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“White people can’t handle spicy food.”
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The Dutch East India Company, arriving with a fleet of armed merchant ships to monopolise the global spice trade:
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This is a history meme that works on two levels. On the surface, it’s a simple contradiction of a modern stereotype. But underneath, it’s a reminder that the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) was the world’s first multinational corporation — and it was built on pepper, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon. The Dutch didn’t just “handle” spicy food. They literally fought wars, colonised entire islands (the Banda Islands, modern Indonesia), and created the first stock market to finance their spice monopoly.
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Spices were worth their weight in gold in 17th-century Europe. Nutmeg was literally used as currency. The Dutch swapped Manhattan for a tiny island called Run just to secure the nutmeg monopoly. That’s how serious the spice game was.
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Gorgocutie’s Verdict:
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So yes, white people can handle spicy food. They built a global empire, committed atrocities, and invented modern capitalism to prove it. Drake’s disgusted face in the corner of a painting of a Dutch fluyt is the perfect punchline. History memes are the only genre where you learn about colonialism and laugh at the same time.
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