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There is no such thing as a vegetable (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 day ago by crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

We all know the story of Newton sitting under apple vine, right?

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This is 100% a human arguing with an LLM.

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[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

From a biological standpoint, we don't classify things as vegetables. From a culinary standpoint, we do

Stop trying to apply biological concepts to my dinner

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Does that mean that ketchup is technically a preserve?

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[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 30 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Getting Ken M vibes here

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Except Ken M is funny

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[–] lautre@jlai.lu 25 points 1 day ago (5 children)

On the other hand tomatoes and potatoes are the same family. You can even graft a tomato plant on top of a potato plant.

[–] Mist101@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My initial read of this was, "tornadoes and potatoes" and I prefer that read now.

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 17 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What's a potato?

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE

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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Does this person know nothing.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 16 points 1 day ago (8 children)

fun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I believe also in French, 'pomme de terre'.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 15 points 1 day ago

“This has been today’s lesson in talking about politics on Lemmy”

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