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crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 2 months agoCan you explain how the joke references “a genocide”?
Comment on Anon goes to dinner with coworkers
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 2 months agoCan you explain how the joke references “a genocide”?
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Please learn about Irish history.
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Is every use of the word “potato” a reference to famine in the 1800’s?
positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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.
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
There’s literally a dish called “Irish potatoes.”
gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
the joke was in reference to the irish potato famine which was caused by the uk subsidising the export of food in ireland so potatoes were literally the only thing they were able to eat because the british would force them to hand over everything else
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
How does the joke reference that?
pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 months ago
is every use of the word “yellow” racist? no but context matters
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Sure; an important part of this context is that the Irish bombed more hospitals than the Israelis have