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At least nobody will forget it

1mon 2d ago by lemmy.world/u/The_Picard_Maneuver in whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

So, the explainer is that the wood is impregnated with a retardant which makes them safe, and the goblin is the brand (/mascot)... I'd love to find a citation but looking it up returns me mostly just smut...

You are correct

Its a tomte or vätte, most commonly translated to goblin but more similar to house spirit. Impregnerad is the swedish word of "impregrated by something", used about tent cloth, boots or other items, very rarely about creatures where the words gravid or havande is used.

Meanwhile in Australia...

That’s either a parody or a photoshop of an actual Australian brand named Redheads.

I wouldn't say a parody so much as a blatant rip-off, but these were real.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Smith_Foods#Dickheads

Extra hilarity when an Aussie pronounces it.

Training on this broke chatgpt

Well now if I ever start another business I gotta call it Fuck weasel toadstool fried cracker legitimate business concern. I think it will be a string quintet, I volunteer to be weasel

Why are all our matches made in Sweden?

I found the matches in denmark strange, they had a smug looking historical figure on them

https://www.swedishmatchindustries.com/brands/tordenskjold