I'm having a disagreement with my friend, who says that every plant that people eat nowadays is a hybrid or a descendant of species that people have been eating from time immemorial. I agree that's mostly true, but I doubt there's really nothing new under the sun.
Are there any plant species that were never widely consumed by some tribe or civilization before 1800, that are now consumed by people?
Hybrids don't count; selective breeding doesn't count; atomic gardens don't count. Plants that are only used as additives might count, but I'm hoping for something better than that.
EDIT: themaster969 found the microfungus Fusarium venenatum, which was discovered in Britain in the 1960s, and which is the primary ingredient in meat substitute Quorn. While it's a fungus and not a plant, I think our original bet didn't specify plants. If anyone has an even better example, please share it!
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
I'm having a disagreement with my friend, who says that every plant that people eat nowadays is a hybrid or a descendant of species that people have been eating from time immemorial. I agree that's mostly true, but I doubt there's really nothing new under the sun.
Are there any plant species that were never widely consumed by some tribe or civilization before 1800, that are now consumed by people?
Hybrids don't count; selective breeding doesn't count; atomic gardens don't count. Plants that are only used as additives might count, but I'm hoping for something better than that.
EDIT: In another subreddit, themaster969 found the microfungus Fusarium venenatum, which was discovered in Britain in the 1960s, and which is the primary ingredient in meat substitute Quorn. While it's a fungus and not a plant, I think our original bet didn't specify plants. If anyone has an even better example, please share it!
I'm having a disagreement with my friend, who says that everything people eat nowadays is a hybrid or a descendant of species that people have been eating from time immemorial. I agree that's mostly true, but I doubt there's really nothing new under the sun.
Are there any plants that were never widely consumed by some tribe or civilization before 1800, that are now consumed by people?
(Atomic gardens don't count; plants that are only used as additives might count, but I'm hoping for something better than that.)
EDIT: In another subreddit, themaster969 found the microfungus Fusarium venenatum, which was discovered in Britain in the 1960s, and which is the primary ingredient in meat substitute Quorn. While it's a fungus and not a plant, I think our original bet didn't specify plants. If anyone has an even better example, please share it!
I'm having a disagreement with my friend, who says that every plant that people eat nowadays is a hybrid or a descendant of species that people have been eating from time immemorial. I agree that's mostly true, but I doubt there's really nothing new under the sun.
Are there any plant species that were never widely consumed by some tribe or civilization before 1800, that are now consumed by people?
Hybrids don't count; selective breeding doesn't count; atomic gardens don't count. Plants that are only used as additives might count, but I'm hoping for something better than that.
EDIT: In a different subreddit, themaster969 found the microfungus Fusarium venenatum, which was discovered in Britain in the 1960s, and which is the primary ingredient in meat substitute Quorn. While it's a fungus and not a plant, I think our original bet didn't specify plants. If anyone has an even better example, please share it!
