My position is that it’s a snack and husband tax must be paid. My wife is arguing that it’s a meal or occupies some third food space and it’s entirely hers. Who’s right, court of Lemmy?

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    I agree with others in that it’s a course and part of a meal.

    But when eaten alone, snacks are snacks or meals according to size. If it’s something small that won’t even fill a third of your appetite, in my books, that’s a snack. And in my books, precisely because of scarcity reasons you have less leveraging power to demand tax on a snack.

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      Im with you there.

      If sweet food is consumed at the end of a dinner/lunch, it’s a dessert to me.

      If sweet food is consumed on its own, its a snack to me.

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    Its a course served at the end of a meal, typically sweet. If you’re eating outside of that context it’s a snack or a meal depending on how large it is and your specific eating schedule. I think she is probably right that its hers but also maybe wrong if she won’t share a small taste of it with you. Or I would feel wrong not letting my wife at least taste my dessert if she wanted some but I was unwilling to share.

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    I’ll never forget the my second grade teacher, Mrs Tilley, taught us the mnemonic “you only want one desert and two desserts.”

    Thanks, ma’am. It serves me still.

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    Dessert falls under “rule of fork”.

    In that if you try to take any I will stab you with one.

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    12 hours ago

    A drug.

    Whether it’s an important medicine for health and wellbeing or a hard recreational drug can depend greatly on the context.

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    16 hours ago

    My advice is not let the corporate media divide you on superficial concepts between snacks and meals. Reclaim your freedoms. Feed cats more

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      No no, it’s the globalists, the shadowy cabals, and the mind control by the deep state. We’re falling prey, folks! Anyway, buy my dick enhancing pills.

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    Depends on nutritional value. Snack if empty calories, meal if reasonably nutritious. Cake? Snack. Fruit salad? Meal.

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      11 hours ago

      I like how preparation is optional in this definition. I could open a few food items, stuff my mouth with shovels of everything and call it a nutritious meal. 🤭