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[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Intelligence is knowing tomatoes are a fruit

Wisdom is knowing to never add it to a fruit salad

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Fruit salads are an abomination anyway. It's like someone was going to make smoothies and their blender broke. A tomato in a fruit salad doesn't seem any crazier than some of the other things in those anyway.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd argue they're less of an abomination than the "salad" that requires jello and cottage cheese

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Salads with eggs are the worst though, can we agree?

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nope. Eggs are delicious. Swords at dawn?

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tell you what, you bring your worst salad, and I'll bring mine. I think I have some chicken salad that's been in the fridge for a few months that the partner forgot about.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, I recently cleaned out my fridge. You win?

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago

I think the only winning move was not to play. Excuse me while I go throw out a salad and try to keep my lunch down.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Excuse me, it's smoothies that are an abomination, if anything.

You've got beautiful fruit where each bite tastes and feels different, which have long fibers with structural integrity to prevent your stomach from ingesting the sugar all at once, and then you decide:
Nah, I'd rather have fruit soup, where the whole thing just has a singular monotonous taste. And where there's nothing to chew. Just sign me up for the retirement home now.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whoah, calm down, killer. I am in the same camp as you with smoothies. I just think fruit salads are worse. Smoothies (not made at home) at least usually take into account how flavors should blend together.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was overplaying it for comedic effect. 🙃

My mum makes fruit salad with oranges, apples, bananas and then adds in apple juice to make it blend well.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Your mom's nuts. Oranges and bananas? green faced emoji