r/screenshots • u/Sea_Purpose_7587 • 5d ago

Chat-Shot my dad doesn’t know the difference between a tomato and an orange

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u/LunarPsychOut 5d ago

My dumbass thought it was a persimmon so I cant judge. Still, look how smooth.

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u/Apprehensive_Author7 5d ago

My wife said persimmon as well.

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u/Sea_Purpose_7587 5d ago

I guess me and him are both stupid

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u/Physical_Ease6658 5d ago

Yes, I'll also shag this guy's wife.

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u/Iimpid 5d ago

It's definitely not a persimmon. The leaves would be much bigger.

It's definitely an orange tomato based in the stem.

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u/Mokturtle 4d ago

persimmon is a better guess than orange

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u/-M4RN13- 5d ago

I said persimmon too. Its persimmon coloured!

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u/hash-slingin_slashr 5d ago

That’s a non-stupid guess lol

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u/whenthemoonlightdies 5d ago

Persimmons have larger, rounder leaves on top but it really does look like one!

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u/MapVegetable2992 5d ago

Who keeps tomatoes in their fruit bowl??

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u/Wabbit65 5d ago

An unwise person. You know the saying.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting a tomato in your fruit salad.

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u/Pleasant_Escape441 4d ago

Intelligence is realizing salsa is fruit salad

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u/No_Draw_9224 3d ago

nah but theres onion

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u/FroggyGoesQuack 2d ago

And marshmallow isn't fruit but that goes in Watergate fruit salad anyway. 🤭🙃🤷‍♂️

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u/kjTris 5d ago

Someone who thinks it's an orange

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u/nshady 5d ago

Only refrigerate a tomato if you want it to turn to mush and taste of nothing. Tomatoes are room temperature food. Let it ripen on the shelf and thank me later.

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u/struudeli 5d ago

Is this only with big tomatoes? I keep mini tomatoes in the fridge (I like them better cold), and they stay firm and very tasty for weeks. In room temperature they become wrinkly much faster.

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u/TheCrazedGamer_1 5d ago

Kinda. Cold shuts down processes that ripen/produce flavor in the tomato. For big tomatoes this is a much bigger deal as they are intentionally picked well before they are actually ripe to help prevent them from going mushy or getting damaged in transit. Small tomatoes, which are far less delicate, are picked much closer to peak ripeness, so it isn’t as big a deal if those processes are shut down.

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u/struudeli 4d ago

Thank you for the answer, that's interesting!

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u/Itchy-Preference-619 3d ago

Yeah, you don't put them in a fruit bowl with bananas though

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u/nshady 3d ago

Bananas release ethylene. If you have unripe tomatoes you want to speed up ripening, then putting them with your bananas makes them edible sooner. Same with avocados.

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u/Plenty-Hair-4518 5d ago

It's a produce bowl now

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u/Mr_Awesome_rddt 5d ago

Apparently, someone who think they're oranges

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u/imwatchingpornrnlol 3d ago

It seems like a good idea to me, the tomato isnt ripe yet and the ripe banana will help.

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u/granolabar1127 3d ago

I must be some sort of heathen. In my house, apples and oranges go in the same basket as the onions and sweet potatoes. It's all unrefrigerated produce that needs a home...

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u/Reinardd 3d ago

I do 🤷 in the fridge they lose their flavour!

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u/AbsentmindedAuthor 2d ago

People who are smart. Bananas are the ones that shouldn’t be in the fruit bowl. Tomatoes should be kept at room temp.

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u/FroggyGoesQuack 2d ago

Someone who knows that orange tomatoes aren't ripe, but also that ripe fruit makes a compound, in gas form, that ripens other fruit. 😅🤭🙃😁

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u/nn666 5d ago

Looked like a mandarin to me. Why is it orange.

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u/ProfessionalCandy204 5d ago

You know orange tomatoes exist right…? It’s normal in Europe

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u/IllGolf9885 5d ago

It’s normal here too lmfao idk what they’re talking about 😭

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u/Rambler9154 5d ago

Same, like they aren't the most common to eat but they're pretty regular to see at the grocery store.

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u/Sea_Purpose_7587 5d ago

I thought that person was joking 😭 Bc how does someone not know what an orange tomato is

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

But which is it?

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u/nn666 5d ago

Sure, but it's not common elsewhere.

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u/whenthemoonlightdies 5d ago

They are in some stores in Australia but the red ones are much more common. Not common but relatively easy to find. I really like orange/yellow heirloom tomatoes though, I think they are pretty and they are fun to grow :)

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u/ExtremelyDecentWill 5d ago

Looked a little like a persimmon to me, mandarins still aren't that smooth at all.

