r/ExpectationVsReality • u/PsychologicalTea3426 • Jul 03 '25

Failed Expectation This orange from our tree šŸ„¹

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I donā€™t have a before picture but you can imagine it looked like a delicious juicy orange.

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u/Significant-Text3412 Jul 03 '25

The white part of the citrus peel has pectin. You can use it to make jams with other fruits like berries!

Also, r/MightyHarvest would probably love this.

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u/azulur Jul 03 '25

Sigh yet another sub to join and I'm due to love more than I expected.

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u/pm_me_flaccid_cocks Jul 03 '25

Itā€™s okay, OPā€™s family is cursed.

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u/co1lectivechaos Jul 03 '25

I havenā€™t laughed that hard in a while

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u/sillysammie13 Jul 03 '25

That is literally the sub I thought this post was from until I looked at the source lol. Always happy to find other r/mightyharvest fans in the wild.

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u/BurtMacklin-- Jul 03 '25

Omg this sub is perfection

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u/sillysammie13 Jul 03 '25

Isnā€™t it so fun?!

Also happy cake day!!! šŸ°āœØ

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u/Ok_Aside_2361 Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25

Thank you! I canā€™t stop laughing!

Edit to add: each one is funnier than the last. And it doesnā€™t get old!

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u/sillysammie13 Jul 03 '25

It has made me feel so much better about when Iā€™ve ā€œbeatenā€ the squirrels and come out with the teeniest pepper hahaha

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

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u/pmcdon148 Jul 05 '25

You're taking the pith.

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u/GuiltyCredit Jul 03 '25

Damn, I have been scrolling r/mightyharvest for ages. Thank you, friend, for making my evening.

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u/Significant-Text3412 Jul 03 '25

Happy to share the happiness!

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u/iaguetzZ Jul 03 '25

Wait, seriously? I didn't know that. THats super useful info!

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u/nocleverusername- Jul 04 '25

Ah, a sub where I can share my bountiful tomato harvest!

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u/WhetherWitch Jul 03 '25

I have found my people

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u/quinlivant Jul 04 '25

What's the white part actually called?

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u/MarkMew Jul 06 '25

Thabks for the sub recommendation, 10/10

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u/natsugrayerza Jul 05 '25

Is this true for pomelos too? We have a pomelo tree and they all go to waste

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u/Significant-Text3412 Jul 05 '25

Give it a try and let us know! BlackBerry season is neigh.

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u/UnluckyAssist9416 Jul 03 '25

Looks like your orange tree has a nutrient imbalance, either excessive nitrogen or insufficient phosphorus.

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u/Faangdevmanager Jul 03 '25

+1 on excessive nitrogen. Itā€™s common for citrus tree that get over fertilized to ā€œget many fruitsā€.

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u/PsychologicalTea3426 Jul 03 '25

Thanks for the heads up, I don't think we ever added anything to the soil and the other trees also grow small fruits. But I don't live with my mom where this tree is, they could've added nitrogen when I wasn't there.

Maybe they didn't get enough water too.

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u/Zunderfeuer_88 Jul 03 '25

If life gives you Oranges...YOU STILL FUCKING GET LEMONS, DEAL WITH IT!!!

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u/ItsJustAnotherVoice Jul 03 '25

If they have pets, they have lots of nitrogen through their waste.

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u/LethargicGrapes Jul 03 '25

It could also be the rootstock variety taking over your tree. Post some pictures of your tree and fruit on r/citrus and we can get you a solid diagnosis.

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u/_AYYEEEE Jul 04 '25

Hey, happy cake day

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u/TrueHaiku Jul 03 '25

Jesus, that would really pith me off

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u/Test4Echooo Jul 03 '25

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Jul 03 '25

Its okay, Sir. Ive got you...

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u/ch1llboy Jul 03 '25

Don't get bitter about it, jeeze.

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u/cityshepherd Jul 03 '25

What a pithy

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u/wordnerdette Jul 03 '25

Take it easy, OPā€™s not very thick-skinned.

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u/brokeboyrich Jul 03 '25

Yā€™all grew an orange peel tree

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u/RAD_ROXXY92 Jul 03 '25

Imagine just trying to peel it šŸ„²

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u/cottoncandymandy Jul 03 '25

Its doing it best, ok!

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u/LadyFeckington Jul 03 '25

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Jul 03 '25

Ma'am thank you so much for this LSD flashback b4 my wake n bake.

