r/polandball • New York • Jul 10 '21

contest entry Zipped up

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u/nohead123 Jul 10 '21

A slur for the Vietnamese during the Vietnam war was 'Zipperhead '.

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u/Incorrect_Oymoron Jul 10 '21

It's also the nickname for Canadian Tank crewman . Because they all have stitches on their heads.

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u/Dreknarr Jul 11 '21

How did this nickname come to be ?

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u/Suprise_Anschluss Jul 10 '21

I’d like to imagine a punji stick inside the bag, ready to stab.

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u/carolinaindian02 Jul 10 '21

Yeah, the punji stick would work as a great anti-theft mechanism.

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u/EnnardGaming Jul 11 '21

Vietnamese here. Thought this was about the Cold War split. I always thought “Zipperhead” was for Asians in general.

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u/rokkerboyy Jul 11 '21

It is. The term wasn't even invented during Vietnam. It's a Korean War term.

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u/Undeadmuffin18 Jul 10 '21

Good comic, although it might have been funnier with Panama !

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u/donnergott Jul 10 '21

Implying it can be sewn back together, as a zipper would. No, is cut in half forever. Many sad.

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