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Through history, we learn how past societies, governments, cultures, and technologies were built, how they operated, and how they have changed over time. This knowledge can then help us to get a more detailed picture of where we stand today and what to expect from the future.

But time is precious, and you don't always get the chance to dissect a book on what shaped the present. Luckily, though, the internet has more to offer than just pdfs. It also has plenty of jpegs.

Continuing from where we left off last time, we at Bored Panda put together a new collection of posts from the subreddit r/HistoryMemes and the Instagram account History in Memes. You get to see the first pig to fly, poke fun at Americans naming their cities, and much, much more. Enjoy!

#1

Thoughts?

Thoughts?

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River Webb
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

at least they're usually public holidays

Bobert Robertson
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The UK is viewed as the country responsible for the most holidays celebrated by other countries for getting away from the UK

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Living Example
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also a great curator for historic items taken from other countries.

Michelle M
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know why you were downvoted. This is true. The British museum is home to several cultural artifacts that were stolen. When people started to investigate them, they simply said that they were keeping it or something bogus like that. There's a little advantage though. If the British had not taken some artifacts, they might have been destroyed due to negligence. But now, these countries want them back but they keep hearing lame excuses. The "Ori Olokun", an outstanding bronze head sculpture is currently in the British museum, even though Nigerians have petitioned for it to be returned again and again.

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Me
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Texas has been under 6 different flags including Spain, France and Mexico. But the only country we celebrate our independence from is England, despite never having been under England.

Wolf127
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hm, I guess that means they were the biggest occupiers/dominants of countries. Meaning, they were big f*****g suckers of growing economies!

Lyriqal
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Visit them museums and you will see they stole a lot of stuff

Nonya Bidness
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lord Ringo ain't wrong... there's a few more independence days to create, tho.

ADHD
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

its a shithole country, corrupt AF and robbing Scotland fecking BLIND !!!!

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    #2

    It All Makes Sense Now

    It All Makes Sense Now

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    Vic
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is hilarious!!

    Candy_Sneke!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it's so true! I have European peasant dna and it really sucks when i try to exercise

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    YELLING!!!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As one of those Murderous Bastards, I object. We're just trying to keep you fit. Think of us as your free Personal Trainers

    N G
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    aye lass, keep running

    Jai Stewart
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This explains so much. Pass the carbs plz

    Kim Lorton
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha ha ha ! I feel the same way! Mine will sometimes say! Dinna worry lassie! Fresh hot bread from the oven is guid for ya ! Smear some of that wonderful golden butter on it, tastes even better!! Be quick lassie! Need ta run from those Murdering bastards in helmets!!

    Artemis302
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been saying this for years! Diet? My DNA says "not to worry, we can store ALL the calories in fat cells until this famine ends!"

    Anjali Cooper
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why did I read that in a Molly Weasley voice???

    Yvonne Blau
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha... Maybe try riding a bike instead? Bikes didn't exist back then when you were fleeing from the murderous bastards

    Claudette Shaw
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you fit the rugby definition of a mobile prop! Well done! :)

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    But why bother with history in the first place? Well, Peter N. Stearns, a professor at George Mason University, said that it's vital to our lives even though we like to live in the present and plan for the future.

    "In the first place, history offers a storehouse of information about how people and societies behave," Stearns wrote. "Understanding the operations of people and societies is difficult, though a number of disciplines make the attempt. An exclusive reliance on current data would needlessly handicap our efforts. How can we evaluate war if the nation is at peace—unless we use historical materials? How can we understand genius, the influence of technological innovation, or the role that beliefs play in shaping family life, if we don't use what we know about experiences in the past?"

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    #3

    When Your Joke Backfires And You Accidentally Advance Women’s Rights

    When Your Joke Backfires And You Accidentally Advance Women’s Rights

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    Sue Lynn Chan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s a good jokes……ON THEM!!

    Jessica Bower
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So 60 percent of MEN voted for her? I don't think women could vote then. Very interesting and I'm going to have to Google her.

    Katrina Wysocki
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who’s the joke now?! And history showing that men have always thought their jokes won’t backfire on them.

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I think that joke backfired greatly

    Me
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting facts. She didn't know she was on the ballot until election day. Her dad had been the first mayor of the town. She served one year and did a respectable job. She had 9 children and lived to be 101.

    KJ
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    3 years ago

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    Party Poison
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like the episode of Glee where Kurt wins prom queen?

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    #4

    Major W

    Major W

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    Fat Harry
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Giving away land..." imagine that these days. I feel so sorry for Gen Z and millennials with the cost of houses today.

    Greengrass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whose land was it they were giving away?

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    DelvianBlue
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's amazing! My great grandfather accepted some of the free land in Saskatchewan to start life as a farmer. He may have also received some of your great grandfather's seeds!

    SoozeeQ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a connection! Do your family still have that land today? (I must admit, I thought it was amusing that BP blocked out Saskatchewan the first time, but left it in, for the second. What's the big deal about knowing which town it was, anyway?)

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    pat hayes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    now THAT!.....THAT was a great human being.....

    Marnie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty awesome helping out those framers who stole all that land.

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    Laura Watts
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's such a nice thing todo without spending money as well and making new friends

    Rabbit Carrot
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I won a supply of Jif lemon cleaner as a kid in 1988. They only stopped sending it in 2001 when the company became Cif. I would say that’s a pretty good run of free stuff.

    SoozeeQ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How to stop giving away free stuff: Change the company name and say that the deal no longer applies.

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    Hannibal Moot
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, weren't all we Cabbage Patch kid owners from the 80's supposed to get birthday cards for life? I got one and never heard from the company again.

    Robyn Bowns
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To everyone saying the dude was evil because the land was stolen- we can't go back and change history just vow to never repeat it. I really want to know how many of you wear nikes or other designer things made by exploitation? Where is your outrage for contemporary issues?

    rs_adahl1971
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did we get from, what did you win, to land, land and more land?

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    #5

    I Love A Nice Vase

    I Love A Nice Vase

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1. And they still haven't returned that f*** ton of c**p. / 2. I mean, who doesn't appreciate a nice vase?

    Viktor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1 is a difficult issue. At the time, pretty much none of the other cultures gave a s**t about those items. Tourism and local museums didn’t exist and locals simply weren’t interested in it. So they sold it for close to nothing because that’s what it was worth to them. A little while later, the world has changed and it would be fair to return lots of items. But nobody can make them.

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    Nicola Roberts
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My two kittens that identify as Tasmanian Devils (well at least the cartoon version). They prefer mosaics apparently.

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    Eva Sawyer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So here is the thing about ancient artifacts... there are laws in place that provide for return of artifacts to their country of origin PROVIDED that they can be housed in appropriate storage. For example if you are a teeny tiny town in say Southern Italy that is poor, chances are much higher that the item will not be returned if it is something that may be adversely affected by heat, humidity, local insects, etc... The goal of most museums now is the preservation of artifacts - which is why today things like the Mona Lisa and the Decleration of Independence are behind glass, with humidity and temperature closely regulated to keep them from breaking down. I have seen/studied museums where artifacts were returned, but then housed incorrectly. One ancient artifact was returned to a country that placed it in a non-air conditioned museum in a town next to the ocean, and in a building with a ton of windows. Within three years the heat, humidity and sunlight totally destroyed it.

    RoseTheMad
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not that hard these days to make a goddamn replica. I'm British (or at least live here) and FOR F***S SAKE GIVE PEOPLE BACK THEIR HISTORY.

    Dead Died Death
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of it's been returned, mainly because they've been shamed into it, but tonnes haven't.

    Danny Haworth
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Americans & their double standards. Yes, I’m commenting in hindsight but still…..

    phil blanque
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, the Brits stole a lot...but have you been to the Vatican?

    Doug the Special one
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We beat them so we get to keep it, just like amerisca and the Indians.

    Rachel W B
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh a nice vase (varse) is a lovely thing. But why do we have millions of tourists looking at our stolen stuff 🙄 Yes USA, im talking to you

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    The professor highlighted that some social scientists attempt to formulate laws or theories about human behavior but even these recourses depend on historical information, except for in limited, often artificial cases in which experiments can be devised to determine how people act.

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    "Major aspects of a society's operation, like mass elections, missionary activities, or military alliances, cannot be set up as precise experiments. Consequently, history must serve, however imperfectly, as our laboratory, and data from the past must serve as our most vital evidence in the unavoidable quest to figure out why our complex species behaves as it does in societal settings."

    This, fundamentally, is why we can not stay away from history, Stearns said. "It offers the only extensive evidential base for the contemplation and analysis of how societies function, and people need to have some sense of how societies function simply to run their own lives."

    #6

    History Of Religion Can Often Be Frustrating

    History Of Religion Can Often Be Frustrating

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    Marvin Kristen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most prophets (especially Mohammed) were very clear about who to kill

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, he was pretty vague about it too. Mostly its left to the followers to come up with leaders who interpret the rules to suit their own biases and interests. Mohammed said nothing at all about killing Americans, or not eating kangaroos.

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    Fred L.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A rather kind view of prophets.

    Lisa Valen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Joey's got it right. Intolerance has been a significant cause for many wars.

    the shrimp whisperer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WE WILL FIGHT THE HEATHENS, WE WILL FIGHT THE HEATHENS

    #7

    Not Nice

    Not Nice

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ancient Greeks: *nods head in mutual agreement*

    Sina
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha I can relate. My country has ruined me as a tourist for other countries..I always make a mental comparison of ancient achievements and I'm like "awww honey...." XD

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    De Burke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try pointing out that Stonehenge is 20,000 years older than the pyramids.

    River Webb
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you're a bit off, its actually somwhere between 500-1000 years

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    Cuppa tea?
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try to show Newgrange in Ireland, it is thought to be even older than the brick pile in Egypt.

    Doug the Special one
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least we tried with a lot worse weather.

    Dave Hinckley
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell your wife that it's amazing what can be done with drive, determination and an endless supply of expendable labor.

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a common misconception that slaves build the pyramids, they actually used farmers that had no work at that time of the year

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    Wat Tyler's Revenge
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As if modern Egyptians had anything to do with the building of the pyramids. As with Stonehenge, the builders are far removed from the people that live in those countries now.

    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ancient Americans: Pfft, ours are older. (Mummies in some areas of South America pre-date Egyptian mummies by 1000 yrs or more!)

    Alex S
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is pretty ignorant of South American history New World mummies had nothing to do with pyramids and weren't intentionally mummified the way Egyptian mummies were. They were just kids sent to die on mountain tops where the cold dry air preserved them. South American pyramids started to be built by the Aztecs in the terminal preclassic period about 2000 years ago. They're younger than Egyptian pyramids. Btw I studied this at University. Mayan and Aztec civilisations were incredible.

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    Richard Black
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your ancestors didnt enslave the tribe next door

    Kim Kermes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Point out the lack of the Nile, an organized central government and priesthood, a long rainless building season, a stock of workers with nothing to do during the Inundation, writing, bronze tools...

