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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

good tasting apples are a relatively recent thing. They are one of the fruits where a good tasting one is rare and then has to propagated with grafts. Apples that grow from seed are not that great and before a certain point was mainly turned into cider and vinegar and such.

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Don't forget Calvados n_n

[–] sxan@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How recent? Like, New World recent, or Christianity recent, or the-invention-of-writing recent?

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think not much older than the new world. 1700's or so and I don't think there was widespread cultivation until the 20th century.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Johnny Appleseed was a real guy, but he was doing his thing in the late 1700's. Apples from grafting were pretty good eating, by then; trees grown from seed were mostly only good for making cider.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 3 months ago

yeah and that gets back to ground apples. if people are used to apples in cooking and making alcohol but not so much munch on it, numy, numy. I could see the ground apple thing.