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Congress Rules Food Stamps Can Only Be Used On Rutabagas (theonion.com)

submitted 5 days ago by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

43 and I've never heard of rutabaga.

Then I found out we just call them swedes, turnips, or neeps.

Edit: not turnips, just the other two.

On a side note, how do I strikethrough text?

[–] LiterallyLMAO@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

You're 43 and never played super Mario 2?

[–] whats_a_lemmy@midwest.social 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

For strikethrough, just surround text with ~~

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Becomes

~~text~~

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

A turnip and a rutabaga are different.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

40yo, here; I've heard of them via Loony Tunes, but I have never even seen a picture of one let alone seen them for sale (no turnips either). Closest thing I've seen are radishes.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago

Turnips are objectively more terrifying than pumpkins when carved for Halloween. That's their main fame.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 1 points 5 days ago

Don't call me a vegetable!! 😭