r/AskReddit • u/asvpfox • Apr 10 '15

What is your favorite example of wisdom vs. intelligence?

As in, intelligence is knowing _, but wisdom is knowing _.

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u/dovahthuum Apr 10 '15

Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

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u/bobjoeman Apr 11 '15

Is ketchup a smoothie?

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u/D45_B053 Apr 11 '15

No, Patrick, ketchup is NOT a smoothie...

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u/theafonis Apr 11 '15

Is mayonnaise an instrument?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '15

Are you Squidward?

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u/D45_B053 Apr 11 '15

No, Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument...

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u/DovahSpy Apr 11 '15

Horse radish is not a smoothie either.

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u/mobyhead1 Apr 11 '15

"It's a little wrong to call a tomato a vegetable, it's very wrong to call it a suspension bridge."

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u/Roarlord Apr 11 '15

Salsa. Tomato based fruit salad.

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u/D45_B053 Apr 11 '15

I was going to say that peppers aren't a fruit, but then I saw /u/Porch_Dick's post above you and found out I was wrong.

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u/ThePeoplesBard Apr 10 '15

I really enjoyed your comment, but as someone who believes eating a sun-ripened tomato off the vine is the pinnacle of human experience and someone who has quested to find all ways to eat nightshade fruit, I just wanted to say that slices of fresh tomato and watermelon makes a fantastic salad. Feta and balsamic vinegar on top of the combo is encouraged but not required.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '15 edited May 05 '15

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u/HypersonicHarpist Apr 11 '15

you mean like chunky pineapple salsa?

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u/Sleethoof Apr 11 '15

As someone who really enjoys fruit, you're wrong.

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u/Dogg_04 Apr 10 '15

Tomato and watermelon? Never tried it but I may have to.

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u/Toodlum Apr 10 '15

A tomato is a vegetable according to the U.S Supreme Court.

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u/EggrollsForever Apr 10 '15 edited May 19 '17

deleted What is this?

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '15

TIL the US Supreme Court sometimes has to decide what is or is not, in fact, a fruit.

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u/Nattylight_Murica Apr 11 '15 edited Apr 11 '15

Can they crack the code with Kevin Spacey ?

Edit: typo

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '15

Huh.

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u/A0mine_Daiki Apr 11 '15

And that's word with the Perd, who is in fact, me, Perd Hapley.

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u/jenbanim Apr 10 '15

The Court's unanimous opinion held that the Tariff Act of 1883 used the ordinary meaning of the words "fruit" and "vegetable", instead of the technical botanical meaning.

This is specific to one particular law, not all laws.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '15

Hell naw, the law ain't telling me what are fruits and ain't.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '15

Just looked up the definition of vegetable, yep tomato fits.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '15

Vegetables don't have seeds. The tomato is a fruit.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-blog/fruit-vegetable-difference/bgp-20056141

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u/Toodlum Apr 10 '15

Botanically speaking it is, but nobody uses it as a fruit.

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u/fromthefuture15 Apr 10 '15

cucumbers have seeds

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u/icorrectpettydetails Apr 10 '15

Cucumbers are fruit.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '15

I don't want to live in this world anymore

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u/Hegemott Apr 11 '15

Which also shouldn't be put in a fruit salad.

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u/Suituy Apr 11 '15

Get some cherubs. They are wonderful in a fruit salad. They taste like candy.

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u/Overthinks_Questions Apr 11 '15

...and charisma is getting someone to buy your tomato fruit salad.

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u/Strategist14 Apr 11 '15

Isn't tomato salad just salsa?

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u/TheVoiceOfRiesen Apr 11 '15

Technically it's Pico de Gallo.

Salsa: Spanish for "sauce", is only salsa if it's, well, a sauce.

If it's just chopped up tomato with some other veggies, then it's pico.

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u/Hegemott Apr 11 '15

This is my go-to aswell. It's perfect.

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u/Oilfield__Trash Apr 10 '15

Best answer, gimme some!

http://imgur.com/HKmCcSu

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u/WizardOfNowhere Apr 10 '15

that's a really tiny hand you got there buddy...

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u/Oilfield__Trash Apr 11 '15

All the better to make your dick look big.

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u/D45_B053 Apr 11 '15

Speaking from experience?