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minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up45·12 days agoI think the idea is that the person would go through the tedious work of removing all the stringy bits from an orange on the other person’s behalf.
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-212 days agoMy pervert brain first saw it as a metaphor for shaving everything. But for most people that would count as “tedious work” too, so the underlying message would be the same either way.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 days agoYou either don’t have kids, or they’re not horribly picky eaters like mine. The stringy bits of an orange are tedious to remove. But if you ask my children, they’re also poisonous and taste like death.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoThey’re pretty bitter when you’re young, but your taste buds usually become less sensitive to it as you age.
minus-squarejjagaimo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoAlso comes to mind: grapefruit method
minus-squareSchnabeltierplaisir@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoI can still hear her in my mind…
I don’t get it
I think the idea is that the person would go through the tedious work of removing all the stringy bits from an orange on the other person’s behalf.
My pervert brain first saw it as a metaphor for shaving everything.
But for most people that would count as “tedious work” too, so the underlying message would be the same either way.
That’s beautiful
Why would someone do that ?
That’s beautiful
You either don’t have kids, or they’re not horribly picky eaters like mine.
The stringy bits of an orange are tedious to remove. But if you ask my children, they’re also poisonous and taste like death.
They’re pretty bitter when you’re young, but your taste buds usually become less sensitive to it as you age.
Also comes to mind: grapefruit method
I can still hear her in my mind…