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The Picard Maneuver to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

What were people doing before high fives??

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What were people doing before high fives??

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The Picard Maneuver to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago
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  • @MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
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    36•2 months ago

    If you really want to rustle their jimmies, remind them that tomatoes came from South America, and weren’t introduced until westward exploration.

    • @sudneo@lemm.ee
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      10•2 months ago

      Why would anybody care? The only thing that matters is who uses them to make good stuff.

    • @Vandals_handle@lemmy.world
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      4•2 months ago

      Also corn, bell peppers and chocolate.

    • @rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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      4•2 months ago

      While true, this can be done by Italians to other nations with Worcestershire sauce, baklava and principate though.

      And borsch wasn’t red. It’s called because of the plant that was the main ingredient.

      Which is mostly not used now because of its intentionally bred toxic relative being a really problematic invasive species in all of former USSR and around.

      And another thing that “wasn’t introduced until westward exploration” is English-speaking Americans

      • @nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz
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        4•2 months ago

        Shall we mention the potato

        • @rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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          3•2 months ago

          It was a turnip replacement, I think, in most cuisines

      • @seeigel@feddit.org
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        1•2 months ago

        intentionally bred toxic relative

        For what reason?

        • @rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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          2•2 months ago

          Silage, but I’ve just remembered there was no selection involved, just mountains were a good natural barrier.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_sosnowskyi

          Until Soviet genial gigantic problem solvers did that again.

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