Re:Beekeepers halt honey awards over 'huge fraud' in global ...
by bagels on Saturday December 07, 2024 @05:21PM
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Can't fake honeycomb be made and placed in to jars of fake honey?
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Re:Beekeepers halt honey awards over 'huge fraud' in global ...
by pfannkuchen on Sunday December 08, 2024 @01:32AM
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I think the market is probably too small to put the money into figuring out how to fake it convincingly. Also the market leans towards enthusiasts who detect fakes more readily than the average honey normie.
If it ever becomes mainstream this will definitely happen.
Re:Beekeepers halt honey awards over 'huge fraud' in global ...
by dredmorbius on Sunday December 08, 2024 @02:08AM
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Cost/reward is likely sufficient disincentive.]
This is shades of "if you can fake sincerity you can fake anything":
<https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/12/05/fake-honesty/>
(Uncertain origin, though often attributed to Groucho Marx, George Burns, Jean Giraudoux, Celeste Holm, Ed Nelson, Samuel Goldwyn, Daniel Schorr, Joe Franklin, and/or Anonymous.)