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Shoppers can be made to feel sorry for single bananas, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 38 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's pretty well established that humans can empathise with inanimate objects. It just sucks (but isn't surpriusing) that people think "okay, but can I use empathy to make money?"

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Has been used in advertising for a while. Like this classic:

https://youtu.be/jU-cori12KU

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 6 points 3 months ago

This is brilliant.

[–] kyle@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

If it helps, the article says these bananas also contribute to a large part of food waste which is also bad.

But yeah this study was probably funded by the grocery store chain to sell more bananas.