130 Of The Funniest And Most Accurate History Memes That People Shared On This Group (New Pics)

Potato 3 years ago

Yo gabba gabba!

18points

Guy MacGregor 3 years ago

What does "YGG" means?

11points

Glittery Panda 3 years ago

Oof I read this as YUH GUH GUH!

4points

pat hayes 3 years ago

you go girl!

2points

Naesil 3 years ago

Usually the physical differences favor men in sports, but in long distance swimming women have advantage on average

15points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

On average men have an advantage in strenght but women have it in resilience.

22points

KatHat 3 years ago

"The 22-times-failed-naysayer could not be reached for comment"

13points

Ham Explosion 3 years ago

How is that a meme?

5points

Huddo's sister 3 years ago

I was wondering that and it's number 1 atm so not sure if this is an exception or not.

1point

Kira Okah 3 years ago

Good for her

4points

Amy Bullock 3 years ago

I picture Gertrude patting the shoulder of the unnamed male swimmer saying..."maybe the 23rd time's a charm"

2points

Deborah 3 years ago

Go Get 'Em Gert!

0points

Ghaniyah Verma 3 years ago

Don't underestimate people like that.

0points

Saber Toothed Swamp Donkey 3 years ago

It went swimmingly as it were.

0points

Isabelle Desaulniers 3 years ago

Bravo !!!

0points

#2

History Meme

History meme about WWII Londoners refusing blackout orders to avoid bombings, highlighting humorous historical accuracy.

Final score:

501points

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chi-wei shen 3 years ago

Luftwaffe: "Don't worry, I'll put them out for you."

281points

N G 3 years ago

wait a minute, i'm sending some anti-vax peeps to that house

37points

XenoMurph 3 years ago

That is an example of DARK humour.

6points

Legend_Trooper 3 years ago

Forever.

1point

Otter 3 years ago (edited)

I believe you could be fined or arrested for endangering others that way, back then. Too bad our modern politicians don't have the gonads to do the same!

41points

Andrew Hoppe 3 years ago

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Chich 3 years ago

I've used this same description talking to a friend recently.I am getting so tired of right wing freedum crybabies.

25points

Andrew Hoppe 3 years ago

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Marija Kreckovic 3 years ago

From personal experience (NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999) - that sort of behavior would be very swiftly solved by neighbors. Also, in war time, which is a state of emergency, government can doll out punishments for this sort of stuff verrrrry quickly.

21points

Shelli Aderman 3 years ago

Same folks who are refusing to wear masks, now…

9points

K Witmer 3 years ago

Wait did this really happen???

2points

User# 6 3 years ago

No. You'd not only be fined or charged by the ARP, your neighbours would think you're a nazi sympathiser. It's basically the London blitz' equivalent of hanging an "I love Jimmy Savile" poster in your window.

15points

Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)

But then you don't need to worry about that moron for long.

2points

KatHat 3 years ago

Yes, because those ultra-targeted WWII era bombs took out that one terrace house and not the entire block and the hospital and tube station nearby /s

16points

Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago

No worries now, I think they were the "Flat earthers" that emmigrated to the USA.

1point

Enamelcamel 3 years ago

Sweetie ... I'm from America. We have morons who won't get a safe and effective vaccine ... to save their own f%$#ing lives.

1point

Becky B B 3 years ago

Love that! May I quote you? Says it all.

1point

#3

I Am Confusion

Funny history meme about cavemen surviving the asteroid while dinosaurs didn't, shared with humorous social distancing reply.

Final score:

475points

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Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)

Yeah, I am with the "xD" response on this one.

139points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

It’s both caps lock. Like this: XD

5points

Zophra 3 years ago

As an atheist, the arguments I get from fundamental Christians are just... I just can't... they are so out there that I just want to cry in frustration.

33points

John Baker 3 years ago

I know it's just an expression meant as an insult, but after over twenty years of arguing with creationists in alt.atheism, I'm convinced that they truly are "a special kind of stupid."

17points

bob bruce 3 years ago

Don't be so unreasonable. You can't expect good arguments from people who are stupid and wrong.

9points

Who the What 3 years ago

The problem is that the smart Christians hey lumped in with the idiots. It gives us a really bad rap.

7points

Spikey boi 3 years ago

I'm Christian, but I agree, some of us are whack and make me embarressed to have to be accociated with them. Also why is it that people get flamed for their beleifs, like why can't we all just get along regardless of religion!

5points

Angelar 3 years ago

But, why do you bother educating them? I see you, wasting yourself on BP arguing with halfwits. We are not obligated to fill in the blanks of a basic education. Save your intelligence for a good debate with somebody who has a solid philosophical/theological background and enjoy thinking. That's what I do.

2points

Deborah 3 years ago

...are just stupid? Illogical, unreasonable, unscientific.... sure. But, 'stupid' really says it all.

0points

Ms.GB 3 years ago

When you get your history lessons by watching the Flintstones

13points

Guy Incognito 3 years ago

Obviously early humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction so they could burry them deep in the ground and turn them into fuel.

13points

Deborah 3 years ago

Okay.

0points

Rayne 3 years ago

I have had someone try to explain to me that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time using the Bible as evidence. It was just sad

9points

TrixicBird(Any pronouns) 3 years ago

love your pfp!

2points

Philip Williams 3 years ago

I like praying because it helps me get to sleep, and my grandma was the purest, kindest, most beautiful and loving human ever who lived for Christ. But you're SMOKING crack if you want me to believe the magic nonsense throughout the Bible. I also feel by the standards of the bible it's blasphemous when a Christian appends modern right-wing party BS to scriptures

8points

Deborah 3 years ago

You're a wise young man.. and... nice. Wise and kind. Go, dude!

0points

Def not Mr. C 3 years ago

Someone didn't do their research 🧐

5points

Kai David 3 years ago

Not exactly sure why this question is directed specifically towards atheists. the American evangelical Christian right is the only religion that believes dinosaurs never existed.

5points

J.A. Rogers 3 years ago

Not to kill your point, but actually, they think dinosaurs existed at the same time as humans. See Ken Ham's Creation Museum.