    SelkieBlackfysh
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol, but who's really outlasted the other today?

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    #8

    Joe Bless

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    Raven Sheridan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Zombie apocalypse. I'm actually surprised that it hasn't happened already!

    Sue Lynn Chan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sea Monster coming out of ocean. I’m in an island waiting for it

    Bubs623
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is this so hilarious to me???! I can just visualize all the Christians standing there, expecting to be taken up in the Rapture and proven 'right all along' - then Jod waves good bye and they all realize they were never right.....

    RoseTheMad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like "Jod" would result in more roaring what the f***s. xD (but I'm legit going to use "jod" now)

    Joshua Seaman
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, throwback to the old gif "jiff" pronunciation argument that people still fight about, even though the inventor of it was clear on how it was pronounced.

    Michael Ramming
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely nothing would surprise me. If God came down and said I'm sick of all you sinners, and started vaporizing ppl, I wouldn't be surprised.

    Wolf127
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, no!, Not just 2020, but 2021 and, thus far 2022. Heavens, our country is going downhill. It appears that mass shooting, including that of many children means little. Yes, politicians say they will fix the problem. But, nothing will come out of this. My condolences to Uvalde victims and many -- too many -- victims of other rampages.

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    No Shame

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    Bad Humor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I speak 2 languages, english and AMERICAN

    Nathaniel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Whoa, lady, I only speak two languages, English and bad English." Korben Dallas.

    Sesshomaru
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I speak English, bad English and am fluent in sarcasm

    similarly
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends WHICH Americans you talk to. I know a LOT of Americans who speak more than one language. Spanish is actually pretty common in the US. Some of my relatives (all born in America) had Spanish as their first language.

    Trophy Husband
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Linguists have shown that the American accent is closer to the accent spoken in England when they came to America than what is spoken there today. What we think of as an English accent is relatively new. The claims that Americans don't speak proper English are based on listening to redneck accents which are as close to representative of the average American as a cockney accent is too representing the average English person.

    Robyn Bowns
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being midwestern it took me years to realize that accents varied all over the country, not just the south, since our accent is the one tv people train to learn.... 🤦

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    Deutschland Mädchen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yo I'm American and I speak quite a few languages. There's a of of multi or bilingual people here actually

    Leo Domitrix
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As I pointed out in downvoted-to-oblivion comment: 67 million Americans are bilingual. And not in the "oh I learned in school" way, but can converse in it, etc. :-)

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    Rost it
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American here. I know multiple languages. Not fluently, but well enough to get by.

    Gabby M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This disregards the millions of immigrants in the U.S. who speak at least two, possibly more languages.

    Fitz-Simmons
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm American and trilingual. English, Portuguese, and Italian.

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    The second reason history is inescapable as a subject of serious study stems from the first. "The past causes the present, and so the future," Stearns said. "Any time we try to know why something happened—whether a shift in political party dominance in the American Congress, a major change in the teenage suicide rate, or a war in the Balkans or the Middle East—we have to look for factors that took shape earlier."

    Sometimes fairly recent history will suffice to explain a major development, but we often need to backtrack more to identify the causes of change.

    "Only through studying history can we grasp how things change; only through history can we begin to comprehend the factors that cause change; and only through history can we understand what elements of an institution or a society persist despite change."

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    #10

    Indifferent Penguin (Left)

    Indifferent Penguin (Left)

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    Sue Lynn Chan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you! I was wondering why the penguin didn’t have a bagpipe

    Terran
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Y'all are acting so smart now, but deep down you know you wouldn't have clue who is who without the update.

    Hannah Edwards
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do they know it was indifferent?

    Adrian
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, the penguin hung around for the selfie; it must have been impressed or maybe it just wanted a quick peek under the kilt.

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    Jef Bateman
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It doesn't specify whether it's his right or my right. Still confused.

    Robyn Bowns
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idk call me crazy but I think the tones that come from a bagpipe aren't that different from the tones of goose honks. Potentially the penguin just hears some kind of bird? Before anyone jumps on me, I do realize the birds are from different poles, as am I moderately far north. So my point of reference is geese and have not one clue what could sound similar though I assume something does....

    isabell gibson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sams dad with him on their antarctic expedition

    the shrimp whisperer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the guy here: maybe i am an indifferent penguin

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    #11

    Father Of John Wick

    Father Of John Wick

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    engineer_nope.avi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget he also used to volunteer for the Finnish Army during the Winter War and then joined the RAF to fight the Axis. The dude is borderline a legend.

    WaitingtokissGregDavis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is an absolute legend. To be fair though - and not make him sound 250 years old - the last execution by guillotine in France was in 1977.

    Nadja Lambacher
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, but he witnessed the last public one, which was in 1939.

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    neil jagurdo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    -Once corrected a film director about what it sounds like when you stab someone.

    John Dilligaf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    director Peter Jackson. Jackson allegedly told him to imagine what a man being stabbed in the back sounded like. Lee replied that he didn't have to imagine, because he knew what it sounded like.

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    Thomas Klobucnik
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The face of a man who has ended another man with a knife. (WWII)

    Pixie
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he voiced King Haggard in The Last Unicorn in english and german. ..............................................................ETA: From Wikipedia: Known as an actor with a deep, strong voice, Lee also sang, recorded opera and musical pieces between 1986 and 1998, and the symphonic metal album Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross in 2010 (at age 88), after having worked with several metal bands since 2005. The heavy metal follow-up Charlemagne: The Omens of Death was released in 2013 on Lee's 91st birthday.

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    Asher Tye
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, he's earned that look.

    Little Phoenix
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He will always be the original Dracula to me! (I know he was not the first)

    olaff 422
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also knows how someone stabbed in the back sounds and told Peter Jackson.

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    #12

    I Still Do This

    I Still Do This

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    Wilko Lunenburg
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell Boris Johnson and henchmen to try debating sober, it might help.

    YELLING!!!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then sometimes a third time with your hair on fire.

    Stimpy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet this was sometimes tweeked to " just debate it multiple times drunk"

    Paul Davis
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They should add the idea sounding good when you're on LSD, too. Then again on Angel Dust.

    Lisa Valen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean...that's not a universal standard?

    willi santiago
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In America, we only pass laws after doing LSD

    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! They should do this in the House of Commons

    Rosie Hamilton
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They do... that's what Wine Friday was really about! Which of course makes it completely justified 😜 /s

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    Party Poison
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now all politicians just do it drunk

    Brian bell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds like a good idea... but I'd better take a few drinks and give it a re-think...

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    #13

    Pretty Straightforward

    Pretty Straightforward

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    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd imagine that Putin would disagree with this map. 🤔

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well hopefully he'll die soon. There are rumours he has aggressive cancer. Normally I'd say "fúck cancer", but in this case I'll give it a pass.

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    Fancy that
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the best map I have ever seen

    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically, Kaliningrad is not Russia until after 1945 so I don't know. Should we count that? (For those who don't know, that little red region above Poland used to belong to Germany before 1945 called Konigsberg and was German land since the Teutonic Order)

    censor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IMHO the poles and others should just annex that little bit of red over there and be like, "meh, do unto others."

    Abby da great
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How to be a crappy neighbor, lesson 2:

    Xottel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If that's all not Russia, how come it forms the colors white, blue and red?

    Suzanne Haigh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pit more help is not making it's way to the Ukraine, they have had to sell the Eurovision trophy

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    History well told — either through text, pictures, or any other medium — is beautiful. Many historians know the importance of dramatic and skillful writing (as well as of accuracy). They understand that with proper form they can transform a seemingly "dry" unappealing story to something that deeply moves the general public.

    "Biography and military history appeal in part because of the tales they contain," Stearns said. "History as art and entertainment serves a real purpose, on aesthetic grounds but also on the level of human understanding. Stories well done are stories that reveal how people and societies have actually functioned, and they prompt thoughts about the human experience in other times and places."

    "The same aesthetic and humanistic goals inspire people to immerse themselves in efforts to reconstruct quite remote pasts, far removed from immediate, present-day utility," the historian explained.

    #14

    How Resourceful

    How Resourceful

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    ADHORTATOR
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_r%C3%A9acteurs_nucl%C3%A9aires_en_France#/media/Fichier:Nuclear_power_plants_map_France-fr_2.svg

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    Rob Bob
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that is not polite, but it is nothing compared to BElarus.. Belarus choosing to build a nuclear plant 40 km from Lithuania's capital Vilnius making the capital of neighboring country into evacuation zone in case of force majeure.. As if it is not enough, they did not follow safety standards when building the plant and do not allow international inspectors to inspect the area.

    Torben Møller-Nielsen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is like Sweden who placed a nuclear powerplant just 20 kilometers away from the capitol of Denmark, Copenhagen. It was operational from 1975 to 2005, when it was finally closed down due to political pressure.

    Eva Sawyer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nuclear power is actually some of the cleanest energy that you can create - provided that there are no accidents/meltdowns

    Almandrine Tay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What to do with nuclear waste regularly produced? That's as far as can be from clean.

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    Crouching hippo hidden panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Belgium has a cracked one right next to Germany and was giving out iodine tablets to the population instead of shutting it down

    Katrina Wysocki
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well they do have statues facing each other that basically say f you to the other. You wanna learn how to have beef for centuries look at these two.

    Arkeen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I let you guess whom the electrical power is sold to ...

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    #15

    Same Difference

    Same Difference

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    Evil Little Thing
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Broke as in broke the bank, not broke the person.

    Frank Miller
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correct, otherwise it would be "we're brokeN"...

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    Nikki Sevven
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Broke" means "have no money." "Broken" means "something is fundamentally wrong with me."

    Berdarien Brown
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm absolutely using this from now on.

    Wilson.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well thats a preferable way to put it!

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In English I'd say "my wings are tied" to indicate that I can't help or act because I am constrained in some way.

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    Mere Cat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Finnish it's "open assed" (persaukinen - origin being perhaps from being so poor your pants are falling apart from the bottom area)

    N G
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Usually 'we're broke' means we have no money. If it refers to your mental state, it's a completely different meaning to saying your wings are tied.

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    #16

    Yoink

    Yoink

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    Chich
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is getting old. I mean every civilization has and will cart off things from other civilizations (russian wives texting their husbands to grab Ukranian washing machines). The british just happened along when better transportation was available.

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, as Tom Clancy wrote: war is "an armed robbery writ large". What's the point of starting a war and/or invading if you don't get any spoils? Every tribe or larger group has done it. The British just happen to be in a period when public opinion has some force. In 2,000 years time there will be a huge outcry for the Kremlin museum of ancient history to return that rarest of artefact, the V-Zug AdoraDish 6000 dish washer to its original owners.

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    ttttt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you think the Brits stole a lot, you should see the Vatican library.

    Usman A.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they'd say they stole it for safekeeping because the sky was out to destroy it anyway.

    SoozeeQ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a brilliant photograph or photoshop or whatever. Very well done.

    Fred L.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Al Murray said the Moon was never to be a part of the British Empire as there´s nobody to give it back to once they´d be done with it and there´s neither spicy food nor good athletes to gain from it.

    james stevenson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why do people keep bringing up the british stealing stuff. the southern united states used to be mexico!

    CelticElff
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All I can see is someone who looks a bit like Oscar Isaac, stealing the moon, when O.I. was just the phenomenal "Moon Knight". And now I'm sad that there's no more episodes of Moon Knight to look forward to, because I really enjoyed the show!

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give it back immediately.

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    #17

    Spot On

    Spot On

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    Paul Davis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing in the modern world can happen until it's been monetized with ads and you've subscribed, commented and rung the bell.

    Tonk Terrier
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I personally think the ads for cheap flights to Europe are best...

    olaff 422
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    [Gestures with hand...] "Capitalism!"

    Ann Dennis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, it's the American way. (unfortunately and to our deterioration)

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    Claus Knudsen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And so much more garbage online. Slowing down seemingly reputable websites with junk like... pictures that almost went too far, warnings your liver is dying with vague symptoms, preying on hypochondriacs, etc. it's truly disgusting that some websites alloy such garbage in this age and time.

    Robyn Bowns
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair- all of our livers are dying from the toxic c**p consumerism driven by commercialism has created. I can tell you the secret to protect yours for the low low price of $199.95... Spoiler: it's fresh air, exercise, healthy foods, and most importantly !!Water!!

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    Biliegh Berrie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm in thunderstorms right now, in tornado alley, and when I click to watch life saving information, if a tornado is coming, they make me watch ads first.

    Mike Loux
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So SMASH that "like" button, and don't forget to RING THAT BELL, y'all. AND YOU HAD BETTER VISIT MY PATREON SO HELP ME...

    Richard Black
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its crazy that none of the other countries are sending troops to repel the invaders. What is this . . 1939?

    ADHD
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Russia is NOT Europe JFC lol,

    Eagle Girl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you get a pizza in under 30 minutes or the end of the world (whichever comes 1st)?

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    History also provides a bridge to moral contemplation. Studying the stories of individuals and situations they've been in the past, whether we're talking about the Queen or Heath Ledger, allows us to test our own moral sense, to hone it against some of the real complexities people have faced in difficult settings.

    "People who have weathered adversity not just in some work of fiction, but in real, historical circumstances can provide inspiration. 'History teaching by example' is one phrase that describes this use of a study of the past—a study not only of certifiable heroes, the great men and women of history who successfully worked through moral dilemmas, but also of more ordinary people who provide lessons in courage, diligence, or constructive protest."

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    #18

    Whoever Runs Their Twitter Needs A Raise

    Whoever Runs Their Twitter Needs A Raise

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    Arieke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe (the vast majority of) today's Germans are genuinely ashamed of their past and do everything possible to make amends. (I'm Dutch by the way)

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    Jodagoatisagoat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see Ukraine is a country of culture!

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And we are giving Ukraine the necessary arms to hopefully stop the bad neighbour attacking us, but not enough to kick the bad neighbour out of the house.

    UpQuarkDownQuark
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is a crisis. What could be more of a crisis than a brutal military invasion by a belligerent neighboring country?

    Suzanne Haigh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the Ukraine may disagree

    Clare E
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's Ukraine, not the Ukraine. "The Ukraine" is what the Russians call it.

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    #19

    Parrots Are An Anomaly

    Parrots Are An Anomaly

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    pat hayes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thats hysterical! i also want to know..Who saw a lobster or crab and thought " Wow! I BET THATS REALLY TASTY WITH BUTTER!"

    Blackheart
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless....it was a drunk pirate!

    Kittymisfit
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WTF is Casey Affleck smirking at that parrot for?

    third molar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There were poems of lady conversing with her pet parrot 2000 yrs ago... !!

    Bored Retsuko
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not to sound like a smartass but this pic probably doesn't represent one of the first persons to have heard a parrot speak, does it? 🤓😉 (Looks quite European and that's not where parrots originate)

    Schnee Wittchen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For these moments I have my funny pills.

    the shrimp whisperer
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'd prob be like "WELL it finally happened, i've lost my damn mind :D"

    Csilla Kaszas
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ravens, crows, magpies, starlings (etc) can 'speak' as well, so...

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right? We had friends with a Cockatiel named Tina. Lovely bird. Learned how to say "Aw, f*ck me!" Funny as hell.

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    #20

    First Pig

    First Pig

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    PegLegShrek
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it just me or does the little fella look happy to be going on a sky tour?? ☺️

    𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕤
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sweet baby looks so happy in its little basket

    -
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When pigs fly... Damn, I'm down one argument.

    funkybluegirl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That piggy looks so happy. 😊

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With all that machinery I'd say flight time would be pretty short. So need to lighten the load a bit well out goes the pig. I assume parachutes were invented after men learned to fly.

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    Huge goth
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the events that shaped society

    Eagle Girl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My response when someone that that was really bugging me said that was "Like a pig hasn't been on a plane?" Stunned silence. Mission Accomplished lol

    Marnie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So THAT's why everything has been going to hell.

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    #21

    This Is Just So Bad It Might Work

    This Is Just So Bad It Might Work

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    River Webb
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    does that mean i can right-click and save Ukraine on my computer?

    Caffeinated Hedgehog
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You get a Ukraine, Putin gets a Ukraine, everybody gets a Ukraine!"

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    Hannah Edwards
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry to be stupid, but what’s an NFT?

    Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You’re not stupid. NFTs are stupid. https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq

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    History also helps people to find their identity, and this is actually one of the reasons why modern nations continue to encourage its teaching in some form.

    "Historical data include evidence about how families, groups, institutions, and whole countries were formed and about how they have evolved while retaining cohesion. For many Americans, studying the history of one's own family is the most obvious use of history, for it provides facts about genealogy and (at a slightly more complex level) a basis for understanding how the family has interacted with larger historical change," Stearns said.

    #22

    Not Exactly The Most... Heteronormative Culture

    Not Exactly The Most... Heteronormative Culture

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The thing is that the Ancient Romans did not have a concept of gays and homosexuals. They just view that "I don't care if you are a man or woman. If you have a hole, I can have sex with you. The more I have, the more dominated I am."

    Sue
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women were just for procreation. The real "relationships" were between men.

    Celeste Grant
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was common for an older man to "mentor" a younger man or teenage boy before the elder man got married, and that mentorship often included a sexual relationship.

    Алиса Книжник
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was in ancient Greece. Not in Ancient Rome! It's not the same.

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    J. F.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of ancient cultures around the world didn't have a problem with that - abrahamic religions began to stigmatize them as whole

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    Eagle Girl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So of course let's build a church there & only let men in

    tirebiter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once "debated" online with a guy who said that homosexuality had been declared unnatural by every civilization for over 5000 years. I couldn't get him to see how that argument debunked itself.

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just don't see Mussolini in a communal bath-house.

    Béla Kun
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omfg, he actually said that? What an f-ing moron. Hey fascists why do you always follow the most idiotic braindead person?

    Tara Raay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was more about power. A more powerful man could penetrate a man, but not the other way around.

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    #23

    Big Simp

    Big Simp

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    Virgil Blue
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And iirc they often had woman in their crew because they were about as dangerous as the men in fights.

    Kim Kermes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or they left them at home to run everything, which they did quite handily.

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    Katrina Wysocki
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sad how the latter became the predominant culture.

    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Black Death: Allow me to introduce myself

    Perfumista Perfumista
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their woman. The Scottish and Welsh women that encountered them would probably disagree.

    Courtney Christelle
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They dug up a mass grave of Viking warriors and found a lot of them were women.

    RoseTheMad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also had dreadlocks and braids. :')

    Colleen Hindson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup. Most cultures treat women as subordinates for breeding and domestic and farm labor.

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not sure about the Vikings personal cleanliness - I assume that rowing all the way from Norway to the British Isles in open boats in a North Atlantic storm or two would necessarily involve a lot of washing, bathing and changing of clothes.

    Suzanne Haigh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Polite to women? maybe after they had raped them. Think you need to re-study the Vikings

    Gozer LeGozerian
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They didn't rape their own women, though (yeah, I know that sounds just as bad)

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    #24

    Time Flies

    Time Flies

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    engineer_nope.avi
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The same can be applied to computers as well. We went from those giant computers that was the size of an entire building that can only do simple mathematical calculations to a smartphone in less than 70 years. (I know that mechanical computers that read punchcards existed much earlier but I wanna focus on the one that was pioneered by Alan Turing in the 40s until the introduction of the smartphone)

    Nathaniel
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    The "first powered flight" was faked. It was all filmed in a studio.

    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know if this comment is a joke or not.

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    John Dilligaf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my grandmother was born in Finland 1898 & died in 1993. So her lifetime spanned no airplanes to the moon landings, and supersonic jets. Not only that but she witnessed the independence of Finland, the Russian Revolution and the fall of the Russian Empire, and the rise and fall of the of the Soviet Union.

    Andy Frobig
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is kids' stuff. Up until 1800, people had been riding horses or sailing on wind powered ships for thousands of years. It could take two weeks to travel from New York to Philadelphia, or a month for someone in Boston to hear news from London. By 1900, we had steam ships, railroads, photography, the telegraph, the transatlantic telegraph, the wireless telegraph, the telephone, recorded sound, movies, and unfortunately, one-piece ammunition cartridges, repeating firearms, the Gatling gun, and modern battleships.

    pat hayes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    agreed.....we are a vile, violent disgusting species but....mans engineering brilliance is definitely a marvel....

    MandiMay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait'll we step back and look at what happened between 2019 and 2021... Thanks COVID

    MandiMay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On second thought, between 2016 and 2021... Thanks Trump and COVID. You both are stains on the existence of humanity

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    Marnie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To me, the environment calamity aside, the BIGGEST change is how sad and lonely people are now and how stressed the children are. (I'm in my 50s.) Not that it was perfect by any means and many things are better, but that seems to have gotten worse.

    Noah
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's crazy what wars made people do.

    Fitz_N_Fartz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What amazes me more is that some can traverse from marriage to divorce in under 6 months....

    Adrian Elliott
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if the "woke" get their way, we can watch it regress in a decade.

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    #25

    How Og

    How Og

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    Fred L.
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I´d say somewhat more original than naming new cities just New City which has been done a lot in Europe over time. For example Naples, the countless places named Neapoli all around or later Neustadt in Germany. Also Carthage in its original Phoenician, which makes Cartagena even funnier as its Roman name Carthago Nova means New New City.

    Duane Wright
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except they were European colonists at the time.

    Leo Domitrix
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um, the names were brought here by people *from* Europe, which is why there's New York State, New York City, York (town of) in New York State, and York, Pennsylvania, as well as Rome, London, Paris, New London... but given the native names were Narragansett or Monongahela in anglicized spelling, I kinda get why it was done.

