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[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@lemmy.ml 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't get it. Could be because I was still asleep 20 minutes ago.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 101 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Anti vaxers cherry pick information to state their claims are correct. Therefore they're super good at it

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ahhhhhhhhhh. That would make sense. My mind initially was asking if there was some form of an extract or essential oil that came from cherries that they claimed was a wonder anti drug.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought the death rate among antivaxers was so high that they provide regular fertilization for the trees.

[–] Pot8o@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

That was my thought too. Nothing like a bit of blood and bone to get plants growing. Something, something...it's what plants crave!

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There's also a sort of second level to the joke in that reporting on the results for a single orchard is in itself cherry picking.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I thought they kept dying and adding nurtiants to the soil

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My dumbass thought it was programming related

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

I thought like the cherry picker carts that help you drive around at elevated altitude

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For the sleepy brains and ESL-ers: It is an idiom.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I still don't get the 340% increase in the production part though.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 24 points 1 day ago

They're very experienced at cherry picking, since they do it all the time. Therefore they're able to do it better / faster than most.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anti-vaxxers love cherry picking.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Me either, but assuming it's a real screenshot, the date is 2018. I didn't do much digging, but 2018 saw an increase in cherry crops according to this source https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/usda-2018-cherry-crop-production-up-from-last-year.

An overall increase of 60% is pretty big! If this specific farm had an especially bad year in 2017, a 340% increase isn't out of the question.