“Monstrous fruit”: A gigantic lemon with an unusual form gets 25 million views on social media

A recent Instagram montage has gone viral on the site, offering viewers behind-the-scenes looks into the lives of people from all over the world in the huge realm of social media. The video was shared by Maxine Sharf, aka @maxiskitchen, and has received over 25 million views in addition to a wide range of responses from viewers.

In the visually striking video, Maxine Sharf leads viewers into the center of her own kitchen, where she reveals a large, oddly shaped lemon that was produced on her own tree. Viewers get an intimate peek at the content creator’s distinctive environment as they cut into the enormous citrus fruit. Sharf describes the experience, saying that the lemon’s complexity was above her expectations and that it was unlike any other fruit.

Online comments to the video have created a virtual storm cloud, with some people expressing anxiety and discomfort and connecting the sight of the lemon to trypophobia, which is a fear of certain hole patterns. On the other hand, some people have discovered artistic delight in the remarkable fruit.

Looking through the comments area underneath the viral video gives you an idea of the wide variety of responses:

“Why does it give me anxiety and literal physical chills?”

“When the recipe says ‘one lemon.'”

“Whoa, whoa! You ought to snap a gorgeous, artistic shot and display it in your kitchen! You may ‘preserve’ this lemon in this manner for eternity.”

“This makes me greatly uncomfortable.”

“Not gonna lie…this made my skin crawl, but what a surprise.”

“Found yourself a Devil Fruit.”

“This frightens me.”

“I’m so disturbed by this lemon.”

“Looks like the inside of a crystal – beautiful!”

“Might wanna add a trypophobia warning.”

Maxine Sharf’s Instagram video has definitely generated a lot of discussion and captured the attention of viewers with its surprising look at nature’s oddities.