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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

They were once marketed as being from Tangier, a city in Morocco where a few are grown. They've more recently been called Mandarins, because they're in fact native to China.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Tangerine

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Sure glad that didn't say bariumsodiumsodium

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

what's a tanorange?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Just 👏

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Trig-gering?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder what a tan^-1^gerine would look like.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The peel would be on the inside and the flesh outside. Much easier to eat.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Am I missing something or is this really the bare minimum of a joke? Is the only "comedy" here that tan is also in the word tangerine? You could rearrange this and have cos lettuce instead, right?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Orangerine?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sin(x)/cos(x) = tan(x)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I guess I needed to put /s on my shit post.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is a bit of a tangent