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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There are 2 different categorization systems - botanical and culinary. Both are valid systems for their topic, but ONLY for their one topic. Calling a tomato a vegetable is the correct answer for cooking, but the incorrect answer for botany, and vice versa.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You don't bite into a fresh tomato on a warm summer day?

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 16 points 1 month ago

Actually i do

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know some of those words.

[–] grandel@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fig, Fruit, Flower, Fucking..

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Beets, bears, Battlestar Galactica.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

I love the specificity of this

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago