724
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 67 points 1 month ago

What if you mixed the blood with potatoes?

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 102 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

An Irish is born

(Is that funny or is that offensive, I have no clue)

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

Probably funny to a younger Irishman but also remember that the Irish grew plenty of food but it was the English who took it away from them despite the fact that potatoes, one of the few things they were left with to eat, were experiencing a blight. The joke/story is often portrayed as the Irish learning aboit potatoes from the Americas and going all-in like the entire culture just went feral for the things and had a monocrop but that wasn’t at all what happened. It wasn’t about whether or not they liked potatoes and more a matter of what the English would even let them eat after stealing all their food.

I wasn’t making a lot of Irish potatoe jokes before but I straight up stopped after learning that. The English did some pretty fucked up things in Ireland.

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Ore forebears' masters were money-grubbing cunts, this is true. Let's not pretend old matey in the pits was actively participating in the enactment of policies which caused death and emigration on scales unbeknownst before.

Our masters are now too, but at least they pretend not to be. Although they still don't teach kids about the empire properly.

[-] philthi@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

As a person who grew up in Ireland since I was 5: this is funny to me

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

As a person that never went to Ireland, i find it pretty funny

[-] Moops@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

As a potato I don't find any of this funny at all.

Oh, come off it. We know you're a blonde and not a sack of potatoes.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

I’m Irish, I hereby condone this joke. You are free to go, sir.

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 month ago

Probably both...

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

"Oh fuck, rocks?! That's right, let's try rocks next. Duh!"

-Rocket scientist, caked in blood and potato debris

[-] Blyfh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

There called rocket scientists for a reason, not rock scientists.

[-] WagnasT@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago
[-] franklin@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Pomme de terra

[-] Burninator05@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Keep in mind that it doesn't say that blood is bad for making bricks. Just that it is worse than potatoes. The real deciding factor will be which is cheaper to get in space.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 21 points 1 month ago

This closes off a few bad endings for humanity.

[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago

Think again, scientists are often ignored

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 1 month ago

As long as potatoes have a higher profit margin than blood, the real mosnsters will choose potatoes.

[-] squid_slime@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago

I know this is a meme but actually looking into this is very interesting, the question being answered is "how can we build on distant planets" which scientists from Manchester university have tried to answer with human waste products and space dust. Any food production on a ship will be for consumption so while potato's are a good choice on earth in reality growing potato's on distant planets pose more question than answers.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Human waste products I can understand. But how many humans would you need to mulch to get enough blood for a building project? That’s one of the main fluids we usually want to stay inside our bodies.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

You don't want to know the third thing they tried.

[-] Remotedeck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago

It's piss, no joke

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well of course. Without potatoes they’re just trying to get a stone from blood.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Potatoes, what can’t they do?

[-] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

More specifically, what else are they good at that is typically a duty relegated to human blood?

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[-] ReCursing@lemmings.world 7 points 1 month ago

A dick tater?

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

On the weekends my blood has a good percentage of potato in it. Though I don’t think that’s as good as potato free blood.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

suuure bricks. cool cool cool cool. Did I miss the meeting where we resolved the "not able to breathe on Mars" problem?

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

If we can't figure out how to build stores and factories on Mars, what's even the point of going?

[-] pinkystew@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

Apartments! Rent slaves!! Real estate ARRGHHGHGFHJ is literally a horrible feudal lord forcing people to spend their entire lives working and dies comfortably in his bed smiling surrounded by his family at 95 after a life of unprecedented luxury suffering no consequences for his immortal behavior ever

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This feels like it's part of a Hideo Kojima game.

"Blood grenades? Hah! Have you tried spuds?!"

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

He codes real-time potato growing into the game.

[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 9 points 1 month ago

Blood for the Blood God. Skulls for the Skull Throne.

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

So where are they making these bricks? In space? Why do you need bricks... In space?

It would take effort and time, but surely there are far more efficient ways to make bricks on like Mars considering the vast amount of water that's been discovered.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 9 points 1 month ago

In case of space big bad wolves. Duh.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] kernelle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Firstly, this is for creating concrete on mars, where resources are very scarce and making regular concrete is not viable. Secondly, to survive martian conditions, we need to build bases, a lot of very sturdy, structurally sound bases. And lastly, before the potato based concrete, blood was genuinely the most viable solution, being an easily renewable resource. IIRC the martian concrete is now magnitudes better than regular concrete.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

You'd think that, but believe it or not: blood or potatoes.

...

So the three little astronauts go into the Martian house of blood, and the big bad says "L̶̛̲̗͕̞̍e̸̢̛̼̦͔͋̚͝͝t̸̩͎̺̙̗̙̃ ̶̝̖̣̃̌̚ḿ̵̡̻͆͘ę̸̛́̀̌ ̶̡̙̩͆͂ͅi̷̢͙̓̈́͛͂ń̴̬̩͔̳̱"

[-] lauha@lemmy.one 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, bit what about in space?

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That's the part I don't understand, what are you going to do with bricks in space???

[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Throw them at space billionaires, duh.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

pig houses duh

[-] lauha@lemmy.one 1 points 1 month ago

Build a brick house, duh

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Why, sausage, of course.

[-] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Which of the two options did they think of first? I want a recording of that meeting.

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Guess it’s leaches and blood letting again.

load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2024
724 points (99.5% liked)

Lemmy Shitpost

27209 readers
3575 users here now

Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.

Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!


Rules:

1. Be Respectful


Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.

...


2. No Illegal Content


Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.

That means:

-No promoting violence/threats against any individuals

-No CSA content or Revenge Porn

-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)

...


3. No Spam


Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.

-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.

-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.

-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers

-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.

...


4. No Porn/ExplicitContent


-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.

-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.

...


5. No Enciting Harassment,Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts


-Do not Brigade other Communities

-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.

-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.

-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.

...


6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.


-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.

...

If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.


Also check out:

Partnered Communities:

1.Memes

2.Lemmy Review

3.Mildly Infuriating

4.Lemmy Be Wholesome

5.No Stupid Questions

6.You Should Know

7.Comedy Heaven

8.Credible Defense

9.Ten Forward

10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)


Reach out to

All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules. Striker

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS