Hmm I don't know why Singaporeans are so obsessed and repelled by Durian. It's just a fruit. King of the fruits, as the poets say, but there are a lot of other

Hmm I don't know why Singaporeans are so obsessed and repelled by Durian. It's just a fruit. King of the fruits, as the poets say, but there are a lot of other fruits in the same tier as well. But as others said, it's probably partly genetical and habituation. Here in Jakarta durian is almost universal in the proper season, and the smell does not turn off people, on the contrary it signals a savory fruit. Though I myself don't like durian that much. I'll eat it, but not to the point of obsession. I got rambutan for that haha. Getting hit by a flying durian and die is a not that uncommon way of death though. At least in the pop culture.