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The Picard Maneuver ( The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website )  to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

They aren't fooling around

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They aren't fooling around

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The Picard Maneuver ( The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website )  to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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  • Cleverdawny ( Cleverdawny@lemm.ee ) 
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    Potatoes are amazing. They grow easily in a wide variety of soil and produce food which has every nutrient we need except for a complete protein. And, they’re a vegetable, so you can tell someone you’re eating your vegetables and then go to McDonald’s for some frenchy fries

    • kubica ( kubica@kbin.social ) 
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      The frying is the questionable part. (Well, the french part too but…)

      • Cleverdawny ( Cleverdawny@lemm.ee ) 
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        Still vegetables! Everyone knows that a nice dinner at a Chinese buffet is healthy if you eat a few green beans lmao

    • The Picard Maneuver ( The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ) OP
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      They really are a miracle food. And they make every dish better.

    • Aaron ( aaronbieber@beehaw.org ) 
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      I mean, in fairness, “vegetable” isn’t a scientific term at all, so whether potatoes are vegetables (or tubers, or roots, or something else) is totally up for debate.

      But they’re a hell of a lot more of a vegetable than pizza is!

      • Cleverdawny ( Cleverdawny@lemm.ee ) 
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        I’ve always used the definition of a vegetable being an integral part of a plant, like a root, rather than a fruiting seed pod evolved to be consumed by animals

    • jackpot ( jackpot@lemmy.ml ) Banned
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      wdym a ‘complete protein’

      • Cleverdawny ( Cleverdawny@lemm.ee ) 
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        There are several essential amino acids we need to survive but don’t produce in our bodies. No plant has all of those amino acids, but every animal product does. You can get complete plant protein by consuming multiple different plants, so if a vegan has a varied diet they’re usually fine.

        • mojorizer ( mojorizer@feddit.de ) 
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          There are a few plants with a complete amino acid profile: quinoa, soy, amaranth or buckwheat. But as you said, a varied diet is better.

        • AbeilleVegane ( AbeilleVegane@beehaw.org ) 
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          Also, animal meat maybe, but not every animal product contains a complete protein profile.

  • Ocelot ( Ocelot@lemmies.world ) 
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    Potatoes never go bad. They just start the process of turning into more potatoes.

  • Engywook ( Engywuck@lemm.ee ) 
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    The photo is terrifying.

  • Damage ( Damage@slrpnk.net ) 
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    Potatoes are fucking immortal, I recovered some of last year’s from a planter whose soil was so dry it was almost sand, planted them again, watered them and they immediately sprouted vines and leaves.

    • AggressivelyPassive ( agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ) 
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      That’s because this is pretty much their natural lifecycle. They’re native to the Andes, where cold, dry weather is kind of the norm.

  • cacktus ( Cacktus@feddit.de ) 
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    [clap clap clap] “Oh, good. My slow clap processor made it into this thing. So we have that.”

    • Provoked Gamer ( ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca ) 
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      When portal three 😔

  • tias ( tias@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    I just found that mine are growing little mini potatoes even though they didn’t find any soil.

    • aksdb ( aksdb@feddit.de ) 
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      They soiled themselves.

  • spiderjuzce ( spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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    Now I’m scared to eat potatoes what if it grows in my stomach

    • The Picard Maneuver ( The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ) OP
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      Then you will just be assimilated

      • Maultasche ( Maultasche@feddit.de ) 
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        Can I resist?

        • The Picard Maneuver ( The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ) OP
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          You can if you want, but it’s futile.

          • Lt_Cdr_Data ( Lt_Cdr_Data@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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            Resistance is not futile!

            • The Picard Maneuver ( The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ) OP
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              Oh hi data

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    Removed by mod

  • librechad ( librechad@lemm.ee ) Banned
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    If this is a stupid question feel free to call me retarted but is that actually how potatoes find the soil?

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    deleted by creator

  • Todesschnitzel ( Todesschnitzel@lemm.ee ) 
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    Never let your potato-pc run after midnight. Or this will happen.

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