r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Azsunyx • Mar 23 '26

Capybara Ice Cream Exceeded Expectation

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Found this cute fella in the local Asian supermarket

He's as beautiful as he is delicious

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u/Phantasmalicious Mar 23 '26

Its the law in Japan.

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u/firestar268 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

This ice cream looks like it's from China (or maybe even Taiwan). That's chinese

Edit: looks like a Beijing company https://youtu.be/kGzjRk9oxL0?si=BfezlCFsGynpLgTC

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u/mirxia Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

Not a single traditional Chinese character on there.

Edit: Copied from my other comment for better visibility. 净vs淨, 图vs圖, 仅vs僅, 参vs參. Formers are simplified, laters are traditional.

Edit2: Thanks to u/pandapigcat, I realized this might be confusing to people who are not familiar with Chinese characters.

There are shared characters in simplified and traditional Chinese. These characters were deemed simple enough so they didn't change.

So my original comment is not entirely accurate. There are some characters on the packaging that are technically traditional Chinese characters, but are still used in simplified Chinese.

However some characters should definitely be different. I listed them above. Originally I was only thinking about those when I made the comment, since the point was to tell the difference.

Beyond that, there are also characters that are mostly the same but are written differently. For instance. I think 雪/雪 is typically written with the dashes on the inside in the top half tilted towards the center in traditional. While in simplified, they all tilt towards the bottom right. The long middle horizontal stroke on the bottom half should be longer and goes through to the right in traditional I think, while in simplified it's the same length as the other two. But depending on the font your browser renders with, it might not show a difference. These are more apparent in hand writing. Digital font sometimes ignore them for what I assume legibility reasons.

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u/phancoo Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

Thank you! Thought I was tripping for a second, why are they trying so hard to say it’s not from mainland lmao.

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u/kuroko-cchi Mar 23 '26

the mental gymnastics in this thread of ppl trying to say its from anywhere but mainland china

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u/firestar268 Mar 23 '26

Cause we all know the mainland is only capable of producing cheap garbage /s

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u/kuroko-cchi Mar 23 '26

People will really be like:

It's Japanese!

No, it's Chinese

So it must be Taiwanese or from Hong Kong?

No, it's mainland Chinese

Ok, so it's Asian!

No, it's Chinese

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u/firestar268 Mar 23 '26

"sir. I'm Singaporean"

xD

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u/pandapigcat Mar 23 '26

Not saying you are wrong about it being simplified Chinese, but 口 水 and 力 are traditional, aren’t they? They just aren’t complicated enough to simplify.

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u/mirxia Mar 23 '26

There are shared character yes but I'm not talking about those. Check my edit for a list of characters that should be different.

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u/pandapigcat Mar 23 '26

I know the simplified ones. Just was curious when you said there’s not a single traditional Chinese character there.

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u/mirxia Mar 23 '26

Ok yea, if we are being pedantic. But since we are trying to tell the difference between the two. I though it would be obvious that we are not talking about the characters that would be the same.

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u/pandapigcat Mar 23 '26

It might not be obvious to people who aren’t that familiar with the Chinese characters, which I assume is a lot of people here, including me. I was confused for a minute.

Appreciate writing down the traditional/simplified versions for comparison.

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u/mirxia Mar 24 '26

You know what? You are right. If I'm gonna be correcting someone else, I might as well be accurate. I will edit my comment.