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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What does the chinese text say?

[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Right one says "what are you foreigners doing? Although it is cute"

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Cat tax? Mistranslation, or just something I'm missing?

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

A lot of Americans were asking what they need to do to be welcomed, and Chinese users replied asking for pictures of our cats, this evolved into "cat tax".

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cat tax has been a thing for years and years.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago
[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Ah, thanks! That makes sense.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)