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Shinkansen too hard ice cream (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by silverchase@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Some people have tried pouring hot coffee over it to make a sort of ad hoc affogato, but according to reports, this did not work as the coffee froze on top instead of melting the ice cream.

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[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 27 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Dude what is this wiki page?

Hardness and how to deal

Thought I was on a joke wiki for a sec.

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 weeks ago

This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia.

Lol

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 17 points 2 weeks ago

It reads like it was written by a Japanese speaker who did their best to translate.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

You know what. I'm glad it is a thing. Because this is one of those hidden cultural nuggets that unless you lived there on the regular you would never know