@SwarmShawarma if the myrmidons who blindly and faithfully followed all of the "green energy" crap of the last few decades knew just how harmful a lot of it really is, they'd lynch the politicians who put it forth

That is, assuming they actually care about the environment and the entire thing isn't just a cynical ploy to fuck up the free market

@MentORPHEUS never heard of them

Kidding around aside, @Vermillion-Rx, would you kindly post yours this weekend at the WAATGM forum, flaired "humor"?

@Vermillion-Rx fixed it:

@Typo-MAGAshiv cool fact!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UmvwvXqKyI

@Typo-MAGAshiv

pistachios

Not sure if they are related to the current Dubai Chocolate fad referenced (which has yet to come to my attention in the wild.) But, at the intersection of Pistachio market consolidation, water rights capture, political manipulation and outright purchase, and Mad Money getting sent to Israel, you'll find the rich AF piece of shit Resnick Family. Well known and widely maligned here in California.

@Bozza

Apparently Iran is one of the worlds biggest suppliers of pistachios, so they started growing them in the US and the Dubai chocolate craze switched over US consumption from Iran imports to California. Cutting off Iran's exports.

LOL no.

Iran was the primary supplier of the world's pistachios several decades ago, but right around the time of the hostage crisis in the 1970s, it was realized they could be grown in California.

Bonus reason to buy the American ones: the Iranians used to dye the pistachios with red powder to hide how many of them had gone bad.

That was used for a gag in the first "Naked Gun" movie:

youtu.be/nyGZAg3lo9A?si=OXtHQ_UF7J_q4kLC

@Bozza classic

I was more familiar with the Muppets version:

youtu.be/1W3gYXeFRJM?feature=shared

@Typo-MAGAshiv

I can't drive a few miles without passing 3 of them

Yeah this is the uncanny shit I'm talking about. Like who has the money? Why this business chain? Etc

@dream-hunter long time no see. Good to see you're still around.