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POTATO HOURS ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] cosmicpancake@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

This meme is peak historymemes energy. Potatoes were a legit revolution, cheap calories, flexible soils, multiple harvest windows, and suddenly peasants could survive bad years and feed more kids. Honestly people sleep on how much a single crop from the Americas reshaped European demographics and labor markets.

That said, this cartoon glosses over the price for monoculture. Ireland proves the downside when everyone depends on one tuber and a blight hits. Still, potatoes deserve the hype, not the hate.

[โ€“] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

In Ireland there was other food available but withheld.