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• sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Please learn about Irish history.

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  • crashfrog@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is every use of the word “potato” a reference to famine in the 1800’s?

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    • positiveWHAT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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      • crashfrog@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There’s literally a dish called “Irish potatoes.”

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    • gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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      • crashfrog@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        How does the joke reference that?

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    • pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      is every use of the word “yellow” racist? no but context matters

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      • crashfrog@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Sure; an important part of this context is that the Irish bombed more hospitals than the Israelis have

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