6points

greenbean 3 years ago

Peculiar that people are really attracted to this crazy logic. Cavmen+asteroids+dinosaurs+atheists. You forgot the ufo.

2points

Jessica Julian 3 years ago

That response wins everything!

1point

Since 2012, the r/HistoryMemes subreddit has amassed more than 3.6M members with several thousand researchers scrolling through the forum at any given time. Online communities like this one show us how learning events that happened before us can help us better understand the present.

Finding the time to explore history is always a great idea. This way, we fill our heads with compelling knowledge and valuable context that allows us to see how our actions shaped the world. While not all things in our past are fun and full of joy, there are plenty of interesting topics for virtually everyone.

To learn more about this subject and why history buffs enjoy looking at hilarious Reddit memes about our past, we reached out to Darren R. Reid, Ph.D., a lecturer in history at Coventry University. When asked whether funny pictures and jokes can be used in teaching, he said that they are a great way of communicating complex ideas in a fun and accessible way.

#4

It Really Do Be Like That (Via: @russiansinlondon)

Four portraits representing English, French, American, and Russian literature with humorous death statements, history memes theme.

Final score:

466points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

This is surprisingly succinct and accurate.

231points

Angelar 3 years ago

Reminds me of: The UN asks a group of scholars to write a book about elephants... England: The Elephant and the English Social Classes... France: La vie amoureuse de l'éléphant... Germany: A Short Introduction to the Elephant in 12 Volumes... USA: How to build bigger and better Elephants... (insert own country)

36points

Nathaniel 3 years ago

American. I will die for healthcare. The lack of it.

13points

RedMarbles 3 years ago

Wow, Vanities sure lives in a sheltered sliver of society.

2points

Angelar 3 years ago

I laughed out loud - This is hilarious! My sweet, dear Dostoevsky

10points

Monty Is Fiennes 3 years ago

My fave..... Love a really bleak Russian drama....

8points

XenoMurph 3 years ago

Ukrainian Literature, "So will we."

6points

Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago

I think Thomas Hardy can give the Russians a run for their money with depressing. Also Scots: Haggis now, sex soon, death later.

5points

Rival Hydra 3 years ago

I will die

1point

Dani Alexander 3 years ago

I’m with the Russians on this one

1point

Mistralok 3 years ago

We should be so lucky.

1point

Atrociraptorous 2 years ago

I'm from russia. This is EXACTLY how all the books are

0points

#5

We Love Petty

History meme about Beethoven composing Fur Elise for a student, highlighting petty culture and lesser-known historical facts.

Final score:

442points

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Danish Dynomummy 3 years ago

Oh Ludwig you didn't

193points

Legend_Trooper 3 years ago

He did.

14points

M. A. McKnight 3 years ago

What? I can't hear you...

8points

Becky B B 3 years ago

Ah, splendid revenge.

2points

farbenzirkel 3 years ago

I really like the anecdote! Unfortunately, even Beethoven researchers are still not sure to whom the play is dedicated at all. Let alone the circumstances. But that does not make the above story bad!

30points

Tequila4Two 3 years ago

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Oopsydaisy 3 years ago

If true revenge goes down through the ages, her heirs are stuck in the phone right now with Fur Elise as the hold music.

10points

hi myself 3 years ago

Bruh I was listening to it while I was reading this. Coincidence? I think not!

5points

Kira Okah 3 years ago

Therese Malfatti is one theory behind the title - it is not known who Elise actually is. There are a lot of tales about these two that have no known confirmation.

5points

yeciye 3 years ago

Source?

4points

Munchkin 3 years ago (edited)

breaking news: pettiness shown in the 18th century

3points

Anchal Gupta 3 years ago

Oh Ludwig van Beethoven you should not have

2points

Hope Cows&Chickens 3 years ago

Revenge sheet music

1point

tuzdayschild 3 years ago

So that's why that sucker kicks into gear half way through.

1point

#6

Thanks For Clarifying

Funny and accurate history meme showing a Scottish bagpiper playing for an indifferent penguin in 1904 Antarctica.

Final score:

400points

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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

Thank you, anonymous Wiki editor.

216points

In too many fandoms 3 years ago

We all needed it.

4points

Zophra 3 years ago

Whew. dodged that bullet of confusion!

25points

onivdsrapowijap 3 years ago

When I first saw it I thought the one on the right was Darth Vader ._.

4points

Otter 3 years ago

Finally! He found a place where he could practice, without anyone complaining!

22points

Troux 3 years ago

Reminds me of the Wiki page for Guy Standing. There was a long debate between Wiki moderators about the fact that - while technically accurate - describing the picture as 'Guy Standing sitting' has comedic value and therefore reduced the professional value of the article. guy-standi...433497.png

14points

bob bruce 3 years ago

It's hard to believe there was an actual debate, but since there was the proper argument would have been that the only reason to include "sitting" is for the comedic value. By any objective standard either it should be left out or the caption should also describe his clothes (and perhaps point out that the chair is blue), as both will be obvious to all users who can see the picture. The bigger problem would be that it pretty much demands that every picture on Wikipedia requires similar unnecessary description. Anyone dumb enough to honestly argue in favor of "sitting" is too stupid to deserve moderating power. The Piper Kerr one is funnier, but also conforms to plenty of other photos in which a subject's location is (presumably necessarily) noted.

2points

John Dilligaf 3 years ago

how do you know the penguin was indifferent?

11points

Victor Botha 3 years ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣 so glad you pointed out who Piper Kerr was. I would never have worked it out

7points

Per-Ole Sjuve 3 years ago

Found the one deaf penguin.

7points

Random Anon 3 years ago

Why I really couldn't tell before that.

6points

Dead Rat 3 years ago

As a Scottish person, my sincere apologies to the penguin 🐧 😁

3points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Wikipedia's sense of humour is something else.

2points

#7

History Meme

Collage of pre-colonial African architecture highlighting history in a funny and accurate history memes group.

Final score:

383points

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Mohammad Ammar 3 years ago

Also, huts and sticks are still signs of a rich history.

