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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The massive amounts of pesticides they spray on the banana plantations is pretty bad.

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (10 children)

What do you mean zero cleanup? Now I have to carry around a banana peel all day. All hail apples (yes, I eat the core).

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

High glycemic index. Has to be imported from tropical to non-tropical regions. Cavendish variety, pictured above is susceptible to Fusarium wilt aka Panama disease

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[–] quoll@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

bad: shelf life of a banana

good: fun to spell

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[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Also you harvest them every two weeks. Want to sell them already? Just stick them under a plastic carp for a couple of days and they'll be ripe and yellow.

The bad part is loading trucks of bananas is hard work, those things are heavy.

[–] janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

will any plastic fish work or is it necessary to have a plastic carp?

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 9 points 1 week ago

Carp for best results, may be substituted with salmon or tuna but do not expect the same quality.

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I've got 2 bad things

  1. The included wrapper isn't very rigid and can split and mash around. I've had several bananas turn to paste if they are forgotten about in a backpack or work their way to the bottom and end up crushed by other items.

  2. Fruit flies.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

They're lousy as long term art pieces.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Banana smell is so powerful if you leave a banana in the fridge over night any unprotected food will taste like a banana

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They tend to go extinct every so often and need a different variety to replace them.

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[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Easy. The taste and the texture. Awful.

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Honeybee alarm pheromone smells exactly like bananas.

If you're a beekeeper you either already know about it or can test it. Just make sure you're in a bee suit, they will attack you.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Bananas make my tummy hurt.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

1 bad thing of the disease that decimates the crops

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[–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

The new banana isn't as sweet as the old banana and the old one doesn't seem to be coming back?

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[–] Hagenman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can name one bad thing. It was used as example of intelligent design by Kirk Cameron…

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