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Translation for the condoms on the left:

Asiatic condoms

I have a suspicion about what they're trying to say by that, and it's racist AF.

Not sure exactly what they think their target demographic is for this washroom.

Sorry it's not really a meme, but I didn't know where else to post it, and I HAD to share.

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[–] takeda@szmer.info 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So there is a Japanese condom brand called Kimono. They are one of the thinnest (latex) condoms in the world. The dispenser also says about thin so maybe that's it.

Though since they don't list brand, perhaps you are right, or they rely on people hearing something about it, but not knowing the brand and instead selling them some cheap chinese crap from alibaba.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

That's mostly it. Mince in french could be translated to either slim or thin in english, and I believe it's the later in that situation.

[–] girl@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

196 or hmm would be good communities for this, quite the find lol

[–] radix@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a hmm community? I loved the unbridled chaos of that in the bygone era.

[–] Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

There is !hmmm@lemmy.world but it's not very active.

[–] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't understand? I see these kind of vending machines often in gas station restrooms all the time.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd expect it in a city, wouldn't have expected it way out in the middle of nowhere.

Combined with the apparent casual racism directed at people who are stereotypically xenophobic, only heightened my confusion

[–] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Where's the racism? Is it the vague Asian marketed stuff? It's a stretch I guess, of that's it.

[–] HairHeel@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago
[–] TheCee@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hmm, there are four kinds of merch but three knobs. How?

[–] takeda@szmer.info 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The way it works is if you place 2$ you get the chocolate flavored condoms, but if you instead put 2$ then you get the Asian condoms.

[–] TheCee@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The way it works is if you place 2$ you get the chocolate flavored condoms, but if you instead put 2$ then you get the Asian condoms.

[answer accepted]

Makes sense. At first I thought you have to turn your coin around.

[–] takeda@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago

Of course not. Putting the coin the other way could break the machine and then you won't get anything.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Some mysteries will be forever unsolved 😢

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's racist. But I'm not asian. Penis size does matter what buying condoms. On the average Asian penises are a bit smaller so the need a different size of condom. Rather than having to buy a 'small' condom they can buy an average Asian size. Most women don't mind a smaller penis when the guy attached to it know how to work it so I think it's fine.

[–] goa_mpu@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't HAVE to share. You seem like the kind of person, that forces their beliefs in others. Not a very nice trait.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The hypocrisy is strong in this comment.

[–] goa_mpu@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would you please explain why? I did not publish a post, I commented on your misplaced one. Noone has anything against your picture. It is NOT a meme. There is a time and a place for everything. This community is not for pictures you find interesting. It is NOT your personal blog. I hope you can find a quiet minute to reflect about your content. I hope you will get calmer in the future. All the best.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You didn't HAVE to share your opinion. And you're forcing your opinions onto others. Exactly the things you accused me of.

Additionally, you're making judgements of other people based on almost no information. Take a good long look in the mirror

I'm not saying you're wrong about my post being misplaced, just that making judgements about me personally is fucking insane. And telling me to be calmer? 🤣 go read what you wrote again and tell me you didn't come in hot like some kind of Lemmy purity police.

[–] goa_mpu@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A lot of conflict can be resolved by reading something carefully. I never judged you for anything, I said, it seems like you are that kind of person. Based on your reaction I stand by my point. I sincerely hope that you are a nicer person in real life as my picture of you.

My problem with your post does not concern you on a personal level. It's more that you know, that your content is in the wrong community. You even state that in your post description. Nevertheless you still post it. I did not say, that I had to share my opinion. You did. That is not a valid argument. We all can control our emotions. I did it to inform you about rules. You obviously do not care about that. Just look at the comments underneath your post. How many of them are telling you that your picture does not belong in memes? Yet you still think you are right. I find your rant quite amusing. Have a nice day :)

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk why you think this has to be black and white. I know it's not the ideal community for my post. But I could not find an appropriate (living) community for it. While Lemmy is small, I think we all need to give a little leeway about perfectly matching the criteria for a community.

[–] goa_mpu@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Idk man, it seems like the people yelling at me are the angry ones. I'm just asking people to be a bit less hostile and a bit more lenient while users are new to the platform and still learning... but it seems like that's simply intolerable to some folks.

[–] NaoPb 3 points 1 year ago

Makes me curious about everything included in the one on the right.

Could somebody translate it?

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe a pics community? Either way I like it.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's good fishing in Quebec.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loves fishing in kweebec

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

ᴵ ᶠᵘᶜᵏᶦⁿᵍ ʰᵃᵗᵉ ᴷʷᵉᵉᵇᵉᶜ

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Canadians are so innovative. I never would’ve thought to use a vibrating dong ring to catch fish.