• crashfrog@sopuli.xyz
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    11 hours ago

    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?

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      9 hours ago

      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.

      • crashfrog@sopuli.xyz
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        9 hours ago

        Irish cuisine has a lot of potato dishes. Because they were cultivating potatoes.

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          4 hours ago

          Because the british bought all out their food sources, subjecting them to a famine where they had to grow potatoes to survive.