229points

rumade 3 years ago

One man's hut is another man's sustainable housing made from local materials with heritage techniques

82points

Randolph Croft 3 years ago

Huts and sticks when everybody else was sleeping in dirt and eating raw chicken.

12points

Terra Renee 3 years ago

Yep! My people were historically nomads, following the buffalo across the plains, not building anything permanent, but our history is rich and long! Yes, teepees were a thing. No, not every living space was a teepee. If you can, visit a reservation. We Native Americans are friendly!

9points

Yerdua_e.d 3 years ago

The richest person in history lived in Africa

8points

Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago

We're looking at you Cambridge University

5points

Katherine Forest 3 years ago

Huts and sticks are awesome.

3points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

Yesssssssssssssss. Long live Africa

2points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Just look at Russia. They made their houses out of hairy elephant sticks.

1point

XenoMurph 3 years ago

Jabba agrees

1point

Stephanie IV 3 years ago

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Tracy Wallick 3 years ago

I know next to nothing about African history other than Egypt, it just wasn't talked about in history classes :(

22points

April Stephens 3 years ago

Same. My teachers said there's no point to even learning something like the basic geography of Africa because the political borders are still changing. :(

5points

similarly 3 years ago

I was about to comment that the bottom left picture was Mesa Verde, but the buildings didn't look quite right, so I googled it: Dogon cliff dwellings in Africa! I'm surprised how much they look like the Anasazi Cliff Dwellings!

17points

Andy Acceber 3 years ago

I thought the same thing! Very similar

3points

Oopsydaisy 3 years ago

Also the first university in the world was in Africa, in Morocco. There is also the thing that people from outside Africa continue to take photos of African countries to try and make the whole continent look backwards whereas of course they have sophisticated cities and suburbs. So disgraceful how the world treats Africa.

15points

Charlie Taube 3 years ago

Yeah, it would be like photographing the slums in Paris that the Roma were banished too, and then saying that all of Europe looks like this.

7points

Sum Guy 3 years ago

And let's not forget Egypt on its own

13points

Andy Acceber 3 years ago

Pre-colonial Africa invented the first vaccine. An enslaved man named Onesimus first brought the knowledge to the Americas. If that's not a giant indication of a smart and developed culture, I'm not sure what is.

12points

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François Carré 3 years ago

French president Sarkozy once gave a infamous speech in Dakar about, I quote, "the African man, who didn't make History", and of all the b******t I've heard French politics say and still after 15 years, I think of this as the cringiest, most infuriating speech I've ever heard.

9points

Debbie 3 years ago

Actually more like US centric historians.

5points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

nah it was the british who colonised africa and wrote inaccurate history in english. the american "scholars" inherited their biases.

11points

Tinder of the SkyWings 3 years ago

They forgot Egypt.

4points

Tobiasz Blaszczynski 3 years ago

Ancient Egypt like hello?

4points

"They can be very clever and I think students really appreciate using memes to help them to connect to the topics they’re studying," Reid told Bored Panda. When so many people enjoy encountering funny history memes online, the lecturer said that "when they’re good, they are intelligent, witty, and fun. They also help people easily understand (and remember!) important events or ideas."

While some believe that history is a dull subject that is slowly losing its significance in the academic world, Reid said that it’s, in fact, one of the most enduring and popular ones.

"Practically everyone, at some point in their life, will set out to learn something about the past. History memes let us explore that enthusiasm in a new way, connecting with a broader and younger audience."

"If someone doesn’t love history yet, they probably haven’t learned about the area and period that will capture their imagination," he continued. "Memes are a great way to tell stories in a really accessible way — and they help people to learn about compelling chapters of the past that they didn’t even know existed."

#8

It Do Be Like That

Ancient Egyptian meme with cat and woman, paired with modern cat yelling meme, showcasing funny and accurate history memes.

Final score:

378points

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Ciara Eynon 3 years ago

Omg this iconic cultural shift had been foretold!!! 😂

197points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

Yes, it's clearly an un-photoshopped ancient painting.

47points

Kira Okah 3 years ago (edited)

The Egyptian picture was based on the meme yes? I see other memed image references in the background like t-pose, loss, and dabbing

16points

juice 3 years ago

yep! i think i also see the egg that got the world record for likes on Instagram

0points

Matthew O'Steen 3 years ago

Ah yes, the history of this argument has finally been foretold.

5points

cugel 3 years ago

I listened to a podcast episode (Endless Thread) about this meme, which prefaced itself by saying "Once you hear the story behind it, you will never look at it the same way again" And they were right.

2points

W̸̟̯̜͋ ̶̙͠O̴̱̦͋ ̷̧̮͙̈Ọ̵̚ D Y 3 years ago

OMG did egyptians time travel or somethin?

2points

der sebbl 3 years ago

Just the magic of photoshop

6points

CocoaMoney 3 years ago

Haha you crazy for digging in the crates like that 🤣

2points

Shireen Maher 3 years ago

ayOOoo

1point

best turtle 3 years ago

memes throughout history

1point

BisexualBaddie 2 years ago

Some of y'all over here, "It's obviously photoshop" ok and??? Let me enjoy my memes fr

0points

Ghaniyah Verma 3 years ago

Oh ma gosh!

0points

#9

History Meme

Tweet about Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman, shared in a group featuring the funniest and most accurate history memes.

Final score:

360points

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Buren 3 years ago

That is so f up realistic

181points

Dav Carro-Ripalda 3 years ago

In america, you mean. In Europe, is totally unrealistic

0points

Reviewer UK01 3 years ago

Isn't the worst thing that it's "help pay medical bills" not "pay medical bills"?

10points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

would have been cheaper to fly to the UK and put on a british accent in hospital.

8points

CocoaMoney 3 years ago

FR that's what I'm doing if It gets too rough

5points

Thomas Sweda 3 years ago

And, AND! Most of us think Socialism is Communism.

7points

Ruthann Wheeler 3 years ago

I would have bought it and given it back to him...like any human should do.

