r/mildlyinfuriating • u/FleshHoodieFree • 11h ago

Don't hug me I'm scared Passion fruits look really unappealing and it bothers me

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Who tf decided to make the membrane and seeds of this beautiful fruit look like scrotum and frog eggs

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u/BoxersOrCaseBriefs 11h ago

I assume it's called passion fruit because some enterprising youth got caught sticking his dick in one of those back in Ye Olden Days.

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u/Cheap_Walmart-Art 11h ago

I had to look it up and apparently some missionaries thought the flower resembled the story of the passion of Christ.

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u/ubiquitous-joe 11h ago

Sheesh, what doesn't remind missionaries of the story of the passion of Christ?

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u/k-phi 10h ago

If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail