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dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Square watermelon

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Square watermelon

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  • I'll be on ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com@sh.itjust.works
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    Who cares if it fits better in the fridge or is easier to cut if

    The cube shape of the watermelon can only be achieved at the expense of its contents. To retain the proper shape, cube melons must be harvested before they are ripe, rendering them inedible

    ?

    Status symbols like this are just so absurd.

    • Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
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      I wonder what people do with them then.

      • I'll be on ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com@sh.itjust.works
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        The only thing they can do - show them off then throw them away.

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    In 2001, square watermelons sold for ¥10,000 in Japan (about US$83), two to three times the price of regular watermelons

    Excuse me what?

    • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Luxury fruit are a thing in Japan

    • blargerer@kbin.melroy.org
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      Melons in Japan are way more expensive, but also like, way more flavourful.

      • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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        These are literally inedible.

        • blargerer@kbin.melroy.org
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          That doesn’t explain the ~30 dollar cost of a regular watermelon in 2001.

          • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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            The watermelons are folded over a thousand times.

  • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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    Wow, they made the minecraft watermelon into a real thing

  • scutiger@lemmy.world
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    It reminds me of bonsai kittens

  • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.ee
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    Squatermelon

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    I learned about these from the Simpsons episode where they go to Japan.

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    Japan has some weird plans

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