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[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

USian here... Iirc we're losing a ton of water on the West side of the country due to farms in California, and one of the biggest culprits is almonds. Boycotting American almonds may end up being good for the US as well, since our ruling class is too stupid to stop themselves.

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought The Cranberries were from Ireland

[–] NichtElias@feddit.org 11 points 17 hours ago

I think that's just in your head

[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Georgia is a Russian bitch at the moment (not Belarus tier but moving in that direction).

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Also, according to this comment it's likely Georgia in US producing pecans, not Georgia in the Caucasus mountains.

[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That would be strange: why replace USA with another part of the USA?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Exactly. Georgia (US) was mistaken for Georgia (Europe).

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 20 hours ago

US Georgian here. I can confirm we have a lot of pecans. I even have a pecan tree in my yard.

[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

That's sad and show the overall quality of the list.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dates as well, medjool variety often comes from the us iirc

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Accidentally bought Israeli potatoes the other day what kind of sick fuck grows potatoes in Israel and ships them to the uk fml 🤦‍♂️

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 5 points 17 hours ago

Yeah just buy from a local farmer ifnyou have a chance, saves money, supports the farmer and short transports mean less enviromental pollition

[–] Hazematman@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Would be really happy if Canada was a future EU member 🤞 but this doesn't instill much confidence https://www.politico.eu/article/canadians-want-join-european-union-will-never-happen-paula-pinho/ 😔

[–] Mysterious_Tea@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago

EU was created to prevent future wars in the European continent, and several countries like Morocco or Turkey were rejected on simple geographical ground.

It’s not a bandwagon where every guy scared of Trump can join.

[–] NewDay@feddit.org -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stop labeling Canada as a future member of the EU. It will never happen. The canadian population do not know that they will lose many things, such as their own currency. They just know that the EU is a free trade zone and a defense partnership.

[–] BigShammy80@feddit.org 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

You can be EU Member with your own currency 🤷‍♂️

[–] NewDay@feddit.org -1 points 23 hours ago

They have to work to fulfill all requirements to adopt the Euro. Juncker in 17 “I have no intention of forcing countries to join the euro if they are not willing or not able to do so”. He softened the politics about the currency. There will be a President of the European Commission who will not be so kind and soft. Ursula von der Leyen did not talk about this politics at all.

[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, boycott the united states to support... Iran?

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Because that's the only choice, yes? 🙄

[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Fine if there are good alternatives, but it's pretty weird to go out of your way to support Iran, as if they have any claim to moral high ground over the United States.

[–] Torro@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago

This says more about weak schooling and low botanical knowledge as i thought.