Dearest client,
The submission of this question has been greatly appreciated. We, as licensed philosophers contributing to the answers at Dear Letterbox, will do our very best to give you a satisfactory answer.
Statistically, in a verbal poll, around 38.9% of our Dear Letterbox club members believe that a burger is, technically, a sandwich. However, this leaves the majority of the club to believe the contrary. So why don’t do a little bit of research and critical thinking for ourselves.
According to Google, the definition of a sandwich is as follows: “an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with a filling between them, eaten as a light meal.” From what I can tell, there are three qualifications of a sandwich that Google is trying to get at.
Must be an item of food
Must have two pieces of bread with a filling between them
Must be able to be eaten as a light meal
And so now we observe the physical makeup of a burger, and whether or not it fits in with the qualifications of a sandwich. A burger, as we can observe, is an item of food, meaning that Success Criteria #1 has been fulfilled. Furthermore, although they are called “buns,” there are indeed two pieces of bread involved, with a filling of meat, lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise, and other miscellaneous objects with nutritional value. As such, Success Criteria #2 is not a problem.
At our current standpoint in our research, it seems as though the 38.9% of our club members could be correct. However, there is still one more qualification. We must not draw conclusions too quickly.
Our third criteria is that it must able to be eaten as a light meal. However, this does not apply to burgers. Burgers are eaten typically as a full meal. Think about when you pay a visit to Blue Frog. Would you really call a burger there a “light meal” unironically? Would you still order an extra salad after consuming the bulky, chunky, five-layered monstrosity that Blue Frog calls a “Classic Beef Burger?” Light meals are eaten in between main meals - will you really be eating dinner after you eat this, after your stomach is near to bursting in the aftermath of the inhalation of this nutrition?
Despite this, the McDonalds burgers are burgers that exist. Those are burgers that can be eaten as a light meal. Those burgers are nothing like the shocking amount of burger that exists within a Blue Frog burger. Those burgers are, for lack of a better word, small. Even so, people still eat the burgers at McDonalds as a full-on meal. So this counterargument can be refuted as well.
In addition, the menu at Jamaica Blue separates burgers from sandwiches. This further proves the conclusion that a burger cannot be handled as a light meal. Taking these conclusions into account, we can confidently say that burgers do not fulfill Success Criteria #3 of being a sandwich. Like so, burgers are not technically sandwiches, due to the failure of the requirement of being able to be eaten as a light meal.
Thank you for submitting this intellectual question that has stimulated thought-provoking arguments for generations. This is the final correct answer. I would know, I have a PhD in sandwich-and-burger-ology.
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