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And islands in the Pacific Ocean - New Britain, New Ireland, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Georgia. I agree with not always using native names - Would have been embarrassing living in a place which translated to English means "that's your finger you dork" or "place where men p**s a lot" or "point that finger at me and I'll spear you in the guts". Definitely hold off giving native place names 'til you have a good grasp of the local language and sense of humour.

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    Trophy Husband
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ummm... The people who named new York came over from York and considered themselves Europeans since they had been born there and lived there their whole lives! Americans do enough stupid things without needing to make any up!

    GetKrilled
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alexander the Great: I think I’ll name this place Alexandria. And all the other places too.

    Paul Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Japanese have Kyoto meaning "Capital City" and when they opened the new capital they named it "Tokyo" which is "East Capital". You'll find many peoples around the world through time not knocking themselves out to be super artsy and creative with their city names.

    tuzdayschild
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was born in Portsmouth and I work in Norfolk. Never been to England though.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, we kinda got over that as we expanded west from the east coast. As well as adopted or adapted from the original Native American or Spanish names, so many of them ended up being descriptive, or just oddball—-as if they were named as a joke, only the joke name stuck. Here are a few: Hell for Certain, KY. Bear Dance, MT. Truth or Consequences, NM. Slapout, OK. Zigzag, OR. Rough and Ready, CA. Last Chance, CO. Beer Bottle Crossing, ID. Hungry Joe, MT. Greasy, OK. Starvation Heights, OR. Plenty Bears, SD. Miner’s Delight, WY. There are a lot more. So I’d say the farther away from the colonies we moved, the more inventive we got about naming (or renaming—-my humble apologies to the Native Americans and earlier Spanish settlers for this!) all the literal thousands of new places we settled or passed through.

    Jyri Hakola
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be honest, those were the european settlers that named those cities after their hometowns..

    Nathaniel
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    Pfft, everyone knows it is the other way around and Europe copies the USA!

    -
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Romans certainly ripped a few ideas from the US - they based their architecture on Monticello and the Senate on the American version and the spaghetti on canned Spaghetti-O.

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    Even if we take a step back and look at institutions, businesses, and other social units, such as ethnic groups, we can see that they also use history for similar purposes.

    "Merely defining the group in the present pales against the possibility of forming an identity based on a rich past," Stearns explained. "And of course, nations use identity history as well ... Histories that tell the national story, emphasizing distinctive features of the national experience, are meant to drive home an understanding of national values and a commitment to national loyalty."

    So if you find yourself unable to stop scrolling through this list, relax. You're not wasting your time. On the contrary, you might be growing in more ways than you might imagine.

    #26

    It Really Do Be Like That

    It Really Do Be Like That

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    broken_guy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ramayan rerun flashbacks intensify

    Chich
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't you know that Chandra Gupta II was actually american. Yeah, born and went to school there then moved to india. True story. Can't wait for the movie.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty sure Indian cinema makes up for it, and does a wonderful job of bringing Indian history to life.

    Leopold Kingston
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With the enhanced and dramatic lightning effects and super punches.

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    tuzdayschild
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi. I'm American. How old your country? Mine is almost 250. So yeah, were basically teenagers. This should clear up some things for you.

    Alex Ernst
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So much happened so fast in the last 200 years that Americans almost think of different decades like their own historical epochs. Like we have so many damn Wild West movies, but historically the number of gunfights in the West was pretty low and the job title of "cowboy" only lasted about 14 years.

    Bi-Polar Express
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There were people on this land before Europe or the rest of the world knew it.

    chaotic_charlie (they/he)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    also chinese/japanese/korean history. usually, the only chinese/japanese/korean characters in movies are slim, athletic, fanservice kawaii waifus with a strict father and is always compared to a lotus/tiger/dragon.

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    #27

    Worth

    Worth

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    Nathaniel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A journalist asked them to comment and they said "Nun of your business!"

    Ümpåå Łōōmpââ
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    Donnie Mc00
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks like they picked up bad habits.

    Phyllis Turbin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.

    Fiona Autiero
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The young priest who did our marriage ceremony (Italy) decided to give up the church and travel around Europe on his dirt bike. 😎

    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol that’s kind of funny

    Phill Healey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gambling had become a Habit for these nuns

    JB Darré
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was it a Mercedes van? They can't all fit in one car.

    #28

    Buddy Is Kooky

    Buddy Is Kooky

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    Rabbit Carrot
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tom Cruise is still like this.

    Nonya Bidness
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tom Cruise is also a terrible actor AND person. It's kinda disgusting how big this whole Top Gun thing is rn

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    Paul Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's a waste to let Tom Cruise dominate your thoughts so much though. Or go watch Edge of Tomorrow so you can see him die over and over and over again.

    Marnie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you've ever watched the series on Scientology by Leah Remini (Netflix), you will know why I now fear him and his dead eyes.

    Ellie Rosser
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The nothingness behind his eyes is just the nothingness between his ears leaking out.

    Mike Loux
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I mean, Scientology is some pretty scary s**t.

    January Tempis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tom Cruise's smile to me always looks like the countless hours he spent in front of the mirror practicing Tom Cruise's smile.

    Sue
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, Christian Bale has a lot behind his eyes - fury.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what happens when you sell your soul to L. Ron Hubbard.

    Hans-Joachim Koblischke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a real good one!. Worth to remember an think about (a lot!), I think...

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    #29

    Christians Sure Are A Contentious Bunch

    Christians Sure Are A Contentious Bunch

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    J. F.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does also work for another big religion, to be fair

    Asher Tye
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Zealots suck no matter what they believe.

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    Fitz-Simmons
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, in history the Jews and Samaritans were from different lands (Israel and Samaria) with different beliefs. Samaritans were the children of Jews who married Gentiles, therefore the Jews hated them. The Great Commission was given to the newly repented Christians to love the Samaritans and Gentiles, and to preach the Gospel to them.So Christians who understood what their beliefs were about (having faith in Christ, loving others, and spreading the Gospel) were loving to their neighbors (it's literally part of the greatest commandment in the Bible) It was the extremists who held prejudice against those of different beliefs. If you read about Paul's missions, he loved the people he was trying to evangelize so much, despite most of them having different beliefs. So Christianity is about faith and love. As a Christian myself I am very saddened and bothered when those extremists give us a bad name. I may not agree with everything you do or say, but I will not kill you for it.

    RafCo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for not killing me. But yes, it is a shame that the adherents of faiths end up using their supposed beliefs to excuse the most horrendous depravities. Whether they be Christians, or Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc.

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    Cuppa tea?
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Christians when they see another Christians with the same beliefs, but from another country.

    Mokayokok
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, they're the worst - all organized religion is utterly ridiculous with its tells of magic, while also making sure that it's only to the benefit of men, while crushing women.

    RafCo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many religions actually promote matriarchal power. Afro Latino religions, like Candomblé, Santeria, Voodoo, traditionally only allow female priests, and make women the center of religious power. It makes sense, given that women are life creators. That's a serious kind of magic

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    Paul Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget the Seminole people on Florida who adopted the English settlers' lifestyle and religion completely. And were driven out like cattle on the Trail of Tears because they just weren't white enough. The fact they dressed, built houses, and worshipped exactly like they did made absolutely no difference to them at all.

    Tom Jones
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bad news makes headlines. There are "bad" and "good" people adhering to every belief system. However, some will mention bad things done by large groups of people that adhere to a particular religion. One of these large groups: atheists. Stalin, Chairman Mao, Pol Pot: all atheists who put to death millions of people who disagreed with them. Some may argue: well these do not accurately represent atheists, and there are many "good" atheists in the world. People of every belief system could argue the same. One must look at the actual beliefs of each belief system, not just the conduct of people who claim to adhere to said belief systems. Although some may try to counter this with a statement of their particular perception that more bad has been done in the name of a particular belief system than others. This may be a difficult thing to objectively quantify without resorting to anecdotal evidence, or without being influenced by personal bias.

    Tom Jones
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even if these factors (bias, anecdotal evidence, etc) could be eliminated, this would be difficult to quantify.

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    Adrian
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look its not just religions, its everyone else who doesn't live in our valley. We're OK, we just do a few preemptive strikes every now and then - nope its them over there who are the savages. Read "A short short story of mankind" by John Steinbeck if you can get hold of it - a great allegory that explains it all.

    RafCo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's an interesting article on the evolution of religions, and why it was adventagious for religions to develope into genocide machines. And why modern religions are evolving away from that. It takes a biological approach to the history of religions. Wish I could remember the name. You would like it i think.

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    Terran
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, it's true, but also not true. History is complicated.

    Reinaldo Fuentes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the whole of Abrahamic sentiment.

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    But with that being said, there are fewer people studying the subject. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, we had 34,642 history majors in 2008. Fast forward to 2017, and the count was just 24,266. Most of that decline occurred after 2012, with a notable single-year drop of more than 1,500 between 2016 and 2017.

    However, that might just be temporary. Writing for the American Historical Association's blog Perspectives on History, Northeastern University's Benjamin M. Schmidt pointed out that the history major has had low points before. The discipline weathered a significant decline between 1969 and 1985, when the major dropped by 66 percent.

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    (At the time, those numbers were linked to higher education’s boom in the '60s that saw the discipline's rapid expansion and subsequent bust when higher education growth slowed in the '70s.)

    #30

    It Really Do Be Like That

    It Really Do Be Like That

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    Nathaniel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bradley Cooper was an ancient pharoah?

    Terra Renee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Inaccurate. Everyone knows the Sphinx was played by Chris Pratt.

    Creature Cargeaux
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol. Try telling American Christian's that Jesus wasn't white... their heads explode.

    R. Pauly
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can the OP, or anyone else name one, just ONE, actual American textbook used in a real school in the last twenty years that claims pharaohs were typically nordic dudes? If possible please provide a citation and the name of the school that adopted it.

    Leo Domitrix
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The kind used in homeschooling may be culpable. My oldest godson is in the US Air Force and is a flat-earther thanks to "homeschooling" b/c Mommy and Daddy chose the materials, and it was very very very very very ... blindingly *Anglo* in nature. His little history book showed all the Europeans as blue-eyed blonds. ALL. Of. Them. FFS.

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    Leo Domitrix
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK, evne Hollywood cast Yul Brynner, c'mon now...

    RoseTheMad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ancient Egypt was a society that had a bunch different skin tones, from the Nubians to those closer related to the Levantines (who had much paler skin, almost white ) and middle eastern skin tones. This argument of "where they "white" or where they "black" is pathetic tbh.

    Blackheart
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, if an Italian can be a Native American, why not?

    Adrian
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does that imply that a Native American could be an Italian?

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    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in the Middle East Jesus was white with blue eyes. Riiiiiight.

    Eva Sawyer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While they were not white, the Ptolemic dynasty originated in Macedonia so they would have been lighter skinned then most of the rest of the rulers from earlier in Egyptian history.

