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North Korea reverses stance on pizza (i.imgur.com)

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[–]I_Will_Allow_This 55 points56 points ago

Truly a progressive nation.

[–]Zoklar 31 points32 points ago

It seems like a joke because they're such basic things for us, but I am glad that it is happening. Maybe it'll snowball from here.

[–]Gimli_The_Dwarf 42 points43 points ago

No Snowballs!

[–]timewarp 3 points4 points ago

You have been banned from /r/pyongyang.

[–]Hypersapien 0 points1 point ago

Yeah! Next thing you know, they'll be letting people express ideas that the glorious government has no stated position on instead of just the ideas that have been explicitly approved.

[–]Peuned 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, soon they'll have wheat and tomatos and stuff.

[–]giveitago 29 points30 points ago

Also honeybuns, honeybuns are no longer a capitalist conspiracy, and curly fries. Curly fries are now a people's revolution food. Yoga pants will now be called Mao pants.

[–]401vs401 7 points8 points ago

/r/girlsinmaopants

[–]logicom 1 point2 points ago

there doesn't seem to be anything here

=(

[–]ggggbabybabybaby -2 points-1 points ago

/r/girlsinmypants

[–]ProductivePerson 7 points8 points ago

There doesn't seem to be anything here...

[–]FartingBob 0 points1 point ago

Still a way off from selling them as freedom fries, which is the mark of a truly modern society.

[–]intripletime 0 points1 point ago

"Freedom Fries"? Are you implying that the DPRK is not free? How dare you slander our glorious leader?!

[–]pockiiee 10 points11 points ago

I was thinking the pants thing is much more surprising than pizza - It's cold there in the winter, why in the heck werent women allowed to wear pants?

[–]madagent 16 points17 points ago

They're not men, that's why.

[–]weezer3989 1 point2 points ago

Cause it's immoral. Can't have it evident that women actually have legs or anything...

[–]intripletime 1 point2 points ago

You dare question our glorious leader, even after he graciously changed this for all women?

[–]fiveleven 20 points21 points ago

Now if they just had actual food...

[–]intripletime 2 points3 points ago

The DPRK has no food shortage! Anything you hear otherwise are imperialist lies intended only to insult our glorious leader.

[–]boredone 20 points21 points ago

No rice? Let them eat pizza instead!

[–]401vs401 7 points8 points ago

Truly a brilliant mind.

[–]intripletime 0 points1 point ago

Indeed. All hail our glorious leader for introducing us to this carb-laden delight!

[–]neilk 5 points6 points ago

Relevant - this guy cooked pizza for Kim Jong Il back in the 90s.

"I made pizza for Kim Jong Il" Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

[–]bunglejerry 4 points5 points ago

Praise be to our glorious leader for his sagacious decision regarding women and pants.

[–]levilarrington 1 point2 points ago

Isn't that why Scarface left Cuba?

[–]JimMarch 9 points10 points ago

First thought: anything's better than kimchee.

Second: where the fuck are they gonna get pizza?

[–]DanWallace 22 points23 points ago

Kimchee is delicious.

[–]JimMarch 7 points8 points ago

Great. You can have my share. Forever. Ghaaaa.

[–]thewhiskybone 0 points1 point ago

On its own? I thought it was a side dish, but I could be mistaken

[–]davvblack 2 points3 points ago

It's got roughly the same usage profile as sauerkraut. Sometimes sidedish, sometimes condiment, rarely main dish.

[–]coastiefish 1 point2 points ago

Right outta the jar.

[–]DanWallace 0 points1 point ago

I usually have it as an appetizer before some dolsot bibimbap.

[–]thewhiskybone 0 points1 point ago

Looks great!

[–]RoboNinjaPirate 11 points12 points ago

Third: Where the fuck are they gonna get Kimchee? They are eating grass to survive.

[–]intripletime -1 points0 points ago

Surely you do not insult true Koreans for being resourceful? This is a slap in the face to our glorious leader.

[–]udelblue 0 points1 point ago

Slow down chief. Lets start with feeding your people before you introduce pizza to them.

[–]aresef -3 points-2 points ago

Somebody's banned from r/pyongyang.

[–]Beldin 1 point2 points ago

Mao must be an ass man.

[–]Cdresden 3 points4 points ago

Mao was Chinese, not Korean, and died 30+ years ago.

[–]Beldin -2 points-1 points ago

Maybe I shouldn't be at work doing actual important things....

[–]cconrad0825 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, the pants wearing is nothing compared to eating pizza....

[–]TropicalPunch -1 points0 points ago

This could be the start of a reformations of the entire nation. but it might also be a joke and not real...

[–]DomesticApe -1 points0 points ago

People can now wear shirts in a pool.

[–]wasdtomove -1 points0 points ago

Let them eat pizza he said just like Kim Jong un a built in remedy for Osama and Hussein At anytime an invitation you can't decline.

[–]omplatt -1 points0 points ago

Shouldn't have given them pizza. Once they get a taste for it, the regime is not long for this world.

[–]GanjManUK 0 points1 point ago

"Kim! The people have no bread!" "Let them eat pizza"

[–]Fuddle 0 points1 point ago

I'm sure North Korean pizza is not what you think it is.

[–]Rockytriton 0 points1 point ago

Before women could wear pants, people ate box.

[–]thundercleese2012 0 points1 point ago

This is a slippery slope, first pants and pizza next digital watches and cake.

[–]GrumpySteen 0 points1 point ago

Color me surprised that the pudgy kid lifted the ban on pizza.

[–]EBG 1 point2 points ago

It really feels like this is done more as a "gesture" towards the west. Especially considering it does not affect the citizens in any real way. But pizza is quite "important" to us.

[–]intripletime 0 points1 point ago

DPRK makes no positive gestures to the imperialist pigs of the west!

[–]jxj24 -1 points0 points ago

Honestly ask yourself: was there any chance in hell that this guy could ever maintain a ban on pizza?

[–]imatworkprobably 6 points7 points ago

Yes, but only because of their longstanding policy of "not feeding their people anything"

[–]lokiikol 0 points1 point ago

The road to reform has to start somewhere....

[–]sonnuvabitch 0 points1 point ago

Baby steps.

[–]Treedom_Lighter -4 points-3 points ago

This should be on a slowpoke meme at this point.

[–]kcell -3 points-2 points ago

My first thought was KJ-Un going "MMMMMM PIZZA PANTS!!!!!!!" (just commenting so I can get banned from /r/pyongyang again)

[–]intripletime 0 points1 point ago

Why would you want to be banned from the greatest subreddit? All hail our glorious leader.

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