A hamburger with cheese on it is not longer a hamburger—it’s a cheeseburger. However, you can load a hamburger up with ketchup, mustard, onions, lettuce, pickles and more, and it’s still a hamburger.
“How come no matter what topping u put on a hamburger, its still a hamburger.. Until u add cheese. What about an onion burger?” was posted on Twitter on April 7, 2010. “You can put literally any topping other than cheese on a hamburger and it’s still a hamburger, but put one slice of cheese on it and it’s not a hamburger anymore” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on April 15, 2018.
Twitter
Scott Dallas
@ScoDal
How come no matter what topping u put on a hamburger, its still a hamburger.. Until u add cheese. What about an onion burger?
7:59 AM - 7 Apr 2010
Twitter
Deb Ng
@debng
Also? If it has cheese, it is no longer a hamburger, it is a cheeseburger but that is just me being nitpicky.
11:28 AM - 3 Jul 2010
Twitter
I.F.
@nene_carrot
Lol 😂😂😂 can a hamburger have cheese and still be a hamburger??😭
4:02 PM - 23 Dec 2014
Twitter
Blank
@Riaanq
So if you put cheese on a hamburger, it is no longer a hamburger, but a cheeseburger .
What if I put some pickles on? Does it become a pickleburger? Tomatoburger? Onionburger? Lettuceburger?
One Cheese-pickle-tomato-burger please 🧀🥒🍅🍔
It is only logical 🖖
4:44 PM - 20 Nov 2017
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
You can put literally any topping other than cheese on a hamburger and it’s still a hamburger, but put one slice of cheese on it and it’s not a hamburger anymore.
submitted April 15, 2018 by tkdgns
COMMENTS
feor1300
Likewise, you can put just about anything on a grilled cheese, but one one hamburger on it and suddenly it’s not a grilled cheese anymore. 😛
Twitter
EATechie™
@technieGUY
You can put literally any topping other than cheese on a hamburger and it’s still a hamburger, but put one slice of cheese on it and it’s not a hamburger anymore.
7:34 PM - 15 Apr 2018
Twitter
sǝʎǝɹ uosɹǝpu∀
@SavageSelvin
You can put any topping on a hamburger and it still be a hamburger but if you put one slice of cheese it’s no longer a hamburger.
7:35 PM - 15 Apr 2018
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