Zoift [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 3 years agoRed Delicious apples fuckin suck.message-squaremessage-square42 fedilinkarrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145message-squareRed Delicious apples fuckin suck.Zoift [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 3 years agomessage-square42 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
If I wanted to eat a pear, I'd do so. How nasty did apples taste before this cultivar to get the moniker 'delicious'?
minus-squareAlaskaball [comrade/them]Ahexbear6·3 years agolmao capitalism strikes again, selectively bred the deliciousness out of a fucking apple to make it more marketable! link
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]hexbear3·3 years agoIt is a truism that whenever you isolate one attribute to optimize it, you lose the context that gave that attribute its value. Same thing that happens with standardized testing in schools. link
minus-squareMother [any]hexbear4·3 years agoI went apple picking today at a farm that had the original cultivar and folks I have to tell you they are red and they are delicious link
Red Delicious apples weren't always bad
lmao capitalism strikes again, selectively bred the deliciousness out of a fucking apple to make it more marketable!
It is a truism that whenever you isolate one attribute to optimize it, you lose the context that gave that attribute its value.
Same thing that happens with standardized testing in schools.
In bad country,
I went apple picking today at a farm that had the original cultivar and folks I have to tell you they are red and they are delicious