• oce 🐆@jlai.lu
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    2 months ago

    I thought it was going to be some interesting misunderstanding about how the Japanese consider fruits as luxury gifts while Western culture sees them as daily life food. But it’s a bad joke about melons and boobs…

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      2 months ago

      Japanese consider fruits as luxury gifts More so a gesture to show care, concern, and consideration, as the Melon she gave him, is a millions of yen melon.
      For Australia sensibilities, it’s as she gifted Albanese a yatch🚤. A custom handcrafted yatch.
      If I was in that position, I’d kowtow immediately.
      She even took the time to explain it.

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          the price isn’t the issue, it’s the delicate dedication it took to produce that crown melon. I am not so sure Australia comprehends the amount of dedication that it takes to produce one of these melons.
          This isn’t a typical melon like watermelons or pumpkins, this was hand breed, hand raised, hand nurtured, environment controlled, etc… This top of the top fruit.
          A Greece equivalence, it’s as if Persephone herself gifts you a sacred pomegranate, or if Xi Jiping hands you an immortality peach.
          It is that grave of a “considerate gesture” she made.

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            2 months ago

            I didn’t imply the price was an issue, I’m just converting to a currency most readers would understand better.

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            2 months ago

            If the Japanese spent less time growing one fruit, they might still have an empire. So there’s that.

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              2 months ago

              Now this is an uncouth comment, not dark.
              I’m absolutely certain wanks lost Excalibur to yap.