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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 115 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The cup is using Japanese letters that look somewhat like English letters to spell "Soul of Coffee". The comment is how those letters are read in Japanese.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I've been learning Japanese for over two years now and English is not my native language. I had no idea what was going on.

I hate this

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ooooooh, that makes a lotta sense! I really should've abused my first ex's willingness to share her knowledge of Japanese...

Edit: thank you!