5points

Rohan Moran 3 years ago

F**ked up? Definitely. But then again, once your dead, none of this really matters to you (money or the prize), so at least he managed to prevent his family from inheriting all that debt....but still. Its a harsh system... oh and also... WHO IS BUYING A NOBEL PRIZE?! Just because you bought it doesn't mean it its yours now lol *facepalm

5points

Anne 3 years ago

All I can think about is what would a person do with a nobel prize that isn't theirs that they would spend $765,000 on?

3points

John Vequist 3 years ago

… or a Non-Fungible Token?

3points

Trisha Howson 3 years ago

Sad really is sad

1point

Keerthi Vardhan 3 years ago

It's heart wrenching. Live a life for the country, only to see you give back what you earned.

1point

Essex Eagle 3 years ago

And yet you all still vote like sheep instead of supporting someone against it....

1point

#10

History Meme

Funny history meme showing children labeled Catholics and Protestants, with a rabbit representing unmarried women of independent financial means.

Final score:

356points

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Anchal Gupta 3 years ago

Cute Rabbit 🐰 🐇

121points

laura lee 3 years ago

He's a Killer! Look at the bones 🦴🩸🦴🩸🦴🩸🦴🩸🦴🩸

23points

Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago

Witches will go places, suckers.

15points

Ana Hotko 3 years ago

Why did I read this as Cat-holics?

11points

Ann Coffman 3 years ago

Cataholics?

1point

K Witmer 3 years ago

It's still like this to this day

10points

EEF🤓 3 years ago

The fear on the boys face 😂 evil bunny

4points

GeeGee 3 years ago

This is…..stupid

2points

Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago

I'm a bun-bun! We're also scary to men who are not confident with themselves.

1point

Analyn Lahr 3 years ago

Bunny!

1point

Dawn Duckworth 3 years ago

*Laughing in Lady Boss success*

1point

Ghaniyah Verma 3 years ago

I am that rabbit. I will be that rabbit.

0points

#11

Big Brain Meme

Aerial and Times New Roman text views of ancient Rome from 5,200 ft, showcasing funny and accurate history memes.

Final score:

352points

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DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago

LMAO Nice one!

143points

QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago

I use both fonts a lot and still it got me

8points

N G 3 years ago (edited)

who ever typed this belongs in hell vetica

21points

Ember 3 years ago

It took me a minute.....lol

11points

Random Anon 3 years ago

Very punny!

6points

Allison Hart 3 years ago

Neither one is my type.

5points

Kona Pake 3 years ago

I can see my house from here.

4points

Raena Celis 3 years ago

Haha!! I love it!

4points

Laura 3 years ago

I think I'll be shaking my head until next year. IM TOO YOUNG TO BE A DAD

3points

lafayette 3 years ago

i dont get it

2points

Catarina 3 years ago

Got me a minute 🤭🤣🤣

1point

Studying the little details, even if from Reddit memes, that surround a specific era or event can help us deepen our knowledge and grasp why things happened the way they did. After all, learning about our past can change our perspective, improve critical thinking, and let us come up with new brilliant ideas. While the basic facts provide us with context, understanding how civilizations, cultures, and governments evolved is the truly fascinating part.

#12

I Still Do This

Ancient Persian Empire debate tradition illustrated with men discussing ideas sober and drunk in historical setting.

Final score:

350points

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The Penguin Bandit 3 years ago

Sober me and drunk me need to have a talk about online shopping then 🤣

319points

Angelar 3 years ago

This is so funny😂

10points

MetaMaxNL 3 years ago

hahahha please share the conversation hihi

6points

Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago

Non sleeping pill me and sleeping pill me need to have the same talk.

4points

June 3 years ago

Drunk me ordered a blob lately. I'm pretty ok with that smh 😂

4points

raincloud the whalien 2 years ago

Same with me and thrift deals😬

1point

chi-wei shen 3 years ago

In real life, 90% of your good ideas vanish as soon as you're sober.

17points

Cactuar Jon 3 years ago

I feel like this policy of debating should be adopted worldwide.

12points

Philip Williams 3 years ago

Ha ha! But imagine the parking lot brawls and the teary meltdowns over simple politics- oh wait

8points

Philip Williams 3 years ago

Niiiice. Alexander just did the drinking and put. hands. on. The Persian empire

4points

Angelar 3 years ago

You make it sound very ..... easy

0points

Tymek Marcinkowski 3 years ago

How drunk we talkin

2points

Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 3 years ago

As it seems to be, lately many people is skipping the sober phase of this method.

2points

Owen 3 years ago

I'm not saying things would be BETTER if modern governments adopted this idea, but I am saying it should happen and be well documented.

1point

Amy Bullock 3 years ago

I picture the poor soul that had to stay sober and moderate the drunken debate. "Fine, one arm wrestling match.. THEN back to the subject at hand" 😑

1point

Lynne Hammar 3 years ago

In Jamaica they have a spliff and then do some "reasoning"

1point

AJ Minhas 3 years ago

I like it.

1point

#13

You’ve Got My Support

Funny history meme with cats illustrating ancient Egypt religion in a humorous and accurate way shared on a popular meme group.

Final score:

349points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

Sign me up!!

142points

DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago

Allow me to accompany you. Sign me up now!

15points

Henny Hana 3 years ago

Me too!

7points

Meme Kitty 3 years ago

Also sign me up

5points

Kitty Cat she/her 3 years ago

Yes! Me too!

1point

Per-Ole Sjuve 3 years ago

My furry overlord has informed me that I am already a member.

17points

Scagsy 3 years ago

Are we witnessing the birth of (Cat)holicism?

14points

foofoofloofy 3 years ago

I'm a Cataholic. I just can't get off the catahol lol!

3points

Kona Pake 3 years ago

Keep fanning, peasant!

9points

Zophra 3 years ago

My cat approves.

8points

M. A. McKnight 3 years ago

And cats haven't forgotten their status to this day

7points

Lara Verne 3 years ago

My kind of religion

7points

Munchkin 3 years ago

I will switch from Catholic to whatever the heck this is in a second

7points

Dani Alexander 3 years ago

It’s a yes from me

5points

Hans YAN 3 years ago

I like cats.

