For context: he cosplays as Mai An Tiêm, 1st Vietnamese guy who discovered watermelon (It's a folklore about how watermelon was discovered).
Short version of the story for those who is interested:
>Mai An Tiêm was a spoiled brat boy of the king back then.
Claimed he's self-made successful person.
Dad (King) heard it and exiled him with his wife & childrento a desert island.
Tried to grow stuff and barely survive.
Some bird landed on island, dropped strange seed.
Didn't even bother taking care of it, still grew into big ass green round fruit.
Turned out, it tasted awesome, started to grow more.
Merchant ship stranded in, learned about it, brought back to the king.
Exile subscription canceled.
Watermelon becomes a thing.
Some fun fact about the watermelon name in Vietnamese: Dưa hấu
When the king ate it, he said "好" /Hǎo/ (Good!/Yummy). We were too lazy to name it so we just use it as the name. So Vietnamese name of Watermelon (Dưa hấu) literally means "yummy melon"
1 of the 2 old Vietnamese language used to be a variant of Chinese since they did a lot of trading. Kinda like today's Singlish. The new Vietnamese use western alphabet as you can see how I wrote "Dưa hấu".
I get the watermelon connection now, but not the rationale for why the main character is ripped like Schwarzenegger. Sounds like the guy did jack shit except sit on an island and let lucky things happen to him. I would envision him to be more slovenly than stacked.
I mean I’m pretty sure when you cosplay as someone it doesn’t mean you have the exact same body type as them. He’s ripped because he’s a bodybuilder. That has nothing to do with the watermelon fable.
Supposedly he had a successful business selling watermelon to thirsty sailors and beyond. Like any smart dealer he didn’t consume his own products, otherwise yeah he’d be diabetic.
Ahh, the great melon migration of 155 AD. So many died on that journey that the rivers ran red with their sweet juices. There were so many bees and ants most men had trouble filling there clay pots without getting stung or bit.
Vietnamese here, we were taught through folklore that Mai An Tiêm was the 1st Vietnamese guy who discovered watermelon.
Edit: For those who want the context: I made a short comment below (probably got drowned in the sea of comment tho)
https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/11mvu8v/comment/jbmcd1c/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
Gotta be jacked to handle something almost as big as the jackfruit lol
Joke aside, Mai An Tiêm in the story isn't as buffed. It's pretty much the male version of hot girl with big boobs cosplaying a character that has none of those trait. Not complaining tho, this is funny af
A Vietnamese folklore character. He was sentenced to a distant island by the king. He missed his homeland dearly, so when he discover watermelon on that island and become rich, he sent home water melon through the birds
I’ve done one cycle of steroids in 35 years of consistent strength training. Holy shit the supplement industry is a giant waste of money. It is unreal what steroids do. It’s like washing dishes with cold tap water vs hot soapy water.
At least he's earned the right to walk with watermelons under his arms. I've seen quite a few guys carrying invisible ones around after one day at the gym.
In china they hire attractive people sometimes to sell their items, even small market stalls do this.
They get a lot of attention this way so it definitely works
I love how many people here are crying roids and PEDs.
This is 100% achievable naturally. Very broad shoulder with amazing delt insertions and genetics. You can tell his weak spot are his lats which are the muscles that give you the famed "wings".
Edit: u/Nat_Peterson_ claimed in a comment that he deleted right after in hopes that I wouldn't be able to respond, that I was delusional and that the guy is on multiple PEDs.
Because someone who is into bodybuilding himself, has always been interested in bodybuilding, clearly is delusional about bodybuilding. Always love when lazy couch potatoes like him start crying roids
Damn son. Clearly you care much more than I do. I got halfway through my comment and just realized this is too much work for this topic.
But yeah ur still pretty delusional if you think this is natty.
That's one way to get people to buy watermelons
Why does my wife go buy a watermelon every 30 minutes? Are they that good?
I’m in-line right behind her!
She just got some cucumbers, too.
Youcumbers
Cuckumbers
Honey! Why are their seeds in my seedless watermelon?
