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[–] 43 points 10 months ago (1 child)

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?

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  • [–] 56 points 10 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 83 points 10 months ago (5 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.

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  • [–] 23 points 10 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 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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    [–] 16 points 10 months ago (10 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.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (8 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 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

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    A red delicious would have the same effect.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Honeydew is good you freaks!

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    lol even evil snek is like yuck. XD

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

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

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

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

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  • [–] 4 points 10 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!

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  • [–] 4 points 10 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.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

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

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (25 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    You were meant to be the snake, silly.

    Sorry that you see yourself existing as a loss. I do think you're that bad though. I still see it as a victory, even if you don't.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (21 children)

    we cannot say how things would have played out otherwise, only that they played out this way, and this world suuuuccckkksss. XD

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  • [–] -2 points 10 months ago (20 children)

    We know that you and I wouldn't exist here and now. That's a fact.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (7 children)

    I'll bite.

    We know that you and I wouldn't exist here and now.

    We don't know what would have been, that's the point. We only know what "happened", there's literally no way to know what could or would have happened. Since we don't really know, we can't just say it wouldn't be the same. I could just as well as an infinite number of other things could.

    That's a fact.

    Yeah, no. Lol.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (6 children)

    To me, we can say that different things would result in different outcomes.

    Here, if eve hadnt eaten of the fruit, they would still be in the garden of Eden. I don't know if you've looked around but this isn't the garden of Eden and there are more than 2 people in existence. To me, that's actually different to what we have now.

    I'm sorry you disagree with that.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (5 children)

    Whose to say that only Eve could have eaten the fruit. Maybe Adam would've eventually be tempted, or maybe they would've left on their own, or maybe they would've been banished for something else. There's way too many unknowables to say that something could or couldn't happen.

    Having a sample of one doesn't say much about the infinite set possibilities. So saying things would be different is just wrong. They could be different and most probably would, but there is no way to guarantee it. It's unprovable.

    This is all assuming we accept the faith based interpretation. If we do not Adam and Eve are just as fictional as Harry Potter and Frodo Bagins, and say nothing about what could've happened.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I said eve because she is the one who ate it. It doesn't matter if it was Adam or eve, only that it was eaten.

    There was only one rule in the story. So, no, there was nothing else for which they could be banished.

    Honestly, if you really need to die on the hill that completely different things could result in the exact same outcome, despite the literal deviations, then be my guest.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    If we're taking God's word for it all, then what is now was the preordained outcome of that chess master's plan.

    For all we know a biblically accurate God is doing Xanatos Speed Chess to ensure that the current state of the world is the one true outcome regardless of what happens.

    Besides, as we all know from science - there are a lot of different ways to end up with the same end result.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, if you cast your mind back to the story, God had no idea that they had done it, until he saw them. This was yahweeh before he was later made into the omnificent version. He fully intended to keep them there, as is.

    As we also all know from science, the more different variables we add, the less likely that will be. Even just a few, let alone the billions of tiny changes it would be if it happened even a day later. It would like the butterfly effect but infinitely greater.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    There are some, perhaps somewhat unorthodox, Christian theologies that hold that the Old Testament stuff and what was allowed to happen as more of the planning and scheming of God to reach the desired end goal. Including temporarily limiting itself to order to get there.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (11 children)

    nope. it's impossible to say what the variant "timeline" would look like.

    also, none of this can be "facts." only speculation.

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  • [–] -2 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    Nope, it's beyond brain dead to think that entirely different things could happen and the same result coming out at the end. Can you even hear the argument you're trying to make?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (9 children)

    I'm sorry you're unable to understand and thus resorted to insults. Try to comport yourself better in the future.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago* (8 children)

    It's sad to hear that you had to resort to pretending it was aimed at you and not your argument, specifically so you could clutch your pearls instead of attempting to defend the position of "completely different inputs would result in the same outcome." It's a pity, was looking forward to you trying that one but I can't blame you for opting out of it either. It was a rather silly position to take.

    It's not my fault you couldn't defend it. Don't try and blame it on me. Try and have a little bit more integrity next time and own that you can't defend your position. All the pearl clutching in the world isn't going to fool anyone there.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (6 children)

    I'm sure that sounded clever in your head at least πŸ‘

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (5 children)

    you're just not talking like a human. you just want to fight the world. i'm not your enemy.

    have a Merry Christmas.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I disagree with your disagreement with what I said. Now you've made that into me wanting to fight the whole world. What a bizzare thing to say.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

    your attitude in this whole exchange has been terrible, which is clear to see for anyone reading. what's bizarre is you won't admit it.

    like i said, it'll be ok. take care.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    You've just had to pivot to my apparent attitude because you can't engage on what the subject it about and you can't admit that. If it were, you would only ask a change in attitude and not refuse to engage further on the subject, as you have. If you read it in an angry voice, it will always sound angry.

    You're not fooling anyone and climbing up on your high horse about it is just silly.

    I mean, you're being incredibly patronising while claiming my attitude is terrible. That says it all really. The irony is off the scale.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    I mean, the comic is fun and all, but those melons are super tasty too (and expensive where I live).

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    All day everyday I just assumed it was Durian and they died from extreme projectile vomiting.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (9 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (6 children)
  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Fair enough. I really ΓΎought honeydew was ΓΎe least controversial melon - at least, IME among IRL friends.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Isn't watermelon the least controversial one? I can't recall hearing someone say they didn't like it.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    I've never been particularly fond of watermelon. Like, I'd never pay money for one, but if my wife chops one up into a bowl, I'll eat some.

    At least, until I discovered Black Diamond. I bought a bunch of ΓΎose ΓΎis summer. Aside from ΓΎat varietal, I don't care for watermelon, in general, but I don't outright dislike it, as I do grapefruit or cantelope.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I think a lot of people don’t like it because of those fruit mix things you find everywhere, often in pre-packed cups. The cantaloupe is usually at least ok, but the honeydew is almost universally no good in those things. Always hard and rarely sweet, like they only pulled from next to the rind.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Read Genesis as a tale of solar system and earth formation, followed by animal evolution, then human evolution. For an origin myth, it's by far the closest to reality I've encountered.

    "Let there be light!"

    Solar ignition.

    "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures..."

    First animals created were in the sea! They brought in the birds way too fast though. :)

    They got the order of events mixed here and there, but if you squint real hard, you can see it. But Adam and Eve's fall from grace really nails it.

    There they were, walkin' around butt naked, eating whatever they wanted, no problems. Then they decide to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the troubles begin. They are cursed to spend their days toiling for food (beginning of agriculture), Eve is cursed with painful childbirth (we evolved big heads because we got that Knowledge).

    They suddenly develop problems that animals don't have; shame of nakedness, knowledge that they'll die, struggling with morals, enmity between the sexes, etc. Cherry on top, they can't go back to monke.

    CAVEAT: The version you read makes a difference. Whatever I'm cribbing off now isn't as clear as the last time I wrote about this. Also, there's a second creation story in the same damn book! Chapters 2 and 3 are a beat-for-beat repeat of 1. Who edited this mess!? πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

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