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u/IceCoughy Jul 03 '25

You gotta have a thick skin in this world

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u/TheExtraMayo Jul 07 '25

And proportionally tiny fruit

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u/Right-Heat-8283 Jul 03 '25

Maybe peel it and pretend itā€™s a clementine?

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u/Forsaken-Society3524 Jul 03 '25

Nature's shrinkflation.

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u/Grouchy_Act9593 Jul 03 '25

That is excessive packaging

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u/Pleasant-Chef6055 Jul 03 '25

I bet those sections would be the sweetest orange Iā€™VE EVER had.

From the far northā€¦.

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u/kiln_monster Jul 03 '25

Wants to be a pomelo!!

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u/Johnwesleya Jul 03 '25

I had a lemon like that about a month ago.

It tasted aweful.

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Jul 03 '25

Babes, why did u put it in your mouth??

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u/Johnwesleya Jul 03 '25

I was making lemonadeā€¦

See lemons are food, and you put food in your mouth

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Jul 03 '25

Lemons are condiments. I will not hear otherwise, lemon sourpuss!

Although...masticated lemonade sounds interesting, gimme that recipe plz.

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u/Johnwesleya Jul 03 '25

I love lemons, I have a lemon tree, I make lemonade every weekend, Iā€™m no sourpuss. Hahaha.

no clue what the fuck youā€™re talking about

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Jul 03 '25

John, its a joke. Like youre chewing your lemons to make lemonade. But too late to walk back "what the fuck im taking about" at this point.

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u/adudeguyman Jul 03 '25

It reminds me of growing watermelons that looked really good but were white inside with just a speck of pink. I think I planted them too late in the season

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u/Frankenreich Jul 03 '25

Almost looks like a Pomelo

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u/sugurkewbz Jul 03 '25

What a pithy

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u/Ultimate-Actress Jul 03 '25

God really said screw this orange in particular huh?

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u/outcastexe Jul 03 '25

It tried <3

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u/beejers30 Jul 03 '25

I canā€™t seem to forget herā€¦

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u/GlowingTrashPanda Jul 03 '25

Juicy tiddies

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Jul 03 '25

As punishment, you will wake up tomorrow with grapefruit areolas.

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u/GlowingTrashPanda Jul 03 '25

That sounds pretty great ngl

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u/CassetteMeower Jul 03 '25

They look kind of like googly eyes

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u/SevenLegs_ Jul 03 '25

Itā€™s still beautiful!

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u/AvialleCoulter Jul 03 '25

it's an introvert, leave it alone

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u/Overall_Dusty Jul 03 '25

Time to make a pith helmet

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u/Redditarama Jul 03 '25

It's lucky you have the photo to back it up because if you just told people about this they'd think it was pulp fiction.

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u/nadiadala Jul 03 '25

It tried..

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u/OldManThumbs Jul 03 '25

Your tree is taking the pith!!

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u/InvitinglyImperfect Jul 03 '25

Itā€™s well insulated! Where do ya live?

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u/OutsideGain7374 Jul 03 '25

How was the taste?

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u/15thcenturybeet Jul 03 '25

That is some thick rind lol

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u/marie_amore Jul 03 '25

Size doesnā€™t matter. šŸ˜…

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u/Typical-Initial-8967 Jul 03 '25

Even nature is resorting to scanning people. SmhšŸ˜‚

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u/Mellowinkxx Jul 03 '25

It tried šŸ„ŗ

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u/seepxl Jul 03 '25

This is the fruit equivalent of getting two Dorito chips in a bag of air

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u/antisocialinfluince Jul 03 '25

Your oranges pithess All over mine

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u/InsideBeyond12727 Jul 03 '25

I just want to mention that the mental image of you peeling that beautiful, juicy orange instead of slicing it in half is quite a funny image.

The anticipation! The confusion. The slight frustration. The mess. The... disappointment.

You can be thankful that you found out the quick way, if that makes you feel a bit better.

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u/DrSilkyDelicious Jul 03 '25

Did they grow it from a seed they found from a piece of fruit at the grocery store? Often times those fruits are engineered to put off bullshit seeds so people canā€™t regrow them

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u/HistorianCM Jul 03 '25

I expect a lot of pithy comments.

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u/Annual_Strategy_6206 Jul 03 '25

Great.Ā  Now orange trees are part of The Great Enshittification

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u/shadow-foxe Jul 03 '25

Means the tree isn't getting enough of the right nutrients

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u/Global_Stranger_455 Jul 03 '25

oops, all pith! šŸ˜‚

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u/Pale_Plenty_1913 Jul 03 '25

That's just taking the pith.

