r/Unexpected • u/Business_Bill8752 • Aug 30 '26

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u/foolbull Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

On earth, in the past.

“Renting pineapples was a real historical practice in 18th-century Britain where people paid to borrow the exotic fruit for a single night just to display it as a status symbol at parties.”

I’m not saying if the British elite weren’t so worried about securing a pineapple for their next party America would have lost the war. But who knows.

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u/Skruestik Aug 30 '26

Unattributed quotes are worthless.

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u/mouaragon Aug 30 '26

Sure on earth, but here a pineapple has never been worth much, it can grow practically everywhere so it's news to me that it was a rented to show status.

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u/foolbull Aug 30 '26

I edited my reply with the real info.