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

  • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    7 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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      4 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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        4 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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      4 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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        4 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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          3 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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            3 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.