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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're not the only one with a pervy brain. I thought it was a metaphor for sex.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought someone was going to fuck the orange and was terribly confused.

[–] udon 2 points 1 week ago

I suggest a grapefruit

[–] shadow_wanker 5 points 1 week ago

That’s beautiful

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Looks like a tangerine. Still tedious, but much easier than an orange.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] edg 9 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

because the stringy bits, like the rind, are bitter, which changes the flavour of the fruit.

[–] ylph 8 points 1 week ago

For most citrus the pith has no flavor at all, definitely not bitter. Most people object to the texture and blandness/lack of flavor, which I can understand. I have a bunch of citrus trees in my yard, and learned to not mind the pith, mainly due to laziness (I eat a lot of oranges) - and it's a good source of fiber.

[–] FooBarrington 3 points 1 week ago

That's beautiful