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.

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    241·
    10 hours ago

    Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit.

    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

    • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
      10·
      8 hours 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!

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
    50·
    16 hours 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
      232·
      14 hours 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…

    • prowe45@lemm.ee
      9·
      15 hours 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.