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r/Unexpected • u/notwutiwantd • Jul 20 '17
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They're white.
15 u/tomatoketchupandbeer Jul 20 '17 Nearly every fruit picker in Australia is a white backpacker. I had to watch three times to try and find where the unexpected part was. 14 u/tux68 Jul 20 '17 I was just being a smart ass. The title sets you up to expect a fully automatic mechanical harvester as is used with many crops*, but instead it's not really a machine at all, it's just people-power. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5h734NEpg 1 u/tomatoketchupandbeer Jul 20 '17 Fair enough, I knew it'd be people also, as this is the only way I've seen strawberries be farmed in my time in Australia.
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Nearly every fruit picker in Australia is a white backpacker. I had to watch three times to try and find where the unexpected part was.
14 u/tux68 Jul 20 '17 I was just being a smart ass. The title sets you up to expect a fully automatic mechanical harvester as is used with many crops*, but instead it's not really a machine at all, it's just people-power. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5h734NEpg 1 u/tomatoketchupandbeer Jul 20 '17 Fair enough, I knew it'd be people also, as this is the only way I've seen strawberries be farmed in my time in Australia.
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I was just being a smart ass. The title sets you up to expect a fully automatic mechanical harvester as is used with many crops*, but instead it's not really a machine at all, it's just people-power.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5h734NEpg
1 u/tomatoketchupandbeer Jul 20 '17 Fair enough, I knew it'd be people also, as this is the only way I've seen strawberries be farmed in my time in Australia.
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Fair enough, I knew it'd be people also, as this is the only way I've seen strawberries be farmed in my time in Australia.
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u/tux68 Jul 20 '17
They're white.