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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago (16 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 (11 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) (7 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

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

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