Most of the time, when you come across something seedless, that means it has no seeds. For example, have you ever come across a seed in a seedless grape or orange? I haven't.
But for some reason, seedless watermelons have seeds. Why is that?
I asked my wife about this, and she proposed that seedless merely meant "less seeds." Logically, it makes sense, but the business major inside me has problems with the marketing.
What I mean is: what will happen in the future when somebody creates a truly seedless watermelon? What will they call it?
They can't call it "seedless" -- that's already taken. So then what?
"Even more seedless"?
"Less seeds than seedless"?
"The truly seedless watermelon! We're not joking around this time!"
That's just going to make people feel they'd been ripped off the whole time they were buying the original seedless ones.
What a messed up situation. I wish I'd never bought that seedless watermelon.
Or its seeds.
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