5points

#14

Quit Horsing Around

Funny and accurate history meme text about people giggling inside the Trojan horse, shared on social media.

Final score:

314points

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DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago

I can see myself doing this in that past life, and ending the whole plan in one snort😂

147points

QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago

I can just see myself trying to hold in my laughter and ultimately failing, then being stabbed to death

7points

Random Anon 3 years ago

And fastforward a millennia or two, Trojans are still a penetrative aiding instrument that brings giggles.

18points

Allison B 3 years ago

How... how did I not realize that what the brand name was referring to until now? Wow. I feel dumb. 😂🤦‍♀️

8points

CocoaMoney 3 years ago

And you KNOW somebody farted 😂

9points

MysteriousLegBruise 3 years ago

Or if someone did one of those sulfuric farts and hotboxed the whole horse lol 😆

4points

Gin Sutaraito 3 years ago

Nooo

5points

Kona Pake 3 years ago

“Thalpius, stopp it… you’re going to make me P!”

4points

SCamp 3 years ago

Or a loud fart

4points

Mazer 3 years ago (edited)

I hear “I hafta pee”

3points

Elyse Crawford 3 years ago

I bet they tortured each other by farting as well hahaha

2points

PandaRave 3 years ago

Thalpius 😂

1point

Stephanie Ladd 3 years ago

I would have had to pee ten minutes in lol

1point

#15

Father Of John Wick

Christopher Lee as Saruman and himself with text listing historical facts in a funny history meme format.

Final score:

313points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

Was special forces in WW2 and taught Peter Jackson what sound a man makes when he gets stabbed in the back. It's in interviews anyway, I don't know about his wiki page.

195points

gellert gridlewald 3 years ago

did you know that the last guillotine use was the same year that star wars came out?

16points

Anyone-for-tea? 3 years ago

That's not true. He was in the RAF attached to a special forces unit, and a lot of what he said about his military career has unfortunately been proven wrong.

6points

Cezar Matkowski 3 years ago

Although he did it chiefly to freak Jackson out, as he was a signal intelligence officer and most likely did not see any actual combat. But with the special forces you never know...

3points

Martha Meyer 3 years ago

I think he pretty much told him that there would be no sound and they compromised on a small gasp.

2points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

Not sure how the poster skipped over his WW2 military service (for Finland and the UK, when he was 17--23y old)? There's the famous incident of him authoritatively correcting the director Peter Jackson on how somebody dies when you stab them...

23points

Jayne Kyra 3 years ago

*SIR Christoper Lee

22points

DogMom 3 years ago

Henriette von Rosen was nobility not royalty. Her father (a count) wouldn’t allow them to marry unless the Swedish king approved it which he did.

17points

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François Carré 3 years ago

- Lied all this time about his age, he was actually 590 years old when he died.

15points

Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

You forgot the fact that he was the manifestation of Hammer Films.

13points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Wait I can add something!! He ALSO played as Sir Baskerville in the 1950s version of Hound of the Baskervilles alongside Peter Cushing (YES! THAT ONE!) as HOLMES. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1959_film)

11points

Seán Baron Premium 3 years ago

Ah, Peter Cushing. The only man to verbally b***h slap Darth Vader and get away with it.

4points

Alex K 3 years ago

he also knows ancient greek

8points

Guy MacGregor 3 years ago

This nonsense have been posted too many times. He is not James Bond. He is literally a James Bond villain (The man with the golden gun), and Ian Fleming did note cited Lee as an inspiration. The rest is true though.

5points

Katchen 3 years ago

In the text of the Bond books, Ian Fleming says that James Bond looks like Hoagy Carmichael.

2points

Julia Atkinson 3 years ago

Also the uncle of distinguished actress Dame Harriet Walter

4points

If you’re wondering why people should pursue history at all and why there are so many members in the r/HistoryMemes subreddit, it "teaches you how to investigate complex, world-shaping events," Reid explained. "It teaches you how to systematically find and analyze evidence. It teaches you how to communicate your ideas. At Coventry University, our students even learn how to make documentaries."

"People who study history become critical thinkers with a powerful analytical toolset and the ability to communicate complex ideas," he added. "Those are incredibly important skills — and they develop them whilst learning about the past and the forces that have shaped our society."

Reid stressed that studying history is not just about gaining knowledge: "It’s about gaining important skills that can be used to find success in a dizzying array of jobs and careers."

#16

First Roman Meme

Humorous history meme showing two classical figures with a witty conversation about men, part of history memes shared online.

Final score:

312points

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Daniel Mattock 3 years ago

OVER MX̅!!!!!

90points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

Dammit

2points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

good jupiter, surely your are bored of it by then??

13points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Jupiter never got bored of sex xD Horny bastard

14points

Lucus Adams 3 years ago (edited)

MMM is great but I would have said 509. 500 = D and 9 = IX. Just saying.

4points

chi-wei shen 3 years ago

MM?

2points

Antonia 3 years ago

roman numbers M=1000

11points

Ozymandias73 3 years ago

LOL I'm not THAT popular!!

1point

Kona Pake 3 years ago

Who’s counting!

1point

Basko 3 years ago

XD

1point

Wouter 3 years ago

XXX!

1point

Kira Okah 3 years ago

Oh my!

1point

May Day 3 years ago

🤣

0points

#17

Inspired By A Different Post Made By U/Modshave2muchpower

Animated meme from Disney's Robin Hood showing Kenya offering cows to the United States after 9/11, history memes humor.

Final score:

298points

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A.J Milne 3 years ago

Kenya is love, Kenya is life

225points

Fliphpo 3 years ago

That is true.

6points

Ana Hotko 3 years ago

A Masai tribe, more precisely.

70points

Vuun 3 years ago (edited)

Exactly. In fact, claiming that Kenya, a state whose GDP is around 100bn USD, would have given 14 cows is both ignorant and demeaning.

