Can you keep it going asking ONLY QUESTIONS?

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  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,539 Member
    edited May 2024
    srazamora wrote: »
    Is it true that white chocolate isn’t actually chocolate at all?
    If it's real white chocolate, isn't it everything chocolate except the cocoa powder, meaning it consists mainly of cocoa butter, sugar, etc. but no cocoa powder? But isn't it often the case that there's a fair amount of palm kernel oil or coconut oil replacing the cocoa butter? But isn't there also a "compound chocolate" that includes cocoa but again substitutes palm kernel oil/coconut oil for the cocoa butter? Isn't this comparable to using shortening instead of butter in butter cream frosting, only much much worse IMHO?

    Is chocolate considered chocolate without cocoa, @frankwbrown ?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,310 Member
    edited May 2024
    Is it true that our capacity for knowledge is limited?
    Could I have been an astrophysicist or mathematician but chose being a chocolate lover instead? 🤪😂

    Is this a stab at me for being an astrophysicist (and one class shy of getting my math degree)? 👨‍🎓🔭⭐
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,270 Member
    srazamora wrote: »
    srazamora wrote: »
    Is it true that white chocolate isn’t actually chocolate at all?
    If it's real white chocolate, isn't it everything chocolate except the cocoa powder, meaning it consists mainly of cocoa butter, sugar, etc. but no cocoa powder? But isn't it often the case that there's a fair amount of palm kernel oil or coconut oil replacing the cocoa butter? But isn't there also a "compound chocolate" that includes cocoa but again substitutes palm kernel oil/coconut oil for the cocoa butter? Isn't this comparable to using shortening instead of butter in butter cream frosting, only much much worse IMHO?

    Is chocolate considered chocolate without cocoa, @frankwbrown ?
    Don't some silly, illogical and nonsensical people think that including the cocoa butter though not the cocoa means the result is still chocolate, although white in color? Aren't they aware it's more than just the color that's been removed, but the very essence? 🤔
    Doesn't that make the term white chocolate an oxymoron 🤪, if not a sacrilege, to a real chocolate lover? 😂
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,270 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Is it true that our capacity for knowledge is limited?
    Could I have been an astrophysicist or mathematician but chose being a chocolate lover instead? 🤪😂

    Is this a stab at me for being an astrophysicist (and one class shy of getting my math degree)? 👨‍🎓🔭⭐

    To the contrary, aren't those just two subject areas (of many) that have a complexity challenging that of chocolate? 😂
    Wasn't I going to be a mathematician, before computer science lured me away with boolean algebra and logic?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,270 Member
    Wouldn't an n-dimensional sphere be a good object to contemplate during a focused meditation? 🧘‍♂️☯️🤔
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,310 Member
    Wasn't I going to be a mathematician, before computer science lured me away with boolean algebra and logic?

    Isn't it ironic I had to take a class in logic to complete my philosophy minor in college? Despite joining the class three weeks into the semester, upon learning my academic major, didn't the professor give me an automatic "A" provided I helped out the other students?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,312 Member
    Is now maybe not a good time to mention I like white chocolate?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,270 Member
    Is now maybe not a good time to mention I like white chocolate?
    Do you like it more or less than milk chocolate or dark chocolate?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,539 Member
    Wouldn't an n-dimensional sphere be a good object to contemplate during a focused meditation? 🧘‍♂️☯️🤔

    Huh? Also... what’s an n-dimensional sphere? 🤔
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,539 Member
    Is now maybe not a good time to mention I like white chocolate?

    Aren’t I non-discriminatory when it comes to ice cream toppings? Why must I be forced to choose between chocolate, white chocolate, caramel, marshmallow, peanut butter, butterscotch… shall I continue?

  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,536 Member
    Is that a philosophical question you're wanting nossmf to help with?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,310 Member
    edited May 2024
    To be eating white chocolate, or NOT to be eating white chocolate...is that not the question?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,310 Member
    Am I weird for actually preferring my ice cream WITHOUT toppings?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,270 Member
    srazamora wrote: »
    Wouldn't an n-dimensional sphere be a good object to contemplate during a focused meditation? 🧘‍♂️☯️🤔

    Huh? Also... what’s an n-dimensional sphere? 🤔
    Wouldn't that just be a sphere in n-dimensional space? I suppose the word "sphere" refers specifically to a 3 dimensional object, but what else could we call it? What comes after square, cube,... and circle, sphere,...? Isn't there no word for n-dimensional solids where n is greater than 3 only because we cannot visualize such objects, and not necessarily because such objects do not exist? Is our inability to comprehend higher dimensional spaces any reason to assume there are none?

  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,270 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Am I weird for actually preferring my ice cream WITHOUT toppings?
    Should I assume then that you find Ben & Jerry's ice cream overly complicated?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,312 Member
    Never mind icecream - Don't I find Franks post before yours to be rather complicated?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,312 Member
    Frank could we stick to easy shapes questions? - like how many sides on a square?
  • maplesyrupandchicken
    maplesyrupandchicken Posts: 92 Member
    Is that square three dimensional?
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,536 Member
    Does it depend on how many sides to the square we can see?
  • maplesyrupandchicken
    maplesyrupandchicken Posts: 92 Member
    If you can see more than 4 is it still a square? Can't you actually see 5 sides of a square?
  • DhruvDatta8044
    DhruvDatta8044 Posts: 1 Member
    was the baby with you while i was setting the music?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,092 Member
    Is that square three dimensional?
    Wouldn't that be a cube?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,092 Member
    was the baby with you while i was setting the music?
    Did you lose a baby?
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    Missing babies and a discussion about shapes? Am I still dreaming?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,092 Member
    Are you?

    Guess who has the next six hours off? Does anyone want to go explore Colorado Springs with me? Do you mind if the first stop is Starbucks?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,310 Member
    Aren't the content of MY dreams of a much...different...nature? 🤣
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    edited May 2024
    cmsienk wrote: »
    Are you?

    Guess who has the next six hours off? Does anyone want to go explore Colorado Springs with me? Do you mind if the first stop is Starbucks?



    @cmsienk, won’t you watch for MFP friends there? 😊 While off for a significant period of time, won’t travel need to wait for a bit longer for me?

    Will you be in CA in late July? Shall we meet for coffee there??
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Aren't the content of MY dreams of a much...different...nature? 🤣

    Are you like Frank and dream of all things chocolate??? 🤔
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,310 Member
    @cmsienk, you are in Colorado Springs right NOW??? But only for a few hours before leaving? How long have you known this was going to happen??

    I live in Colorado Springs, but am at work 70 miles away, and you will likely be long gone before my return to town...oh, do you realize how much I would rather use exclamation points instead of question marks right now?
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    @nossmf, do you know I am picking up on your excitement even without the exclamation marks? 😆