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Berry club [Mr Lovenstein] (files.mastodon.social)
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Source: https://mastodon.social/@MrLovenstein/113844297604610435

Secret panel: https://tapas.io/episode/220482

Alt text from replies: 4 panel comic.

First panel: A strawberry, a raspberry, and a blueberry are sitting on the floor. A tomato comes along and asks: "Can I join berry club?" – "Sorry, Tomato. Berries only", says Strawberry.

Second panel: Tomato holds up a sheet of paper. "Well this article says I am a berry and you're not." Angrily, Strawberry says "No way! 'Berry' is right in my name!"

Third panel: Close-up on Strawberry and Raspberry. "What?! I'm an 'accessory' fruit? What the hell is that?!", says Strawberry in disbelief, looking at the paper. "I'm not a Berry either?!!" exclaims Raspberry, sweating.

Fourth panel. "These are strange times for berry club. Strange times." says Blueberry. Tomato, a watermelon, and a banana are sitting next to it. Strawberry is sitting way in the background, looking sad.

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[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 62 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The pitfalls of mixing culinary categories and scientific (botanical) categories. We have to ask ourselves the hard questions: If you were an anthropomorphic fruit, would you refer to yourself with culinary or scientific categories?

[-] esc27@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

I never thought of using tomatos as a way to explore the themes of gender and sexual identity, but there might be something there...

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

You mean, it might be fruitful..? πŸ˜…

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 points 2 years ago

πŸ₯

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Then one day I was transposed
From a simple young man
To a godly tomato that held all existence
And told me that we should expand...

I wonder how many more fruits
Can connect to my head
I would take a papaya
Travel the world and the universe as two best friends

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 years ago

I'd refer to myself with scientific categories. I'd refer to me so hard.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You are a fish! Fuck paraphyletic groups!

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

There's no such thing as a fish.

[-] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

What is this gif from?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Silence of the Lambs.

Specifically the scene in which the serial killer known as Buffalo Bill (pictured) says "would you do me? I'd do me so hard" 😁

[-] prowe45@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

I think whether I was a fruit or not, I wouldn't want to operate with the assumption that I'm going to be eaten, so scientific categories all the way. As a human, I like to think of myself as a mammal/ape/homo sapien/whatever instead of wondering which parts of me are white meat vs dark meat.

[-] rocketpoweredredneck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

I've wondered quite a bit about my dark meat vs light meat. I've also wondered how well marbled I am. I think I'd be delicious.

[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

As they say, "you eat with your eyes" so most certainly not.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Stregnth is being able to crush a tomato

Dexterity is being able to accurately throw a tomato.

Constitution is being able to eat a rotten tomato without getting sick

Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad.

Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad.

Person: Wouldn't a tomato based fruit salad be salsa

Person2: Hey I found the bard!

[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I would say intelligence is the ability to absorb the information that tomato is fruit.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago

Well these are D&D based stats... generally speaking, doesn't quite fit the rules of reality. IE int would give a bonus to knowledge nature, in addition to increasing skill points allowing you to put points into it. (or in 5e inteligence (nature)), either way in pretty much all iterations the skills tend to be leveled by going out and adventuring. (A DM might grant a circumstance bonus if your character had specifically done some kind of teaching related to the subject, but the rules as written effectively having high int gives a bonus on the chance of knowing something, even if the character hasn't seen a plant or a classroom in years.

[-] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago

Oh, man! Yesterday my daughter asked to confirm that avocados are, in fact, berries. And they are!

[-] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here's the bonus panel

[-] Syd@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

But they're classified by the FDA as tree nuts.

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 9 points 2 years ago

Ah, the stoic blueberry.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

*little did they know that the deep rage of injustice had sparked a flame within him so bright that the revolution that flowed through his noble veins would burn the retinas of all who met his wrathful gaze*

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

This is nuts!

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Berry much so

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You forgot tomato's line from panel two in the alt text.

Edit: OP fixed it.

[-] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is there a comprehensive list that shows most common berries, fruits etc. categorized? Especially the "I wouldn't have guessed that" ones, like the ones in the comic. I could use that for a Pubquiz

[-] BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I'm sure Wikipedia has your back.

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Coffee is a berry

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

It's less of a berry and more a seed

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I think to be classed a berry you should have a minimum sugar content

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is transphobic

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

How?

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Strawberry and raspberry identify as berries

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Okay but you must realise you are looking too deep into this. If your first xomment was a joke then okay. But if you seriously meant it you need to rethink your focuses. It's clearly a joje about how we classify different fruits.

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You think I seriously think that strawberries and raspberries identify as berries?

edit removed snark

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I never thought you think that. I just thought you might be looking too deep into it and equating it to something it is not. Just a slight misunderstanding it seems.

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

what

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