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[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 62 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Yes, call me basic or whatever, but you can take my seasonal pumpkin spice flavored food and beverages from my cold, dead hands!

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I personally believe there's nothing wrong with basic

Like I don't think people should always stay with basic and not explore

But sometimes basic is just comfortable and I think striving for comfort is a good thing

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
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[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

your hands would probably still be warm, due to holding on to a hot beverage

[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

My warm, well manicured, dead hand then!

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[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

TIL, Americans are so obsessed with race, they even assign certain spices to certain skin tones

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Also it's just an American thing, I'm in Europe but never really had anything pumpkin spice.

I have had pumpkin soup but apparently the spice doesn't taste like pumpkin.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have had pumpkin soup but apparently the spice doesn’t taste like pumpkin.

Pumpkin Spice is a spice mix (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves) for pumpkin, not a spice made from pumpkin.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, so that's why it's so terrible on everything except a pumpkin pie.

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[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not supposed to, the blend of spices is just used in pumpkin pie, thus the name

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[–] FatTony@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Clearly, I for one have no idea wtf is going.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

White people like pumpkin spice lattes n stuff. That's the joke

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't think I've seen pumpkin spice in the UK. Though I don't get out much cos I have no friends.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Apparently pumpkin spice is blend of spices used in pumpkin pie. So that usually includes ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves etc.

Talk about misleading name.

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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not only spice, all sort of food. This is a very american thing for sure

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Chicken and watermelon anyone? /s

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Should be that grey blue paint colour that means your neighbourhood is being gentrified.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 2 years ago

i think this is about white people drinking a lot of starbucks pumpkin-spice lattes, or something like that 🤔

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Furball@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You lost me at a peer reviewed paper called “the whiteness of pumpkins”

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Plus I think this article is taking it a little too serious

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Smh can I get a PoC (pumpkin of color) over here for some discussion?

[–] onion@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago

How Racism Found a Home in Pumpkin Spice Latte Culture

*in America

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Hey non-white people: do you actually not enjoy pumpkin spice? I feel like this whole thing is overblown.

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wouldn't even know where to get something like this. I only heard about this pumpkin spice thing on the internet

Around this time, at least in the United States, fucking everywhere. McDonald's I think even sells pumpkin spice lattes.

[–] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Non white. Nothing against people enjoying what they enjoy. It's not for me though. Actively avoid it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

White guy here. I also avoid it.

Though I don’t like sweets in general. So maybe I’m not a good example.

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[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm Asian. Hate Pumpkin Spice. It's not even pumpkin. It's nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.

It smells nice but it tastes like dirt.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 17 points 2 years ago (7 children)

It's the spices frequently used to flavor pumpkin pie. The primary spice should be cinnamon.

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[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hate it, but that's just me. Nothing wrong in enjoying it, the debate is stupid.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Huh. I agree about the debate being stupid, but judging by the responses to my (obviously flawed) study here on Lemmy it seems like there may be something to this stereotype.

I love pumpkin pie, but anything else pumpkin spice I’m pretty meh about. It’s probably the lack of actual pumpkin.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tbf, I don't like the taste of pumpkin either.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

That’s just the way she goes I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️

More pie for me :p

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[–] silentdanni@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I do. I think it’s quite nice and I have them somewhat regularly. They’re not overpriced where I live, they’re about the same price of a normal latte at any other cafe. So technically not overpriced, but still expensive.

Edit: my ex-partner introduced me to it and she was a typical white woman from southern US. So there’s that.

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[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If liking pumpkin flavored stuff means you're white, then I'm fucking albino

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol and I am very white and very much dislike anything pumpkin flavored so I’m the opposite. Though salted and roasted pumpkin seeds are an amazing snack

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[–] hydroel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You might not know that because this "spice" only exists in the US and I just learned it myself, but pumpkin spice has nothing to do with pumpkin flavor. It's called that way because it's the mix of spices used in pumpkin pies: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.

[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago
[–] chooglers@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

I’ma buy a vowel!

[–] uis@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] rustbuckett@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago

I see what you did there.

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