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[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No one's gonna say it? Fuck it i guess it's my time.

They're literally spamming Maui!

[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The term spamming actually traces back to the food spam.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

That's exactly why it's so perfeçt

[–] devils_advocate@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM X 100

[–] tcit 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

First the fire and now this?! Oh poor them.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, Hawaiians love the stuff.

[–] soviettaters@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

Hawaiians eat Spam like the rest of us drink water.

[–] bermuda 4 points 1 year ago

Ever been to Hawaii? Spam is worshipped there

[–] Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Low sodium spam chopped into cubes and fried until crispy are absolutely delicious. I don't know why people have such an aversion to it.

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

Spam is fucking glorious. I used to eat it out of the can when I walked cross country a few years ago. It is SO high in fat but so delicious

[–] GuybrushThreepwo0d@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a huge part of their culture believe it or not

[–] Alto@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

And it's absolutely delicious when cooked right

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 16 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The makers of Spam, saying that their “special relationship with the Hawaiian community spans decades,” have donated over 264,000 cans to aid the disaster-relief efforts on Maui, the company said in a press release.

“In all, the Spam brand has donated cash and product with a retail value of more than $1,000,000 to directly help those impacted by the wildfires.”

The company said it has partnered with nonprofit group Convoy of Hope to get the cans to where they are needed most.

“The fact that Spam doesn’t need refrigeration makes it a perfect item for Convoy to deliver to survivors,” Stacy Lamb, vice president, disaster services at Convoy of Hope, is quoted as saying in the press release.

It’s stacked on a block of rice and wrapped in seaweed to make Spam musubi, and sold at fast-food chains like McDonald’s in Hawaii.

Spam was first introduced to Asia-Pacific during World War II, a welcome substitute to meat that was increasingly becoming unaffordable or simply unavailable in the conflict-wracked region.


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[–] eldopgergan@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

So you mean to say they spammed the canned food to Maui?

[–] quicken@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It feels weird to define "truckloads" of product to be sent to islands

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

The same 20f container goes from truck to ship to truck once more.

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

The good kind of spam.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is inhumane. Nobody deserves that shit.

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, they should have brought rice and pineapples with it. Ooh, and some sweet and sour sauce

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yes. Just give them real food. Not sewer meat.

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spam is just pork and ham mixed with some salt and sugar, I don't see how that's not "real food", people all over the planet have eaten those things as food for thousands of years before someone had the audacity to ...put it in a can for convenient distribution.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean real food, not dead animals

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Do not associate yourself with me, rodent.

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[–] shiveyarbles 3 points 1 year ago

They can build walls of spam to protect against the fire

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 2 points 1 year ago

Yay let's destroy the climate more in response to climate-exacerbated natural disasters!