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Xzibit Yo Dawg meme about putting vegetables on your pizza

Overview

"Pizza is a Vegetable" is a satirical expression inspired by a spending bill passed by the U.S. Congress in November 2011, which bars the Department of Agriculture from changing the nutritional guidelines for public school lunches, such as raising the minimum amount of tomato paste on pizza to be counted as a serving of vegetable.

Background

On November 14th, 2011, the Associated Press[15] reported that U.S. House Republicans put forth a spending bill that would bar the USDA from changing its nutritional guidelines for school lunches, which would've required more green vegetables and set a higher qualification for tomato paste to be counted as vegetables from 2 tablespoons to a a half-cup. The article also revealed that part of the spending bill would protect the status of tomato paste on pizza as a vegetable at the request of food companies supplying the nation's school cafeterias.

According to Wikipedia[3], tomatoes are botanically considered a fruit since they contain seeds but the United States Supreme Court ruled in the 1893 Nix v. Hedden decision that tomatoes should be considered a vegetable for trade purposes. During this period, taxes were required for all vegetables imports and the Supreme Court ruled against the Nix family's attempt to recover back duties paid to the Collector of the Port of New York.

Spread

On November 16th, a thread titled "Congress declares pizza a vegetable" reached the front page of Reddit[6] and accumulated over 1,200 up votes within a week. The earliest known image macro was posted by Redditor Wings144 the following day, titled "Scumbag Congress…"[7] (shown below).

US congress wearing scumbag hat

On November 16th, 2011, TheYoungTurks YouTube channel uploaded a video about the news story, whicih mocked the proposed bill (shown below).

On November 18th, a screenshot of a news article titled "US Congress rules that pizza is a vegetable" with the "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" image macro was posted to the Cheezburger site Memebase[9] (shown below). The same day, a compilation of image macros referencing the news story were posted to the Cheezburger site FAILblog.[12]

US Congress rules that pizza is a vegetable 8 hours ago 24,249 Wews 61 Comments f Share 6,890 Tweet 333 PIZZA IS A vegetable-at least according to a decision made by the US Congress. Who knew? American lawmakers have ruled that the amount of tomato paste in pizza sauce means that pizzas can be counted as a vegetable. The bizarre move, which was decided in a vote on the annual spending bil for the Department of Agriculture, a happened for purely political reasons. Does this look like a vegetable to you? Jyo Das via Flickr IDON'TWANT TO LIVE ON THIS PLANETANYMORE MEMEBASE.com

On November 20th, a thread featuring pizza-vegetable images was posted on the Body Building Forums.[8] On the following day, the Internet news site UpRoxx[16] published a post titled "Meme Watch: Pizza is Apparently a Vegetable," featuring a slideshow of notable example images. On November 23rd, YouTuber Jonathan Mann uploaded a "Pizza is a Vegatable" music video (show below). Additional examples of the meme have been posted on Tumblr[10], FunnyJunk[11] and Reddit.[13] As of October 4th, 2012, a Facebook[14] page for "When I was your age, pizza wasn't a vegetable" has accumulated 180 likes.

Notable Examples

Many images were created parodying the proposed congressional bill, including photoshopped pizzas on a variety of plants and image macros with captions mocking the classification of pizza as a vegetable.

THEY SAID I COULD BE ANYTHING IWANTED SOI BECAME VEGETABLE
IASKED HIM IFHE WANTED PIZZA FOR DINNER HE TOLDME HE HATES VEGETABLES memegenerator.net
cici's Pizza Buffet Now with MORE salad!
WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH PIZZA IS VEGETABLE
21 "What's your favorite vegetable?" Pizza. ant

Search Interest

Search queries for "pizza is a vegetable" climbed dramatically in November of 2011 immediately after the bill was released.

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Xzibit Yo Dawg meme about putting vegetables on your pizza

Overview

"Pizza is a Vegetable" is a satirical expression inspired by a spending bill passed by the U.S. Congress in November 2011, which bars the Department of Agriculture from changing the nutritional guidelines for public school lunches, such as raising the minimum amount of tomato paste on pizza to be counted as a serving of vegetable.

Background

On November 14th, 2011, the Associated Press[15] reported that U.S. House Republicans put forth a spending bill that would bar the USDA from changing its nutritional guidelines for school lunches, which would've required more green vegetables and set a higher qualification for tomato paste to be counted as vegetables from 2 tablespoons to a a half-cup. The article also revealed that part of the spending bill would protect the status of tomato paste on pizza as a vegetable at the request of food companies supplying the nation's school cafeterias.

