That is some savage shit. If Eminem were at the table, he would have taken notes.

The potato joke is also a joke about a genocide.

Oh, then what’s the problem?

The Irish genocide is far enough in the past to have become sort of “folklore”.
No one who experienced it is still alive or in living memory.
That makes it better suited for small talk.

Oh it’s still in living memory, Ireland and Irish culture still hasn’t recovered from it.

Can’t hold a potato if both hands are full of grudges, though. 🤷🏼‍♂️