22points

Mike M 3 years ago (edited)

There's also a tapestry they made for the US on display in the 9/11 museum, along with the story of their gracious gift.

32points

Philip Williams 3 years ago (edited)

I don't cry much, but... Last time before this was reading of the Choctaw Nation in the US who while experiencing genocide in the 1840s learned of the Irish potato famine and sent money they couldn't afford to save these pale faces who were extincting them. THIS is why heaven HAS to be real. There needs to be rewards for such winning at being human

20points

Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago

Er... The Irish palefaces weren't the ones extinguishing them. And a century and a half later, their gesture is still recognised and celebrated in Ireland.

21points

Henry Russell 3 years ago

kenya thanks for being there for us

16points

BasedWang 3 years ago

This happened for anyone wondering WTF.... Just an amazing gesture

16points

Autumn 3 years ago

That is so insanely sweet T^T

15points

laura lee 3 years ago

Every town, has it's ups and it's downs, sometime the ups, outnumber the downs, but not in Nottingham...

10points

Chris Zaydel 3 years ago

I live in Nottingham MD. It's pretty nice.

1point

CookieCrump 3 years ago

Aw, that's so cute! I didn't know Kenya did this (being born in 2007)

7points

Heháka Kohana Runs With Bears 3 years ago (edited)

It was the Masai people specifically, and a cow is worth like 300-400k USD there for all of its uses, so they legitimately donated a S**T ton of money by any standard. They are kept as part of the herd now but protected.

4points

#18

I Love How The Horseshoe Crab Refuses To Evolve

Cartoon comparing evolution and present day with humorous history memes featuring sea creatures and a stressed human at a computer.

Final score:

297points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

I learned recently that modern cats are very similar to ancient cats. Dogs though have evolved quite a bit. From only an evolutionary standpoint, that would suggest that cats evolved humans to better serve them instead of the other way around.

205points

CocoaMoney 3 years ago (edited)

Nova on PBS did a whole show on how Cats manipulate humans. I felt really used after watching it 😅

34points

laura lee 3 years ago

We also never domesticated cats, they just decided to live with us 😺

18points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

My cats confirm this.

10points

Curtis Durrenberger 3 years ago

Cats even self-domesticated, to get easier access to food

9points

Shyla Clay 3 years ago

Good human. You may skritch my ears now.

8points

Whatshername 3 years ago

Hahaha brilliant

7points

Mazer 3 years ago (edited)

Dogs are not an evolutionary creature. Dogs are man-made critters

5points

Jacob Rosenberg (Swedemire) 3 years ago

Dogs haven't "evolved" as much as we have bred them selectively.

1point

Booker 2 years ago

If you ever need proof that cats domesticated us vs. other way around, do a YouTube search 'African wild cat at our camp'. It's amazing!

0points

Deborah Rubin 2 years ago

Of course!

0points

SkekVi 3 years ago

No we just didn't feel the need to selectively breed cats because they already did the thing we needed them to do.

0points

Rebecca Hauck 3 years ago

Or, you know, selective breeding.

0points

Catherine Binder 3 years ago

I mean I love cats, they're a lot of things, but useful is not the first thing that comes to mind.

-1point

Spikey boi 3 years ago

The fact that the horseshoe crab in the second pannel is surrounded by plastic that wasn't in the first one just makes me sad

10points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

Of course it is already perfect! Its blood is blue! BLUE!

6points

Lupita Nyong'heaux 3 years ago (edited)

ryan, your blood also is blue, babe. it only turns red after being oxygenated. that's why the veins in your arms and legs are blue, but your arterial blood is red. it has been oxygenated after flowing thru your heart (or something like that. it's been a long time since biology class. lol...)

-1point

Spikey boi 3 years ago

You do you horseshoe crab!

4points

Henry Russell 3 years ago

horsehoe crab you are perfect no matter how bad you are something us humans neeed to learn

3points

Zophra 3 years ago

Stabilizing natural selection.

3points

Petra, princess of Brigid 3 years ago

Hey, did anyone else notice in the second pic, there's trash on the beach?

2points

Zophra 3 years ago

This is a horrible story. The kids were small and we were walking along the beach when we noticed a poor flipped horseshoecrab who was trying valiantly to flip itself with no success. "Mommy! Mommy! Save it! Save it!" I know nothing about horseshoe crabs- they look pretty scary but I want to do the right thing with the kids cheering on. I pick it up by the telson(?) since that looks like a safe area away from pinchers and try to fling it back into the surf. The poor thing goes flying off like a chunky frisbee and I am standing there mortified that I am holding a broken off telson. Kids are all upset: "Mom, you KILLED it!!!" Not one of my finer moments in parenting.

1point

P. Mozzani 3 years ago

Evolution usually takes place due to necessity. I guess that the horseshoe crab never felt that it was necessary. There's lot to be said, about status quo.

0points

Catarina 3 years ago

That is me...42 yo and still perfect🤭🤣

0points

#19

The Great War Was Just One Big Tragedy

Black and white and color historic war photos showing soldiers helping each other, illustrating accurate history memes about war.

Final score:

295points

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Chicken Nugget 3 years ago

War is so sad. Millions of people dying for small increases in land or the fact that one person believes in a different facet of a god. Or in the case of many wars, nothing at all.

257points

Hailey B 3 years ago

Literally tho… world peace, complete equality, self love in everyone, loving others, these are some things I want, and although I am Christian, anyone can want this. It’s what we should all want. Our great great grandchildren should live in a world like that. No war, no hate, no crime, just a good world.

6points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

In the days of the old—-intermarried—-monarchies, peasants were the fodder for settling family squabbles.

4points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

“Hey look at those f*****s! They have more gold! *10K people die*

3points

Glen Moore 3 years ago

Or because they blindly followed the fallacy that a certain group of people were bad, so they systematically murdered millions of them. But yeah the religion one is f#$_ed, I believe more people were killed in the name of one God or another than any other reason, by far.

1point

Mermaid Elle-Jaye 3 years ago

War never starts over nothing

1point

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

Wars are about a few making money off the blood of many.

