wern00 t1_jddtoep wrote on March 23, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Reply to comment by snerdaferda in In honor of ice cream places opening soon do you call them “Jimmies” or “Sprinkles”? by IamMikey1

"Sidney Farber, a cancer researcher in Boston, founded a charity named after one of his patients called The Jimmy Fund. His nephew opened an ice cream restaurant called Brigham's and charged an extra penny for chocolate sprinkles on a cone, which benefited The Jimmy Fund."

snerdaferda t1_jddu21u wrote on March 23, 2023 at 6:02 PM

But most people associate “Jimmies” with referring to Jim Crow instead, and that’s the important part. It’s like the Mandela affect of racism.

pornplz22526 t1_jdiwrlk wrote on March 24, 2023 at 6:39 PM

Nope. Most people being idiots who literally invented a false history should never be a viable argument.

snerdaferda t1_jdj53ko wrote on March 24, 2023 at 7:34 PM

Well we teach how the Indians taught the pilgrims to farm and everyone got along and that’s thanksgiving so

pornplz22526 t1_jdjj4w8 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 9:06 PM

Thanksgiving is literally just a harvest feast. Correct the origins and move on.

snerdaferda t1_jdktqui wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:00 AM

Right so we should be telling the whole story? That’s kind of the whole point, isn’t it.

pornplz22526 t1_jdl6qaw wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:05 AM

Racism isn't part of Jimmies' story, though. It's fiction.