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[-] Gordon@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

Haha, LOL, I totally get it, but can someone explain it to my friend? He doesn't get it.

[-] qwertilliopasd@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago

The Donner party were a group on the Oregon trail that got stuck on a mountain pass in the winter and resorted to cannibalism to survive. The Dollup did a really good podcast episode about it.

Also the cafe in the University of Colorado UMC is named "The Alfred Packer Gill". Alfred Packer was a similar famed cannibal.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago

Also the cafe in the University of Colorado UMC is named "The Alfred Packer Gill".

Sounds like a wonderfully shpadoinkle place.

[-] qwertilliopasd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I think I know precisely what you mean

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

...i get why it's funny (the donner party infamously resorted to cannibalism) but i don't get how it's ironic...

[-] Slimthickens@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Well, you see, it's like rain, but on your wedding day

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago

Picnic Ground

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don’t see what the big deal is. I always have people at that picnic ground to eat.

[-] jlow@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

What's this about? Donner means thunder in German but I've also seen Brits use it for misspelling Döner (Kebab).

[-] _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

A group of american settlers got stuck there in winter and did some cannibalism to survive. I watched a YouTube "documentary" once.

[-] jlow@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Uh, yeah, that sounds like an amazing site for a picknick, why not ...

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