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[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yeah I always assumed "bug" was like "vegetable"

it's a colloquial, not taxonomic, term. But there are "true bugs" so maybe the analogy isn't completely sound.

(And tomato is absolutely a vegetable.)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

They're culinary vegetables. My wife likes to say it like this: intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing that it doesn't go in a fruit salad.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I always love the "explaining dnd stats with a tomato" bit:

Strength is being able to throw a tomato really far.

Dexterity is being able to catch the tomato thrown really far.

Constitution is being fine after eating a bad tomato.

Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is knowing a tomato doesn't go in fruit salad.

Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad.

Also, obligatory "salsa is tomato in a fruit salad".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Isn't a tomato the only fruit in salsa?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

...no, salsa is mostly peppers...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can't forget about peppers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I hadn't but wasn't thinking of them as fruit, also has a lot of onions which also isn't a fruit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

You know you can just put whatever you want in your salsa right, no cop is gonna stop you. I have a very nice mango salsa the other night, it was only one step removed from a fancy fruit salad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

And the obligatory response to the “tomato-based fruit salad” response: “found the bard!”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Alternatively you could stick with the theme established by the first two stats and say that constitution is throwing a tomato really far repeatedly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Caprese is fruit salad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Everyone loves my tomato/eggplant/pumpkin fruit salad. I bring it to parties, and they all say it looks so good, they want to make sure everyone else gets a chance to eat it. Except everyone says that, and I end up having to take it home and throw it out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Well, sweet tomato marmalade is actually quite tasty ;)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Agreed. In my mind "bug" has always meant arthropod. So it's include insects, spiders, crustaceans, etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You wouldn't say that if you ever tried those tomatoes https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/01/17/culture/foodTravel/tomango-tomato/20210117130800678.html

I'd even call them candy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Injected with.. stevia?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I'd prefer vodka in watermelons, personally!