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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 67 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What if you mixed the blood with potatoes?

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 102 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

An Irish is born

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

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Moops@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Probably both...

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"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 2 weeks ago

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

[–] WagnasT@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] franklin@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pomme de terra

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This closes off a few bad endings for humanity.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Think again, scientists are often ignored

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Remotedeck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 weeks ago

It's piss, no joke

[–] squid_slime@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] squid_slime@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

We can donate so much a month so a haul to Mars would take years. Also these expedition may get larger with crew capacity.

Its early days yet and this is just one method there will be a dozen more by the time we actually start traversing distant planets.

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Potatoes, what can’t they do?

[–] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ReCursing@lemmings.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

A dick tater?

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

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

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

He codes real-time potato growing into the game.

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In case of space big bad wolves. Duh.

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[–] kernelle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, bit what about in space?

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Throw them at space billionaires, duh.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

pig houses duh

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

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

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why, sausage, of course.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Guess it’s leaches and blood letting again.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago
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