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Not a grilled cheese versus melt debate for once.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Doctrine radical, structure neutral. "A sandwich is any food in contact with any bread product"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So a salad served with croutons is a sandwhich?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, and so is a clam chowder bread bowl

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Gawd, that sounds good right now…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Also worth noting that under this rationale:

  • Cannibals see people as food
  • You are a people, and therefore food (terms and conditions apply)
  • When you eat bread, it is in contact with you
  • When you eat a sandwich, you become a sandwich
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Your username doesn't really check out, it should be conditional sandwich

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is cereal a bowl of milk sandwiches?

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

Yes, next question

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

Is a loaf of bread a bread sandwich then?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Structure radical, doctrine neutral: a sandwich is, at a minimum, bread.

E.g. A baguette is a sandwich

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

So my can of breadcrumbs is full of sandwiches.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The judge didn't stutter. According to Indiana, yes.

[–] leftzero 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hot buttered toast is now a butter sandwich. I hate it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fish, bugs, and Trees, man. It's all fish, bugs, and trees.