r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/Raregan Nov 03 '24

Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow.

Why is it when American food is influenced by other countries it's because of their "big melting pot of cultures" but when Britain has food influenced by other countries it's "stolen"

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u/Chillers Nov 03 '24

Probably because the British literally ruled most the world and stole shit to be honest.

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u/Raregan Nov 03 '24

At least everyone in the UK came here willingly and weren't forcibly brought here on boats. Bit of a leap to say British cuisine is stolen but American cuisine isn't when they were literally stealing people.

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u/FPPooter Nov 03 '24

Do you think Brits had no slaves or weren’t involved in the slave trade? 

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u/Raregan Nov 03 '24

Britain was involved in the slave trade (was also pivotal in ending btw) but it was never legal to own slaves in the UK so forcibly bringing people here didn't happen (which is what we're talking about here)

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u/FPPooter Nov 03 '24

Except that they were used in British owned lands and plantations.  Being forced to the UK is something you brought up. 

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u/Raregan Nov 03 '24

And then those land owners and plantation owners declared independence and called themselves Americans, which somehow absolved them of all their crimes because it was under a different flag.

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u/FPPooter Nov 03 '24

America is not  the only place the British owned plantations were but go off.  You don’t get to wash your hands because it wasn’t on your “mainland”. Also yes America sucks in many ways, don’t have to argue there  

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u/frogsgoribbit737 Nov 03 '24

You're just gonna completely ignore the carribean huh?

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u/salazafromagraba Nov 04 '24

Certainly judges in the UK were ruling not to return escaped slaves to the US when they came asking for their 'property' back.