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XKCD on that Arrested Development joke(startrek.website)

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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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Mathematical proof that there’s always money in the banana stand.

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Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Would inflation not act exponentially?

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psud@lemmy.world
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The Y axis is logarithmic, that straightens exponential curves

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Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Right, I need sleep

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numberfour002@lemmy.world
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It’s a linear extrapolation that doesn’t take into account the not completely unreasonable chance that commercially viable banana varieties could go [functionally] extinct or that climate change will make it dramatically more expensive to grow them in sufficient quantities such that the price can stay on trend.

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Confound4082@lemmy.ml
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I mean, one variation has already had that happen to it… the “Fake” bananna flavoring just didn’t get changed when the bananna strain got changed.

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abbadon420@lemm.ee
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Ah yes, the Gros Michel banana. It’s the banana my parents grew up with, but is now virtually extinct. Weird story. Even weirder that it could happen again.

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katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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now set the graph to the music of yellow submarine

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dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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This does not take into account the potential failure of Dole / Del Monte / Chiquita and Banana Republics revolting in the near future.

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SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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I think this the first time I’ve seen the term Banana Republic used this literally.

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dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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Well, just wait until you read this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic

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