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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.)

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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.

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6 points

Injected with… stevia?

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I’d prefer vodka in watermelons, personally!

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Agreed. In my mind “bug” has always meant arthropod. So it’s include insects, spiders, crustaceans, etc.

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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.

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4 points

Caprese is fruit salad.

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Everyone loves my tomato/eggplant/pumpkin fruit salad. I bring it to parties, and they all say it looks so good, they want to make sure everyone else gets a chance to eat it. Except everyone says that, and I end up having to take it home and throw it out.

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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”.

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

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4 points

Isn’t a tomato the only fruit in salsa?

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Alternatively you could stick with the theme established by the first two stats and say that constitution is throwing a tomato really far repeatedly.

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Well, sweet tomato marmalade is actually quite tasty ;)

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