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[-] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago

the joke was in reference to the irish potato famine which was caused by the uk subsidising the export of food in ireland so potatoes were literally the only thing they were able to eat because the british would force them to hand over everything else

[-] crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

How does the joke reference that?

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