According to Wikipedia[3], tomatoes are botanically considered a fruit since they contain seeds but the United States Supreme Court ruled in the 1893 Nix v. Hedden decision that tomatoes should be considered a vegetable for trade purposes. During this period, taxes were required for all vegetables imports and the Supreme Court ruled against the Nix family's attempt to recover back duties paid to the Collector of the Port of New York.

Spread

On November 16th, a thread titled "Congress declares pizza a vegetable" reached the front page of Reddit[6] and accumulated over 1,200 up votes within a week. The earliest known image macro was posted by Redditor Wings144 the following day, titled "Scumbag Congress…"[7] (shown below).

US congress wearing scumbag hat


On November 16th, 2011, TheYoungTurks YouTube channel uploaded a video about the news story, whicih mocked the proposed bill (shown below).



On November 18th, a screenshot of a news article titled "US Congress rules that pizza is a vegetable" with the "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" image macro was posted to the Cheezburger site Memebase[9] (shown below). The same day, a compilation of image macros referencing the news story were posted to the Cheezburger site FAILblog.[12]


US Congress rules that pizza is a vegetable 8 hours ago 24,249 Wews 61 Comments f Share 6,890 Tweet 333 PIZZA IS A vegetable-at least according to a decision made by the US Congress. Who knew? American lawmakers have ruled that the amount of tomato paste in pizza sauce means that pizzas can be counted as a vegetable. The bizarre move, which was decided in a vote on the annual spending bil for the Department of Agriculture, a happened for purely political reasons. Does this look like a vegetable to you? Jyo Das via Flickr IDON'TWANT TO LIVE ON THIS PLANETANYMORE MEMEBASE.com

On November 20th, a thread featuring pizza-vegetable images was posted on the Body Building Forums.[8] On the following day, the Internet news site UpRoxx[16] published a post titled "Meme Watch: Pizza is Apparently a Vegetable," featuring a slideshow of notable example images. On November 23rd, YouTuber Jonathan Mann uploaded a "Pizza is a Vegatable" music video (show below). Additional examples of the meme have been posted on Tumblr[10], FunnyJunk[11] and Reddit.[13] As of October 4th, 2012, a Facebook[14] page for "When I was your age, pizza wasn't a vegetable" has accumulated 180 likes.



Notable Examples

Many images were created parodying the proposed congressional bill, including photoshopped pizzas on a variety of plants and image macros with captions mocking the classification of pizza as a vegetable.


THEY SAID I COULD BE ANYTHING IWANTED SOI BECAME VEGETABLE IASKED HIM IFHE WANTED PIZZA FOR DINNER HE TOLDME HE HATES VEGETABLES memegenerator.net cici's Pizza Buffet Now with MORE salad! WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH PIZZA IS VEGETABLE 21 "What's your favorite vegetable?" Pizza. ant

Search Interest

Search queries for "pizza is a vegetable" climbed dramatically in November of 2011 immediately after the bill was released.

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Congressman 1: And then….and then…you know what Reagan did next?…He declared Ketchup as a vegetable…AHAHAHAHA…and everyone was like WUUUUUUT?
Congressman 2: AHAHAHAHA THAT IS GOLD, that's like the best trolling attempt ever…gasp what if we can top that?
Congressman 1: Oh hell yes, we gotta beat him, that will be so AWESOOOOOME
Congressman 2: Hey, Hey you know what would be even funnier?
Congressman 1: What?
Congressman 2: You know what would be funnier?
Congressman 1: What? What? Tell me tell me tell me
Congressman 2: Get this right…Pizza…
Congressman 1: Yea…
Congressman 2: AS A VEGETABLE!
Congressman 1: NO WAY.
Congressman 2: YES
Congressman 1: DUDE, THATS CRAZY
Congressman 2: YES
Congressman 1: THATS CRAZY MAN, THATS AWESOME. OMG I LOVE IT. THIS IS GONNA BE SO FRIGGEN FUNNY, IMAGINE THE LOOKS ON EVERYONES FACES
Congressman 2: ROFLMAO!!!
Congressman 1: ROFLMAO!!! LETS DO THIS
Congressman 2: Ok, ok, lets do this, this is gonna me sooooo awesome pfftphpftphpfpfsnickersnicker

Congress announces pizza as a vegetable

The entire world: WTF!?
Congress: TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Congressman 2: look at the news reports man! Look at it! LOLROFLMAOWTFHAXPINEAPPLE
Congressman 1: IKR? High five bro!
Congressman 2: Haaa Faaaive! WOO

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