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 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I thought The Cranberries were from Ireland

[–] NichtElias@feddit.org 13 points 1 day ago

I think that's just in your head

[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days 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 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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

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

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 day 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 2 days ago

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

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also Israel.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day 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 1 day 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 2 days 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.

[+] skaphle@social.tchncs.de -8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

@LongestPath I wonder, why boycott everything? Should the people who suffer under #Trump be punished too? Seems like strange nationalist rhetoric to #BuyFromEU.

I mean I agree to boycott big business, especially big tech and everything owned by billionaires. It's just that a lot of European brands are owned by billionaires too who are just as bad, they just didn't explicitly get handed the keys to the government (yet).

[–] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a democracy voted, the US voted for Trump - this is exactly what was signposted in Project 2025 & his campaign trails. We've another 4 years of this tariff bullshit, and his threats to annex Canada / Greenland, and him siding with Putin.

This isn't punishment, this is the EU not siding with the bullies. If you don't like the situation, use your power as a US voter and make your voice heard.

You've absolutely got a point about billionaires. None of them should be trusted. But right now the biggest threat are the billionaires controlling social media + tech, which are predominantly US based.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

As a democracy

That's an exaggeration.

the US voted for Trump

Yup.

We've another 4 years of this tariff bullshit, and his threats to annex Canada / Greenland, and him siding with Putin.

That may be pessimistic (as he may die first) or optimistic (as he may not allow another election - he is already talking about next term).

This isn't punishment, this is the EU not siding with the bullies

Yup.

[–] LongestPath@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

I see your point, however, imo, buyers in EU can signal (with their purchases) that Trump's words/actions have real (financial) consequences, and then those EU/US billionaires (who are benefiting from cross continent trade) would pressure him to stop doing what he is doing...

[–] Mysterious_Tea@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Do not draw parallelisms with Trump's newnazi regime and Europe. Here we do not allow big tech to enter government and make nazi salutes.

[–] 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 1 day ago (1 children)

You can be EU Member with your own currency 🤷‍♂️

[–] NewDay@feddit.org -1 points 1 day 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 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because that's the only choice, yes? 🙄

[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day 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.