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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's why our ancestors came here ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฅด Far away from war and problems.

I really don't like being so far away. ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜ข

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine were escaping TB and chasing potat

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

mine were escaping nazi devastation

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought they came here cause they were convicts lol. Or they came for the goldrush.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I read goldrush as goulash and had a "huh? Sounds alright actually" moment.