• kameecoding@lemmy.world
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    One bad thing: it’s all just clones so now it’s extremely vulnerable to one kind of fungus, much like the gros michel banana it faces near extinction

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      Not here around the world, maybe in your banana republic.

      We have atleast 10 varities in our country.

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        My local Acme carried red bananas for a while. They are fucking delicious, taste more like a banana custard than a regular yellow banana. They’re also a bit smaller so less of a commitment to carbo-loading when you peel one. I wouldn’t mind at all if they became the new standard banana, even if it would kind of ruin Mario Kart.

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            Isn’t that exactly the reason that the banana ended your attempt? You could bent your move but straight is some kind of paradigmic ideology that you _fear_to save your own life?

            Edit: I mean, I wish I could be sarcastic about that expression but do mind that I do recognize that you, personally, aren’t the target of my reply. I mean to simply validate the significance of the sarcasm you so well express!

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        It’s not lost forever. They have seeds in the global seed vault, and there’s a few small growers still producing them.

        You can actually buy a box of them still. They’re expensive as all hell, but you can do it.

        Get a few friends together and put some money into a pot, then buy a box and have a banana party.