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minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down3·8 months agoYeah 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.)
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoAgreed. In my mind “bug” has always meant arthropod. So it’s include insects, spiders, crustaceans, etc.
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoYou 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.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI’d prefer vodka in watermelons, personally!
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.)
Agreed. In my mind “bug” has always meant arthropod. So it’s include insects, spiders, crustaceans, etc.
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.
Injected with… stevia?
I’d prefer vodka in watermelons, personally!