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War! What is it good for? (media.piefed.social)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

No, the joke is that the Viet Cong often resorted to hunting 'bush meat' of local wildlife just to survive, including monkeys.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So the meme literally calling an ape a Viet Cong isn't registering with anyone else?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 6 hours ago

Because it's not doing that.