▲ 806 ▼ Average TS developer (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by hypertown@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml 128 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] fred@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Does this vary from place to place? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It varies by language since the meaning of fruit and vegetable are language specific but that's universal for English. A fruit is an edible portion of a plant that contains seeds and a vegetable is an edible portion of a plant, so... all fruits are vegetables. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fred@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Ok but like, why draw the line at Massachusetts? Lol. If I make a wrong turn and end up in New Hampshire am I going to have to reevaluate my fruits and vegetables? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Oh, Massachusetts was behind them being classified as a vegetable but not a fruit for tax reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It varies by language since the meaning of fruit and vegetable are language specific but that's universal for English. A fruit is an edible portion of a plant that contains seeds and a vegetable is an edible portion of a plant, so... all fruits are vegetables. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fred@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Ok but like, why draw the line at Massachusetts? Lol. If I make a wrong turn and end up in New Hampshire am I going to have to reevaluate my fruits and vegetables? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Oh, Massachusetts was behind them being classified as a vegetable but not a fruit for tax reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fred@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Ok but like, why draw the line at Massachusetts? Lol. If I make a wrong turn and end up in New Hampshire am I going to have to reevaluate my fruits and vegetables? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Oh, Massachusetts was behind them being classified as a vegetable but not a fruit for tax reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Oh, Massachusetts was behind them being classified as a vegetable but not a fruit for tax reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
