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minus-squareCosmos7349@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·7 months agoDamn that’s crazy. I’ve never heard of bananas being associated with violence… anytime in the last 120-140 years…
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·7 months agoIt’s where the term “banana republic” comes from.
minus-squareCosmos7349@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months agoOkay I’ll come clean; I literally chose the range “120-140 years” by looking up the year that term was coined (1904) 😂
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoAnd then we made it cute by putting it on clothing. What a twist.
minus-squareQuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months 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