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Lies, deception! (lemmy.world)

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[-] vorpuni@jlai.lu 94 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

PRODUTO COSMÉTICO. NÃO COMESTÍVEL. 🤔

[-] deus@lemmy.world 92 points 9 months ago

To be fair it does look delicious and strawberry yoghurt sure is an unusual fragrance for soap. Hell, I can speak Portuguese and there's still a non-zero chance I would've tried to eat this.

[-] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 57 points 9 months ago

Doesn’t help that Mentos is a candy brand over here in the US. My dumb ass would’ve definitely eaten half of this and only realize something’s wrong when I start burping bubbles

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 40 points 9 months ago

It's a global candy brand, including Brasil and Portugal. But I'd never seen mentos soap...

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago

No hablo espagñol

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 28 points 9 months ago

But do you speak Portuguese?

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 14 points 9 months ago

My mom used to yell “filho da puta estupido, eu vo te matar!” or something.

Never found out what it means

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

it means "I love you very much and hope you have a wonderful day"

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 14 points 9 months ago

I figured it was something along those lines 🥰

[-] rooster_butt@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It means your mother is a whore and she's going to kill you.

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[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

She said "you aren't my real son and I drowned your parents"

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[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

não*

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[-] PennyAndAHalf@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 months ago

Ok but that is an enormous bite. If it’s an unknown candy, I’m going in with a tentative nibble.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

I, on the other hand, live life on the edge. I don't know what something is but I'm shoving that whole fucking thing in my mouth.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Reminds me of all the places around here that have Fabuloso (a Mexican multi colored cleaning product that often has no English on the label) in the same aisle as the fruit juices.

[-] chetradley@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago

I know it's soap but every time I see that forbidden kool-aid my lizard brain activates and my mouth starts watering.

[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Ironically also all labeled in English

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

I really want a giant mentos now

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 9 months ago

what is written on the package?

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Vegetabel soap with fragrance of strawberry yoghurt.

Cosmetic product. Not edible.

[-] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

"Please god don't eat this"

Haha funny looking words.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

To be fair, even knowing spanish I would be tricked if I didn't pay attention. I've done the same with a ginger bread cookie bath bomb.

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[-] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

(back before the days of smartphones & internet everywhere)

I once was sick in a foreign country and bought some chewable vitamin C that turned out to be those fizzing tabs you put in water - cue foaming at the mouth and utter confusion.

Happy it was still edible, just not in the way I tried to consume it.

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 14 points 9 months ago

Who would pick up mentos in the soap isle and think it would be candy?

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Who would make soap and label it as strawberry yogurt candy?

Sure, it's nice that they included this warning at the bottom of the candy looking label:

PRODUCTO COSMETICO. NAO COMESTIVEL.

And the only reason I understand that foreign language is after understanding the context of this entire debacle, analyzing the root words so "THIS is a COSMETIC product. NOT for EATING!

[-] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

They knew exactly what they were doing when they used English for all the food words, and Spanish(?) for the warnings. Dumb Yankees.

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[-] takeda@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

At least it wasn't Mentos brand toilet bowl cleaner.

[-] TheControlled@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Galaxy Quest reference in title, confirmed?

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

[-] telllos@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Dop in France had a partnership with haribo for body wash. They had fraise tagada, dragibus and cola.

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Mmmm cola shampooing

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[-] UtMan1988@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

The CEO of Tide has entered the chat

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Yay, clean teeth!

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

If only there has been some indication on the wrapper...

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 66 points 9 months ago

If PepsiCo started selling Mountain Dew branded laundry detergent, they would be absolutely reamed for packaing it like this. Think about the lawsuits Tide faced because people thought their pods just resembles candy. Mentos is a well established candy brand, using their branding on non-edible things that resemble candy is irresponsible, bordering on malicious.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago

Thankfully, Tide's CEO, David Taylor, released this helpful press release video (parody).

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[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 months ago

hi, i'm from the same country i also could have mistaken it for candy, who the fuck make soap using candy flavor

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[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago

Well, Google translate isn't everyone's first go to, plus I'm pretty sure this didn't exist when this was originally posted

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah when you're traveling you're not Google translating every little thing you buy. Some things look innocuous enough that you just trust it. Mentos strawberry yogurt would definitely not raise any red flags for me to bust out my phone for a translation.

EDIT: As an example, I didn't think twice before downing a bottle of "coca cola plus"

Turns out it has a mild laxative ;)

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[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

If someone offered me vegetable soap, I'd assume they spelled "soup" wrong and try using the bar as a bouillon cube.

[-] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

The fresh maker?

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