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‘Nature’s Labubu’: why are gen Z ‘unboxing’ conkers? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 months ago

K-smog and Batboy caught flipping a grunt???

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

‘Nature’s Labubu’

I think they are confusing the newfangled slangs here. Clearly, as shown in the thumbnail, it is "Nature's Bussy".

[–] silly_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Labubussy

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Apparently "conkers" are the inedible fruit of the horse chestnut, while edible chestnuts are just called chestnuts.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Correct. This has been the case since the 1800s.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wtf is that article? It's like the interviewer just answered their own questions...

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, The Guardian is on thin ice with me thanks to this. Another article like this, and I'll be reading The National instead.