▲ 941 ▼ Anon goes to dinner with coworkers (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works 209 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz -12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’ve heard of it. It happened in the 1800’s on another continent. Can you explain what it has to do with eating potatoes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is the link between irish people and potatoes. The joke wasn’t about potatoes it was about the link between irish people and potatoes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Irish cuisine has a lot of potato dishes. Because they were cultivating potatoes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyatto@leminal.space 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because the british bought all out their food sources, subjecting them to a famine where they had to grow potatoes to survive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago No, the famine happened after. You’ve got it backwards. The famine was started because of a widespread potato blight. It’s not called the Potato Famine because that’s all they could eat; it’s called that because that’s what they couldn’t eat. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is the link between irish people and potatoes. The joke wasn’t about potatoes it was about the link between irish people and potatoes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Irish cuisine has a lot of potato dishes. Because they were cultivating potatoes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyatto@leminal.space 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because the british bought all out their food sources, subjecting them to a famine where they had to grow potatoes to survive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago No, the famine happened after. You’ve got it backwards. The famine was started because of a widespread potato blight. It’s not called the Potato Famine because that’s all they could eat; it’s called that because that’s what they couldn’t eat. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Irish cuisine has a lot of potato dishes. Because they were cultivating potatoes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyatto@leminal.space 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because the british bought all out their food sources, subjecting them to a famine where they had to grow potatoes to survive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago No, the famine happened after. You’ve got it backwards. The famine was started because of a widespread potato blight. It’s not called the Potato Famine because that’s all they could eat; it’s called that because that’s what they couldn’t eat. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because the british bought all out their food sources, subjecting them to a famine where they had to grow potatoes to survive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago No, the famine happened after. You’ve got it backwards. The famine was started because of a widespread potato blight. It’s not called the Potato Famine because that’s all they could eat; it’s called that because that’s what they couldn’t eat. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago No, the famine happened after. You’ve got it backwards. The famine was started because of a widespread potato blight. It’s not called the Potato Famine because that’s all they could eat; it’s called that because that’s what they couldn’t eat. permalink fedilink source parent
