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Poop emoji soft-serve is here to haunt your dreams
A cafe in Tokyo’s fashionable Harajuku neighborhood is hawking soft-serve that looks like the poop emoji, complete with googly eyes and a toilet-shaped bowl. Gross? Maybe, but this soft-serve innovation was written in the stars: In case you never noticed, the poop emoji and the ice cream cone emoji are THE SAME DAMN THING. Behold:
I made a startling emoji discovery, then I made a gif about it. We're through the looking glass, people. pic.twitter.com/aDsZ9s3gEk
— Peter Miller (@peter_miller) March 10, 2015
And in other news...
• A new study reveals food companies spend way more money targeting black shoppers with junk food ads. [Bloomberg]
• As the government shutdown continues, sending a furloughed federal worker a beer would be a nice thing to do. [The Takeout]
• Speaking of the government shutdown: The FDA will resume inspections on some high-risk items, like pre-cut produce, as soon as today. (Inspections of meat and poultry never stopped, and those employees are continuing to work without pay.) [Politico]
• MSG is great, actually, and you should be adding it to everything from martinis to broccoli. [Lifehacker]
• Canada Dry got sued for claiming its ginger ale contains “real ginger” when it actually doesn’t. The beverage maker is now removing that claim from its packaging. [Daily Hive]
• Germany is minting currywurst coins to commemorate 70 years of the savory street snack. Reactions to the sausage-adorned currency have been decidedly mixed, though it’s clearly a collector’s item:
This is the best thing I have ever seen. https://t.co/3Z5fF9XwqI
— Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley (@lottelydia) January 14, 2019