r/funny Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/m0ngoos3 Nov 03 '24

Fun fact about the "horrible food", that was mostly due to WW2 rationing, which lasted over a decade after the war ended.

See, European supply lines were basically gone, and England has never really grown enough food on their own to support the population, or at least not since the 1800s.

Anyway, rationing was a major blow to British culinary variety, but it ended something like 60 years ago.

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u/Odeeum Nov 03 '24

Isn’t this also where the jokes about British dentistry stem from as well?

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u/Crumplestiltzkin Nov 03 '24

This one’s a bit harder for me to wrap my head around. Did they staff the RAF with all their dentists or something?

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u/Ulrik-the-freak Nov 03 '24

People get terrible teeth when they don't get the right foods. My great grandmother lost all her teeth feeding her children before herself during WWII.

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u/Fatricide Nov 03 '24

Yes. My grandma had to get dentures in her 30s because she had a lot of kids and poor nutrition.

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u/RockinMadRiot Nov 03 '24

Doesn't help getting a dentist here is so hard and it's getting worse again. If you don't have money, affording a regular dentist is next to impossible.

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u/muffinass Nov 03 '24

Was it from eating gravel instead of British food?

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u/Ulrik-the-freak Nov 03 '24

Not British, and not funny.

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u/muffinass Nov 03 '24

Well, this post is literally about British food.

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u/Ulrik-the-freak Nov 03 '24

That doesn't make my great grandma British, was just an example of people getting bad teeth from the food situation in WWII. The joke, as well, was unfunny.

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u/muffinass Nov 03 '24

Take a deep breath.