@moneybags

[lovebombing]

I have a thought experiment for you all! Something to spark the brain juices

There are two magic bags

One bag will produce any sandwich you want, anytime you want

The other will produce any burrito you want, anytime you want

You may choose one

If you choose the sandwich bag, you can never have a burrito again. If you choose the burrito bag, you can never have a sandwich again.

Which do you choose?


(For some extra help, fam. Things to consider!)

Are hotdogs sandwiches? Is an open-faced sandwich "a sandwich"? Is an eggroll a burrito? Which bag do quesadillas come out of? What's a veggie wrap?

Also, could you make the argument that a pizza an open-faced sandwich?

Comments

@Rainy

[zerodissolver]

I don't know what a burrito is, so I'd choose the sandwich bag.

Though I don't think a hotdog is a sandwich. A sandwich requires two slices of bread and hotdogs are on a whole bun. The rest I'm not sure about.

[lovebombing]

But then what makes an open-faced sandwich a sandwich then if it only has one piece of bread

[zerodissolver]

Wouldn't that make it only half a sandwich?

A sand? Or just the wich?

[lovebombing]

Well its like

If you took the top piece of bread off a peanut and jelly sandwich

Is it still a sandwich

[zerodissolver]

Hmm...

[This is a dilemma that's going to haunt her all night, thanks.]

No, I don't think so. Then it becomes something else. I don't think there's a word for it yet. Unless it's just bread and a topping?

[lovebombing]

There is a term for it

They literally call it an open-faced sandwich

If you order that at a restaurant they understand what you mean

[zerodissolver]

Really? But it's no longer a sandwich without two pieces of bread...

The whole point is that something is 'sandwiched' together, isn't it?

[lovebombing]

You might think this but the world is much weirder than you assume my friend

[zerodissolver]

People make it confusing. You'd think a food would be a simple thing to define.

[lovebombing]

It is not! Of course because of cultures and just humans being human


One man's boar meat is another's fish of the sea haha

[zerodissolver]

How can boar meat be fish? And don't fish all come from the sea? Or rivers or lakes?

[lovebombing]

This is a funny story

I read a story where there's a religion that once outlawed the consumption of meat

However where some followers lived there was a lot of wild boar

They didn't want to give it up so they simply called it a different kind of fish. And it WORKED

So technically they weren't eating meat if they just called it differently!

[zerodissolver]

Wow...

I didn't know that's all it took to change the definition of a food. I thought things were categorized based on similar features.

Could I change omelettes to a vegetable so when I'm told to eat them, I can have crablettes instead?

[lovebombing]

You can do whatever your heart desires in this chaotic world