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Easter Eggs Are So Expensive Americans Are Dyeing Potatoes

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    Great Depression vibes

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    Make America Great Depression Again

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      I pity The Onion's writers.

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        Did you know if you leave potato's out in the sun they turn green and create a neurotoxin called solanine? If ingested it can cause illness, nerve damage, even death!

        In WWII women forced to cook for Nazis would put green potatos in the soldiers soup and could kill or disable whole unit if done right. And the symptoms are very similar to regular food poisoning so it often was just overlooked as just spoiled food.

        And if green potato's start to rot the gas is also lethal, so some rotten potato's hidden in an enclosed space like a bedroom can do the job too.

        Know your history.

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          Did you know if you leave potato's out in the sun they turn green and create a neurotoxin called solanine? If ingested it can cause illness, nerve damage, even death!

          In WWII women forced to cook for Nazis would put green potatos in the soldiers soup and could kill or disable whole unit if done right. And the symptoms are very similar to regular food poisoning so it often was just overlooked as just spoiled food.

          And if green potato's start to rot the gas is also lethal, so some rotten potato's hidden in an enclosed space like a bedroom can do the job too.

          Know your history.

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          That can all be treated with Ivermectin and Zinc. Best regards - Robert Kennedy Jr.

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            As is tradition in Russia, probably

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              That can all be treated with Ivermectin and Zinc. Best regards - Robert Kennedy Jr.

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              I've heard an Epstein Salt Bath is also particularly invigorating

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                I've heard an Epstein Salt Bath is also particularly invigorating

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                That seriously sounds like some torture method

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                  As is tradition in Russia, probably

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                  They more likely use turnips.

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                    The whole point of Easter eggs is they are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, with further symbolism being found in the hard shell of the egg symbolizing the sealed Tomb of Christ—the cracking of which symbolized his resurrection from the dead. Dyeing potatoes is not Christian tradition.

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                      :::you mean coming soon:::

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                      Spoilers work like this:

                      ::: spoiler shown text
                      hidden text
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                      You need the word "spoiler" after the first colons and the colons have to be at the start of the lines.

                      ::: spoiler inspirational advice
                      make today your bitch
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                        Did you know if you leave potato's out in the sun they turn green and create a neurotoxin called solanine? If ingested it can cause illness, nerve damage, even death!

                        In WWII women forced to cook for Nazis would put green potatos in the soldiers soup and could kill or disable whole unit if done right. And the symptoms are very similar to regular food poisoning so it often was just overlooked as just spoiled food.

                        And if green potato's start to rot the gas is also lethal, so some rotten potato's hidden in an enclosed space like a bedroom can do the job too.

                        Know your history.

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                        I learned something new today. Thank you.

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                          The whole point of Easter eggs is they are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, with further symbolism being found in the hard shell of the egg symbolizing the sealed Tomb of Christ—the cracking of which symbolized his resurrection from the dead. Dyeing potatoes is not Christian tradition.

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                          neither is dying eggs. it's a coopted pagan tradition, hence the easter bunny. it's all just a bunch of fertility symbols. what denomination teaches the dyed red stuff?

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                            neither is dying eggs. it's a coopted pagan tradition, hence the easter bunny. it's all just a bunch of fertility symbols. what denomination teaches the dyed red stuff?

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                            Bunny is not Easter tradition. I don't know what is it. Eggs are. At least in Ortodox Christianity, don't know in other versions.

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                              Do people not use chocolate eggs for this? Is anybody still boiling actual chicken eggs?

                              More importantly, do I care? Is this news?

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                                Bunny is not Easter tradition. I don't know what is it. Eggs are. At least in Ortodox Christianity, don't know in other versions.

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                                cool! i don't have that much exposure to orthodox traditions. it reads like in orthodoxy the fertility symbol of the egg was recontextualized to represent Jesus tomb with the shell representing marble. the pictures are interesting, too. at first when you mentioned orthodoxy i imagined elaborate designs, but no. they're a deep dark red. i suggest others look them up because it's interesting seeing the differences in traditions.

                                in catholic and protestant descended easter egg traditions the most common colors for the eggs to be are blue, yellow, pink, purple, and green. these are springtime colors and in pagan traditions represented the potential for new life. the fact that we still do things like easter egg hunts and have a mystical magical bunny that brings children candy is a result of that the catholic church learned early on that if you strip pagans of their favorite traditions at first contact they get violent and angry because giving candy to children is fun and nice

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                                  Do people not use chocolate eggs for this? Is anybody still boiling actual chicken eggs?

                                  More importantly, do I care? Is this news?

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                                  Why would you die a chocolate egg?

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                                    There’s an Irish famine joke in here somewhere.

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                                    Too soon?
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                                    There are no potatoes in your Irish Famine joke.

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                                      Thanks for the heads-up.
                                      I'm gonna boil chocolate eggs this year, like a normal person.

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                                        There’s an Irish famine joke in here somewhere.

                                        ::: spoiler Spoiler
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                                        All I have is a modified Irish joke:
                                        How many eggs does it take to kill a democracy?

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                                        none
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                                          Why would you die a chocolate egg?

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                                          and also how

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