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This Bizarre Proposal Trend Is Taking Instagram By Storm

And it involves avocado 

Just when you thought youโ€™d seen it all, the good people of Instagram have dreamt up another unthinkably bizarre #trend for us to try: avocado proposals.

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Food stylist Food Deco is responsible for taking the (Western) worldโ€™s obsession with avocado off the brunch table and smack bang into the wedding industry. They posted the below photo on Valentineโ€™s Day:

And it almost instantly went viral, attracting thousands of comments and over 10k likes.

โ€œI avoca-DOโ€ said one user.

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โ€œNothing would make me happier than someone putting a ring in an avocado and proposing to me!โ€ said another with questionable life priorities.

Others have put their money where their avocado is, trying the trend IRL:

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Really.

It gets better: as Refinery29 points out, an actual company exists for the sole purpose of customising avocados, for proposals or otherwise. Hereโ€™s just one example of the glowing praise on their website:

โ€œI wanted something unique to help propose to my girlfriend, but couldnโ€™t find the right thingโ€ฆ until I heard about customavocados.com!โ€  they write. โ€œI had personalised messages printed on avocados, leading her to the final one asking her to marry me.โ€

โ€œAfter the proposal, we had delicious snacks for days.โ€

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We have no words.  

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