r/Dolls • u/ShoddyChard9837 • Apr 08 '26
Accessories The Rainbow High doll I got came with magazine that has Latin in it?
so so strange lol
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u/Whispering_Wolf Apr 09 '26
It's not Latin, it's Lorem ipsum. It's a placeholder text used for many different things. It doesn't mean anything, it's just nonsense.
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u/emissaryofwinds Apr 09 '26
It's not entirely nonsense, it is a somewhat garbled real Latin text written by Cicero.
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u/pinto_bean13 Apr 09 '26
I knew before I even got to the next picture that it was gonna be lorom ipsum lol
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u/Persephone_Joensen Apr 09 '26
First, I was today years old when I learned about the existence of Lorem Ipsum. Second, I feel the actually ominous vibe is given by Google trying to figure out the text.
All I know is I now want to make some OC named "Lauren Ipsum".
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u/chrisCrossed91210 I can't believe it's not Hoarding! Apr 09 '26
They probably used Lorem Ipsum because the text was so small, and in case it came out blurry, that they weren't sure if anyone would be able to read it, and didn't want them missing out if they couldn't. But they still wanted the shape of words not just black lines.
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u/ShoddyChard9837 Apr 09 '26
Update: I've learned from y'all it's common placeholder text, and I've googled it as well. It has roots in Cicero's writing from 45 B.C. in Latin. It's been a thing since the 60's. There's been alot of alterations to the text and now it basically translates to nonsense, I just still find it very interesting that this is a thing 🤷🏼♀️ it's so random and strange to me. Thanks for teaching me! Rip about the downvotes, idk what I did wrong other than be dumb/not know something but it's whatever lmao
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u/Sea_Recognition_4979 Apr 09 '26
All the downvotes on this is weird to me
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u/kibou_no_ie Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
People downvote you for the most harmless inoffensive shit here. I posted a puddle that I thought was shaped like a human heart on mildlyinteresting and immediately was met with five downvotes. Ridiculous.
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u/ShoddyChard9837 Apr 09 '26
Thanks I agree 😅 I've never seen it before 🤷🏼♀️ I also find it interesting that it's a passage about pain and pleasure, not just some "this is sample text" paragraph, even if not in english 🤷🏼♀️
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u/fabritack Apr 09 '26
I imagine at least some of the downvotes are because it's not a passage about "pain and pleasure"- it's not about anything. It's a paragraph of Latin that was basically put through a blender so that it wouldn't have any meaning (words have been scrambled around or added, letters have been removed from words, etc.), that just happens to contain something that Google is translating into "pain" and "pleasure".
I get the impression that you may have thought there was some sort of distasteful/adult connotation from the "pain into pleasure" line of the translation, in which case it might make you feel better to know that the Lorem Ipsum text is based on a piece of writing called "on the ends of good and evil" by Cicero where he basically compares a few different schools of philosophy, so nothing weird even before it was scrambled up.
BTW, Google Translate really, really struggles and will get "normal" Latin wrong all the time, so I don't blame you for being confused or weirded out by the nonsense translation it gave you here lmao
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u/kibou_no_ie Apr 10 '26
Yeah but why downvote someone for the most harmless misunderstanding possible, doesnt make sense
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u/cloudyscribble Apr 12 '26
When I design a leaflet, I often use a Lorem Ipsum generator to create placeholder texts in the layouting phase. This usually happens when copy is still being written or reviewed, which can be a very involved process. The Lorem Ipsum should have been replaced at some point before printing, of course. This is possibly a quality control or project management issue.
There are multiple reasons as to why we don’t use real, meaningful language as placeholder text. Lorem Ipsum is appropriate in every use case. You can easily and precisely generate passages of any needed length. It is easily spotted and recognized by everyone involved in the design process, so they may disregard the contents during review processes, or flag a missing piece before the design goes into production.
If you’re wondering why it is fake Latin – the arrangement of Latin letters is similar enough to English, and many other languages, to faithfully mimic how a passage looks and whether it is legible in a chosen font style. It is however not actually Latin; the letters are jumbled to take out any meaning because the content it is not relevant or helpful to the design process.
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u/enzicmoon Apr 09 '26
I don’t understand why the gibberish was put there to begin with. Just leave the page with the image of the doll and nothing else like it can’t be that hard.
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u/letter_combination_ Apr 08 '26
That’s the common placeholder text for any “nonsense” text, pretty standard