• LoboAureo
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    9 months ago

    América was discovered by Colon in 1492 and bring the first potato and tomato seeds to Europe

    • Flying SquidOPM
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      159 months ago

      I’m pretty sure he didn’t discover it, what with people having lived there for tens of thousands of years.

      • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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        109 months ago

        I discovered a new restaurant last week. It’s been around for decades but it was new to me. I can’t remember the first time I tasted a tomato or potato, but to the Europeans it must have been amazing! And don’t forget chocolate!

        You are correct about the thriving and ancient civilizations in the “New World” of course. Getting olives and oranges and figs, even horses, doesn’t feel like enough compensation for what happened to them…

      • @lugal@lemmy.ml
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        109 months ago

        I never got this semitic discussion. I can discover a cabin in a forest or a store in a city but Columbus can’t discover a continent because he wasn’t the first one who discovered it?

        • @Catoblepas
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          This would have more merit if he ever set foot in North America. He landed in the Bahamas. It’s technically part of the North American tectonic plate, but so is part of Iceland.

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                9 months ago

                And there is no causal relation between the discovery of these

                Edit: Also: the meme is about potatoes and tomatoes which come from around central America. They aren’t USA exports. The meme is about the discovery of America as in the Americas

                • @Catoblepas
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                  29 months ago

                  He didn’t introduce potatoes or tomatoes to Europe either, that happened decades later.

                • @pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe
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                  9 months ago

                  And it doesn’t matter, because what is up for dispute is what people mean when they say America. Which is North America, regardless of the actual facts. That’s what colloquial means

                  Pay attention to what is actually being discussed before running your mouth to make yourself sound smart.

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                    9 months ago

                    Context matters. When it’s about the discovery of America, it’s the double continent since north and south America were not discovered separately. They are one landmass

                    Edit: Also you were the one saying “actually America is Nort America so Columbus didn’t discover the real America”. Think about the context before trying to sound smart

      • LoboAureo
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        89 months ago

        The gravity was there from the beginning of time, but Newton discovered it.

        English is not my first language but as long as you specify for who, you can use discover, like "I discovered this movie last year, it’s my new favorite movie since then’ and the movie was published 40 years ago.

      • LoboAureo
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        39 months ago

        Yes, you are right , he brings potatoes and tomatoes seeds, not potatoes seeds and tomatoes seeds

      • @Voyajer@lemmy.world
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        39 months ago

        They can be, they’re nightshades so they make little tomato-like berries which contain seeds. Usually people just replant potatoes instead because it’s easier and they grow faster.