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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

笑. 草, even.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Is that

Xiao. Hua, even?

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

「笑」 is read as "xiào" in Standard Chinese, but 「草」 is read as "cǎo", not "hua". The characters mean "laughter" and "grass" respectively.

In Japanese the characters would be read as "wara" and "kusa" in this context. They're basically just the equivalents to "lol" and "lmao" in that language. The backstory behind "kusa" in particular is pretty funny.

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[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Thanks. Yeah, I ended up looking out up and I was confused because it was either grass, but also fuck.

I didn't even consider the Japanese meaning, lol.

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

TIL 草 is Chinese internet slang for "fuck"

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[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

草

touch grass

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Obligatory reminder that Japan delegation was invited to the Soviet celebration of the victory over Japan's own allies 24.06.1945. Here are some pictures, especially the bottom one is fun, you can see Japanese delegate congratulating Zhukov while French, Brits and Usians wait for their turn:

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml [S] 12 points 2 years ago

that's a fun bit of history

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[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

cry ab it

[–] kig_v2@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago

"Militaristic" is certainly a word for it...

[–] puff@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Owned.