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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Pence is the subdivision of the British pound. Given the era it would've been equivalent to about 30 cents.

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I'm amused that it was also worth individually weiging and pricing them. Couldn't possibly sell a 14p banana for 13, eh?

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Its from many years ago, but yeah was real. This isnt done in that store (morrisons) or anywhere else these days. The morrisons logo in that photo was replaced over 20 years ago.

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anarchist.nexus

This is commonplace is Japan. They use fuckton of plastic unfortunately

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Amazing opportunity to make some machine that sprays a thick bright yellow layer of plastic on a banana, that you peel off and then peel off the probably greyish-green real peel under that because yarg.

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Very robust when compared to the thin plastic film they've wrapped it in

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anarchist.nexus

To be completely fair. Banana peels are edible. So sometimes it could be nice to have them clean?

But in all seriousness, fuck useless plastic packaging.

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Different cultures. India, Southeast Asia…

Places bananas seem to be native too.

If you’ve never had banana peel curry I recommend you try its very good.

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Morrisons individually shrink-wraps cucumbers. They also sell half cucumbers, which are just the shrink-wrapped cucumbers cut in half with a knife so now the inside is exposed.

They used to just sell bunches of bananas though.

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At the grocery store I go to, most of the organic produce is in some kind of plastic packaging.

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