The Donner party were a group on the Oregon trail that got stuck on a mountain pass in the winter and resorted to cannibalism to survive. The Dollup did a really good podcast episode about it.

Also the cafe in the University of Colorado UMC is named "The Alfred Packer Gill". Alfred Packer was a similar famed cannibal.

[–] MelodiousFunk 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also the cafe in the University of Colorado UMC is named "The Alfred Packer Gill".

Sounds like a wonderfully shpadoinkle place.

[–] qwertilliopasd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I think I know precisely what you mean

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

...i get why it's funny (the donner party infamously resorted to cannibalism) but i don't get how it's ironic...

[–] Slimthickens@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Well, you see, it's like rain, but on your wedding day

[–] MelodiousFunk 11 points 1 month ago

Picnic Ground

[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

got you, fam

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don’t see what the big deal is. I always have people at that picnic ground to eat.

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's this about? Donner means thunder in German but I've also seen Brits use it for misspelling Döner (Kebab).

[–] _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A group of american settlers got stuck there in winter and did some cannibalism to survive. I watched a YouTube "documentary" once.

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Uh, yeah, that sounds like an amazing site for a picknick, why not ...

[–] MelodiousFunk 2 points 1 month ago

Was it this one?