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    #31

    Everybody Has A Friend Like This

    Everybody Has A Friend Like This

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    Agent 8433599
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am that friend. It's a good life 😆

    Huge goth
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that usually is what they are about

    Adrian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Accurate, truthful, helpful while being absolutely useless in every way. Sound like a great topic for BoredPanda.

    Mike Loux
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Why are you booing me? I'm right!!!!!"

    Oerff On Tour
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friends? I've heard that word before! What is it? Is it eatable?

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    #32

    Now That’s Cool

    Now That’s Cool

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    Raven Sheridan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's not forget, The Great Emu War. It took place from November 1932 – 10 December 1932. Where Australia went to war with emus, and LOST!

    Ella Oliver
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NOT ONCE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BUT TWICE

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    Boreddd🇺🇦
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australia still has the craziest s**t out there

    Raven Sheridan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an Aussie, I'd have to say the Florida appears to have weirder s**t. 🤔

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    Virgil Blue
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a motorsport that would rekindle my interest.

    Huddo's sister
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of what my sister has told me about the Rover scouts 'Mudbash'. The part she was most interested was the obstacle course, much better than just cars going around a track!

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    Nathaniel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this for real? Seriously? Go Australia!

    M O'Connell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why have I not heard of motorcycle chariot racing until JUST NOW?!

    Huddo's sister
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same! This is what I found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_chariot_racing

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    Sebastián Morales
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bet this was the inspiration for the podraces in star wars

    Paul Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Come on there was also a lot of very interesting aircraft and other technology development going on, advances in mass media - radio and movies, and much more going on during that decade.

    Trond Øien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ben-Hur with motorcycles! Fantastic.

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    #33

    Instant Hands

    Instant Hands

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    troufaki13
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He ran in full combat gear after fighting for 3 days straight

    Daniel Stark
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and the 24 miles were the last leg. he ran from athens to sparta, 150 miles, and then back, 150 more miles, fought for three days, and then ran to marathon (city in ancient greece) and then died while in full battle gear…he ran almost 350 miles in about a week…

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    Nikki Sevven
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Christians wear the crucifix. Imagine being killed by a rifle and having those who loved you wearing miniature rifles in memory of you.

    Andy Frobig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a comic book story in the 1950s about an Earth astronaut who landed on another planet and was seen as a prophet, but the government was threatened by him so they executed him on a rack. When other earthlings arrived years later, there was a religion based on the first visitor from Earth and its adherents wore miniature racks as pendants.

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    Elizabeth Elliot
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    .Pretty sure that he ran from Marathon to Athens having very recently run from Athens to Sparta and back..?

    Daniel Stark
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that’s exactly what happened. 350ish miles in like 7 days

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    Richard Black
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He ran barefoot, without nike's . . .

    N00B1XM
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually the dude ran 24 miles It's just that when marathons were first practiced they rounded it up to 26 to form a loop around two spots in London

    Liana
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he was training to become a Marine 😊

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    Schmidt also said that the anxiety over career prospects for history majors is probably misguided, since we know that students with history BAs disperse into a wide variety of careers.

    "The increasingly common practice of lumping a wide variety of disparate fields together as STEM is probably giving students and their parents excessive expectations about the earning potential conferred by many science and technology degrees," he wrote.

    "While engineers in their 20s can indeed make salaries that would make most full professors of history jealous, science, technology, and math majors are much more of a mixed bag. Extensive data ... released out of the University of Texas system do show history majors making less than most science fields after controlling for the university they attended. But they appear to make more than many other fields, including English, psychology, sociology, and even a number of biology-adjacent majors (such as zoology, ecology, and neurobiology, though traditional biology majors make somewhat more)."

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    #34

    Fair Play

    Fair Play

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    Scagsy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bit like a substitute coming on with five minutes to go and their team already 6-0 up. Running round the pitch at the end holding the trophy aloft.

    Fat Harry
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, if that substitute is Teddy Sheringham and it's 1999...

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    Nikki Sevven
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At that point, it was pro forma for the US to not be involved in wars unless they directly affected the security of the US. Of course, it became easier and easier to redefine "security" over time to mean just about anything...usually "they have resources that we want."

    Paul Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree for World War I. For World War II though it's a gross oversimplification - the U.S. provided the vast majority of materiel for the war effort for all the allied nations, and this was critical. For instance, the Soviet Union, arguably the one who really did most of the fighting in that war, could not have made much of an impact without the enormous resources provided by the U.S. Vehicles, ammo, food, medicine, and much more.

    Carla Beck
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, some people might call that "war profiteering", considering how rich those manufacturers selling those products became by the end of the war.

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    Sue Hazlewood
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then make movie after movie showing how they won the war!

    meh
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The US entered WWII because the Japanese hit them, otherwise they were quite content with selling ammo and making profit. Come to think of it, even now they are doing the same thing. There are so many instances where they are selling to two warring nations.

    Thomas E S Thomas
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course America won each of the conflicts and paid the bill for reconstruction. The US did lose more ships than any of the European countries, and lost about 45% of their soldiers and sailors. World peace is expensive.

    Fintch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Especially, when you are starting war based on never existed nuclear weapons.

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    Adrian Elliott
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Suffering is not the goal. Ending the war is.

    james stevenson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same thing with the First World War actually. Also European immigrants and immigrants from the south boosted americas indusrty

    Sarah R.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an American myself, is Germany currently getting ideas from us?

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    #35

    Love Them Both Equally… Barely

    Love Them Both Equally… Barely

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    troufaki13
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine is a sassy little black creature who always meows back whenever she's told to do something useful like kill a fly

    Evil Little Thing
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine is a polite murder beast who will kill anything that moves, provided it's smaller than him.

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    Robyn Denton
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't see how cats can be athiests, as they believe in God. They just believe that THEY are God. Ancient Egyptian history reflects this!

    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They went from servants to masters of the human race.

    Emo Sloth
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bottom left cat in the painting tho-

    nooneimportant
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they did the work now they do the sleep

    Tired Haymay
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    3 years ago

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    Lyone Fein
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Atheists? From what I have seen, cats worship cats

    Tilly
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're not atheists - they think they're the gods, and believe in themselves fully.

    ttttt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    look up "medieval rocket cats".

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    #36

    Very Realistic

    Very Realistic

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    GoddessOfChaos
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Karolina is annoyed, you should be disappointed with yourselves!

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom was a historian (ancient and medieval) and it was impossible to watch movies with her because she'd continually comment on the historical anachronisms...from clothing to architecture to weaponry.

    RaroaRaroa
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have no specific knowledge of fashion history, but even I cringe when a viking is clearly wearing vinyl not leather. I couldn't even watch Outlander, when the woman finds herself in a fort full of men, yet they found different gorgeous period dresses for her to wear each day.

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    Natasha
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea that’s me….I know a lot about historical (and more modern) fashions and it irks me if it not accurate or at least pretty accurate

    Kathryn Baylis
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think more attention should be paid to historical costume accuracy. I mean, method acting. How can you really understand a historical character unless you’re dressed exactly as they would’ve been? I don’t mean that as playing dress ups either. I wore a historically accurate mid-Victorian woman’s gown for a re-enactment once. While it was a really neat thing at first, it wasn’t long before it was f*****g unbearably hot and heavy, and a real burden to wear. The corset was very restrictive, and the sheer weight of pantaloons, chemise, crinoline (the hoop), petticoats, and dress left me with sore shoulders for several days. Don’t even want to talk about the experience of going to the bathroom—-trying to manage going to the bathroom, I mean. Let’s talk about the hair. Anyone with long hair knows that the weight of it when it’s piled on top of your head can give you a headache and sore neck. You also cannot get dressed or fix your hair by yourself. My husband had to hold sections of my hair while I put it up in an accurate style. He also had to tighten and lace up my corset, get the crinoline balanced right, help me get petticoats and gown over my head and straightened out, and button the buttons on the back of the gown. I understand a lot better now just how restrictive life was for Victorian women simply because of their clothing, and I am so happy to be living in an age of (comparatively) comfortable fashions.

    Dani M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love dress history and historical dress and a bunch of youtube channels about it. But i just can´t get behind Karolina. It´s her voice and attitude... I cant stand her for more than 2min max. Give me Morgan or Bernadette any day

    censor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this was just the film makers being lazy, or trying to scoop as much of the producer's cash by not buying costumes.

    Bi-Polar Express
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about how movies just pretend that all historical figures in every country had modern British accents. Even British people didn't have modern British accents.

    Eva Muller
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate it when they have perfectly straight and white teeth in historical movies! Ugh! My mom pointed it out when I was young, and now I can't stop noticing it!

    Grace Note
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love Karolina.

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    #37

    British Units

    British Units

    theHaiSE Report

    Frances M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Creates brexit, goes back to imperial… wish I was joking…

    Miss Kat O
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We use both, it's just so stupid... like sometimes I'll make a cake in imperial, and measure liquid in metric, but I'll drink beer in imperial

    Celeste Grant
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now the government has just announced (in the last couple of days) that it's to start a consultation into using imperial measures. I think it's crazy but

    Jyri Hakola
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty much all countries, counties and towns had their own individual imperial systems before invention of metric system..

    Justme
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    … and then measures things in stones

    Bi-Polar Express
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We use both and I don't understand why being bilingual is so great but being bimathial is somehow week.

    Chris Hutchinson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I'm more upset by the mangling of our flag!

    Richard Black
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try to order 500 ml of ale in a pub. Just try.

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only time we really use Imperial in Australia is pints of beer!

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    Sean Sean
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, we use both systems.

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    Schmidt said that ultimately, the long-term state of the discipline will rest on how it adapts to a cohort of students—and their parents—who are much less receptive to arguments for the liberal arts than previous generations have been.

    He noted that many departments and organizations have already worked out useful ways to articulate the purpose of the major. These are undoubtedly helping attract and retain students.

    Who knows, maybe these memes will also help 'sell' history.

    #38

    Love To See It

    Love To See It

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    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sad truth: "States' rights" go too far, and you end up with Texas. And Florida. I'm American, and I wish we'd stop the bullsh*t.

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A funny fact about Germany: We have one state where the death penality is still legal - the only thing theoretically preventing executions is that federal law overrules state law

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    Trophy Husband
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in Florida... It's like living under the thumb of someone whose gone insane, only the idiots around me keep reelecting him! The city I live in is the same way with an insane council and mayor. Under Trump I was able to say the same thing about the entire country and I started investigating what it would be like to move to Europe..... Are least Biden is just inept and not insane. It's thoughts like that which save my own sanity.

    C E
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except, we vote. And pass/not pass laws. And can put powerful people in jail without getting beheaded (usually).

