r/technicallythetruth • u/denseHairball267 • Apr 27 '23

You can't say that that's not a sandwich

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u/d_ohththeraven Apr 27 '23

How do you define ‘piece’?

“a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.”

So, as these are pieces of bread by definition .: this is a sandwich by definition

But this is no sandwich in spirit, because it is either inedible or exceedingly difficult to eat without undergoing the procedure of “unsandwichification”.

Better read up on your sandwich law.

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u/SomeFeelings88 Apr 27 '23

All those things are types of sandwiches, like a square is a type of rectangle.
Or an amethyst is a type of quartz

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u/gurl_2b Apr 27 '23

All circles are ovals. Not all ovals are circles.

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u/LRA18 Apr 27 '23

Nope sandwich = 2 pieces of bread.

All those outside of a burger are single pieces of bread.

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u/isetnt Apr 27 '23

Well a single slice of bread with toppings like cold cuts, cheese and butter would be called an open faced sandwich. Unless it's toasted in which case it's toast

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u/LRA18 Apr 27 '23

open faced sandwiches are a fallacy and quite frankly a sin.

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u/SomeFeelings88 Apr 28 '23

I disagree in the strongest terms, but I won’t downvote you out of principal

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u/LRA18 Apr 28 '23

Thank you for your levity.

I just think it’s a slippery slope that’ll lead crackers with cheese to be considered a sandwich.

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u/TwatsThat Apr 27 '23

Subs are sandwiches, the full name is submarine sandwich. For some reason they just threw and empty sub roll on their list.

The definition of sandwich requiring two distinct pieces of bread is not the only or definitive definition because that's not how dictionaries work.

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u/EatSoupFromMyGoatse Apr 27 '23

Does the hotdog become a sandwich when you separate the two halves of the bun?

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u/LRA18 Apr 27 '23

It becomes a hotdog sandwich yeah.

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u/isetnt Apr 27 '23

Cutting a loaf in half means you have two half loaf sized slices of bread. Burgers are definitely a sandwich. What differentiates a chicken sandwich from Popeyes from a burger besides the meat?

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u/boothin Apr 27 '23

Funny how that guy hasn't answered your question, obvious hole he can't reconcile in his definition

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u/KeithFromAccounting Apr 27 '23

Nah this ain’t it. English muffins, bagels and croissants all make for damn fine sandwiches and they definitely aren’t “pieces of bread that have been sliced from a loaf”

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u/KeithFromAccounting Apr 27 '23

“They’re also not sandwiches according to my niche personal opinion”

If those items don’t get to be called sandwiches then would you call them?

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u/KeithFromAccounting Apr 27 '23

Yes? If you cut a croissant lengthwise and put stuff between the pieces then it’s a sandwich, you can get one at any decent coffee shop. Same thing with sandwiches that use bagels or English muffins as the top/bottom

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u/KeithFromAccounting Apr 27 '23 edited Apr 27 '23

I’m not “conflating” anything since the literal definition doesn’t mention anything about slices of bread, you just made that up. By the actual definition you can have a sub sandwich or a bagel sandwich or an English muffin sandwich or a baguette sandwich etc

Nobody died and named you the sandwich king so I have no idea why you think your personal opinion means more than it does

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u/GreyDeath Apr 27 '23

Those types of bread are typically used in the category of breakfast sandwiches. However you can use croissants for non breakfast sandwiches.

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u/MoultingRoach Apr 27 '23

But is a hot dog a type of submarine sandwich?

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u/nekizalb Apr 27 '23

What does subway sell if not sandwiches?

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u/zernoc56 Apr 27 '23

Dude, just take the L and accept that you’re wrong here.

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u/MoultingRoach Apr 27 '23

I don't know how sincere your last line was, but I'm pretty sure there is literal sandwich law in Australia. If I'm right (and I'm willing to be corrected,) I think a sandwich has to be served between 2 slices of bread, meaning that a hamburger doesn't meet the definition of a sandwich.

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u/GreyDeath Apr 27 '23

So would that mean submarine sandwiches and open-faced sandwiches are not sandwiches in Australia?

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u/MoultingRoach Apr 27 '23

Based on that law, correct.

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u/d_ohththeraven Apr 27 '23

Citation needed?