This Viral Pineapple Hack Has Some Problems
At this stage in my life and career, I feel like I know how to peel and eat fruit, but every now and then I am surprised by an approach I haven’t considered before (like peeling a mango with a pint). which works really well). However, I was not impressed with the technique featured in this viral tweet.
Firstly, I’m not sure if any pre-slicing has happened. When the disembodied hand tries to rip off a neat piece of the golden fruit, you can see other segments rise with it, which, in my opinion, indicates shenanigans.
But I still wanted to try, so I bought a ripe pineapple, cut off the top, and stuck my two-piece thumbs into it. It didn’t work. As you can see in our head image, I was able to remove only small pieces of skin, to which only the saddest pieces of fruit are attached. To make sure I’m not “doing something wrong,” I searched other videos and found one that showed the technique to be performed with moderate (more realistic) success.
While it technically “worked,” Twitter user Mia noted that it was very messy and required “some trickery.” (I have a suspicion that long nails help here as well.) I decided to try my pineapple again and I managed – after gently pushing with my thumb in a few places before really diving in – to get a small chunk. (Juice was everywhere.)
I suspect this is easier to do with super ripe pineapple, but it ignores the fact that eating this juicy fruit is the dirty way, and the fact that it requires “sophistication” means it isn’t simpler, simpler, or simpler. a more convenient way to do things. It’s also not good for sharing, and it won’t be a good way to share with a group of people. Several hands of unknown purity reaching and tearing at the pineapple, one segment at a time, is unhygienic, ineffective and ridiculous, especially when you consider that we are the only species with knives. Thus, I professionally think that this is a bad hack, but in fact it is stupid.