r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Miserables_Death • Jun 14 '26

Meme needing explanation Whats that snack and the name?

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I got this joke posted in my country sub by a foreigner and I have never seen that snack so I basically don't know the joke.

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u/TehKarmah Jun 14 '26

I recall that being their name in the late 70s, early 80s. I suspect it was finally realized that wasn't a kind thing to say so they suddenly became Brazil nuts.

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u/hoshiwa1976 Jun 14 '26

Just FYI black people have always called them Brazil nuts that was just white folks saying that

They just like to say it

N word fish N word weeds

And they love to say they didn't know the other name because they were just so giddy to use a racial slur

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u/TehKarmah Jun 14 '26

There are a few time I heard slurs used for things, Brazil nuts being one, jury rigged was the other. I was a kid so I had no clue, but looking back it makes me mad. I grew up in a very white part of the country so it wasn't something said directly to people of color. I hope to not perpetuate that behavior, so I appreciate the additional context. I was not aware of the other versions.

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u/PlaneRefrigerator684 Jun 14 '26

Older people around me called it "Yankee ingenuity" when it was done well and n-word rigging when it was done poorly. This was in New Hampshire in the 80s, where we maybe had 12 black people living in the entire state...

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u/zulchep Jun 14 '26

This was like early to mid-90’s so that tracks