It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $2?
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in 15 years when we can't grow bananas anymore this meme will finally die
Or when people figure out that bananas actually cost ~20¢ each and not $2, lol
Why wouldn't we be able to grow bananas in 15 years?
Banana Blight/Panama Disease.
All bananas are essentially clones as they have no seeds and banana trees are propagated from offshoots.
In the 1950s a fungus caused massive die off of banana trees leading to the effective death of the entire Gros Michel cultivar. We have overcome this set back by introducing the Canvendish cultivar which at the time was resistant to the fungus and was a commercially viable plant.
We now face a resurgence of the fungus which has found a way to infect the Canvendish cultivars. Being clones, they have no way to develop a defense as we can't interbreed the banana plants to produce resistance to the fungus. This time round we don't have a readily replaceable cultivar thats commercially viable if the Canvendish cultivar fails.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease
For reference the Gros Michel is still grown on a boutique scale and a 5 lbs box of Gros Michel bananas costs US$127 excluding shipping.
Also worth mentioning is that candy banana taste is based on Gros Michel which is why it doesnt taste like standard bananas
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Maybe it's a 4lb banana?
It has an organic sticker on it.
Organic bananas are actually very reasonably priced. Usually only about $0.10 a pound more.
I would buy organic bananas, but someone decided that they need a ring of packing tape around them, so I can't separate the 2 or 3 that I need from the bushel of 6.
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I believe the implication is that $2 would be a fair price to pay for a banana if it weren't for imperialism exploiting the workers where they grow
You guys pay almost 2$ for a single Banana? Looks like the people on both sides get fucked by the rich.
When I worked at Walmart, bananas were the number one selling item at $.68/pound. Then, for a week, someone set the price to $.68/banana. So a whole bunch went from like a dollar and some change to like $7 on average. Instantly killed the sales until they went back to per pound. When I was asked to change the price sign, I asked if it was a mistake and they told me no.
I live in Maryland. I can get like 5 bananas in the middle of winter for $2.
Fun fact: At least here in Germany, supermarkets almost lose money on bananas. They can't raise the prices because the price of bananas is so ingrained into people's minds that an increase would implicitly signal "expensive store" even if all the other prices stayed the same.
They're like $0.35 at the grocery store here. They're even cheaper in more affordable areas.
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Pretending this is the case, I would prefer not subjugating entire peoples for cheap shit.
I'm pretty sure countries without histories of imperialism can also purchase bananas..
Benefiting doesn't require you or your country's past participation.
Yeah just like I didn't personally terrorise indigenous people into moving away, I am in fact benefiting from terror against indigenous people by living on Turtle Island as the offspring of settlers.
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"I don't see how I benefit from imperialism" typed the misguided asshole trying to make people feel guilty into his phone ironically powered by a lithium battery that was mined via slave labor provided by (drumroll) imperialism.
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But bananas are :D
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