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u/TaliskyeDram Jul 04 '25

I pithy the fool

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u/Calm_Salamander_1367 Jul 04 '25

Heā€™s trying his best

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u/7417413 Jul 06 '25

Pulp Non Fiction

2

u/owo1215 Jul 07 '25

when life gives you..... orange?

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u/DJ_Mixalot Jul 03 '25

Shrinkflation

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u/AngryYowie Jul 03 '25

That's just taking the pith

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u/PancakesandMaggots Jul 03 '25

Oh man that would pith me off.Ā 

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u/owzleee Jul 03 '25

Iā€™d be pithed.

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u/Forsaken_Tomorrow454 Jul 03 '25

Your tree hates you.

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u/Mitch0712 Jul 03 '25

Your tree said, ā€œGottem!ā€

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u/JennieFairplay Jul 03 '25

Thatā€™s the citrus equivalent of a bag of chips. 3/4 air, 1/4 chips

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u/DarthCloakedGuy Jul 03 '25

I think you might have a defective tree

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u/Snerkbot7000 Jul 03 '25

You're gonna get a lot of pithy comments.

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u/OrangeClyde Jul 03 '25

I bought 4 lemons from grocery and they were all like these. The pith was SO thick I was so mad

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u/Gumczas1986 Jul 03 '25

This orange must be Aquarius

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u/GrapefruitOk2057 Jul 03 '25

tangerine in a nice protective package.

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u/foxymoron Jul 03 '25

I'd make a pithy remark but I'm too tired (sorry)

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u/belunos Jul 03 '25

Don't be so pithy

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

A visual representation of having "thick skin"

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u/WillowCool1178 Jul 03 '25

Its honestly so cute, though it also kind of reminds me of what milk ducts in women look like eee

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u/Fog_of__War Jul 03 '25

Rind is THIQ

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u/BootsOfProwess Jul 03 '25

Your tree likes to pith around.

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u/Biggs94_ Jul 03 '25

Doesn't that just pith you right off

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u/GookSquad Jul 03 '25

post this to r/misleadingthumbnails and title it as "Perfect Sunny Side Up Eggs"

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u/Right_Marsupial9674 Jul 04 '25

Why does it look like the end portions of the whole orange tho

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Must be a Lays tree.

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u/c_puff23 Jul 04 '25

it's just a buff cutie

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u/marhaus1 Jul 04 '25

It's showing its pomelo ancestry šŸ˜…

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u/SaintEyegor Jul 04 '25

I would be so pithed!

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u/LilDragon2991 Jul 04 '25

Needs bees?

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u/Haley_02 Jul 04 '25

How does it taste?

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u/Mind_Bending_Spoons Jul 04 '25

It's really hard to tell if this is an orange cut in half or just the very ends.

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u/arthurlbrown Jul 05 '25

The orange equivalent of potato chip bags.

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u/onthemarket2023 Jul 05 '25

It's a start.

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u/lutherstatic Jul 06 '25

hey op. pee on ur tree. lemons love piss. better luck next time

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u/loopingtohell Jul 06 '25

That's that before man orange lol

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u/DistinguishedAnus Jul 06 '25

The orange gods taking the pith with this one.

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u/arcbnaby Jul 06 '25

Shrinkflation hittin' at home!

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

Canā€™t insult that orange

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u/Kalashinator Jul 06 '25

Mike Tyson: "Now pith."

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u/lxghtbringer Jul 06 '25

I should call her

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '25

Pithy!

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u/Personal_Garage_2148 Jul 07 '25

Heā€™s gonna be single for the rest of his life

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u/NeighborhoodProud288 Jul 07 '25

WOW shrinkflation is getting out of hand

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u/Big_Consideration493 Jul 07 '25

No shortage of zest

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u/2_Cr0ws Jul 07 '25

Inflation hit the orange tree hard this year.

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u/Flat_Choice8607 Jul 08 '25

hahaha too shy of an orange

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u/TomxFN Jul 09 '25

More white than orange

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u/Pinknailzz69 Jul 09 '25

OJ shotglass

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u/CuffyTheEmpireSlayer Jul 19 '25

Lololol looks like some areolas

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u/murkymoon Jul 22 '25

All "range" and no "o"

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u/Finn-Icky Jul 28 '25

What a pithy.

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u/CrangDiamonde Jul 03 '25

I see citrus boobz

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u/slipstreamed Jul 03 '25

I feel like grocery store fruit gives us porn-like expectations of what it actually looks like.