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[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Who cares if it fits better in the fridge or is easier to cut if

The cube shape of the watermelon can only be achieved at the expense of its contents. To retain the proper shape, cube melons must be harvested before they are ripe, rendering them inedible

?

Status symbols like this are just so absurd.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what people do with them then.

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

The only thing they can do - show them off then throw them away.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

In 2001, square watermelons sold for ¥10,000 in Japan (about US$83), two to three times the price of regular watermelons

Excuse me what?

[–] blargerer@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Melons in Japan are way more expensive, but also like, way more flavourful.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

These are literally inedible.

[–] blargerer@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't explain the ~30 dollar cost of a regular watermelon in 2001.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

The watermelons are folded over a thousand times.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Wow, they made the minecraft watermelon into a real thing

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

It reminds me of bonsai kittens

[–] anti@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

I learned about these from the Simpsons episode where they go to Japan.

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Japan has some weird plans

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Squatermelon