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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by JR1427 on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @06:53AM (#39202710)
If this turns out to not be true, and just said for the amusement of thinking of all the people jiggling their keys at insects, it reminds me of something a friend in high-school said to me:

"If you peel a banana, take a bite off the top, and then poke your index finger in to the middle of it, it will split in to perfect thirds".

Upon trying this, I discovered it was not true, and my friend just wanted to see me stick my finger in a banana...

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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by JR1427 on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @08:21AM (#39203424)
Ha, no way!

All this time I thought this was him being silly!

(For the record, the banana did NOT split nicely)

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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by ithkuil on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @07:16AM (#39202871)
I never tried (yet) but a quick search reveals a lot of people filming the "banana split in thirds" action, e.g. https://youtu.be/NoGXTXsamt4?si=ANNTdtcu1trOdQXP

It's still technically possible it's a hoax but, boy, that's a lot of effort to provide fake content to support the hoax.

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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by OJFord on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @08:37AM (#39203609)
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Nice. Maybe GP got the wrong end, or it is a test of ripeness, or perhaps 'bite off the end' ruined it (it at least didn't seem to be necessary in the linked video).

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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by ProllyInfamous on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @07:32AM (#39202981)
A banana does actually third itself when split.

I'm still going to shake my keys at the next swarm I passby.

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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by ginsider_oaks on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @07:21AM (#39202908)
funnily my friend just discovered that you can split it into thirds a few day ago and now does it whenever he eats a banana
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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by JackFr on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @09:49AM (#39204426)
"If you hand is larger than your face . . . "
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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by johndunne on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @10:03AM (#39204617)
Actually, I do this when making a banana split. Cut a piece off the top and then slowly press the banana into thirds. Then, lower the banana, with the bottom part of the banana still intact, into a tall glass. Smoother with cream, ice cream and/or syrup. Makes for a solid banana split.
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