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not quite. The closest we came were the plantations of the antebellum south—-and we fought a war about 160 years ago which made them go extinct. Governors of American states do not own the entire state, while feudal lords owned the land they governed. We have to have states tailor certain local laws to fit their local society and surroundings as well as follow broader federal laws, because the country is just too large and diverse. Laws that fit a coastal state are useless in a desert or mountainous state. Laws that fit more populous states may not apply to states that are sparsely populated. Hell, laws in one part of a state with wildly diverse climate/topography/population may not apply to another part of the state. So a certain amount of governing has to be delegated to smaller entities—-who all have to answer to larger entities, who themselves have to answer to one ultimate entity (the buck has to stop somewhere)—-in order to be manageable. FFS people, Hammurabi realized this almost 4000 years ago (c.1750 BC)!!!

    Marnie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is dumb. No it's not. We're not working for the government. It's a much better analogy to our jobs in corporate America.

    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty much a discounted Roman Empire. At least it's not the Holy Roman Empire.

    Maureen Matthew
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A very ignorant version of the US constitution and the role of each state

    Richard Black
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As opposed to Putin's and Xi''s doctrine: "all your planet are belong to us"

    Chich
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just waiting for the US to invade the US to shore up its faltering democracy

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    #39

    Love That Shit

    Love That Shit

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    CalicoKitty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Behold, a plucked chicken...

    Bananawolf74
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I laughed so much when I read that for the first time. This made me remember it. Thank you.

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    chaotic_charlie (they/he)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    diogenes was a bro. he knew what he wanted. he wanted to sit in a barrel. also, does anyone else want a sitcom where ancient philosophers are whooshed into the future and funny hijinks ensue? because i want that.

    Martin Kaine
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His reply to Alexander the Great was a slice of fried gold.

    River Webb
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    get him to open his mouth first

    -
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Socially distanced French kissing. :)

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    Lois Matelan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any honest men around here? Nope.

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    #40

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    Leo Domitrix
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    . We inherited a lot of them,from Europeans, who came to North America, and loathed Europe so much they named everything after it. There's New York, York in Pennsylvania, ther was York in Ontario, now Toronto, we can keep going, but seriously, wtf, enough, there's even a York, New York!)

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In New England (other than "New England"), we generally don't even bother with the "new." Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge, Gloucester, etc.

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    Richard Black
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey. We paid $24 in beads for this place, fair and square !!!

    Eva Sawyer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also worth mentioning that the first Africans were brought to this country on a DUTCH ship. But don't forget to ignore the fact that they were indentured servant's and all but like three of them earned their freedom within the first several years.... kinda went down hill from there....

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did no one else watch "National Treasure"?

    similarly
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty fuzzy on my colonial history. I thought the British traded their properties in Patagonia to the Dutch in return for New Amsterdam. Again: not my area of history, so correct me if I'm wrong, please.

    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PS. The bad hombres included a few Jews who wanted to settle in the New World.

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    #41

    Gotta Do Whatcha Gotta Do

    Gotta Do Whatcha Gotta Do

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    Terra Renee
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    George Washington didn't know about the temptation of oil! Uh, I mean, spreading freedom.

    Richard Henderson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The United States has changed a LOT since it was founded. They used to be keen on separation of church and state and republicans weren’t that bad.

    Stephanie A Mutti
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He also said don't form parties and try to keep religion out of government... well, he tried.

    John Dilligaf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A "few hundred years"? We didn't even wait till he was dead till we started getting involved in foreign conflicts. (Quasi war with France, and a couple of Indian Wars where the Indians had foreign backing)

    amelia Van der Byl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THIS IS Cyril Ramaphosa, HE IS OUR BEST HIP HOP ARTIST IN SOUTH AFRICA!!!!!!!

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And why? When did the US become the world's police force? I'm sorry for your conflict, but why is MY son expected to serve and die on foreign soil for something we have NOTHING to do with? (No, my son did not die, just sayin').

    Eagle Girl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean we did only put him on a quarter and a dollar. The big bill is reserved for the guy who was an Overseas Ambassador lol

    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was also against partisan fighting...

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    #42

    She’s A Keeper

    She’s A Keeper

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    Party Poison
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The library burned more than once and by the time it did it was no longer the epicenter of learning in the Mediterranean world. Instead, the library slowly declined as it became less unique because other libraries amassed considerable collections. There was no great, tragic moment where countless works were all lost in an instant.That’s not how the chain of transmission breaks. See the point Literature in the article linked beneath. https://acoup.blog/2022/01/14/collections-rome-decline-and-fall-part-i-words/

    ChaoticTrashPanda (she/her)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This novel needs to be written immediately brb

    K
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the show and movie “The Librarians” was based on this concept

    S
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Way to burst a bubble

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    #43

    What Happened To Free Speech?

    What Happened To Free Speech?

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    Sue Lynn Chan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look if all law books have jokes and pictures inside, everyone will focus

    Sebastián Morales
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    since ben franklin had very... exiting experiences with every woman he met, we can call him not a Founding Father, but rather, the Founding Daddy

    BRUHHHHHHH
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds very Ben Franklin

    Asher Tye
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Come to find out, that would have probably helped.

    Monday
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Certainly would have made it a more interesting read.

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    Xottel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The story of my first school play. I got replaced right before my cue because I giggled backstage. I will not forget, nor will I forgive.

    Demon Girl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No frankie its okay I will bow to your power of actuallytryingtogetpeopletoreadit :)

    Sophia V
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact, Ben Franklin may have been a serial killer! He was also a serial cheater :)

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    #44

    All Men Are Equal, But Some Men Are More Equal Than Others!

    All Men Are Equal, But Some Men Are More Equal Than Others!

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    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ALL means All white wealthy guys I like.

    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t even get him started on women

    JoyfulZebra
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That reminds of an enslaved person (his name was Billy), who was forced to fight for the British during the Revolutionary War, but was about to be executed for treason by the U.S. The two dissenting judges in his case wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson (who was governor of Virginia at that time) arguing that since slaves were legally property, and not people, he couldn't have committed treason. It worked, and Billy was pardoned. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_(slave)

    Bad Humor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All doesn't mean ALL right!?

    Colleen Hindson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then he had his own definition of MEN. Rich white males.

    Alexander
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair - He intended to write a condemnation of slavery in the declaration of independence. But in the end he left that part out fearing to loose southern support for the union. He tried to avoid a secession.... but... well it didnt work

    BRUHHHHHHH
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically, Jefferson wanted to free slaves in “all men are created equal”, but the other founding fathers shot him down about it.

    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So he kept and sold slaves on his own property. Yeah, he was big talk about "end slavery gradually" but he didn't walk the talk, so he gets no credit for it from me.

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    meh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Some are more equal than others", George nailed it. The book is still relevant for Capitalists and Socialists alike.

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    #45

    Lice At The Portuguese Royal Court = Fashion

    Lice At The Portuguese Royal Court = Fashion

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    pink_panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay but the babe on the bottom does look fire though.

    Caroline Pereira
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    3 years ago

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    #46

    Feels Bad Man

    Feels Bad Man

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    LeeAnne B
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sire, perhaps she prefers fostering fcukboys until they find their forever homes.

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thee shall proclaim "God be with ye" to thy lady of desire

    Party Poison
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For the knights, it's like 25-30

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it's just me, but I think that's sexy as hell.

    #47

    Would Ya Look At That

    Would Ya Look At That

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It really does wonders, doesn't it? I would love to be able to go and see these locations later in my life.

    Chich
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't wait. I'm older and travelled when I could when younger. Ill health is getting in the way now. Glad I went when I did.

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    Bad Humor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read evacuation instead of excavation...

    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Power washing does it every time.

    David Gripon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Things like this truly leave me in awe. I want to visit, but I don't, because my mind wants to absorb every detail and go back in time to see this.

    LSR
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where were the columns in the "before" picture?

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    #48

    Mad Respect

    Mad Respect

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    Evil Little Thing
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that's supposed to be the shroud of Turin, but I like the take.

    Paul Rabit
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s Saint Veronica’s veil. She supposedly wiped Jesus’s face and his image appeared in the cloth. Apparently he was burning his image into a lot of fabric in those last three days lol!

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    Schnee Wittchen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jesus seems to be into it, though...

    meh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's St Veronica with the "image of the holy face" or the " Veil of Veronica". The Europeans really messed up the way they painted characters from the Bible. It's as if what they depicted happened in Europe rather than the middle east.

    Shelley DuVal
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    also, can't be the Shroud of Turin in the painting, because Jesus isn't actually dead yet, and the shroud would have to have time warped back in time.

    ttttt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

    Viv Hart
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recall a story about a woman named Veronica, who wiped the sweat from Jesus' brow with a napkin, maybe an image appeared, not sure.

    GG
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think she's giving the guy a hair cut

    Adam Eve
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember the scene in forest gump

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    #49

    Portuguese Drax

    Portuguese Drax

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Switzerland during the Medieval period vs Switzerland during World Wars in a nutshell

    Caroline Pereira
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    3 years ago

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    #50

    The Sumerians Played A Trick On Us

    The Sumerians Played A Trick On Us

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    NuClea Bomb
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well of course Star Wars took place far before Mesopotamia

    KENOBI
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Paul Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was written only about 4,000 years ago and we have solid evidence of civilizations going back to 9,000 years ago. No surprises there if you ask me.

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before written language, each tribe had its storytellers, who were important because they memorized the story of the tribe, and the world itself, including its creation. Naturally, as each new generation of storyteller came up, the stories were tweaked to fit the zeitgeist of their times, or the personality of their leader. When we started writing, these stories were finally written down, so the storytellers weren’t needed anymore (unless maybe they were the only ones who could read and understand the text). I believe that compiling these stories could have been the basis for the Old Testament. The New Testament is likely based on witness accounts of the life of one extraordinary man. To clarify, I am not religious at all. But I think I can see how that particular book was put together, and believe the interpretations of key events may have been based on the understanding of those events in the time they were created, then changed or embellished over the ensuing centuries or millennia.

    John Dilligaf
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the earliest known writing dates back to about 3400 BC, But modern Homo sapiens came on the scene about 160,000 years ago. So the history of our species between about 157,900 BC and 3400 BC (and any civilizations that rose and fell during that time) are completely unknown to us.

    Kevin Camp
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny thing... it was Europeans that named all the US east coast cities of the original colonies.

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    Asher Tye
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's something funny about guys who beloved they were so called ubermenschen just getting the c**p beaten out of them like this. Dude didn't even need a key, he just bent the bars and came after them.

    Martin Kaine
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He and the Mighty Atom would get along. https://todayinhistory.blog/2019/02/22/december-22-1943-the-mighty-atom/

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    #52

    This Guy

    This Guy

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    River Webb
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well he needed something to look at while he passed time

    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of his women look like really buff dudes with random boobs attached as an afterthought lol.

    CalicoKitty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funnily enough, that happens to be one of the /less/ cheeky things Michelangelo decided to paint on that church... turns out he decided to insult all the people who hired him on the way out too

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    #53

    What A Genius

    What A Genius

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    Schnee Wittchen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fortunately, George Dantzig looked a lot better tan this guy here.

    Synsepalum
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks more like Glen Danzig

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, he does look like he's got something to say.

