🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoAnon goes to dinner with coworkerssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up1939arrow-down127
arrow-up1912arrow-down1imageAnon goes to dinner with coworkerssh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square215fedilink
minus-squarecrashfrog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down14·2 months agoI’ve heard of it. It happened in the 1800’s on another continent. Can you explain what it has to do with eating potatoes?
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoIt is the link between irish people and potatoes. The joke wasn’t about potatoes it was about the link between irish people and potatoes.
minus-squarecrashfrog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·2 months agoIrish cuisine has a lot of potato dishes. Because they were cultivating potatoes.
minus-squareKaity@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoBecause the british bought all out their food sources, subjecting them to a famine where they had to grow potatoes to survive.
minus-squarecrashfrog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoNo, 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.
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?
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.
Irish cuisine has a lot of potato dishes. Because they were cultivating potatoes.
Because the british bought all out their food sources, subjecting them to a famine where they had to grow potatoes to survive.
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.