The Syndicate

For dinner last night, I was very lazy and only had some weird food bits lying around. I spread peanut butter over a flour tortilla and ate it.

Sandwich?

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:49 pm does a straw have one hole or two holes

edit: my favorite answer is "It has both one and two holes. This is my proof that the law of noncontradiction is fake news."

also Quin says "when a straw has liquid in it, is it a sandwich?"

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2017 7:23 pm4 - no? What the heck? A direction of intake? I mean, I think it should be by mouth... Don't go from the bottom up? But sandwiches are often symmetrical, so how can a symmetrical object by directional?

This primarily references things not eaten in a bottom-top or top-bottom format, but rather a side-side format (hot dogs).

I begrudgingly accept a hot dog as a sandwich, because to reject it is to also reject a sub (barring arguments of direction of intake or ingredients which I find insufficient). If anyone can convince me of a way to drop hot dogs while keeping subs, I'd be grateful.

We finally had The Sandwich Argument on Discord. It was a matter of time. Among a few of us, we've derived some perceptions of what constitutes a sandwich, through a series of questions. Clearly we are not in agreement.

If it does not feature bread of any kind, can it be a sandwich?
JJJ - no
nijuukyugou - no
Quin - yes
A Person - yes

Does it have to feature leavened bread to be a sandwich?
JJJ - no
Quin - yes
juliets - yes
A Person - no

Does the cover have to be separated into two or more detatched pieces?
JJJ - no
Quin - yes
juliets - yes
A Person - no

Must a sandwich be eaten with a specific direction of intake?
JJJ - no
Quin - no
juliets - no
A Person - no

Must a sandwich feature any specific food contents, or equally do any specific food contents prevent a meal from being a sandwich?
JJJ - no
Quin - no
juliets - no
A Person - no

If an item would be a sandwich when covered (with bread, pieces of bread, or whatever else), is it still a sandwich when open-faced?
JJJ - no
Quin - no
juliets - no

While a sandwich may or may not be eaten in any particular way, can sandwiches be distinguished from other styles by the way it is typically eaten or presented?
JJJ - yes
Quin - yes
juliets - yes

If it would be a sandwich when covered by two pieces of the covering food material, is it still a sandwich if only one piece is used and folded over the contents?
JJJ - yes
Quin - no
juliets - no

I want to know what y'all think. If you have any other crucial questions, by all means ask them. I want to know what *you* think, not Merriam Webster.