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[–] starik@lemmy.zip 69 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (12 children)

A couple problems here:

  1. The image resolution isn’t high enough for a banana to be visible at this scale.
  2. This isn’t the Milky Way (it’s impossible to take a picture from outside our own galaxy), so bananas do not exist there. This means the banana would have to be photoshopped in, in which case you might as well photoshop a map scale.

Nice picture, but I call BS 🤔

Edit: Omg, I forgot to mention the most obvious giveaway. Our supermassive black hole doesn’t have a quasar! Busted!

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago (1 children)

so bananas do not exist there

This guy honestly doesn't believe in panbanania.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The theory that the universe was seeded with banana life by an intergalactic precursor race of bananas? It’s possible, but so far there is no hard evidence, and I don’t think OP is claiming to have taken a picture of an alien banana.

[–] teft@piefed.social 17 points 4 months ago

The theory that the universe was seeded with banana life by an intergalactic precursor race of bananas?

This was covered in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called The Chase:

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] teft@piefed.social 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They do. Just not the versions we eat. Those are genetic clones and are propagated seedlessly. If you look closely sometimes you can see undeveloped seeds in bananas. They're the little black dots near the center that you see sometimes.

Here is a picture of a land race banana with seeds:

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Oh man, I had eaten bananas with seeds but they were tiny like they are in kiwis. I thought the image would be similar to those but instead the seeds are as big as like lentils.

Took me by surprise

[–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 22 points 4 months ago

Of course this isn't our galaxy, that's why OP was so kind to add the missing banana for us

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The image resolution isn’t high enough for a banana to be visible at this scale.

Pinch to zoom, brah.

[–] GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 9 points 4 months ago

"Computer, enhance!"

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago

How do you know bananas don’t exist outside of our galaxy?

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago

Err, they did photoshop a map scale .. the banana ..

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That second point just isn't true. We have pictures of other galaxies

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 months ago

"I'll add it in post"

[–] teft@piefed.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Edit: Omg, I forgot to mention the most obvious giveaway. Our supermassive black hole doesn’t have a quasar! Busted!

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/file?fid=52e854d4f6091d782f00167c

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago
[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If the universe is infinite, there most certainly are bananas on an infinite number of planets.

(Sorry, I smoke way too much weed, mannnn.”)

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago

Pretty easy to get an Andromeda shot that includes banana for scale

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There could be a teapot in there somewhere though.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Let’s assume there is one until someone proves otherwise.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I don't believe you, if this isn't our galaxy how did he get the banana in the picture?

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

Every banana in existence is in this picture.