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What's the dumbest argument you've ever had? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] spongebue 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Kinda related, I studied in Spain for a semester. Was taking with my fellow American roommate about the debate of if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable. Our host mom's daughter's boyfriend (Cuban, fwiw) overheard, and we told him about the "controversy" in the US but all 3 of us agreed it was a fruit. Host mom overheard us and asked what we were talking about, and the Cuban told her. "Well yeah, of course it's a vegetable"

I couldn't understand every word but when I could tell they were arguing about some vegetables having seeds or something like that I knew I spread something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All fruits are vegetables, not all vegetables are fruits. All edible plant matter is vegetable. Fruits are, well, the fruit of a plant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Fruits are the reproductive organs of plants designed to be eaten by other animals in order to spread their seeds.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

People think of fruits as having to be sweet and tomatoes are acidic and are used like non-fruit vegetables in cooking so I can see why someone who hasn't thought about botanical definitions would think that way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's kinda strange, I was taught in school that tomato was a fruit so that's what I always went with. As to why, I honestly have no idea and wouldn't be able to argue

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Botanically fruit is basically defined as anything with a seed in it.

Although I think botanically vegetable is defined as edible plant matter, so strictly speaking all fruits are vegetables but not all vegetables are fruits.

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Someone on Bluesky last night mentioned Woody Allen for some offhand reason, and some sock puppet account was loudly defending Woody and saying he never did anything wrong and that Soon-Yin was never parented by him or anything like that. Imagine being a shill for Woody Allen of all people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So someone chimed in on a subject that was never broached in the first place? It reminds me of the people on reddit who will always pipe in about how mean John Lennon was no matter what the subject about him is.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 2 points 2 weeks ago

Literally someone joked "don't Woody Allen me" and this account went off with a bunch of "facts". It was super odd.

When I was on Reddit I was talking about Jian Ghomeshi's sexual abuse charges on r/Canada (before it got overrun by racists), and a sock puppet account sent me the weirdest PM, about how I wanted to "touch the diamond that is Jian's life, but holding a melting diamond in your hands is dangerous" or some such shit. I actually feel it was Jian Ghomeshi because it was so narcissistic and weird. I could of course be wrong, but I really think it was. The wording was just too weird.

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