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[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 61 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

My warm, well manicured, dead hand then!

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[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 60 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

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

[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (3 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 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Chai tea and certain ramen style soups would like a word.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[–] siipale@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Not sure how is it in other European countries but I associate those particular spices with Christmas. The phrase pumpkin spice didn't use to be a thing here but now thanks to American influence and marketing people you can buy all sorts of pumpkin spice products here. Some even sell pumpkin latte to make it even more confusing.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Until I read these comments I thought the "white" was about snow due to my associating this with Christmas. It was very confusing and annoying cos Xmas is months away until I revisited this thread and realised.

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[–] FatTony@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months 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 2 points 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Reliant1087@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's making fun of the popularity of pumkin spice stuff in certain demographics.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 11 months ago

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

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] Furball@sh.itjust.works 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

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

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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

[–] onion@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago

How Racism Found a Home in Pumpkin Spice Latte Culture

*in America

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

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

Edit: I love that this conversation is still going, no answers have been found, but also no insults have been thrown.

[–] ShrimpsIsBugs@feddit.de 21 points 11 months 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

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months 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 11 months ago (7 children)

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

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[–] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months 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 11 months 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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[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 11 months 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 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.

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[–] silentdanni@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months 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 11 months 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.

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