chinese e-commerce site for Chinese people equivalent of Amazon) for equivalent prices. Not even dupes, literally the same items. If I have to spend three or four times as much to get a significant improvement in quality, and I cannot afford that, then I’ll pick the lesser of two evils while ensuring I can still pay my bills and take care of my mental health. The best thing to do is not fall into overconsumption, don’t purchase things that are clearly handmade, and buy sustainably and ethically where you can.

[@arothmanmusic]

I only feel morally superior if I'm being overcharged.

[@classicsfan10]

Pieper: “man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless”

[@bworkman1986]

But are you going to stop?

[@vicoevico]

comedic timing is gold

[@champagnexoxo1198]

Finally had some balls to joke about this!!!! People really don’t put attention to temu and shein

[@TheNormanmurk]

The best thing we can do is not buy anything from that company. They're a total scam.

[@ellaisplotting]

I don't understand people that do. You know the human rights abuses, you know the pollution it causes, and you know it will be absolute shit that falls apart in barely a handful of wears. Why would you buy it? Nobody's forcing you to. I'm plus size, broke, and have a very specific style and I have an amazing wardrobe purely from sales and second hand. If you're buying from these openly horrific places you might as well wear a sign announcing you care more about your momentary appearance than anything else on the planet. You can't claim ignorance, and there's other alternatives, so you're making a conscious choice to be this shitty. (Obviously not directed at you OP, just the customers of the brands)

[@josedavidescobar6696]

Best sketch of the season

[@ethanpschwartz]

Minimal lead.

[@donnellcoleman7784]

No it wasn't beavis & butthead was

[@iamskippy]

@@donnellcoleman7784 I second that. I wouldn’t put this in the top 20. There’s a MAURY parody with Marcelo, Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman, Andrew Dismukes and Dakota Johnson *that blows this one away.* Even the SCOOBY DOO sketch was funnier. Plus the George Washington with Nate Bargatze… *So many were better in my opinion.*

[@kamenanew9867]

​@@iamskippythis one is kinda saying something tho? Like daily show humor..

[@fs5775]

@@iamskippy probably because you are heavy consumer of cheap crap from China

[@bco0t6]

Ego is so fire

[@kareninalabama]

💯! I was worried when Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong left, but Ego's got this all by herself. ❤

[@vlogbrotherdave]

Yesss!! This is what the NY Fast Fashion act is trying to fix, look it up!

[@anindaosman807]

"If it was shady would you stop buying it? " "NO" -- This is more like a black mirror episode. 😂😂

[@Murisaa]

WOW, SNL with balls of steal, I loved it

[@demdecuong]

I work for FPT in Vietnam, a software outsourcing company, for Costco, General Electrics, and many more. And the clients from those corps force me to work extra hours, with Seattle timezone, like 9pm-1am in my timezone. After that project, i got stomache and galbladder issue. While the Costco customers in Spain and US can enjoy cheaper price since they manage software with cheap labour cost in Vn. I try to address this but Costco refuses to increase the pay, or they will move outsource to India. Actually not only Chinese brands, but Apple, Hm, Zara, etc are exploiting cheap labor in many different ways, financial outsourcing services to Hongkong and Singapore, software outsourcing to Vn, India, China, Colombia. Those people are working extra hours with low pay, suffering inflation for us dollard peg, while British considering 4 working day per week.

[@aglis_]

Westerners don't really care about the "labor rights" of companies like Temu or Shein as much as they're trying to virtue signal. China is just the current convenient geopolitical enemy #1 to distract their domestic population.

[@bellalerman9359]

Thank you for your honesty & sharing your story. You are right & it is a shame that they treat people this way. We have to call them out for it

[@teveson8256]

Exploitation is disgusting, wherever it occurs. I am so sorry for you that your situation has made you stressed and unwell. Don't be fooled about any 4 day week choice in Britain. People here are also forced into zero hour contracts, low wages, even for nurses and teachers - they can't afford to rent anymore, let alone buy a home. Four day weeks mean that bosses don't have to pay benefits such as holiday and sickness pay. Its not about the workers opting for less work but about more money for the companies.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

SHEIN , and TEMU getting calling out.

[@linebear-dv6yd]

Triple meanings: SHEIN, Temu and Xi Jinping

[@canaisyoung3601]

And Wish

[@KarmikChannels]

And the consumers. Because they won't stop buying these products.

[@TheElusiveReality]

the "no lead" bit got me lmao

[@sophistic]

the world needs more of this!

[@TheClownfight]

Wow, home run on that one!

[@jk_lol9266]

The funny thing is, it's the same mass-produced clothes we've always purchased at the mall; made from the same materials, in the same forced labor camps, with the same questionable business practices. But now we skip the middleman (US Corporations) and they are very upset about it.

[@monicanavarro2906]

Bingo. Who hasn't found the exact same stuff on Temu that you can buy at The Dollar Store, for example? Where do we think those stores get it from? We're paying more for those products than they do, because they buy in massive bulk-so am I to believe the workers are being paid more when our stores are paying less? 😂 Sorry, but they miss me with their constant guilt-tripping.

[@MaeGrant-np9nq]

TRUE

[@shoehorn191]

I think depending on the company, there is some quality control difference. Like I think bigger brand names like Gap and Old Navy probably has better quality control than discounted less well known brands.

[@PaulDo22]

Not even close, Xi. Pure communist propaganda.

[@zkosn]

It's kind of secret, but learn the special hand signal to show appreciation to your fellow temu/ali/shein styling neighbors as you pass each other in public

[@keelahrose]

People who buy this crap from these shady companies deserve what they get! I did it one time and lesson learned.

[@stephen8219]

Good work SNL. Shows you can be funny and raise awareness.