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Sea of Thieves Unpeeled Banana

Sea of Thieves Unpeeled Banana

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Sea of Thieves Unpeeled Banana refers to a gameplay clip for the upcoming action-adventure video game Sea of Thieves in which a player eats an entire unpeeled banana in order to regain health after a battle.

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On June 11th, 2017, the gameplay trailer for Sea of Thieves was unveiled at the 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). In the trailer, the player can be seen taking out a banana and eating it unpeeled (shown below).



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That day, Polygon video producer Griffin McElroy tweeted about the video clip, noting that the banana was eating both unpeeled and stem first (shown below).




Later that evening, Polygon tweeted a clip from Sea of Thieves followed by footage of McElroy eating an unpeeled banana (shown below). Within 48 hours, the tweet gained over 10,000 likes and 5,700 retweets. Meanwhile, the video was reuploaded to Facebook,[3] where it gathered upwards of 206,000 views, 2,500 reactions and 870 shares within two days.




Also on June 11th, Twitter user @fazor3d posted a series of tweets explaining that pirates ate banana peels because most of the vitamins were contained within the peel itself, before revealing the tweets were a joke (shown below). The following day, the gaming news site The Gamer published an article about the game reveal, noting the banana-eating pirate scene. Meanwhile, the gaming site Gamerant[1] published an article titled "E3 2017 Sea of Thieves Banana Becomes the Latest Gaming Meme."


Steve Gibson @fazor3d Jun 11 People making fun of the Sea of Thieves banana thing are grossly ignorant of nautical history. Here's a quick lesson (thread) 2 Steve Gibson @fazor3d Jun 11 Months at sea before the invention of canned food made it difficult for sailors especially pirates, to get the nutrition they need Steve Gibson @fazor3d Jun 11 Fruits particularly, which are full of essential vitamin C, don't store well. So you had to take advantage of all the fruit. Steve Gibson @fazor3d Jun 11 Bananas are full of potassium, and some C, but most of the vitamins are actually in the peel Steve Gibson @fazor3d Jun 11 In addition, the tough, fibrous skin actually helped clean the teeth and gums which were so oft neglected while at sail. But lastly… Steve Gibson @fazor3d Jun 11 Pirates would eat the banana peels because if not, they might slip on them and slide right off the poop deck. Funny, but oft fatal 2 Steve Gibson @fazor3d Jun 11 And this concludes my longest and dumbest twitter joke to date. Thank you

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[1] Gamerant – 2017 Sea of Thieves Banana Becomes the Latest Gaming Meme

[2] Twitter – Polygon

[3] Facebook – Polygon

[4] FunnyJunk – How to eat (or not) eat a banana according to Sea of

[5] The Gamer – Sea Of Thieves E3 2017 Gameplay Demo: Banana-Eating Pirates

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