What’s a common “fact” that’s spread around that’s actually not true and pisses you off that too many people believe it?

  • Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml
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    17 hours ago

    Ok, so what about peas? Or cabbage? Artichokes? What’s the specific cut off for being too sweet to be a vegetable?

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      17 hours ago

      If it is sweet and is a berry/fruit like a tomato then it is not a vegetable. I am personally not having a hard time with this. Not sweet = vegetable. Sweet = debatable.

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        17 hours ago

        Hold on, it didn’t need to be a berry/fruit earlier, does that mean carrots and sweet potatoes are vegetables after all?

        You know what, let’s try this the other way around: could you name specific examples of things you consider vegetables? Because we’ve named quite a lot now and you don’t seem to consider any of them vegetables.

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          16 hours ago

          I am literally going off the culinary definition which is related to taste. If it is sweet it is a good chance it is a berry or fruit of the plant and not the vegetable matter.

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            13 hours ago

            Wait I got a better one: if carrots and sweet potatoes aren’t vegetables why are they called root vegetables?

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              13 hours ago

              I never said they weren’t, I just agree with you that by pure culinary reasoning they may not be considered a vegetable if they are sweet.

              Why do people call a tomato a vegetable when it is obviously a fruit. The world may never know I suppose.

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            13 hours ago

            Well no, you’re switching between multiple definitions, none of which have ever been used culinarily, but more importantly, can you not name a vegetable? Are beans a vegetable?

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              13 hours ago

              I stated the culinary definition of a vegetable. There are obviously different opinions on this. I have not switched my basic premise that a vegetable is the non sweet part of a plant which is not the fruit.

              Why are you having such a hard time with this?

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                13 hours ago

                I’m not having a hard time, I’m interrogating your fake definition, so answer my questions: are peas a fruit or a vegetable? Are root vegetables fruits or vegetables? On the flip side, what about sour fruits like limes or blackberries? Are they vegetables?

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                  12 hours ago

                  I pulled the definition from online, it is not even mine. I do appreciate you confirming that you are acting like an asshole. Thanks, I was not sure if you were being genuine or not.

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                    9 hours ago

                    Hey, I keep answering your questions, I’m just asking perfectly reasonable questions that poke holes in your definition (that’s definitely real and not made up because you claim to have found it in the vast world of “online”) that you’re refusing to answer because you know it doesn’t actually work. Now, are you claiming root vegetables are fruits or do you recognise how ridiculous your definition is?