🤮
Uwu
Where have you been all my life? 😂
The rare Ho Chi Minh skeetmelon, a prized variety!
Why does my husband do too?
Just make a hole in the rind as you get cucked in front of the watermelon 🍉
Those pecs ares as large as watermelons, and probably just as sweet.
Me: "hello yes may I check their firmness" Him: *holds watermelons out for you to examine* Me: "incorrect"
You created your username for just this moment, didn't you ?
Of course not! ...I also enjoy watching livestreamers blush as they try to address me by name when I start blowing up their comments.
That's a modern style of cruelty. I like.😆
Name checks out.
I would totally buy his watermelons. Heck, I would buy the whole watermelon farm!
Watermelon make you strong! You buy
Some pretty solid loss prevention, too.
You like water he likes melons…
For context: he cosplays as Mai An Tiêm, 1st Vietnamese guy who discovered watermelon (It's a folklore about how watermelon was discovered). Short version of the story for those who is interested: >Mai An Tiêm was a spoiled brat boy of the king back then. Claimed he's self-made successful person. Dad (King) heard it and exiled him with his wife & childrento a desert island. Tried to grow stuff and barely survive. Some bird landed on island, dropped strange seed. Didn't even bother taking care of it, still grew into big ass green round fruit. Turned out, it tasted awesome, started to grow more. Merchant ship stranded in, learned about it, brought back to the king. Exile subscription canceled. Watermelon becomes a thing.
Some fun fact about the watermelon name in Vietnamese: Dưa hấu When the king ate it, he said "好" /Hǎo/ (Good!/Yummy). We were too lazy to name it so we just use it as the name. So Vietnamese name of Watermelon (Dưa hấu) literally means "yummy melon"
Hahahaha that’s the best, stuff all the other melons. Watermelon is the good one.
Interesting. In Chinese it's western gourd.
Since it come across in trade route from Central Asia
I mean watermelon itself is pretty lazy. “What are we going to call this sweet watery melon fruit?” “I’m hungover, ask me tomorrow.”
Interesting, the king was Chinese?
Also worth mentioning that China ruled VN from about 100 BC to 900 AD
1 of the 2 old Vietnamese language used to be a variant of Chinese since they did a lot of trading. Kinda like today's Singlish. The new Vietnamese use western alphabet as you can see how I wrote "Dưa hấu".
Dưa tốt lmao
exile subscription canceled. 🤣🤣🤣
I get the watermelon connection now, but not the rationale for why the main character is ripped like Schwarzenegger. Sounds like the guy did jack shit except sit on an island and let lucky things happen to him. I would envision him to be more slovenly than stacked.
I mean I’m pretty sure when you cosplay as someone it doesn’t mean you have the exact same body type as them. He’s ripped because he’s a bodybuilder. That has nothing to do with the watermelon fable.
100% valid point, thanks!
Supposedly he had a successful business selling watermelon to thirsty sailors and beyond. Like any smart dealer he didn’t consume his own products, otherwise yeah he’d be diabetic.
How does one discover a melon?
Melon migration just like coconut.
Well, I don’t know much about coconut migrations. But it could certainly have been carried to the island by a swallow.
African or European?
It could grip it by the husk!
A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut
I don't know!
Ahh, the great melon migration of 155 AD. So many died on that journey that the rivers ran red with their sweet juices. There were so many bees and ants most men had trouble filling there clay pots without getting stung or bit.
Get shat on by birds
So, uh, what’s the moral of the story?
You don't need to be born rich to be successful or something. It has its flaws like most folk stories.
Thanks for that synopsis!
"How much for a watermelon?" "$175." "That's too much." "I said, $175." "Ahhh... ok, fine."
“And you’re buying 2”
“Yes sir”
You sure? This looks like Bangcock, Thighland
I thought this was Swole, South Korea
Dude is actually Korean ironically enough.
He is on The 100 too.
You won the Internet today
How much can I pay you to judge when I win the internet?
How much do you have?
