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 month agoIs every use of the word “potato” a reference to famine in the 1800’s?
gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
How does the joke reference that?
psud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
By using the concepts “potato” and “Irish”
The only reason those concepts are linked is because potato was the emergency food during the period during which England was trying to kill all Irish people
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
That’s an insane misapprehension of the potato famine
pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 month ago
is every use of the word “yellow” racist? no but context matters
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Sure; an important part of this context is that the Irish bombed more hospitals than the Israelis have
positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
There’s literally a dish called “Irish potatoes.”
positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Lol, oh you little trolls