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Edit: Okay. Ffff. This ๐Ÿ‘† was a drunk shitpost. I'm sorry I did it. I hope it didn't get too existential.

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[โ€“] brsrklf@jlai.lu 13 points 2 days ago

In the 90s they put random English phrases instead of translating.

Bad example. The original line was already about shorts. It also became a meme in the series and lots of later episodes have some guy being enthusiastic about shorts around the begining of the game.

https://legendsoflocalization.com/articles/pokemon-comfy-shorts-japanese/

It's true this sounds a bit more random in English than Japanese, but it was an attempt at translating it.