• The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    that’s on purpose! Douglass Adams was primarily motivated to write them by how offensive he found Apartheid South Africa to his existence as a human

    • PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      I could certainly tell it was on purpose lmao, ya don’t accidentally blow my mind by telling jokes lol.

      Had no idea about it being a response to his revulsion to that, great tidbit thanks!! I’ll have to look for the parallels next time I pick em up.