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[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 167 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $2?

[–] adrian783@lemmy.world 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

in 15 years when we can't grow bananas anymore this meme will finally die

[–] Vent@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

Or when people figure out that bananas actually cost ~20¢ each and not $2, lol

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't we be able to grow bananas in 15 years?

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Banana Blight/Panama Disease.

All bananas are essentially clones as they have no seeds and banana trees are propagated from offshoots.

In the 1950s a fungus caused massive die off of banana trees leading to the effective death of the entire Gros Michel cultivar. We have overcome this set back by introducing the Canvendish cultivar which at the time was resistant to the fungus and was a commercially viable plant.

We now face a resurgence of the fungus which has found a way to infect the Canvendish cultivars. Being clones, they have no way to develop a defense as we can't interbreed the banana plants to produce resistance to the fungus. This time round we don't have a readily replaceable cultivar thats commercially viable if the Canvendish cultivar fails.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease

For reference the Gros Michel is still grown on a boutique scale and a 5 lbs box of Gros Michel bananas costs US$127 excluding shipping.

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also worth mentioning is that candy banana taste is based on Gros Michel which is why it doesnt taste like standard bananas

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Akschwelally this is on the Wikipedia list of common misconceptions

Banana-flavored candy was not intended to mimic the taste of a formerly popular variety of banana. It tastes different from bananas because it is mainly flavored with only one of the many flavor compounds a banana has, isoamyl acetate, that is also found in a wide variety of fruits and fermented beverages.

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[–] Vent@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

Maybe it's a 4lb banana?

[–] match@pawb.social 10 points 10 months ago

I believe the implication is that $2 would be a fair price to pay for a banana if it weren't for imperialism exploiting the workers where they grow

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 94 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You guys pay almost 2$ for a single Banana? Looks like the people on both sides get fucked by the rich.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 64 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

When I worked at Walmart, bananas were the number one selling item at $.68/pound. Then, for a week, someone set the price to $.68/banana. So a whole bunch went from like a dollar and some change to like $7 on average. Instantly killed the sales until they went back to per pound. When I was asked to change the price sign, I asked if it was a mistake and they told me no.

[–] LazyPhilosopher@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I live in Maryland. I can get like 5 bananas in the middle of winter for $2.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 21 points 10 months ago

Fun fact: At least here in Germany, supermarkets almost lose money on bananas. They can't raise the prices because the price of bananas is so ingrained into people's minds that an increase would implicitly signal "expensive store" even if all the other prices stayed the same.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They're like $0.35 at the grocery store here. They're even cheaper in more affordable areas.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Pretending this is the case, I would prefer not subjugating entire peoples for cheap shit.

[–] squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm pretty sure countries without histories of imperialism can also purchase bananas..

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 80 points 10 months ago (18 children)

Benefiting doesn't require you or your country's past participation.

Yeah just like I didn't personally terrorise indigenous people into moving away, I am in fact benefiting from terror against indigenous people by living on Turtle Island as the offspring of settlers.

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[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"I don't see how I benefit from imperialism" typed the misguided asshole trying to make people feel guilty into his phone ironically powered by a lithium battery that was mined via slave labor provided by (drumroll) imperialism.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

But bananas are :D

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Unless, of course, you're a member of the banana Republic that produced the banana. Then $2 is the largest fortune you've ever seen and your hands get chopped off if you get caught eating a banana when you were supposed to be picking it for the sheltered, ignorant shit head that wrote this tweet.

[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand what you think is ignorant about this tweet.

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[–] just_change_it@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

isn't cheap food and goods imported from around the world a benefit for those that live in the US and other rich countries?

It's horrible for 90%+ of the world, but for those 10% they get a huge benefit and the few thousand owners get even more money for their dynasties.

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[–] stackPeek@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Oh, Banana Co

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