save-vs-lazer:

killjoycain:

the-man-who-sold-za-warudo:

mcgama:

the-man-who-sold-za-warudo:

his knees weakened,
arms encumbered,

vomit haveth appeared on his armour already,

mothers pasta of Italian origin

pasta, lasagna, and pizza were actually brought to Italy from China by Marco Polo during the 13th century but okay.

This armour is late 16th century. That gives my mother of Italian origin 3 centuries to develop her pasta in order for me to vomit it on myself. This meme is historically accurate.

I just had a stroke

Pasta coming to Italy from china was a myth invented by early 1900s american marketers that got really popular at the time and is now commonly considered true. But the ancient greek have had

λάγανον

(làganon)

and
μακάρια

(makària) since pre-roman times.

The myth originates from the
Macaroni Journal, published by an association of food industries with the goal of promoting pasta in the United States, in 1929. Which incidentally claimed that the word “Spaghetti” comes from the ancient mystical chinese word “Spa Get”.

All this bullshit was possibly an attempt at distancing themselves from fascist italy (Mussolini rose to power in 1922), or to ride on the wave of the anti-italian racism of the time (which was very widespread in the 20s), or maybe just to spin a fancy story with mythical undertones to sell their product.

A quick source, but really just google “pasta origin myth”.

This is not something I usually discuss on my blog but whenever this particular story comes up I get really mad.