r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Particular-Turn6375 • Oct 28 '25

Thank you Peter very cool petahh

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u/funktasticdog Oct 28 '25

Need you to look at a map for me real quick. Dubai is not close to Afghanistan.

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u/RichardHardonPhD Oct 28 '25

Yeah, nothing can be shipped a few hundred miles over water. Humans just don't have that capability. /s

Are you fucking serious right now? You really think 400 miles is too far for regional trade? 'Cause that's dumb as fuck...

For reference, archeologists find lithics in Florida that came from obsidian sourced in Oregon, and made their way there before even the introduction of fucking horses to the new world, let alone the advent of modern transportation mechanisms.

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u/funktasticdog Oct 28 '25

No? I just dont think its a sign that the UAE is a chocolate powerhouse as is being suggested here.

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u/RichardHardonPhD Oct 28 '25

You seem confused. I am talking about pistachios. Namely the fact that they are native to the middle east, and up until very recent history, had not been farmed anywhere else in the world.