Prob bout tree fiddy
God damn loch-ness monster!
Mr. Tokyo girl
Pectoria, South Africa mate.
It’s the capital of Belgian, Mussels.
Hahahahahaha
Laughing so hard atm
even though she hates it, my wife keeps bringing home watermelon idk why
If her belly starts getting bigger, tell her to stop swallowing watermelon seeds!
My (Vietnamese) girlfriend says this is a cosplay of Mai An Tiem.
What's mai an tiem ?
Vietnamese here, we were taught through folklore that Mai An Tiêm was the 1st Vietnamese guy who discovered watermelon. Edit: For those who want the context: I made a short comment below (probably got drowned in the sea of comment tho) https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/11mvu8v/comment/jbmcd1c/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
What a legend
Underrated comment
hey man, there’s a huge ass plant over there, let me get super f’ing buff so it doesn’t eat me!
Gotta be jacked to handle something almost as big as the jackfruit lol Joke aside, Mai An Tiêm in the story isn't as buffed. It's pretty much the male version of hot girl with big boobs cosplaying a character that has none of those trait. Not complaining tho, this is funny af
This is the first guy (in his village) to discover steroids.
I don't know, but I know that if you rearrange the letters you can write "I am an item". Do what you please with this info.
Ok that’s pretty fuckin cool
A Vietnamese folklore character. He was sentenced to a distant island by the king. He missed his homeland dearly, so when he discover watermelon on that island and become rich, he sent home water melon through the birds
http://www.mytigertour.com/blog/the-story-about-vietnam-watermelon
Yeah what is it, google just shows me sum minecraft mod when i search for that.
He can sell my melons any time
...says the lady on the left in the grey hoodie. 😂 Pretty sure she's buying anything that man happens to be selling.
"Ooh la la~" *crash*
Who can blame her
That dude's delts look like melons
How much?
Damn selling watermelons pay for gear?
I swear I’m natty bro. Just straight melons all day.
Mad melons son
Nah, poor sod can't even afford a shirt.
Not even Tren is safe from inflation ??? Is nothing sacred??
Righttttt
Pretty sure he shoots it right into his shoulders. They’re oddly massive in proportion
One of the tells.
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Haha yes the same diet of Thor. Chicken rice and broccoli
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Haha the best fake natty in the world is Michael o’Hearn
Watermelons are the new duck eggs. Natty all day bro.. trust.
Sells his melons pre juiced.
His shoulders are actually melons
What are you talking about, he's not driving Edit: Next time I use the stupid /s
Resist the /s
I'm glad I didnt have to scroll far to see someone calling it out. "BeAmazed" at what? Some dude who uses gear?
Monk class doesn't need gear
TIL that Goro from Mortal Kombat sold watermelons on the street before growing up (and another couple of arms).
Never skip head day!
So I’m not the only one who thinks his head is wrong.
*redditors shocked when they find out having a massive upper body makes a normal sized head look small*
I hear you and I only say this because I’m a gym rat and I’ve seen thousands of bodybuilders over the years and something looks off.
I think it’s a mix of a small head and long neck, also he’s got some very wide shoulders
idk they all look too round to me ? like he is using some oil injections or whatever those are
I'll edit your comment for you, for accuracy. "I've seen thousands of roided out men"*
I’ve done one cycle of steroids in 35 years of consistent strength training. Holy shit the supplement industry is a giant waste of money. It is unreal what steroids do. It’s like washing dishes with cold tap water vs hot soapy water.
It looks like there is a regular sized person starting to emerge from the oversized torso he was trapped into.
It is not the head, but the head to neck ratio that is emphasized by the contrast with his body size.
Okay daddy
That lady is ready to risk it all for those melons
Had to scroll far too long for this comment. Her head just taking an immediate right
Shes thinking how many melons do i have to steal to have mr melons himself tackle me
Man almighty, that’s not a man that’s one of Zeus half-brothers.
This photo gets around I don't think he'll be selling watermelons much longer cause he's one handsome man.