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    #54

    Looks Like An Old Burrito

    Looks Like An Old Burrito

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    kjorn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and under it : but couldn't hold it. cause of death

    Hector Obusan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must have been carved by a really proud dad Phola.

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    #56

    Lovely Cows

    Lovely Cows

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    Donnie Mc00
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when god made Scotland the most perfect beautiful country, a scotsman thanked the almighty who replied "jokes on you wait till you see who i gave you as neighbours"..

    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway be like - hold my beer.

    KnightOwl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's no country more beautiful? Wtf? Have you never seen Scotland?

    ADHORTATOR
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    England doesn't have mountains, so....

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have scafell pike... and we'll claim Snowdon, seeing as we claimed the rest of Wales 700 years ago :D

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    #57

    Holy

    Holy

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    broken_guy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    must thank the spanish for pizza then

    Viktor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pizza existed long before. You can also use other sauces as a base. My local pizzeria makes one with pumpkin mousse in autumn, for instance.

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    #58

    Fair Play

    Fair Play

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    Demon Girl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't know that, that is so cool! America could never. Also, love the fact that harry potter is sliding its way in here.

    Fred L.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Though that was neither the first nor the most serious time for the alliance, looking at Napoleon.

    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pity they didn't care about Poland in 1939 until forced to.

    Luis Castro
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh really? When and who forced Portugal to care about Poland?

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet they sit it out during World War 2.

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their (fascist) dictator offered to join in with the allies but was told that they would be more helpful neutral.

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    #59

    Less Sausage, More Carrots

    Less Sausage, More Carrots

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    Steve McArthur
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    British put out the carrot vision improvement notice to divert the actual use of radar as the ability for the night fighters to down the German planes

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    #60

    Cats Do Rule The World

    Cats Do Rule The World

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    Frances M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me trying to learn Navajo on Duolingo but most of the words have no voice option so you make up your own “how they would sound if I had to say them” noises in your head…

    Maya Baggins
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Basque (Euskera) was used for that same purpose during a war (don't know which one)

    #63

    Holddd Up Wait A Minute

    Holddd Up Wait A Minute

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    Schnee Wittchen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he went and became a dentist instead.

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    #64

    Frank Doesn’t Wanna Pay Taxes 5w

    Frank Doesn’t Wanna Pay Taxes 5w

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    François Carré
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But appearances are misleading. The shape doesn't change indeed, because it's perfectly convenient for an environment that doesn't change much. But "inside", in the genetic program, there is A LOT of evolution. Immune system for example is rightfully up to date and very different from what it was in ancestors 445 million years ago. Same with sharks : we deem them primitive but they are very sophisticated, they can smell molecules or sense electromagnetics fields around them with a precision we still fail to understand completely ; in a way, they are way more sensible and smarter than the cold-blood killing machines we think they are. Seeing evolution as a kind of contest where some species are more advanced than others (and where human kind would be on top, of course) is a very mistaken view : in the present time, after some 3.5 billion years of life on Earth, every single species you can observe is extremely evolved. That includes horseshoe crabs of course.

    troufaki13
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't perfect perfection!

    Shary Bobbings
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait a minute! So you're telling that Creation was not 6000 years ago? Interesting

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    #65

    Absolute Craters

    Absolute Craters

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    ADHORTATOR
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is a very well made pothole, it didn't change a bit

    kjorn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the wooden house behind is stronger than the road

    Frances M
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it never got any worse, even the exposed rocks look the same.

    Evil Little Thing
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, definitely fake. I have a pothole outside my house that went from "oops" to "omg!" in like 3 months. Someone stuck a traffic cone in it to warn drivers, but the cone eventually sank too far in and couldn't be seen. Then the hole grew weeds and we had a weird impromptu garden on the street. This was all over the course of a year. Recently someone filled it with gravel.

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    James016
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bottom pic could be the UK but the hole would be deeper

    Eagle Girl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Japan may be good but they didn't fix that in a week. Darn internet tryin to fool us again

    Monday
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're right....it only took them 2 days to fix it, they spent the rest of the time testing it to check whether it was safe before reopening.

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    Król Gepard
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PostShogunate vs PostCommunism

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    #66

    Michael Collins Is The Real Legend

    Michael Collins Is The Real Legend

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    James016
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Collins had a great sense of humour

    #67

    The Islamic Golden Age Is Underrated Ngl

    The Islamic Golden Age Is Underrated Ngl

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everybody else: Unfortunately, history will not see you that way.

    Terran
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The "dark ages" are hogwash

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They didn't go crazy about knowledge like the church did and conserved it instead of destroying it.

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    #68

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    #69

    Welcome To The Industrial Era!

    Welcome To The Industrial Era!

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    #70

    Ezpz Lemon Squeezy

    Ezpz Lemon Squeezy

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    Sander
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is called a Camera Obscura, (which translates to Dark Room), and was the predecessor to the camera.

    Donnie Mc00
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    loving the text LMAO EZPZ :D

    Sue Lynn Chan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No this is the earliest recording

    #71

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    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With "waste management", being a euphemism for Mafia member.

    Nikole
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's Tony Soprano's house. From the show. The Sopranos.

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    Synsepalum
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's Tony Soprano's house. He was a mobster.

    Nemo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The right side of the house looks like a face

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like 1979. I bought my house in 1997, and it's a small 2BR house, which was all I could afford after several months of working double time and during a buyers' market. On the same salary, my parents had a custom built 4-bedroom house.

    Sander
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get what you're saying, but other issues emerged. Cue housing crash.

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    #72

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    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must have been annoying to run out of loo roll and have to go back to Germany to replenish

    Ray Heap
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn´t there a story where a U-boot was sunk by some guy getting the order of handles, leavers and taps to use wrong while flushing the loo?

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    #73

    The Grand Staircase Before And After The Sinking Of The Rms Titanic

    The Grand Staircase Before And After The Sinking Of The Rms Titanic

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have the cleaners got the century off? This is just deplorable. Call the agency and find a new housemaid.

    Vic
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only maids they could afford down there were mermaids.. And you know jiw difficult they are to find..

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    #74

    Makes Me Wanna Do Some Renovations

    Makes Me Wanna Do Some Renovations

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    Laurence Thomas
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is how horror movies start.

    Justme
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whatever you do, don’t let any virgins light any candles!

    #75

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    Schnee Wittchen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That detection alarm seems to be engaged till today...

    François Carré
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see MacCarthy as some kind of zombie still running the US to thi day, from a secret chamber underneath the White House.

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    Trond Øien
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's still ongoing. They've even ramped up the language and have now gone full fascist. They in this scenario being the GOP and the maga nutz.

    Chich
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like "How TF am I supposed to get rich off that!?"

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    #76

    What A Mess

    What A Mess

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    River Webb
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we need to give them time to eat their cake

    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    France every century: Welp, it's time for Revolution bois.

    François Carré
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish this was still true but the French seem completely anesthetized now.

    Sue
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smarter than us Americans who are just giving it all up to corporate America.

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    #77

    Too Much Going On Lately

    Too Much Going On Lately

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    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, right, like the human race will actually survive all the way to 2050.

    Kathy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, there might be a few survivors in some out-of-the-way place who'll get blasted back to the stone-age and will have to start everything again from scratch... Wouldn't be the first time...

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    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think, especially 2020 will be like something happened from January till mid March, then there was lockdown so nothing actually happened. 2021 started with lockdown, then vaccine came out and THEN when mankind went bananas.

    #78

    Idk Why But It Feels Like Somethings Missing

    Idk Why But It Feels Like Somethings Missing

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    broken_guy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    is it weird that i know more american history than my own countries histories because of tv. Like i can name almost all the states and know all bout lincoln and george washington. I have a feeling there are people outside of the us who know more us history than literal citizens

    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from Vietnam and I know the history of Europe and the US wayyy better than my own country's own history. I believe it's just that some country's history is either too complex to study or it's just not interesting enough for some history books to cover.

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    #79

    What Did That Lamp Do To You?

    What Did That Lamp Do To You?

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    Schnee Wittchen
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you get your tattoo? (Just asking...)

    Marla
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like how this could read as a re-education punishment and fine for merely wanting a Limp Bizkit tattoo

    Dominique Na
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They did you a favor...but boo student debt!

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    #81

    Where’s Metallica At Now When We Need Them?

    Where’s Metallica At Now When We Need Them?

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    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never underestimate the power of rock! 🤘

    Scagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Exit light. Enter Ni-ight. Take my hand. Off to never-never land." Prescient.

    ADHD
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can we send them back? evil f**ks

    #82

    Buy In Ethiopia, Sell In Australia 6w

    Buy In Ethiopia, Sell In Australia 6w

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    Tom Shaw
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do, I'm going to Ethiopia with about $50

    K- THULU
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course in France,Ethiopia and Australia they'll be in kilograms....

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which banana should we use for scale?

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even though Australia produces it's own bananas....

    Frances M
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Buys 25lbs of bananas in Ethiopia and ships them by plane (fast before they rot) to Australia only to find that shipping them means I have to sell them for 5 dollars for 3 lbs to just break even…

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or do it like everybody else - harvest them before they are ripe, put them on a ship and let them get ripe on the way to australia 😉

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    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Buy up big in Ethiopia then sell for a profit in Australia. 😏

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    #83

    What The Heck Is Even That

    What The Heck Is Even That

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    sofacushionfort
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Dying Gaul? Wouldn’t that be a Celt, not a German?

    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m loving the eyebrows on the one on the right

    Sue
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, the Germans were Barbarians back then.

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    #84

    1914 Was Nuts

    1914 Was Nuts

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    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how this photo is The Onion newspaper! 🤣

    Scagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Area drunkard declares war on Ireland. Legend.

    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Assassination of Archduke spreads fear at Archduke convention! Lol!

    Terra Renee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Drunkard in Ireland declare war on the whole country. Lol.

    Huge goth
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    because that's not confusing at all

    Mrs S
    Community Member
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost got me!

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Behind the scenes : Britain - terrified Russia will attack India so allies with Russia.

    Wood Sukkah Adam Newton
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    3 years ago

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    World War II: let's do this again, but double the numbers

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    #85

    Heartbreaking

    Heartbreaking

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    Eagle Girl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and on Valentine's Day. That's some Nietzsche level mind twist

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    Matthew Smyth
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    kinda sus his wife and his mother died on the same day. hmm

    #86

    Big Yikes

    Big Yikes

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    James016
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And to call it Earaser :)

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    3 years ago

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    Kathy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no, that's horrible! Someone out there has a very sick sense of humor...

    #87

    Polish Horse

    Polish Horse

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    rspanther
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Winged Hussars have enter the chat.

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Ottoman Empire has left the Lobby "Vienna"

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    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ♪Then the winged hussars arrived, Coming down they turned the tide!♫ - Sabaton

    Lewis Fisher Wells
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    DONT RUN YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN FORMATION TO COUNTER CAVALRY IF YOU RUN HE WILL CUT YOU DOWN

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    #88

    Not Lovely

    Not Lovely

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    #89

    The Mujahideen Has Entered The Chat

    The Mujahideen Has Entered The Chat

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    #90

    Gone, But Not Forgotten

    Gone, But Not Forgotten

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now known as the Aral pond.