0points

Becca Hauck 3 years ago

Well, WWII was fought because Hitler and his followers were trying to commit genocide. It wasn't about land or religion.. Or nothing.

0points

Buren 3 years ago

Those who declare war should be on the front line

32points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Some of my fave songs are about this, like 'war pigs' by black Sabbath and 'byob' by system of a down

10points

Csaba Hegedűs 3 years ago

"We the unwilling, led by the unqualified, to kill the unfortunate, die for the ungrateful"

24points

Chich 3 years ago

Send the leaders and the rich to fight and leave the rest of us out of it.

20points

Angelar 3 years ago

And call out all agent provocateurs, agitators, hatemongers, shame them publicly

7points

Random Anon 3 years ago

This is why we need to have an educated society. It's not just about getting the qualifications. It's about critical thinking and objectivity. If the elite wankers wants more land, influence and what the f**k not, let them fight themselves.

18points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago (edited)

One of the saddest events that prove this was a football match between English and German soldiers on the 25th of December 1914. It began with British soldiers hearing the Germans singing Stille Nacht and then they joined in singing the English version Silent night. They then heard The voice was from an enemy soldier, speaking in English with a strong German accent. He was saying, “Come over here.” One of the British sergeants answered: “You come half-way. I come half-way.” What happened next would, in the years to come, stun the world and make history. Enemy soldiers began to climb nervously out of their trenches, and to meet in the barbed-wire-filled “No Man’s Land” that separated the armies. Normally, the British and Germans communicated across No Man’s Land with streaking bullets, with only occasional gentlemanly allowances to collect the dead unmolested. But now, there were handshakes and words of kindness. The soldiers traded songs, tobacco and wine, joining in a spontaneous holiday party in the cold night. Bairnsfather could not believe his eyes. “Here they were—the actual, practical soldiers of the German army. There was not an atom of hate on either side.” The soldiers from each side met with each other shook hands. shared photographs and exchanged gifts. A football appeared from somewhere and they played a game together then they were sent back to the trenches to fight. I cannot even begin to imagine what that must have felt like. Having just made friends with someone. Finding out that you have a lot in common and then being forced to try and kill them. War is so stupid and cruel. In 2014 The British supermarket Sainsbury's brought out an advert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the truce. Watch it here. If this doesn't get you in the feels you're dead inside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eJn3j7Qr9A&t=1s

11points

Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago (edited)

There was a song written about this as well. Called "Christmas In The Trenches" by John McCutcheon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJi41RWaTCs

2points

Luccan 3 years ago

That’s why war is bad, it hurts everybody in the situation, I mean people can communicate! How many wars could be prevented if the idiots in charge actually started thinking about the lives of people, and just decided to compromise with each other!

9points

K Witmer 3 years ago

The story where they called a truce on Christmas to play a game together proves that

5points

Mistralok 3 years ago

Don't forget the Christmas truce of 1914.

4points

ADHD 3 years ago

apart from Russians in Ukraine, feckin monsters

3points

#20

More Like Months

Historical meme showing a man with a parrot and a humorous caption about the first person to hear a parrot speak.

Final score:

291points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Did that parrot even survive?

141points

adiiantryx 3 years ago

"IT WAS A WITCH! BURN IT AT THE STAKE AT DUSK," proclaimed the naive young man who heard his parrot speak

42points

laura lee 3 years ago

DEVIL BIRD DEVIL BIRD! 🏹👻

8points

boone williams 3 years ago

It is an ex-parrot

7points

An Co 3 years ago

The demon parrot was killed, burned, and it's ashes were scattered over 3 different oceans.

5points

Shyla Clay 3 years ago

Parrots have a potential lifespan of around 90 years.

1point

Aria Storm 2 years ago

prolly not

0points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

People were very familiar with birds (say, jays) imitating other sounds. Like hunters hating them for spreading other species' alarm calls and thus chasing prey away. So, no.

7points

Troux 3 years ago

In the early 19th century, an explorer discovered a talking parrot in modern day Colombia that was a pet to a tribe which was recently wiped out. The parrot was the last living speaker of their unique language, and its entire vocabulary was recorded. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66479/parrot-kept-language-alive

4points

Hańka 3 years ago

Józef Simmler "Nobleman with a parrot" - nice painting.

2points

El muerto 3 years ago

you know that people interacted with parrots for a very very long time, thousands of years actually, and probably had heard all kind of sounds coming from animals.

2points

Marsha Cain 3 years ago

I b thinkin, call an exorcist!

1point

Kimberly 3 years ago

Witch!!!!

1point

Nicole Tomme 3 years ago

Probably burned as a witch. Or familiar.

1point

Luiza NP 3 years ago

That's a macaw

1point

Henry Russell 3 years ago

he must of thought he was insane

1point

However, with so much information and funny history memes floating around the web, not every historic truth or detail is true. Some might even believe in false facts and bogus theories without actually knowing they are incorrect. Reid explained that we must check our sources. "The internet is an incredible tool, but it is also responsible for producing and disenchanting a lot of bad information."

#21

Absolute Queen

Vintage illustration of a woman in a hearse smoking in the coffin-bed, a funny and accurate history meme shared online.

Final score:

262points

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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

This is what women want.

174points

EEF🤓 3 years ago

Yes I want my own death carriage. For sure

24points

laura lee 3 years ago

It'll do for a start.

12points

tuzdayschild 3 years ago

It's what that woman wanted. You have to start fresh every time you meet a new one of us.

6points

Cori Crabb 3 years ago

and pockets, but mostly this

4points

Ghaniyah Verma 3 years ago

I want sleep.

2points

Phil O'Brien 3 years ago

As long as it's air conditioned lol

1point

Jaithesaint 3 years ago

I agree

1point

Cougar Allen 2 years ago

Girls really really want zig-a-zig-ah.

0points

Daniel Atkins 3 years ago

Imagine the first time she did this. Someone took off their hat out of respect for the dead then she waved at them and they probably flipped out a little.

14points

Vorknkx 3 years ago

19th century Instagram?

12points

Random Anon 3 years ago

This is rather brilliant actually. I hope the "coach" is properly ventilated tho.

