China Remembers the Sparrow War

Everyone: *makes fun of australia for losing a war to emus* China, who declared war on sparrows, with 45 million civilians dying in the process:

A green cartoon character wearing a military-style cap stares blankly at the viewer. The joke compares Australia’s infamous Emu War with China’s disastrous campaign against sparrows, which caused a major ecological crisis and mass crop damage. It is used as an absurd reaction to someone mocking another person for a foolish failure while having an even worse example of their own. EN: A green cartoon character wearing a military-style cap stares blankly at the viewer. The joke compares Australia’s infamous Emu War with China’s disastrous campaign against sparrows, which caused a major ecological crisis and mass crop damage. It is used as an absurd reaction to someone mocking another person for a foolish failure while having an even worse example of their own.

• @afrosidemoon / 52876 2022-11-24