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Apples Or Oranges?

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Oranges
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Apples Vs. Oranges

Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:09 pm

It's the age-old question: Apples or oranges? Which is, definitively, the better fruit?

The problem with this question is that there are a number of subgroups, and different uses for both apples and oranges. Some oranges are for eating, others for juicing. Some apples are for devouring raw, others for baking into a pie. On the versatility angle, I think that apples have a bit of an edge, since you can use them in pies, or make them into cider. You can't make drinkable alcohol directly from oranges (though you can add orange to various liqueurs). On the other hand, you can make orange chicken or duck l'orange, so oranges may have savory uses that the apple can't touch.

For convenience, it's the apple. For cleanliness, it's the orange, which comes in its own wrapper.

I'm actually a bit torn, in case you couldn't tell. What say you, NSG?

And please, let's not get bananas, pears, or other fruits involved in this. This is a simple apples vs. oranges debate, and I see no need to muddy the waters with other choices.

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Postby Neutraligon » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:11 pm

Orange, it has better nutritious value and tastes better.
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Postby The Serbian Empire » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:12 pm

Oranges, because I don't like Steve Jobs or that iJustine girl who always dances in the Apple store.
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Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:12 pm

Neutraligon wrote:Orange, it has better nutritious value and tastes better.


Source for the better nutritional value?

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Postby The Serbian Empire » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:12 pm

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That's a vote for Oranges!
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Postby Neutraligon » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:13 pm

Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:Orange, it has better nutritious value and tastes better.


Source for the better nutritional value?


https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=orange+vs+apple
http://www.livestrong.com/article/42995 ... an-orange/
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Postby South Pacific Republic » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:14 pm

I daresay the great pineapple is superior to all fruits

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Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:15 pm



The difference is so minute as to barely count.

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Postby Reploid Productions » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:16 pm

Can't we pick both? Because I totally like cider and apple pie and orange juice and orange chicken and those chocolate-orange candies and oh there's that one burger over at Prohibition that's got the cooked apples on it that's just amaaaaazing and oranges are such a great palette-cleanser after a meal because of that tart citrus-y goodness but then again a good apple pie with a little bit of ice cream is super-awesome and wait has anybody ever tried making pie with oranges because that might be totally awesome too and-

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Postby Tolmakia » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:16 pm

Oranges. Even though I like apples more as a snack, oranges are more juicy and help with the common cold (at least in my experience)
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Postby Pandeeria » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:16 pm

Is this suppose to be a metaphor, or are we really doing this?
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Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:16 pm

South Pacific Republic wrote:I daresay the great pineapple is superior to all fruits


Hey, I love pineapples as much as anyone, but I specifically requested that we not muddy the waters with other fruits. Please do try to stay on topic.

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Postby Neutraligon » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:17 pm

Yumyumsuppertime wrote:


The difference is so minute as to barely count.


The main difference is in Vitamin A and C
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Postby Sun Wukong » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:19 pm

Neutraligon wrote:
Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
The difference is so minute as to barely count.


The main difference is in Vitamin A and C

On the other hand, only one of these leaves your fingernails stinging and smelly.
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Postby Communist Winnipeg » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:19 pm

Pandeeria wrote:Is this suppose to be a metaphor, or are we really doing this?

A metaphor is not a fruit. I prefer apples - especially macintosh. Best for baking.
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Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:20 pm

Neutraligon wrote:
Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
The difference is so minute as to barely count.


The main difference is in Vitamin A and C


Most of which is made up for by eating a second apple. However, I'll concede that oranges win on a nutrition contest. By that standard, though, wheatgrass juice is superior to either.

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Postby Pandeeria » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:22 pm

Communist Winnipeg wrote:
Pandeeria wrote:Is this suppose to be a metaphor, or are we really doing this?

A metaphor is not a fruit.


Fuck this thread.

Also, Oranges, unless the Apples are green. Plus Apples are easier to eat, as with an Orange you have to peel it.
Lavochkin wrote:Never got why educated people support communism.

In capitalism, you pretty much have a 50/50 chance of being rich or poor. In communism, it's 1/99. What makes people think they have the luck/skill to become the 1% if they can't even succeed in a 50/50 society???

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Postby Neutraligon » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:22 pm

Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:
The main difference is in Vitamin A and C


Most of which is made up for by eating a second apple. However, I'll concede that oranges win on a nutrition contest. By that standard, though, wheatgrass juice is superior to either.


You were the one that limited it :p
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Neutraligon wrote:
The main difference is in Vitamin A and C

On the other hand, only one of these leaves your fingernails stinging and smelly.


They smell good, and if your neighbor has shitty sewage they can help with the damned smell too.
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Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:24 pm

Neutraligon wrote:
Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
Most of which is made up for by eating a second apple. However, I'll concede that oranges win on a nutrition contest. By that standard, though, wheatgrass juice is superior to either.


You were the one that limited it :p


My point is that you're applying a reductive approach to the question.

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Postby Neutraligon » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:25 pm

Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:
You were the one that limited it :p


My point is that you're applying a reductive approach to the question.


I did mention they taste better right?
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Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:27 pm

Pandeeria wrote:
Communist Winnipeg wrote:A metaphor is not a fruit.


Fuck this thread.



There's only one legitimate response to that.

(I kid, I kid!)

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Postby Yumyumsuppertime » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:28 pm

Neutraligon wrote:
Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
My point is that you're applying a reductive approach to the question.


I did mention they taste better right?


Subjective. What if you have a lower tolerance for acidity?

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Postby Pandeeria » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:29 pm

Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
Pandeeria wrote:
Fuck this thread.



There's only one legitimate response to that.

(I kid, I kid!)


:lol2:

Fuck you too!

However, everyone knows Oranges are inherently superior.
Lavochkin wrote:Never got why educated people support communism.

In capitalism, you pretty much have a 50/50 chance of being rich or poor. In communism, it's 1/99. What makes people think they have the luck/skill to become the 1% if they can't even succeed in a 50/50 society???

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Postby Neutraligon » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:29 pm

Yumyumsuppertime wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:
I did mention they taste better right?


Subjective. What if you have a lower tolerance for acidity?


I don't. Since this entire question is subjective I don't see the problem with my post. Also marmalade.
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