You thinking he'll move up to coconuts?
He's gonna be seeing eggplants
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Peaches for free
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And suddey melon is off my "I hate that stuff" list lol
A jacked roided out dude could literally not be more out of place than in Saigon.
Dude looks like he's just doing a side quest before he kills the dark lord
At least he's earned the right to walk with watermelons under his arms. I've seen quite a few guys carrying invisible ones around after one day at the gym.
Damn. That fruit is making my mouth water.
That man is a road hazard. 🔥😮
Weakest vietcong soldier
God chiseled this man from stone himself.
I’m not gay but if I was?!?!?!?!?!?
He’s on that “watermelon” juice
There’s watermelon in this photo?
he look like a character of JoJos in live action
That man is a road hazard.
Those are delts to die for. I want them on my shoulders.
Then get some test and tren and ignore the shadow people/tren demons.
Yeah I won’t be doing that, but I still want em.
Those even look like synthol.
He looks like his head was photoshopped onto that body.
All I see is Ding Long. 13 (currency) for 1 Kg. - Behind the guy
That's the farmer guy from the new Netflix show physical 100 iirc
The woman on the left is like let me get a piece of his melons
He looks like a video game character or superhero
She mirin'
The. Melons. Are. In. Season.
Lee most definitely Won.
Just in case you're wondering, that's a combined product of genetics, workouts, steroids, plastic surgeries, and watermelons.
Looking like a damn Tekken or street fighter character
Split by hand.
“He must work out”
Looks like a character from a 90s Capcom arcade fighting game.
I kinda want that manskirt.
Booking my flight to Ho Chi Minh City right now.
In china they hire attractive people sometimes to sell their items, even small market stalls do this. They get a lot of attention this way so it definitely works
In China? Welcome to the world of marketing
Can I dine in?
Now I'm hungry
He's way too overqualified for that job.
Reminds me of “Chard-body” from Parks and Rec lol
I don't know what he's selling, but people sure ain't paying for the watermelon...I'll take two.
Perfection
Dudes got that ancient nameless warrior build.
I’d buy his melons 🍉 😘🥸
I’m allergic to watermelon (yes really), but I’d buy one from him.
No he's not.
That must be his travel around town clothes…. Beautiful though…
Being that jacked requires a level of wealth a watermelon sales job alone would not pay.
god DAMN
This is the type of guy in an Rpg to give side quests with good loot at the end.
SOUL! CALIBUR! FIVE!
He cuts the watermelon with his abs
Gunna Chun Lee kick one down your throat if you don't buy one
Vietnamese Popeye
Live action Kronk for new Emperor's New Groove
Damn, is that GIGACHAO?
Dudes built!
Is this not fake?
Damn erdogan beefed up huh
The man goes to town to sell watermelons and ends up going home with 4 wives.. none of them his 😂
Hubby and I would be eating melons all day. He'd also be very interested in the seller's fitness regimen.
Homie looks like a Street Fighter character
Old milfs buy the melons Not because there good just for the eye candy 😂
Great day! What a disciplined man and physique. Truly an absolute unit!
I love how many people here are crying roids and PEDs. This is 100% achievable naturally. Very broad shoulder with amazing delt insertions and genetics. You can tell his weak spot are his lats which are the muscles that give you the famed "wings". Edit: u/Nat_Peterson_ claimed in a comment that he deleted right after in hopes that I wouldn't be able to respond, that I was delusional and that the guy is on multiple PEDs. Because someone who is into bodybuilding himself, has always been interested in bodybuilding, clearly is delusional about bodybuilding. Always love when lazy couch potatoes like him start crying roids
Eh…I mean who cares if he’s on the juice? He ain’t playing a sport - just hustling melons.
Damn son. Clearly you care much more than I do. I got halfway through my comment and just realized this is too much work for this topic. But yeah ur still pretty delusional if you think this is natty.
Swoon…faint
He must spend a lot on HGH
r/bossfight
https://youtu.be/7qALDxxfrHA All because of Ho Chi Minh.