▲ 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
[–] 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
