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Anon goes to dinner with coworkers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They were colonized by the British and essentially taxed through landlords above their ability to produce, but were allowed to support themselves on potatoes, which was okay (not really) until there was a blight damaging the potato crops, which brought on huge amounts of emigration and led to over a million people starving to death. If you want to read more

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

Thanks. Now I understand, why that joke was quite an asshole joke.