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All that colonizing, and for what!? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don’t jump the gun common British food not great before either, but it was eaten by peasants that had no access to spices besides salt. The taste of their food and the beauty of their women made the British the best sailors in the world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's a funny joke but that last line taken seriously indicates that for all their pillaging they did a surprisingly small amount of raping. After all, that's why women in Scandinavia are mostly attractive, the Vikings enjoyed both in equal amounts.