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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 83 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Why the hate on Honeydew? Honeydew is awesome!

I'll admit, sometimes you get a completely tasteless one. But get one at the sweet spot of ripeness...my god...it's ambrosia.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You can get a bad version of almost any food. It doesn't mean anything. It's really common to get a tasteless orange, but that doesn't stop me from buying or liking oranges.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago

It made me stop buying oranges I'll tell ya that much

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Right but the goodness floors and ceilings vary from fruit to fruit. A bad banana is mostly going to be bland and boring at worst, for example, whereas a bad peach can be a disgusting piece of shit. Melons are like peaches. When they're bad, they're really bad.

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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 months ago

I came looking for the bojack reference

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love honeydew. I didn't know it was unpopular.

[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In Europe it's super popular, often paired with Serrano ham. That said, I find the taste so incredibly vile and disgusting, I believe it may be something like that herb that tastes like soap to many people.

[–] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This is like calling a lemon that yellow sour fruit. Eat more cilantro, people.

[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't sure what it was called in English, thanks for jogging my memory.

[–] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The comment was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek. Stay fresh like Koriander. ✌️

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Mint's the fresh way to go.

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[–] Iunnrais@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never had a honeydew that wasn’t delicious. Granted that I’ve been out of the states a few years now… is this like the red delicious apple where it used to be good, but farmers have bred the deliciousness out of them to look better aesthetically?

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

They have to be ripe. It's like people who don't like avocado's, I assume they ate a few bad one's because avocado's are super finicky.

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 23 points 3 months ago
[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Hey, this isn't a Star Trek meme man. Stay in your lane. XD

But seriously, love honeydew, and knowledge. I would screw it up for everyone

[–] Buffy@libretechni.ca 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was a honeydew hater until I actually had a good one. I guess it's hard to get at the perfect ripeness or something because the majority I've tasted had a bad texture or were tasteless.

[–] meep_launcher@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I mean you can tell if it's ripe or not by pressing against the part where the stem used to be- if there's a little give, you should be good.

I feel like people who hate Honeydew are like people who hate bananas but only have eaten fully green bananas. Like yea, if you don't let it ripen it's gonna suck.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It also matters where you live, to a point. Living far away from producers means you get fruit that was picked very green, with no ripening on the plant. Even after shelf ripening, the flavor profile will be milder compared to a plant ripened fruit.

[–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Not to mention some fruit don't even ripen on the shelf. Pineapple, iirc, is one of those, it just starts fermenting.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean you can tell if it's ripe or not by pressing against the part where the stem used to be- if there's a little give, you should be good.

I tried this but my dick popped all the way inside I think I pressed too hard

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile I only like bananas before they're completely ripe. When they're completely ripe, they taste sickly sweet to me, almost rotten. The texture and more tart taste, just before it's completely ripe is perfect imo.

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[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Here's something I've noticed, fruit that's almost too ripe has the best flavor IMO.

[–] BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A red delicious would have the same effect.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

If I could fight one apple it’d be that one.

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[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This kind of underlines what a needy sociopathic narcissist the god of the bible is.

I MADE THE GAME AND YOU ALL MUST PAYcough I mean play. You all must play my game.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Almost everything in the bible underlines this.

I read multiple bibles as a young kid not for religious reasons but because i was bored.

I did not fully comprehend that jaweh was the god from our church or that i was supposed to read them as facts. In some parts i was sure he was just the main villain.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honeydew is good you freaks!

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Only time most people have had honeydew is in a supermarket fruit bowl and it's dry and unpleasant. It is great fresh

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is the first time in my long life I realized that some people might not like the godly nectar that is honeydew melon.

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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A good honeydew is rare, but when you get one it's magical

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 3 months ago

Not if you know how to tell if one is ripe.

Apparently most restaurants don't know how to tell if one is ripe, though.

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 7 points 3 months ago

lol even evil snek is like yuck. XD

[–] gezero@lemmy.bowyerhub.uk 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think anyone would sin for an apple. Mango on the other hand....

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Btw, how did the story of the paradise garden came to be? Historically?

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (19 children)

Remember everyone, if Eve hadn't eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge, none of us would be here.

The snake is the hero of the story.

[–] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Me being here is no victory. The snake was a fucking villain.

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 5 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Who þe heck doesn't like honeydew? It's þe best melon. Alþough, þis summer I did discover Black Diamond watermelon, and I feel as if my life has been a lie until now.

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I like a ripe honeydew, you're not alone!

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[–] brianary@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

Honeydew is unpopular because when you buy cheap honeydew, they can include too much of the rind without you being able to tell until you eat it.

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

At least it's not cantaloupe. Fuckin gross musky bitch-melon, that is.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Honey, do this. But we can't elope.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Or a butternut squash. Those things aren't buttery, nutty, and with how fibrous they are, squashy. It's the "Greenland" of fruits.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Lots of the time when people bash a fruit it's because they haven't had a good one. I will say that most honeydews I've had were plain, but a good honeydew tastes great!

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Honey dew is delicious when it's vine ripened and slightly warmed in the sun.

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