Did you think there might be someone here who didn't know that?

I have met two grown adult Americans who thought - firmly believed, took for granted - that bananas were manufactured.

 

And that's just the ones I found out about. It's not a question that comes up a lot, y'know, so what's the actual percentage? It startled me - like meeting people who think helicopters would fly on the moon, but you wouldn't need them because there is no gravity in space - it reminded me of the depth of what I don't know about the world other people live in.

 

As far as "processed", it's not a technical term - is anyone actually confused by what it is referring to in any given context?

I have met two grown adult Americans who thought - firmly believed, took for granted - that bananas were manufactured.

 

And that's just the ones I found out about. It's not a question that comes up a lot, y'know, so what's the actual percentage? It startled me - like meeting people who think helicopters would fly on the moon, but you wouldn't need them because there is no gravity in space - it reminded me of the depth of what I don't know about the world other people live in.

 

As far as "processed", it's not a technical term - is anyone actually confused by what it is referring to in any given context?

 

Do you think it's likely that those two people are posting here?

(I remind you that's the question I asked)