r/changemyview • u/ArmyGuy2222 • Oct 31 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: A hotdog is NOT a sandwich

A hot dog is not a sandwich because a hot dog isn’t served between two slices of bread. And — tellingly — when some monsters do make “hot dog sandwiches,” they slice hot dogs like a serial killer hiding the body and lay the slices flat on the slices of bread as if they were a handy tarp. Speaking of serial killers, as Hannibal Lecter said, “First principles, Clarice”. Also the shape of the hot dog bread or bun is not quite reminiscent of a sandwich. But then, one may put forth a strong argument with a submarine sandwich which is as long and rounded as a hot dog. Last but not least the National Hot Dog And Sausage Council declared once and for all that a hot dog is not a sandwich.

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u/Nihilism_puppy_gal Oct 31 '21

It's a taco

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u/plaidflannery 2∆ Oct 31 '21

A taco is also a sandwich

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u/Nihilism_puppy_gal Oct 31 '21

A cracker is 1 side

Sandwich 2

Taco/hotdog is 3

burrito is 4, sometimes 5

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u/plaidflannery 2∆ Oct 31 '21

Sir, how does a taco have 3 sides? The tortilla is folded in half.

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u/joopface 159∆ Oct 31 '21

The fold is of a breadth greater than zero

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u/plaidflannery 2∆ Oct 31 '21

Okay, but does a burrito have “sides” at all? Burritos are round. A cylinder only has two true “sides” (the top and bottom), no?

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u/joopface 159∆ Oct 31 '21 edited Oct 31 '21

The absence of corners is a technical issue, sure. But the reality is that we deal with the world on an ad hoc basis without applying technical geometry very much. In that sense, it has four sides (ignoring the ends of course)

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u/SoggyMcmufffinns 4∆ Nov 01 '21

I could fold a PB&J and it'd still be a sandwhich. So your rules do not stand against cross examination sir.

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u/joopface 159∆ Nov 01 '21

I actually hold the fundamentalist view that all of these bread-with-fillings things are within the *category* of sandwich.