• HobbitFoot OPEnglish
      172·
      6 months ago

      Oh… That makes sense.

      The outside…

        • the post of tom joad
          100·
          6 months ago6 months ago

          Asterisk on either side of the word, words or part of the word you wish to italicize. Two asterisks on will getcha a bold

          Yo check out giant size put a # and one space in front of words as the first thing on a line for words you wanna make effin big: eg

          # giant size

          becomes

          giant size

          Edit Edit: ~~use two tilde to like this to cross words out~~

          and fix your oopsies

        • bionicjoey
          40·
          6 months ago

          You can look at the markdown of other people’s comments to see how they did whatever they did

    • inspxtr
      30·
      6 months ago

      hm, I think I’ve been doing it wrong then …

  • Retro_unlimited
    470·
    6 months ago

    I used to open it from the stem side, but then I saw video of a monkey open from the bottom… I tried it and it was easier to open especially the less ripe ones.

  • dependencyinjection
    410·
    6 months ago

    The bottom. Which I guess is the bit without the sticky out but that it’s snapped of a bunch with. You just squeeze the bottom black bit and it opens up.

    Most people I see pull the top but that’s more unreliable. I believe monkeys will use my technique, or rather I’m using theirs.

    • QuarterSwede
      60·
      6 months ago

      Interestingly, that’s where they flower. Banana growers knock the flowers off so they can’t pollinate leaving it with the black bit on the end that’s easy to open.

    • Shyfer
      40·
      6 months ago6 months ago

      Huh. I’m going to start doing this. I usually open them from the stem.

      EDIT: lol fixed my crazy autocorrect mistake 🤣

      • XeroxCool
        40·
        6 months ago

        I Isuzu from the stem but suzuki from the bottom now, where the seed is

        • Shyfer
          30·
          6 months ago

          Whoops. Edited my comment hahaha

    • TastyWheat
      30·
      6 months ago

      I do what you do. If it’s good enough for monke, it’s good enough for me.

  • morgunkornEnglish
    202·
    6 months ago

    The stem side. I enjoy them as long as they are slightly green, so usually the skin breaks easily when bent. Otherwise I will use a sharp knife and make an horizontal incision at the start of the stem to facilitate the peeling.

    I am aware of the way monkeys open them, tried and didn’t like it because of the dark mushy part at the end of the fruit, opening from the stem allows to easily leave it behind.

    • morphballganon
      50·
      6 months ago6 months ago

      I use the same method for the same reason but prefer no green, instead with small brown spots (no big ones) for ideal ripeness.

  • xmunk
    161·
    6 months ago

    I take my fingernail and run it along the inner spine splitting the banana skin open so I can extract the banana. I then carefully repose the banana skin in the fruit bowl so that it appears it is an unopened banana.

    This is the only correct way to eat a banana.

  • jol
    130·
    6 months ago

    Unscrew the tip of the faucet and hide it inside the faucet. Even a metal detector wouldn’t find it.

  • southernbrewerEnglish
    120·
    6 months ago

    I like to hold the banana upright facing away from me, and then I sneak up behind it and use a really sharp knife to sever the jugular part way through before I rip its head backward, peeling the skin all the way down its spine.

    It’s immensely satisfying, especially the crisp clear sound the knife makes as it cuts off the life force

    • CrashumbcEnglish
      30·
      6 months ago

      While I don’t use your visualisation technique, this is the best method.

  • _haha_oh_wow_English
    120·
    6 months ago

    I eat it from the end opposite the stem: Just pop the nub off like a button and split from there. I have found it to be, by far, the easiest way to open a banana.

    • eronth
      70·
      6 months ago

      Yup. Literally just pinch the bottom nub and it’s open.

    • Scrollone
      30·
      6 months ago

      That’s the way monkeys eat them. It’s the easiest way

  • AirDevil
    100·
    6 months ago

    The outward facing part from how it grows, not where the stem is. Used to think that was the bottom, but it’s the top. Just pinch it and it opens easier every time.

    • FenrirIII
      80·
      6 months ago

      Otherwise known as the coward’s way