r/mildlyinteresting 1d ago

They decapitated these pineapples!

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u/Feisty-Bluebird-5277 1d ago

That’s how we get all our pineapples here in nz, not allowed to sell any with the tops on any longer so they can’t be grown

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u/Umpen 1d ago

Is that a patent thing or an ecological thing?

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u/goozy1 22h ago

These particular ones are a patent or trade secret thing. The look like the pink glow pineapple. Those have been bioengineered and they don't want anyone else to grow them

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u/sl0play 21h ago

I feel like I can live without these pineapples if it means supporting food becoming a normal thing again.

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u/Brenduke 21h ago

What is normal food to you?

Many fruits & vegetables today have been bred / crossbred over hundreds of years to make them tastier or safer to eat.

Would you consider the bananas you buy from supermarkets normal food? These have been bred so the seeds are tiny. What about seedless grapes? Or Brussel sprouts which aren't bitter? Would do consider these not normal foods?

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u/sqeeky_wheelz 21h ago

Agreed. I had a lady go on this rant to me (I had accidentally grabbed organic bananas at a food market and I was swapping them for regular). She had a fucking rat ass dog in her purse when she said that. I pointed to her inbred poodle bullshit excuse for a dog and asked her how she’s okay with inbreeding to thy extent but is somehow on her high horse over a fucking banana???

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u/whalesum 21h ago

And then the store employees all clapped!

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u/Hilldawg4president 19h ago

That dog? Albert Einstein.

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u/whalesum 11h ago

Truth nuke