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[–] 40 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

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

They're literally spamming Maui!

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [B] 26 points 2 years 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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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

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

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A lot of people here are deeply unaware of how much spam is a staple of the local diet there. This would be like if some company donated avocados to San Diego, shrimp to New Orleans, or sweet tea to Charlotte. And it's shelf stable which is an extra bonus there.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    They do like spam musubi

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    The good kind of spam.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    They can build walls of spam to protect against the fire

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    That's pretty smart when you think about it. Cans of spam last a while and are highly stackable. A truckload would be a pretty big amount

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  • [+] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Non-Hawaiians just do not understand how to handle Spam

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It's great as a filler when used sparingly. Not so great when you just eat the whole cube straight from the can other than maybe the first time you try it.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago

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

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is inhumane. Nobody deserves that shit.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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