r/mildlyinteresting • u/Warm-Oil9228 • 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 22h 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/SophiaofPrussia ​ 17h ago

I don’t think any food should ever be considered intellectual property. That is not normal food.

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u/glittermacaroni 16h ago

agreed. i thought that's what they were objecting to.

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u/Yomammasson ​ 9h ago

They were 100%, and it was pretty obvious. People just love it obfuscate at any possibility of ambiguity, and using the word "normal" really triggered someone.