It’s time to stop debating whether a hot dog is a sandwich

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Few questions are as divisive as the hot dog / sandwich debate. I’ve certainly had it more times than I can count.
But what’s unique about the controversy isn’t how eager people are to argue; it’s how dead-set they are in their opinions from the get-go. Even the most ambivalent, indecisive people I know have strong opinions about the categorical identity of a hot dog. I’ve also never seen anyone change their mind on the matter. Nobody has managed to convince me that a hot dog is a sandwich. (I’m a non-sandwicher, for the record.) Our personal taxonomy is primal and ironclad.
Our personal taxonomy is primal and ironclad
What I also find interesting is that if you really get into the weeds of these debates, it becomes clear that…

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