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Cereal is cereal

Cereal is cereal
The most cerious battle of our time.
Brian Brooks, Freelance Writer April 4, 2019

In a recent Chimes article, editor-in-chief Christian Leonard made the oft-repeated claim that cereal should be called a soup, based on a definition he found that did not exclude the breakfast meal. While he makes a convincing case using the definition, I believe his overreliance on dictionaries gave...

Cereal is a soup

Cereal is a soup
The most important debate of our time has come to a conclusion—it is time to redefine cereal as soup.
Christian Leonard, Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2019

Cereal is a soup. All rational, experiential and, yes, spiritual evidence points to the truth of the matter. I can hear your objections already: “Soup is not sweet!” “The preparation processes are completely different!” “I knew you were homeschooled!” “Just go back to obsessing over chickens!” Please...