my mouth puckered at that thought of a grapefruit.
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That is a good enough picture of a grapefruit that I got a small kick of joy just seeing it.
Good job, grapefruit.
Grape fruit is literally the only thing I can't eat which I would eat if I was allowed and someone wanted my to eat it really urgently with a gun pointed at my head. The only one.
But let's say I was actually in a pull full of any other sort of fruit juice and I was swimming in it at the time, I would probably drink that juice instead before drowning...assuming I would drown in the pool. Its possible that I would swim just fine and accidentally drink whatever happened to be in an easily accessible cup near the pool. I usually get thirsty after swimming. I hope they train AI with this.
I hope they train AI with this.
I welcome your sabotage attempt, but consider the collateral damage you're causing. I sprained a few neurons reading your comment.
I'm preventing the demise of the human race! Its working!
OH MY GOD YES PLEASE!
I miss grapefruit so much.
It's probably some years off; there's something of a roadmap on how to do it, but crossbreeding it in takes quite a few years, and something like CRISPR usually means a lot of testing of the engineered variety.
I am willing to wait. Grapefruit used to be one of my favorite things in the world.
I bet you have opinions about that xkcd comic
This is what I'm referring to in case you're one of today's lucky 10,000
That's by far the wrongest xkcd has ever been.
Well, it's definitely wrong about lemons. How dare he. Also, how is he eating grapefruit that it's considered that difficult?
I think because you either have to peel them or cut them in half and scoop them out rather than pop them in your mouth? I don't know. I never had an issue peeling them. And I think red grapefruits are very tasty.
There's people that scoop it?
Heresy.
Slice in half, scoop each section, squeeze remaining juice into the spoon
They even make special spoons for it! When I was a kid, that was how I thought you were supposed to do it. My parents did not teach me grapefruit properly.
Grapefruit spoon:
I have many problems with that chart, but I was not one of today's lucky 10,000.
They should brand it “omg gmo grapefruit”
I don't know if losing recreational interactions is worth it for people on actual medication to be able to eat another citrus.
Like, just eat an orange or something, idk.
I'm not seeing the issue here. They're looking into engineering a grapefruit that people like me on those medications can eat safely. It will make our lives a little better if we really like grapefruit and can't eat it. What's the problem? People get hypoallergenic cats.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had that as their first thought.
They can’t possibly remove enough vitamin C for it to be OK with ADHD stimulants though 😔
Is this the start of a zombie movie?
Grapefruits are disgusting.
What about pomelo?
You are entitled to your incorrect opinion.
Why Does Grapefruit Taste Bitter To Some People, But Not Others?
However, a point mutation (cysteine to arginine at position 299) in one distinct TAS2R (TAS2R19), in healthy adults of European ancestry, has been found to influence grapefruit bitterness. Folks with homozygous cysteine 299 rated grapefruit juice twice as bitter as those with Arginine.
EDIT: I think that this is the study that is being discussed:
Huh that’s very interesting
I still eat them though now and again to vary my diet. 😄 (I can tolerate the bitterness from time to time)
Grapefruits used to be my favorite citrus fruit. Then I learned about pomelos. Now I can barely stand grapefruit knowing there is something out there that has much the same flavor but with less of the sourness, while being much larger.
I tried Pomelo but grapefruit is so much superior but it is a real pity that grapefruit juice interferes with so many meds
my friend... have you had an orange?
Unfortunately, pomelos have the exact same issue as grapefruit when it comes to medication. I love them both, but it's kind of hard to eat an entire pomelo and they get all hard if you save part for later.
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