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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Who cares if it fits better in the fridge or is easier to cut if

The cube shape of the watermelon can only be achieved at the expense of its contents. To retain the proper shape, cube melons must be harvested before they are ripe, rendering them inedible

?

Status symbols like this are just so absurd.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder what people do with them then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

The only thing they can do - show them off then throw them away.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

In 2001, square watermelons sold for ¥10,000 in Japan (about US$83), two to three times the price of regular watermelons

Excuse me what?

[–] dantheclamman 10 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Melons in Japan are way more expensive, but also like, way more flavourful.

[–] Tikiporch 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

These are literally inedible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That doesn't explain the ~30 dollar cost of a regular watermelon in 2001.

[–] SkyezOpen 2 points 3 weeks ago

The watermelons are folded over a thousand times.

[–] wreckedcarzz 8 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, they made the minecraft watermelon into a real thing

[–] scutiger 7 points 3 weeks ago

It reminds me of bonsai kittens

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Japan has some weird plans

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I learned about these from the Simpsons episode where they go to Japan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Squatermelon