[two characters are arguing in a break room, coffee machine and all]

[teal, holding a coffee cup] Without mentioning avocado, explain to me what guacamole is

[purple, taken aback] Huh?!

[zoom on teal's very smug face, the coffee steaming in front of them] I knew it You can't Your guac ideology doesn't work Heh Pft Owned

[purple looks blasΓ© and has no words]

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[–] 133 points 10 months ago (29 children)

A creamy, fat rich, savory fruit paste traditionally served with Hispanic food. It serves to accent the seasoning of spicy dishes by balancing the heat to allow more of the complex flavors through. It's also popularly consumed on its own as a dip. While some of these things can be accomplished by sour cream or humus, both have their own distinctive qualities that prevent them from being a 1:1 comparison.

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  • [–] 44 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    Do you want to take this inside, guac boy?

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  • [–] 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    "That savory fruit in your description? Nothing more than a direct stand in for the very avocado I told you couldn't be used to form your description. You don't get to genie your way out of your obvious inability to describe your precious ideology without making an appeal to an avocado by any other name."

    -Very smart Internet person

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (9 children)

    It's so weird to me when I hear people describe avocados as fruit. Because they are clearly. But it just feels wrong to me and I don't know why.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    If you're at all from the US it may be due to use to us teaching that sweet things are fruit and not sweet things are vegetables.

    That 90's era food pyramid really fucked up a generation.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    No, see cuz you calling it a vegetable just sounds equally weird to me. They're both weird. I don't know why.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Alright, so avacados are the globs of meat dangling from some trees that they use to reproduce.

    Is that sounding more natural to you?

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Ok, now do it without mentioning food, food preparation, or eating.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    It's not a culinary fruit, it's a culinary vegetable. There's a botanical classification system, and a different culinary classification system. When describing food it is incorrect to use the botanical classifier.

    Other than that, good description

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