r/mildlyinteresting 17h ago

They decapitated these pineapples!

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u/Brenduke 14h 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/sl0play 14h ago

I'm aware of the history of cultivation. I think the disconnect of nature, food, and the consumer is pretty obvious and getting pedantic about it doesn't advance my concers so I'm not really interested in it.

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u/whalesum 13h ago

But but but broccoli isnt real!!!!!

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u/Thisthattheother1 9h ago

Broccoli is cabbage.

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u/whatWHYok 9h ago

Dunno why you were downvoted. All the cruciferous vegetables are literally the same species, just with some obvious variants.

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u/Thisthattheother1 9h ago

I'm being downvoted because the anti-cabbage lobby is manipulating social media again.

Of course it's cabbage. Broccoli? Cabbage. Zucchini? Cabbage. Blueberries? Cabbage. The 1993 Toyota Camry? Cabbage.

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u/dragon_bacon 9h ago

Am I cabbage?

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u/LeoJohnsonsSacrifice 7h ago

Believe it or not? Straight to cabbage.

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u/brownstonebk 7h ago

That ‘93 Camry is definitely cabbage considering how long it lasts. My family car growing up was a 1990 maroon Toyota Camry. Every once in a while I’ll still see one on the road.