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this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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Packaging is definitely cultural as anyone who’s spent any significant time in a different culture knows.
It even misleads within your own culture, like how 80% of the “Ice Cream” packaged in ice cream cartons is actually “Frozen Dairy Dessert”.
Yeah that “ice cream” is a bit different from this fabuloso situation.
Japan has some pretty strict laws on labeling, the real fruit picture coupled with the word soda would definitely make them think this is a high quality fizzy fruit drink.
I once found myself in the rat poison isle of a Lawson in Tokyo a couple years ago thinking they were all tasty snacks. Wasn’t until I noticed the tiny little icon in the corner I figured out it wasn’t junk food I was looking at. Packaging design is very cultural, and being less than fluent in a foreign place can have some wild outcomes if you’re not careful…
You've got to share some photos.
This was a different store (didn't happen to take a pic of the exact rat poison in question), but similar vibe: https://imgur.com/a/hMitwfd
Also including this since it's just the weirdest mouse trap packaging I've ever seen: https://imgur.com/a/xBJZw5p
It's honestly a miracle I was there for nine days and didn't get myself poisoned even once
Jesus Christ, and yeah, those look delicious