🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 12 hours agoAnon goes to dinner with coworkerssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1576arrow-down119
arrow-up1557arrow-down1imageAnon goes to dinner with coworkerssh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 12 hours agomessage-square181fedilink
minus-squarecrashfroglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down11·7 hours agoCan you explain how the joke references “a genocide”?
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoEngland stole the potatoes and Ireland starved.
minus-squarecrashfroglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoWhat part of the joke has anything to do with England?
minus-squaresp3tr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·7 hours agoPlease learn about Irish history.
minus-squarecrashfroglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down11·7 hours agoIs every use of the word “potato” a reference to famine in the 1800’s?
minus-squarepositiveWHAT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 hours agoOK, so there’s something called “context”, which in this case is the person being questioned being Irish. All Europeans eats potatoes so singling out the Irish in this way means you are referencing the famine.
minus-squarecrashfroglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 hours agoThere’s literally a dish called “Irish potatoes.”
Can you explain how the joke references “a genocide”?
England stole the potatoes and Ireland starved.
What part of the joke has anything to do with England?
Potatoes
Please learn about Irish history.
Is every use of the word “potato” a reference to famine in the 1800’s?
OK, so there’s something called “context”, which in this case is the person being questioned being Irish.
All Europeans eats potatoes so singling out the Irish in this way means you are referencing the famine.
There’s literally a dish called “Irish potatoes.”
Lol, oh you little trolls