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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by insanemantis@lemmy.world to c/rant@lemmy.sdf.org

For starters, does anyone even know about Dubai? Sure it's a very beautiful-looking city in the Middle East, but the economy is very corrupt. Human trafficking, slavery and whatnot. And with chocolate already being very slavery-driven as is, the implications alone are... questionable at face value. I'd be much more interested in chocolate based in places like Lebanon, Palestine or Iran, especially if they support a cause that helps the people there

Then there's the actual success. You're telling me that this is suddenly a worldwide sensation? It's just a chocolate flavor ffs. You like it because there's crunchy stuff in it. I can name SEVERAL other crunchy chocolates that are on par, if not better. Dubai chocolate does not taste bad, or even mediocre. It's pretty good

But is it sliced bread? Is it the pinnacle of indulgence? Sure it is, British-Egyptian plant...

It's money, marketing, and probably the most obvious example of it. It's already slowly going out of fashion, it's a gimmick

If you're hyped over it and buying it all up, congratulations...

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[-] NovaVeles@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I suspect this might be over thinking it a little. You know those cheap Asian products that have mashup of western pop culture like "Obama - Gotta go fast!" on a picture of Frank Zappa, it is a way of using another culture as a means to grab clout.

So someone made a decent chocolate but with expensive ingredients, so why not name it after the pinnacle of hedonistic hubris. It has nothing to do with Dubai other than 'Dubai = fancy". They have certainly jumped on after the fact like an influencer who accidentally made it big, but it didn't feel like an industry plant from the beginning.

That said, this fad will pass and you will be able to buy pistachios really cheap afterwards as there will be a glut of them.

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