    Fancy that
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nathaniel I would just love to sit around and chat with you L o l

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    kjorn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    russia cut it's supply of water to produce cotton.

    #91

    What A Great Idea

    What A Great Idea

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    Stimpy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could someone explain to me how democracy would be supposed to work with only one "political faction"? (Or even only two if it comes.to that...)

    Drea Benoit
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The post is saying there should be no political parties at all, which would facilitate more informed voting. Lots of people just vote for their party’s rep without even knowing anything about them. It’s lazy and results in c**p people being elected. People focus so much on their party winning, they’re not examining the actual candidates anymore.

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    #92

    That’s Fire

    That’s Fire

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even to today, this hairstyle is still like YOOO

    GoddessOfChaos
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically a wig most of the time, but yes it looked pretty cool

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    #93

    Everybody Makes Mistakes

    Everybody Makes Mistakes

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    #94

    Thales Was A Chad

    Thales Was A Chad

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    #95

    If I Had A Nickel...

    If I Had A Nickel...

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    #96

    Yes

    Yes

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    Will sell soul for corn chip
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That chicken looks like they about to ask for the manager

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    #97

    Uh Oh

    Uh Oh

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    CalicoKitty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget Brigardier Sir Nils Olav III of Norway, the penguin...

    kjorn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Russia who had a monkey as a president

    Scagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lurking in the water is Florida man with his pet alligator.

    #98

    Where Did Our Manners Go?

    Where Did Our Manners Go?

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    #99

    Bobson Dugnutt Op

    Bobson Dugnutt Op

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    JustAFan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like how so many of these are one letter away from being completely normal names. They almost got it!

    Elwood Schwartz
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't tell me there isn't a Dean Wesrey or Mike Truk somewhere. They might play baseball sometimes, too.

    Fred L.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he wanted to make sure to get no existing person by accident, might get sued after all ...

    Ogre Juan Canolli
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jim Naysium--Phil A. Sheato--Mike Hunt...

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bobson Dugnutt has one hell of a backstory.

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    #100

    Nice Try Pal

    Nice Try Pal

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    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay seriously!? You blanked out the name of the country of N***r? Really?

    Jayne Kyra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But what if they get demonetized for showing that? Or words like "died", "killed", "sex"? Where would they otherwise steal content to monetize?

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    Evil Little Thing
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was talking to a woman about how my parents are moving to Portugal (from the US), and that they initially considered Costa Rica. She kept getting both countries confused with Mexico, and when I told her they're on three different continents she laughed and said they all speak Spanish down there "like they do in Brazil".

    Elladine DesIsles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone else starting to suspect BP is really a front for an experiment to see how much censorship people will tolerate?

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, because we all know that the country N***r is very offensive, at least as offensive as the river of the same name

    Eagle Girl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean Central vs South America, c'mon

    Fred L.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, still is the same language, along the same sea and only a couple of countries away.

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    #102

    Saddest Last Words Of Some Of The Most Important Thinkers In History

    Saddest Last Words Of Some Of The Most Important Thinkers In History

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    #103

    Must Read

    Must Read

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Woof woof. Woof bark growl 1453. Growl woof."

    Huge goth
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the only book any historian needs.

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "And that my little darling is why we should never forget to CLOSE THE EFFIN' GATE"

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    #104

    Washing Machine You Love To See It

    Washing Machine You Love To See It

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    Laura Mende (Human)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My great-grandmother got gout in her hands from washing clothes in the river, so yes, the washing machine is a great invention

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    #105

    Impressive

    Impressive

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    elmortero
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The resolution of the Statue of Liberty seems to have improved a lot in the last 80 years it seems

    #106

    Annex The Syrup Country

    Annex The Syrup Country

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    broken_guy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    canada's way nicer than that dude from the bee movie

    Carol Emory
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't have happened. People in Bellingham WA were too laid back. My cousins lived there.

    #107

    Oh You’re A Memer? Sad

    Oh You’re A Memer? Sad

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    Bad Humor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now they are gonna need a PhD because the only place hiring historians is the university

    Eva Sawyer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually incorrect - a lot of places hire people with history degrees because they tend to have an eye for detail, excellent writing skills, critical thinking and analysis. Historians go into fields like politics, journalism, law, etc....

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    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somehow, the concept of going to college to get a well-rounded education has been lost over time.

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    #108

    It Ain’t Easy Being The Best

    It Ain’t Easy Being The Best

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    ADHD
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they spent like 3 or 4 thousand per month on rubber bands just to hold the bills together lol

    Gin. No tonic
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So he lost 5 weeks of money in a year, or about 1 month of a year.

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    #109

    Not A Bad Idea

    Not A Bad Idea

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    #110

    Ionic All The Way

    Ionic All The Way

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    Huge goth
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    composite and corinthian are insane.

    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Composite or ionic

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey girl, I have an Ionic column for you!

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    #111

    This Freaking Guy

    This Freaking Guy

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason, that face reminds me of that one episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog, except this is a lot creepier.

    Carol Emory
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just kept thinking of Time Bandits. "Return what you have stolen!"

    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That looks like of creepy tbh

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    #113

    Yikes

    Yikes

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    engineer_nope.avi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To give you guys a perspective on how much of a screw up the ship builders were, this ship used to cost 500,000 Rex Dollars, 5% of Sweden's GNP at the time. In comparison, 5% of current Sweden's GNP is 29 billion dollars so yeah.

    Elin Noller
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The way I was thought about the Vasa war ship; the wood was too dry and thus shrunken down wich allowed water to seep into the gaps and sink it. Had they let the wood absorb some water and swell up sealing the gaps it would have floated.

    Nannis Goatis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like the story of the Titanic.

    Party Poison
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This comment has been deleted.

    #114

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    Tom Shaw
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dude's also got a law degree so

    Katy McMouse
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Trump is like "Oh yeah? Well, I played a diickk on a reality TV show and everyone who ever lived said I was the bestest diick, ever."

    broken_guy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    also voiced paddington in the dub

    kjorn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    proof he got some balls

    Scagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The piano sketch is worth a look if you haven't seen it yet. Really rather funny, if you ask me.

    #115

    Japan Kinda Huge

    Japan Kinda Huge

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    Huge goth
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had no idea tokyo was that large

    Frances M
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tokyo is 30% of Japanese population, London is 13% of UK population. So it’s like comparing apples and oranges, both fruit but very different otherwise.

    Kate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cool. Now add Los Angeles.

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    #116

    Need A Horizontal Refreshment

    Need A Horizontal Refreshment

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Marjorie prepare yourself! I am about to shoot twixt wind and water!"

    chaotic_charlie (they/he)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "But, Nathaniel, the children! We have too many!" "Never fear, it's 1785! They will die soon!"

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    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Erm….”join giblets” is the least sexy thing I’ve heard in a while.

    Scagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG! My wife had better get ready for when I ride a dragon upon St. George later! However, I fear that she may have incurred the achiest of craniums aforehand. Dastardly bad fortune.

    James016
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Fair maiden, let us join giblets and rejoice"

    Fred L.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Horizontal refreshment is still in use though.

    kjorn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    take a lick at my corn

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    #117

    When The British Try To Blend In With The French

    When The British Try To Blend In With The French

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    #118

    Certified Chads

    Certified Chads

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    #119

    These Birds Are Mad Sketch

    These Birds Are Mad Sketch

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    rspanther
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do they want to refight the war? They won the first one.

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    #120

    I Don’t Know If Someone’s Already Posted This

    I Don’t Know If Someone’s Already Posted This

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    Laugh or not
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too few decent people doing whatever they could in the midst of madness and horror.

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    #121

    Fit Check

    Fit Check

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    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When politicians without any clue decide something...

    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WW1 was basically strategy and army as it was last 200 years. Except they got long range guns.

    #122

    Which Side You On?

    Which Side You On?

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    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Both are good. But if I could only have one, I'd have to go with potatoes. 🤔

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Both these are mine. I walk the line."

    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As german there is only one side!

    Boreddd🇺🇦
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suck at geography, but I think Romania is in the potato side

    #123

    Stonks Boi

    Stonks Boi

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    #124

    Guess Who

    Guess Who

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    #125

    You Hate To See It

    You Hate To See It

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    #126

    Useless Islands Beautiful Scenery

    Useless Islands Beautiful Scenery

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    #127

    How Dare You

    How Dare You

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    #128

    So Exact

    So Exact

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    #129

    Worlds Smallest Violin

    Worlds Smallest Violin

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    #131

    I’m Sorry

    I’m Sorry

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    #132

    Too Soon?

    Too Soon?

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    #134

    Honestly

    Honestly

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    #135

    That Boi Jc Knows How To Do It

    That Boi Jc Knows How To Do It

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    Emmett O'Brian
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Peter meant "rock" dude hauled a net full of fish onto land that was too heavy to lift into the boat. Peter was probably pretty buff. Basically Peter was The Rock before The Rock was.

    Nannis Goatis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah. Just their way to remain anonymous like we do now on Social Media.

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    #136

    Sometimes It Be Like That

    Sometimes It Be Like That

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    #137

    Royalty

    Royalty

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    #139

    Haters Will Say It’s Fake

    Haters Will Say It’s Fake

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    Mouse
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sense the '80's???

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    #140

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    #141

    Feels Bad Man

    Feels Bad Man

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    #142

    Snatch And Grab

    Snatch And Grab

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    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly what is the meaning of "first aid corse"?

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am sorry but the internet has ruined me.

    #143

    Seems Familiar No?

    Seems Familiar No?

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    PenitentEyeball
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Greatly depressed if I remember correctly

    The Radio Demon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well slap my bum and call me 1929 because I'm in a great depression!

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    #144

    Not Even Nature Can Stand In The Way Of Louis The Sun King's Greatness

    Not Even Nature Can Stand In The Way Of Louis The Sun King's Greatness

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    #145

    Deserved That

    Deserved That

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    J. F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In hindsight it was a very bad idea and the US didn't sign it, because they thought the demands were heavily exaggerated. A lot of politicians back then called it a "temporary armistice"

    Sylvia Schmitz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For perspecive; my great grandfather was 17 when it was signed and my granddaughter was 2 when it ended. 6 generations having to pay for a war they didn't fight in. Deserved?

    #146

    "Lock Up The Crown Jewels, Here Comes Light-Fingered Nic."— No Chill Bbc

    "Lock Up The Crown Jewels, Here Comes Light-Fingered Nic."— No Chill Bbc

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    M
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing a bullet to the head on national television couldn't fix

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    #147

    Do You Have A Moment To Talk About Our Lord And Savior

    Do You Have A Moment To Talk About Our Lord And Savior

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