As long as you vote blue no matter who, there is no need for the party to listen to your demands. If you don’t vote because you’re not happy with the candidates, they will blame you if they loose. Representative democracy is a scam and not by accident
I think you misunderstood the meme and worded your first comment poorly.
The meme is saying that the equivalent of guacamole on the island of Ireland is mashed potatoes. It doesn’t say the Irish invented it, it doesn’t really focus on national identity. I mean on Ireland is the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Different nations and the meme just says Irish.
And instead of saying “there is no such thing as Irish”, you said “potatoes aren’t Irish enough because they came too late”, implying that there is such a thing as Irish culture but potatoes don’t qualify.
If you read correctly it’s my interlocutor that made the point about the British repression forcing the potato on the Irish, and the argument of that being the National dish is even more silly to me.
The interlocutor was me and all I’m saying is that the British Empire forced potatoes on the Irish and because of that, potatoes were so wide spread in Ireland that they quality as a national dish. How is that silly? I still don’t follow. Imagine having to grow potatoes and then trying out a variety of dishes. Silly.
the Aztecs was almost completely destroyed.
How is this even relevant? I really don’t see any connection.
The idea that the portal became Irish because it was forced upon them by the English is a bit ironic, with a whiff of Stockholm syndrome, at least for me.
How so? The potato was force upon them, not mashed potatoes specifically. It would be totally understandable if the Irish would choose to get rid of everything that has anything to do with the British. This happens to a degree that the language Gaelic is revitalized. But it’s not up to me as a foreigner who never set foot on Ireland to expect that from them. Potato is an important food item all over Europe. “The idea that the portal became Irish because it was forced upon them by the English” is just an observation. You can’t dispute observations because they are “a bit ironic”. That’s not how history works.
The appropriation of certain dishes as national is, in itself, a rather novel idea.
How is this even an argument for your side? Nations are a social construct developed long after Columbus. By saying, anything that came after the 1400s can’t be part of a national identity, you are implying that nations exist since for ever.
Citation needed. I’m not 100% sure about written law, but in Germany we learn to look before crossing the street and using a traffic light if one is near.
According to ethymonline:
by 1912, American English (said in original citation to be a Kansas City term), from jay, perhaps with notion of boldness and impudence. Related: Jaywalk; jaywalker.
You think cultures can’t change? Ireland was colonized by Britain. They forced them to grow potatoes. You don’t think that influenced Irish culture?
Sure, I never meant it as a value statement, just an observation
This is Lemmy. Chances are that this is a repost from years ago
My father watches snookers and I remember how happy he was when the quality was good enough to distinguish the colors
I guess bro is American. Their center is more to the right than in other places
You’re confusing two things. On a personal level, you’re not lucky. The moment something happens, everything changes for the person it happened to. Same with rare illnesses or side effects of drugs or vaccinations.
What doesn’t change is that men go on first dates without taking precautions. I hope that helped
The article is 7 years old. That’s how far you have to go back to find an example
Das ist gar nichts so selten, zumindest dass das englische ausführlicher ist als das deutsche. Das englische Wiktionary ist mit Abstand das Größe mit dem Effekt dass auch nicht englische Wörter betroffen sind
This is hypothetical! Why doesn’t Israel have a right to exist but Czechoslovakia, the Ottoman Empire and the Soviet Union do? #doublestandard
After August is before August
I’m not an American myself but I’ve heard of food deserts aka areas where fresh food isn’t available. This context is important because without it, your comment might read as if it’s their fault
Upvote because I do this almost every day but today I was in office instead of working remote and I don’t like feeling watched so I didn’t do it today
Pretty sure beavers made humans build it. Who domesticated whom?
I focused on the US because that’s what the post was about but here in Germany, it’s only gradually better but I’m far from happy with it. There are topics with a majority of the population in favor but a minority in parliament. Granted, some of the elements of my first mental list have changed by now but also, all the parties are moving to the right.