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minus-squareCosmolinkfedilinkEnglish35•21 days agoDamn that’s crazy. I’ve never heard of bananas being associated with violence… anytime in the last 120-140 years…
minus-square@dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•21 days agoIt’s where the term “banana republic” comes from.
minus-squareCosmolinkfedilinkEnglish13•21 days agoOkay I’ll come clean; I literally chose the range “120-140 years” by looking up the year that term was coined (1904) 😂
minus-square@Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•21 days agoAnd then we made it cute by putting it on clothing. What a twist.
minus-square@QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish6•21 days agoIt’s actually a super cute brand name if you just disregard everything about it
Damn that’s crazy. I’ve never heard of bananas being associated with violence… anytime in the last 120-140 years…
It’s where the term “banana republic” comes from.
Okay I’ll come clean; I literally chose the range “120-140 years” by looking up the year that term was coined (1904) 😂
And then we made it cute by putting it on clothing. What a twist.
It’s actually a super cute brand name if you just disregard everything about it
That’s bananas