71 points
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seriously.
insert potato joke
“why is that funny?”
let them try to explain
“oh, I thought it was about he Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and subsequently had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole.”
see how awkward it can get.
43 points
Even worse, the famine was entirely caused by landlords and especially the English. It wasn’t a natural disaster, but a product of monoculture that was forced on the people through no fault of their own.
6 points
It was caused by the government of England subsidizing the export of food from Ireland.
10 points
21 points
That’s when they ostracize you for being a killjoy and not appreciating their “humour”
7 points
1 point