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humor The Onion 2026-04-21

Soybean Expresses Existential Crisis Over Being Mashed Into Tofu

This poor legume is overwhelmed by the immense pressure to become sauces, oils, and powders. It just wants the dignity of being a perfectly normal, unmashed soybean.


<p>CARMI, IL—Expressing anxiety over the immense pressure it faced to become various food products, a local legume confided to reporters Tuesday that it wished it could just be a soybean and have that be enough. “I don’t want to be a sauce, I don’t want to be an oil, I don’t want to be tofu [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theonion.com/soybean-wishes-it-could-just-be-a-soybean-and-have-that-be-enough/">Soybean Wishes It Could Just Be A Soybean And Have That Be Enough</a> appeared first...

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