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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (5 children)

On the other hand tomatoes and potatoes are the same family. You can even graft a tomato plant on top of a potato plant.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My initial read of this was, "tornadoes and potatoes" and I prefer that read now.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

We all know the story of Newton sitting under apple vine, right?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (8 children)

fun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe also in French, 'pomme de terre'.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Does this person know nothing.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

“This has been today’s lesson in talking about politics on Lemmy”

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That counterargument is stupid. Apples have been known since ancient times (in the old world) while potatoes had to be imported from the new world. If they were the same, then their common ancestor would have to have traveled with the first Africans to leave for the Americas way before the invention of agriculture 10000BC.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Vegetable is a political (lower case P) term, defined by legislation for tax purposes.

Tomato is clearly a fruit botanically but classified as a vegetable in the United States (and most countries) and is taxed at a lower amount than fruits.

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