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Pineapple - Novo General Megathread for the 19th-25th of August 2026 (thelemmy.club)
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The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

The pineapple is native to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries. The introduction of the pineapple plant to Europe in the 17th century made it a significant cultural icon of luxury. Since the 1820s, pineapple has been commercially grown in greenhouses and many tropical plantations. The fruit, particularly its juice, has diverse uses in cuisines and desserts.

Pineapples grow as a small shrub; the individual flowers of the unpollinated plant fuse to form a multiple fruit. The plant normally propagates from the offset produced at the top of the fruit or from a side shoot, and typically matures within a year.

1772 illustration of an Ananas comosus pineapple which was given the early scientific name of Cardus brasilianus folius aloes by Banhius in 1623

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[–] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

I get that it’s because I’m neurodivergent, but it kills a part of me that cartoonish political attack ads can really convince people to vote a certain way. It truly is celebrity culture all the way down for normies manhattan

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  • [–] 4 points 4 hours ago

    Mechanism 1: Most people don't follow politics all that closely, so if the first experience they get of someone is an attack ad, that serves as a mental anchor and it's really easy for it to stick.

    Mechanism 2: Familiarity bias. The more they hear a name, the less strange it sounds, and the more they warm up to it subconsciously.

    Mechanism 3: Election Day comes and when the media has been talking about it, people want to "do their civic duty" even if it's an election they personally have relatively little impact on and also haven't looked very deep into.

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