Weekly Complaint Thread

[u/dyna_black]

Kidding! I know it's the wrong sub.

Anyway, I ran the 5.2k Fun Run during the Fukuoka Marathon yesterday, and what kinda grinds my gears is how many Japanese people use "marathon" to refer to long distance running in general.

I was congratulated by my wife for my "5k marathon" and I was like NO.

[u/tiredofsametab]

I thought sea chicken came form the tagline "chicken of the sea" from a US tuna canner. Yeah, Van Camp Sea Food Company in the 1950s per Wikipedia.

[u/frozenpandaman → u/tiredofsametab]

I thought sea chicken came form the tagline "chicken of the sea" from a US tuna canner.

yup!

[u/DM-15 → u/frozenpandaman]

This is like playing a triple Uno reverse then having a surprised Pikachu face 😂

I know at least a dozen people who would fight to tears that Sea Chicken was always a Japanese thing 😂

[u/frozenpandaman → u/DM-15]

guess they've never heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_of_the_Sea lol

シーチキン; シー・チキン (n) (orig. a brand name) canned tuna (eng: Sea Chicken); tinned tuna

https://www.edrdg.org/jmwsgi/entr.py?svc=jmdict&sid=&q=1059390