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Untrustworthy fruits (startrek.website)

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[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

Fun fact: orange (the color) is named after orange (the fruit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(colour)#Etymology

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago

Colours that live up to their name.

[-] Xtallll 3 points 10 months ago

Names that live up to their fruit.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 10 months ago

What color would you like this wall??

Ooh the color of an orange please.

Sure thing, it's really where there isn't a word for that color, isn't it?

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Or passion fruit... Them shits are delicious.

[-] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

My experience with passion fruit is that they tend to shove it in every single mixed fruit juice, and what it does, is give those juices just a bitter aftertaste.

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Also, it's the citric acid giving all those juices the bitter aftertaste

[-] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

May be, but a citrus fruit juices don't have that aftertaste, even if they're mixed with banana, mango or whatever. For me the common denominator is the passionfruit.

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I'm talking about the actual fruit.. may pops...

[-] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And I'm talking about my experiences about passion fruit, gramps.

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Also, you're fucking talking about "flavorings" in mixed fruit drink beverages...

It's not the same fucking thing kid.

[-] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Sorry I don't live in " Teh 'Muricah", brat. In rest of the world we have actul whole juices. No flavourings, no added sugar, in many cases no predervatives even. Just the raw juice fruit.

[-] MistakenBear32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Brat??? Lol...

Guy, you're the one who started shit in that conversation... And there's no way you have juices wherever you are in the world with a significant amount of passion fruit juice in it.

[-] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well, we do have. Unfortunately seems to be a common ingredient. Just because they sell it as premium product wherever you are, doesn't mean it's actually rare. It is a common denominator for bitterness in my experience, and no matter how much you think it is not, that is what it tastes for me. People taste stuff differently. Sometimes that difference is complete opposite of someone elses taste.

The namecalling is a response to your namecalling, as I do not care, nor need to know your age nor gender, as you do not need to know mine, in this discussion of taste. Calling other people "pops" or "kid" is only demeaning, and brings nothikg to the coverstation, and warrant a sililar response.

[EDIT]: It has come to my attention, that "may pops" is a slang term, not a fruit. Sorry for taking it as an insult. I know better now. Also, no mattet how mucg you love passionfruit, for me it tastes extremely bitter (I could've inserted your mom joke here, but let's not at this time). Though for you it seems the name fits, as you seem to be very passionate about it.

[-] MistakenBear32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

That was not me guy... Pay attention to who you're responding to maybe.

[-] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, my deepest apologies I withrew the mom-joke then. Here you go:

Bitter as your mom when they found they were expecting you.

Feel better yet? :)

[-] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

To be fair... I think I need to take a deeper dive in to pssion fruit, because I do recall tasting it, and it tasting bitter. But then again, even as I tend to taste bitterness stronger than mybpeers, as that is one of the reasons I don't like the taste of coffee (even the good one), the common denominator in the juices was pointed out to me by someone, who actually likes coffee, and I've never met a person in flesh, who likes passion fruit because of the bitter aftertaste.

That leads me to believe there is more to it, because it is literally impossible to find a juice here (and to be clear, if it's not made with 100% juice, it is called "juice drink", not juice) where the third fruit is NOT passion fruit. There are some extremely rare brands, but it feels like the people making those juices are so insistant on adding passion fruit, that it feels like they're trying to extend the juice with that. Which then conflicts with an idea that it's an expensive delicacy.

This then leaves few options:

the fruit is locally a delicacy, because most of it is exported, and the exported fruits are of lesser quality.
the exportation of those fruits cause them to go bad, but those who buy them in bulk completelly fail to understand this, and think that people want that shit anyways.

Non the less, this requires investigation, so I can make a more public, local, case to push for lore mixed juices that are not ruined by their lack of product testing.

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

The gramps shit is uncalled for.

Why the fuck does everyone insist on being a fucking asshole these days?

[-] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Well, I'm not "pops", so I decided to return the favour.

[-] MistakenBear32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Passion fruits are colloquially referred to as "may pops" in places that they grow wild like the US southeast.

Maybe you shouldn't be looking for a fight everywhere.

[-] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

In all fairness, I am not looking for a fight everywhere, I do however have tendency of responding in kind, and in this case, I may have been wrong to do so. Live and learn. But that is the danger of using South American slang in the internet, where not everyone is familiar with South American pet names for fruits that may or may taste extremely bitter for different people.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

But it doesn't make me suffer so how does it live up to its name??

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 27 points 10 months ago

Bananas definitely live up to their name. Very banana.

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

As a banana I can confirm, I'm very banana

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 17 points 10 months ago

Fruits that exceed the expectations of their name:

Pineapple
Kiwifruit/Chinese gooseberry
Gooseberry
Strawberry
Raspberry
Uglifruit

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Car-rot

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

The nightmare of every car enthusiast

[-] Conyak@lemmy.tf 13 points 10 months ago

I feel like if you have grapefruit as a fruit that does not live up to its name then grape should be on the other list.

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Have they even seen a dragonfruit? Shit looks and tastes like a delicious dragon

[-] BattleBeetle@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Star fruit = shaped like stars Durian = "duri" means spike

[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago

If you've only ever had the good awful underripe honeydew they put in fruit trays for catering, then yeah you'd probably think it's underwhelming. A good, ripe honeydew is my second favorite melon.

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

[-] Soggytoast@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

How is strawberry not included, it's a double, neither straw nor berry

[-] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Have you ever eaten a passionfruit? You gotta get your fingers in there to get the juices flowing, then you gotta slurp it up with your tongue, licking it clean .. passionfruit surpasses it's name.

[-] MBZzZzZzZz@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Well, orange you glad?

[-] sploosh@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Grapefruit grows bunched up, kinda but not really like grapes.

Passionfruit is named for its flower, which has structures that correspond numerically to the stations of the cross and are thus a reference to the Passion of Christ. In this sense, "Passion" refers to suffering, not love or joy.

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

So, your saying, for a passionfruit to live up to its name it would have to cause stigmata, right? That's pretty hardcore.

[-] Copatus@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

What's with the honeydew hate? It's one of the juiciest fruits out three and tastes amazing.

[-] jopepa@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

But how about dem apples? Dem apples are pretty good.

[-] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I think technically the name lives up to the fruit, didn't the fruit come before the colour? Or am I thinking of mandarin?

[-] Okokimup@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fruits that sometimes live up to their name: pear

[-] Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Lemon

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

yuo better take passion fruit off that list if u know what’s good for you

[-] darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Someone's never tried to fuck a passionfruit

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