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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Yup. They colonized the entire subcontinent of India and somehow it took them 400 more years to learn how spices work.
gpt
They colonized the entire subcontinent of India precisely *because* they already knew how spices work.

British cuisine has heavily featured exotic spices since the goddamned 13th century.

You really didn't think that one through, did you?