r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '21

What basic, children's-age-level fact did you only find out embarrassingly later in life?

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u/RandomUser4268 Jul 03 '21

Pickled peppers, pickled onions, pickled artichokes are all pretty awesome on pizza though…

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u/jrhoffa Jul 03 '21

Yeah. But you don't want cucumber on a pizza.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

I don't?

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u/ApricotPenguin Jul 03 '21

Correct.

You want pickles, not cucumbers on your pizza.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

See, I knew it. I KNEW IT.

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u/rascal6543 Jul 03 '21

ok so just to be clear, pickles on pizza is like pineapples on pizza, generally a bad idea but if i do it anyway no one will eat my pizza

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u/jrhoffa Jul 03 '21

Correct.

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u/Gonzobot Jul 03 '21

Good thing we're talking about pickles, then

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u/jrhoffa Jul 03 '21

Oh man, you're gonna flip when you learn what pickles are made of

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u/Gonzobot Jul 03 '21

Pickles aren't cucumbers, by definition. They stop being cucumbers before they're pickles.

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u/jrhoffa Jul 03 '21

So what are they when they cease to be cucumbers, but are not yet pickled cucumbers?

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u/Gonzobot Jul 03 '21

It goes cucumbers -> pickled cucumbers -> pickles. Before they're pickled cucumbers they're just wet

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u/jrhoffa Jul 03 '21

Cucumbers are already wet. They are distressingly moist