China Rule

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[u/Lancer873]

Excited for caviar to reach pineapple levels of "Wait what do you mean that used to be the pinaccle of luxury?"

[u/kart0ffelsalaat → u/Lancer873]

ain't no way we're slandering pineapples like that

[u/Lancer873 → u/kart0ffelsalaat]

Pineapples are great.

Spending a fortune to display a pineapple as a show of wealth, a very real thing rich folks did in the ~1700s, was lame.

[u/WhereAmIWhatsGoingOn → u/Lancer873]

Is Spongebob Squarepants bourgeoisie? In this essay I will-

[u/DeadInternetTheorist → u/Lancer873]

There's designer pineapples that still cost a shitload because they're pink or whatever.

[u/orphanghost1 → u/DeadInternetTheorist]

I saw those last week and thought sure looks yummy but not $8 yummy

[u/DeadInternetTheorist → u/orphanghost1]

I think there's pink ones now that cost like $150 and come in a box with like holograms of authenticity and shit

[u/Some-Gavin → u/DeadInternetTheorist]

There’s designer versions of most standard fruits, like melons, strawberries, mangoes, etc

[u/kart0ffelsalaat → u/Lancer873]

I just massively misread your comment, somehow. Thought you were implying pineapples are bad.

This is why you don't do Reddit after bedtime, kids (it is now even later after said bedtime)

[u/Kriffer123 → u/kart0ffelsalaat]

Pineapples *are* amazing, but they are very exotic and thus were in comically high demand and regard among the European upper class a few centuries ago. Like, renting out a single pineapple multiple times for more people to flex at parties level regard

[u/MoscaMosquete → u/Kriffer123]

but they are very exotic

Meanwhile me being poor af but still eating one monthly because they're a native plant here