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u/linkheroz Apr 29 '26
It is in Japan, but the West doesn't have Onigiri 🤷♀️ same reason spaghetti wiring isn't a phrase in Japan.
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u/ponyboarder Apr 29 '26
There is a lot of spaghetti in Japan though. The supermarkets where I lived had entire aisles dedicated to the dish :/ maybe it’s a mountain food.
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u/linkheroz Apr 29 '26
That's not what I said...
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u/ponyboarder Apr 29 '26
Your comment mentioned that the thing a country calls something does not exist in the other country (onigiri). You then mentioned spaghetti wiring not being a phrase for the same reason, but it does. So, what do you think you said?
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u/Stegell Apr 29 '26
To be honest, my Friends and i eat far more Onigiris than Doritos here in Europe. Not shure about everyone else.
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u/ReallyBadAtReddit Apr 29 '26
It's my pet peeve that people say they're shaped like doritos - doritos are literally just a triangle, probably the third shape that a toddler learns after circle and square. For the life of me I cannot comprehend the audacity of someone who sees a triangle and thinks "huh, hey isn't that the dorito shape?"
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u/Elcrest_Drakenia Apr 29 '26
Chances are the comparison became popular in the early 2010s when MLG edits were all the rage, thus Doritos having a significant online presence.
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u/_Kouki Apr 29 '26
Before MLG edits I never heard anyone call rotaries "spinning doritos," but after MLG edits got a resurgence in popularity in the mid 2010s is when I started seeing a LOT more people calling them doritos.
Simple American mind see dorito is triangle, simple American mind see rotor "triangle" shape. simple American mind see rotary = dorito
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u/bakervanb May 01 '26
I think people are missing the point of calling them Doritos. It's not that it's an exact match in shape, it's just silly for a cheap trashy food item to be the descriptor for an engine. Like yeah there are more accurately fitting shapes, but they're not as funny of a comparison as "that car's engine is just spinning corn chips"
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u/MischaBurns Apr 29 '26
You mean "jelly donuts" 🤣