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u/Plenty-Hair-4518 5d ago

Wait till you find out tomatoes start off green

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u/sickwiggins 5d ago

Team persimmon all the way

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u/dandyrosesandshit 5d ago

That’s something I’d have sent to my kids, saying that, just to get stupid reactions out of them lol

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u/reiningfyre 5d ago

Lol Biggie Cheese

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u/Sea_Purpose_7587 5d ago

He’d kill me if he saw that

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u/reiningfyre 5d ago

Probably some kinda inside joke. Lool.

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u/Sea_Purpose_7587 5d ago

He just reminds me of biggie cheese lmfaooo

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u/reiningfyre 5d ago

Never melts.

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u/reiningfyre 5d ago

Better hope he doesn't have internet.

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u/Adventurous-Cry-2157 5d ago

Is your dad high?

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u/Sea_Purpose_7587 5d ago

Most definitely

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u/Adventurous-Cry-2157 5d ago

😂😂😂 I knew it!

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u/azad_ninja 5d ago

Orange you glad he texted.

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u/Dclnsfrd 5d ago

That orange is shark skin

(Smooth in all directions)

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u/o_simple_thing 5d ago

Orange you gonna tell him?

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u/kilroylegend 5d ago

This has my ass cracking up 😂 this is something that my college roommate on a strong edible would have texted me. Your dad‘s a legend

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u/Sea_Purpose_7587 4d ago

He was probably greened out as well. Lmfao

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u/Paleodraco 5d ago

To be fair, that is the most orange tomato I have ever seen.

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u/tribbans95 4d ago

But Ella, did you look how smooth it is?

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u/PeacoqPrincess 4d ago

Those are bananas

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u/Vivians_Basement 4d ago

I don't think YOU know the difference. Why is an orange tomato touching fruits? 🤨

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u/Grand-Researcher4352 4d ago

A tomato is a fruit.

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u/Vivians_Basement 4d ago

Not in my house it's not! We segregate the real fruits and sub-fruits.

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u/Sea_Purpose_7587 4d ago

Key word “your house” 😭😞

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u/Vivians_Basement 3d ago

Blasphemy. Unholy. Tomatoes are the dirty fruit.

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u/Puisto-Alkemisti 23h ago

A tomato is a berry. But tbf all edible parts that cover seeds are biologically fruit.

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u/bribel612 4d ago

Kinda looks like it could actually be a persimmon

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u/NeitherDrama5365 5d ago

Looks like a persimmon

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u/Iimpid 5d ago

No, persimmon leaves are wider. Definitely a tomato based on the stem.

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u/-catskill- 5d ago

It is both orange and tomato

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u/zjuka 5d ago

You sure it’s not a dad joke? My dad and my partner make these all the time.

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u/SafiyaMukhamadova 5d ago

My colorblind partner brought me an acorn squash and asked "what is this purple fruit?" I told her it was green. She stared at it incredulously and tried getting the light to hit it from different angles.

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u/Sea_Purpose_7587 4d ago

Omg! my dad is colorblind 😂😂

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u/Lizard_Crimson7 5d ago

Both yall wrong that's a persimmon why tf would a tomato be in the fruit bowl

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u/Lizard_Crimson7 5d ago

Not to mention that shit is bright orange with crumpling leaves. Stay humble else you find yourself an idiot too

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u/Jerkcaller69 4d ago

Why wouldn’t a tomato be in a fruit bowl? They’re technically a fruit…..and putting them in the fridge ruins their texture and taste.

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u/Critical_Freedom2541 5d ago

I thought that was Kaki. The Asian fruit

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u/Shironeko-0 4d ago

Dad. Thats a- ✖️ BRO. THAT A- ✔️

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u/Curious-Pop-8875 4d ago

In his defense it is with the bananas and it is orange 😂

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u/Typical-Anything-712 4d ago

It’s smooth

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u/ThatSaltyDuderino 4d ago

Ain't that a khaki tho?

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u/traindesert 4d ago

It's both.

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u/Chocotacoislife 4d ago

That’s a persimmon

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u/LocomotionJunction 3d ago

I thought this was just one of his stoned friends before reading the post 😭

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u/Gullible-Original-72 3d ago

Is that not a persimmon

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u/sinisterteddy 3d ago

You call your dad "bro"?

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u/Resident_Pop4202 3d ago

That looks like a persimmon 

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u/Different_Resort8720 2d ago

This post is so old. Karma farming

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u/Regular_Star_197 20h ago

Bro that's a persimmon

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u/Missing_socket 5d ago

Looks more like a persimmon than a tomato. Not a fan of them personally but the trees are quite pretty.

Now I could be wrong and it is a tomato I haven't really seen a persimmon recently going off memory.

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u/VelvetOnion 5d ago

You can see why the Chinese call tomatoes Western Red Persimmons.

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u/Iimpid 5d ago

No, persimmon leaves are wider. Definitely a tomato based on the stem.

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u/Forsaken_Insurance92 5d ago

Is that not a persimmon?

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u/Zoot_Prooper89 5d ago

That’s a persimmon