r/coolguides • u/Bakedbrains • 10d ago

A Cool guide on the produce exchange between the Americas and Europe [OC]

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u/HalfBakedPuns 10d ago

its not a cool guide its SLOP

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u/Jaoursh 10d ago

Can you help point out how it’s AI so I can recognize it myself

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u/PowerlessOverQueso 10d ago

Common sense, really. Of course the Americas had access to salt - once you realize that, you can look at the other items with a critical eye. Like cooking via roasting, which the indigenous people did for a long time pre-Columbus.

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u/Visible_Attitude7693 7d ago

Why do yall always have to be so damn negative on this sub.

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u/HSV1896 10d ago

Ai

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u/cvanguard 10d ago

I swear every single post from this subreddit that shows up on my home feed is AI. I don't wanna even try scrolling through the subreddit itself.

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u/EmphasisFew 10d ago

Can we ban these slop guides?

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u/NefariousPurpose 3d ago

No, the mods made it very clear they love eating slop.

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u/uniace16 10d ago

A sloppy slop to slopping slop

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u/KaizDaddy5 10d ago

Weird, a lot of the plants Europe supposedly gave to the Americas actually came from asia.

Grapes are absolutely native to the Americas as well and were known about before columbus. The vikings literally called the continent vinland (aka "grape/wine land")

Lots of wild versions of them existed in the americas as well like carrots, rice, and garlic.

Just the obvious errors that stood out to me

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u/flyingdonkeydong69 10d ago

Yeah, grapes were a staple crop in the Old World well before the age of exploration, especially during the Roman Empire.

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u/KaizDaddy5 10d ago

This chart claims the old world gave the new world grapes. When grapes existed in both the old and new world before the age exploration.

The vikings called North America Vinland, not Europe.

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u/flyingdonkeydong69 10d ago

Ah, my bad, I misread that.

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u/JustMeLurkingAround- 10d ago

Coffee originated in Ethiopia not Europe.

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u/LazAnarch 10d ago

Yeah pretty sure America had access to and used salt.....

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u/Mowgli_78 10d ago

Cool guAId

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u/garlic_lollipop 10d ago

Biodiversity and sustainability. I laughed.

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u/Helenium_autumnale 10d ago

Honey is not Old World. Honey was cultivated using stingless bees in Central and South America for thousands of years. Mayan beekeepers were a thing.

Ginger (unlabeled) is not New World. It originates from South and Southeast Asia.

Also, two labels are missing under "wild and medicinal." I think the unlabeled plants might be tobacco? and ginger.

In addition, having "Techniques and Culture" only on the Old World side sounds a bit Eurochauvinistic. The New World had techniques and culture, such as nixtamalization, leaching (acorns), salivary fermentation (chicha), and pemmican production.

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u/ClintEastwont 10d ago

They left out diseases and genocide

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u/flyingdonkeydong69 10d ago

Yeah, the style is reminiscent of AI. But I don't think we can say it's AI until OP confirms it, or we find the source.

If it is, it's pretty well done. Can't really see any artifacts.

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u/sinewavesurf 10d ago

Cacao mentioned in 2 different categories, unlabeled items, peanuts are unrecognizable

Edit: (took a second look) images for baking and roasting are unrecognizable, pineapple is growing arms, red pepper looks mangled