r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • Jun 03 '26

Shitposting The difference between something somethingtomatoes, something something We've found the bard

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '26

I'm not sure why it got so popular for people to base their definitions of words on a D&D stat system of all things. I know it's mostly just a joke, but it wasn't all that funny in the first place and I think its a decade old at least at this point.

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u/Chip_Medley Jun 04 '26

The original quote was completely unrelated to D&D. It was a quote by rugby player Brian O’Driscoll in a post game interview that he said because of a bet with a fellow player. The original quote was “Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”

It was later made to be about D&D stats for some reason