Who cares if it fits better in the fridge or is easier to cut if
The cube shape of the watermelon can only be achieved at the expense of its contents. To retain the proper shape, cube melons must be harvested before they are ripe, rendering them inedible
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ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 1y
Who cares if it fits better in the fridge or is easier to cut if
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Status symbols like this are just so absurd.
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
I wonder what people do with them then.
ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
The only thing they can do - show them off then throw them away.
socsa@piefed.social · 12 pts · 1y
Excuse me what?
dantheclamman@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Luxury fruit are a thing in Japan
blargerer@kbin.melroy.org · 4 pts · 1y
Melons in Japan are way more expensive, but also like, way more flavourful.
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
These are literally inedible.
blargerer@kbin.melroy.org · 4 pts · 1y
That doesn't explain the ~30 dollar cost of a regular watermelon in 2001.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
The watermelons are folded over a thousand times.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Wow, they made the minecraft watermelon into a real thing
scutiger@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
It reminds me of bonsai kittens
finickydesert@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Japan has some weird plans
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Squatermelon
anti@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
I learned about these from the Simpsons episode where they go to Japan.