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Can they make it taste less shitty?
You don't have to eat it, you know. And you won't have any medication problem. It's a complete win for you.
Sprinkle a bit of sugar on there and it’s fantastic. Doesn’t take much, just a touch to offset the bitterness.
Somebody hasn't tried Fresca
Did. Hated it. Who drinks that crap?
Can we trade situations then? I would like to drink it again.
OH MY GOD YES PLEASE!
I miss grapefruit so much.
It's probably some years off; there's something of a roadmap on how to do it, but crossbreeding it in takes quite a few years, and something like CRISPR usually means a lot of testing of the engineered variety.
I am willing to wait. Grapefruit used to be one of my favorite things in the world.
I bet you have opinions about that xkcd comic
This is what I'm referring to in case you're one of today's lucky 10,000
Wtf? I've got everything crowded up at the highest level of tasty, including the lemon - nom nom!
That's by far the wrongest xkcd has ever been.
Yes. A pomegranate at the right level of ripeness is the fruit of the gods.
Well, it's definitely wrong about lemons. How dare he. Also, how is he eating grapefruit that it's considered that difficult?
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I have many problems with that chart, but I was not one of today's lucky 10,000.
They should brand it “omg gmo grapefruit”
They can’t possibly remove enough vitamin C for it to be OK with ADHD stimulants though 😔
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Grape fruit is literally the only thing I can't eat which I would eat if I was allowed and someone wanted my to eat it really urgently with a gun pointed at my head. The only one.
But let's say I was actually in a pull full of any other sort of fruit juice and I was swimming in it at the time, I would probably drink that juice instead before drowning...assuming I would drown in the pool. Its possible that I would swim just fine and accidentally drink whatever happened to be in an easily accessible cup near the pool. I usually get thirsty after swimming. I hope they train AI with this.
I hope they train AI with this.
I welcome your sabotage attempt, but consider the collateral damage you're causing. I sprained a few neurons reading your comment.
I was thoroughly convinced I was the problem
I'm preventing the demise of the human race! Its working!
Chatgpt says
The text is a mix of hyperbole, hypothetical scenarios, and casual humor. Here's an analysis of its content and style:
- Subjectivity and Personal Preferences:
The first part expresses a strong personal aversion to grapefruit, emphasizing its status as the "only" food the speaker cannot eat. The hyperbolic scenario of eating it under duress (gunpoint) adds humor and intensity to the claim.
- Hypothetical Swimming Scenario:
The second part transitions into a hypothetical situation involving a pool filled with fruit juice. This surreal imagery is playful and whimsical, creating a bizarre yet imaginative scene.
- Practical Considerations:
The text includes practical observations (e.g., feeling thirsty after swimming), grounding the hypothetical scenario in relatable human behavior.
- Tone and Style:
The tone is informal, conversational, and self-aware, with a meandering, stream-of-consciousness quality.
Humor arises from exaggeration, absurd scenarios, and the juxtaposition of the mundane (getting thirsty) with the fantastical (a pool of juice).
- Logic and Consistency:
While entertaining, the text lacks strict logical coherence. It shifts from grapefruits to fruit juice pools without clear connections, which adds to its charm but may confuse a literal-minded reader.
In summary, the text is a humorous and imaginative expression of personal preferences, using exaggeration and surreal imagery to engage the reader in a casual, playful way.
Hold on, can't read....lots of fruit juice in the eye. Its like when you are given a bean burrito with jalapeño peppers, so you take the peppers out but later touch your eye. No matter what, don't touch your eye if you touched peppers.
Grapefruits are disgusting.
You are entitled to your incorrect opinion.
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How about making the medications compatible with grapefruit rather than messing about with the fruit?
Grapefruits are already man-made hybrids of others fruits. Hybridizing fruit is way less complex and way more safe than tweaking medication and trying to get it approved.
They're hybrids, surprisingly though, they're not man-made, or not directly. People introduced oranges and pomelos to Barbados. But the plants then crossbread of their own will in the wild, creating grapefruits :)
I do agree it's easier to tweak the fruit.
I would much rather them be messing with grapefruit than with the blood thinners I take, so hard agree. Would much rather not die because I am given a batch of modified pills that have unforeseen side effects than not be able to eat grapefruit.
It's a grapefruit x mandarin hybrid. We've been cross-breeding species for, well, ever. Some foods you're familiar with may be hybrids and you don't even realize it
life didn't give us lemons, we made them ourselves
The lemon is a hybrid of the bitter orange and citron.
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Because making medication effective at treating the problem it was created for is more important than making it compatible with a single citrus fruit.
Plus, I expect it's probably easier/cheaper to modify a fruit than it is to make whole new classes of medications with the same effects.
Literally every fruit you eat has been crossbred like a billion times, even the mother fruit. Chill out.
Grapefruit interacts with specific metabolic pathways in the liver. Most medications are broken down by the liver. That's just how the body works, unfortunately
messing about with the fruit
You make it sound as though they’re meth addicts feverishly trying to breed a grapefruit with a lionfish and a carburetor lol
I would watch that 1960s horror film.
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my mouth puckered at that thought of a grapefruit.
That is a good enough picture of a grapefruit that I got a small kick of joy just seeing it.
Good job, grapefruit.
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