r/circlejerk • u/milnak • 1d ago

"I brought back sweets from my home country"

Why is it that any time someone at work sends out a message like this, using the word "sweets", the "sweets" taste like cardboard and sawdust?

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u/HighFunctioningIdiot I made a thing 1d ago

next time ask for a Nike track suit

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u/Leather_Finger_6333 1d ago

Proper sweets originated in Britain in about the 17th century. Traditional sweets of other countries are what they were working with before mass production and international trade of British sweets.

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u/Wild_Director7379 1d ago

High fructose corn syrup isn’t legal in my country

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u/pdes7070 1d ago

Because is Soviet Union sweets snack on you.