I’m also 35, and I remember the red ones. But my mom ate a lot of pistachios and sunflower seeds when she quit smoking in the mid 90s
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rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 1 day agoI also figured this was just a “let’s screw with the youth”-type post. We used to eat pistachios all the time when I was a kid (I’m 35) and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a red one before today. They were always beige/greenish.
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DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Now smoking is much more financially responsible than eating pistachios
Dasus@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Where? In EU and Australia at least tobacco is taxed to high heaven and costs like 10+ western money units (take whichever, dollar or euro, still roughly applies) a pack/pouch
I pay 14.30€ for a 30g pouch of rolling tobacco. And it’s probably more expensive the next time I buy because the pack before that was 13.50€. There’s a few price-hikes every year.
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 1 hour ago
I’m in the US but it varies state to state. Some states are dirt cheap while others are insanely high. Probably 8 to 10 dollars a pack on average around me
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Yeah, I’m 38 and remember red pistachios. Also remember finding some sort of worm thing burrowed into one of those red pistachios, while I was sitting at my grandfather’s kitchen table eating pistachios. Didn’t stop me. Well, it stopped me from eating that one. But I’m always leery if a pistachio has a hole in it.
bhamlin@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Don’t sleep on the extra protein, bro!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It’s chew into your brain and make you Secretary of Health, bro!
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
We over-60s remember when pistachios were red, airplane security was non-existent and everywhere smelled like cigarettes.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
Hey, I’m not even 40 and I remember getting to check out the cockpit of a plane multiple times. And the brown glass ashtrays at McDonalds.