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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Apparently potatoes are a staple food in South America, ao OP isn't alone in this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (7 children)

They’re a staple food in Germany, too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

So much so that our immigrant population refers to Germans as "Kartoffeln" (potatoes)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Tbh, I hear that almost exclusively from native Germans, though that might be because I had an Irish sounding maiden name and people figured I’d be insulted by potato jokes. Weirdly, I don’t hear much teasing of Germans from immigrants. I do it, like the other day I left work in socks and crocs and pointed it out as a final step of my Eindeutschung to my coworkers, so not really cutting, but I still don’t hear even light teasing much from others. The most I see is loaded eye contact whenever something is really German. Things like unbelievable bureaucracy, or very precise engineering, or an absolutely terrifying thing that’s for some reason aimed at children.

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