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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is there something "wrong" here? I bet these taste the same once they're chopped and cooked...

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If this question was sincere surprise, there was an Australia documentary episode two years back ("War on Waste") with a section about "up to a third of" carrots being dismissed by the dominant supermarkets because they were "misshapen", sometimes really petty stuff, not even bruises or discolouration or anything that a picky person might question but being too long or short, skinny, not straight enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNNEW8ydOm4 (clip from the docco)

In reaction (or by recommendation), some supermarkets have added small sections marketing various fruit/veg as 'odd' funny-looking ones at discount prices. An improvement, but a long way to go.

[–] TimePencil@infosec.exchange 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

@princessnorah

No, nothing wrong.

However, due to their shape, there is the delightful possibility of the misapplication of said vegetables as a particular variety of adult toy.

(Everyone's mind went there... didn't it? Didn't it?)

@DiaDeLosMuertos

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago
[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] TimePencil@infosec.exchange 5 points 2 days ago

@princessnorah

You said, "Oh…OH!"

Yes, precisely. That is how one may express, in word form, the vocal utterances of a user of such objects at the culmination or 'climax' of the experience.

Well... so I've heard...

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I prefer the regular shaped ones for that.