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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For me, it was bananas. I love them, but as a kid, my mom wouldn't buy them, because she thought they were too expensive.

As an adult with a good job and my first apartment, I would pass bananas in the grocery store, automatically thinking they were too expensive, but one day I noticed the price, and thought "That's not expensive, I can afford that," and I bought bananas for the first time.

That was decades ago, and now I buy bananas on almost every grocery trip.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

That's bananas.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Bananas expensive?? They're usually the cheapest fruit around. My mother loved giving them to us. Sometimes we'd slice them long wise so they'd have a flat top, then put chocolate chips on there! Great after school snack.

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

It's one banana, Michael! What could it possibly cost? $10?

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

There are old fucks around here. Back in the war things were different.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 3 points 1 week ago

They're definitely the cheapest right now. I can get a large bunch of bananas for the price of one peach locally

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

That's nice that your family can afford them. Back in the 60s, my family couldn't.

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 27 points 1 week ago
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Me, age 50, with hypertension: I want to be 30 so I can eat as many pickles as I want.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Me as a kid: "I wish I had a tail!"

Me as an adult: "I wish my tail was real and not just hanging outta my butt."

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Meanwhile blood pressure: screaming intensifies

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pickles come with alcohol if intended to be eaten in significant amounts. So yeah.

[–] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Define "significant". I, for one, have never had an insignificant number of pickles.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

1-liter jar is significant enough to demand a mandatory bottle of vodka to be consumed with.

[–] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

After consuming all the salt from a 1L jar of pickles and a quart of vodka:

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In my culture we have a proverb: "Vodka without a beer is just a waste of money".

[–] addie@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I am intrigued. Most of the cultures I'd expect to have that proverb have neither definite nor indefinite articles in their language.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most of the cultures ... have neither definite nor indefinite articles in their language.

Not sure what you're talking about. I'm Ukrainian. Was born in the Soviet Union.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Was expecting it to be "vodka without beer is just waste of money", in that case.

Looking it up, most sources seem to have it the other way around - "beer without vodka", as in there's no point wasting money on drinking unless you're going to do some hard drinking?

[–] MBM 2 points 1 week ago

Unless I'm misunderstanding, you add those when translating so you don't get broken English?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

It's so good to have simple dreams. Where's my ancient wisdom? Cool beard? Humanitarian organization fighting to provide a decent life for almost every human?

i bought pickling weights for my wife just because this summer and she looked about as happy as when we brought home kittens

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Knowing you can go to the store and buy a whole rotisserie chicken and eat it in your car is powerful stuff...

Tread lightly, pickle-loving anon.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

Better : I can buy them, any brand, any size. Living the dream indeed.