• Rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I’m failing to connect the punchline here really. Charlie Kirk was shot, so I get that. He was white, so I guess I get that bit. But… mulled wine? A white mulled wine? Is there a pun I’m not getting? And with a shot? I must be missing something really obvious but at the moment I feel as though this joke has two almost-punchlines but just sort of doesn’t quite get there.

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      6 days ago

      There is a popular drink on German christmas markets called “Lumumba” and it’s hot cocoa with a shot of rum, named after an assassinated Congolese politician.

      Normal wine isn’t really a common drink on German christmas markets. I’d say the German “Glühwein” rolls off the tongue easier than “mulled wine”, too. I guess this joke is just lost in translation …

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        5 days ago

        I just read his wiki page and that’s even worse than an Irish car bomb. He fought for his people’s independence from their colonizers…and got a racist drink named after him