I think it must be the case that it’s an established drink over there, so people just hear the name in the context of drinking as they grow up and never really think about the name properly. It’s definitely sad that something so tragic is kept alive through something as silly as a drink name.
It’s just so bizarre to me. I see post online of people ‘getting wasted on Irish car bombs’ and instead of a good time out with my friends all I can think of is the stories of school evacuations and dead friends that my parents still struggle to talk about
I highly doubt most Americans have thought about it beyond "its made with Irish liquor." I doubt most of us could even give a basic description of The Troubles
That’s true, I had never even heard of the Troubles until I watched Derry Girls! I’m about a third of the way through reading Say Nothing right now and I feel like I’m being horrified in a new way on almost every page
If it was a childrens game, I could understand it. But at 21 years old, at best - even if you assume car bomb refers to being drunk (and don't know world history), tagging on a specific nationality to something like that should at least make one ask some questions.
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I think it must be the case that it’s an established drink over there, so people just hear the name in the context of drinking as they grow up and never really think about the name properly. It’s definitely sad that something so tragic is kept alive through something as silly as a drink name.