4points

Tonya Wallace 3 years ago

I was thinking smoke weed and hot box the f outta that thing.

7points

Otter 3 years ago

First known deliberate association of cigarettes and hearses!

3points

Raven Sheridan 3 years ago

Now that's a bucket list!

3points

Shyla Clay 3 years ago

Not this woman. This woman wants a dog, and some mint chip ice cream, not necessarily in that order.

1point

Philip Williams 3 years ago

How am I just now hearing about this?

1point

Booker 2 years ago

Great anti-smoking ad!

0points

Lydia Holmes 2 years ago

Florida man move

0points

#22

Somebody Wanna Tell Him?

Ancient mosaic of Odysseus and sailors humorously explaining the meaning of odyssey in a funny history meme format.

Final score:

262points

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F8th 3 years ago

Spoiler alert.

174points

Ghaniyah Verma 3 years ago

Odysseus is the only one.

1point

Nathaniel 3 years ago

"Are you sure this is the adult size boat Odysseus?"

8points

Mama Penguin 3 years ago

"Wait, is this what you meant by 'you must be a team player' in the job description?"

5points

Tom Bolton 3 years ago

"Let's see... We sacrificed to Athene, Hera, Zeus... Am I forgetting anyone?"

3points

totally a german 3 years ago

"if you forgot? they probably aren't that important."

4points

Katie Everswick 3 years ago

ha!

1point

Johnny Black 3 years ago

Made me laugh out loud 🤣

0points

Something 3 years ago

Yet Honda named a car for it.

0points

Mari 3 years ago

Wait a minute...

0points

#23

After One Of Stalin's Speeches People Were So Scared To Be The First One To Stop Clapping That The Applause Went On For 11 Minutes. Eventually The Director Of A Paper Factory Was The First One To Sit Down. That Night He Was Arrested And Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

Cartoon prison scene meme with characters humorously referencing history and Stalin's speech in funny history memes.

Final score:

257points

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J. F. 3 years ago

They introduced a bell that signaled when it's OK to stop clapping

168points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

The one ringing the bell is clearly the traitor!

43points

Shannon Ongley 3 years ago

Because Stalin couldn't figure out what late night talk show hosts have been doing for decades...

5points

Shyla Clay 3 years ago

Bell, meet the audience. Audience, this is Bell.

3points

Chich 3 years ago

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Philip Williams 3 years ago

Question authority. You can do that here, to an extent at least. Do not let anyone call you bigoted for questioning the left or a snowflake for questioning the right. They want you to believe there are two choices, those choices will always be philosophically diametrically opposed, and there is no possibility for common ground

12points

Heather G 3 years ago

When the world is black and white, there's no color.

3points

Spikey boi 3 years ago

All I could think of was thank god the dude didn't get killed.

11points

Cactuar Jon 3 years ago

he took one for the team

9points

Kona Pake 3 years ago

Kim Jong-Un would just place that person in front of a canon about to be fired.

8points

Shireen Maher 3 years ago

this is just SO messed up.

7points

J.A. Rogers 3 years ago

Don't give Trump any new ideas.

6points

Kai David 3 years ago

Sounds like trump

3points

Adam Belaire 3 years ago

No, Donnie would just say the applause went on for hours. He doesn't concern himself with us poor people.

10points

Terra Renee 3 years ago

I'm surprised Putin hasn't forced his people to clap for him.

2points

#24

The More You Know

Historical meme explaining New Amsterdam's 1640s wall becoming Wall Street, with an old map of the city included.

Final score:

252points

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Random Anon 3 years ago

And over the years, the Dutch has learnt from this and enhanced their wall building skills. They are now able to keep even the sea at bay back home.

170points

Paul Jordan 3 years ago

The sea at bay?! Priceless

7points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Some other interesting factoid. There was a five-pointed fort there. The dutch ALSO built one in cape town in the 1650s. It still stands.

15points

DaVo 3 years ago

Plus we still have some back home. This is Fort Bourtange: Bourtange_...1e97fd.jpg

16points

Ash 3 years ago

"Even old New York was once New Amsterdam...why they changed it, I can't say! People just liked it better that waaaayyyy! Doo-doo-dooo doot-doot-doodoo-doodoo-doo doot-doo dooo..."

14points

Kai David 3 years ago

Before Wall Street, it was Hoboken Trail, an already established major Indian trading trail

7points

El muerto 3 years ago

to be fair, the wall was there to keep natives at bay, rather than military incursions from the sea...you see a fortress close to the coas, that triangular thing. that was a bastion to defend the coast

5points

F8th 3 years ago

Should’ve left the wall.

2points

raincloud the whalien 2 years ago

They had a very broad street that went through a large part of the city. It was called Broadway.

1point

GoldenGoose 3 years ago

Island of Paradis map

1point

May Day 3 years ago

Interesting!

0points

Jeff Diamond 3 years ago

Old New York was once New Amsterdam...

0points

"Don’t take anything for granted," he said. Today, we can find documents, letters, speeches, and many more sources quite quickly, so it’s always important to check how people support their points. "Look to the works of credible scholars to ensure the accuracy of whatever you’ve read or whatever you intend to produce," the lecturer added.

But for now, let’s return to our selection of Reddit memes on historical events, shall we? There’s still plenty of them on this list for you to check out!

#25

Deep Stuff

Humorous history meme showing stethoscope invention story with vintage portrait and old vs modern medical tools.

Final score:

240points

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F8th 3 years ago

A gentleman and a scholar.

251points

RK Barbo 3 years ago

And a hottie to boot

5points

Daaaaaaaaaaa 3 years ago

Cool. Can you stop raping us now, pls?

12points

Arnavet 3 years ago

Cool. Can you stop acting like all men are rapists now, pls?

11points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

More like her male relatives were uncomfortable about it is what our prof told us.

7points

Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago

Which would probably make the doctor uncomfortable, so he WAS uncomfortable with doing it.

1point

Helenium 3 years ago

Yeah and vibrators, lol DRs invented vibrators lol

4points

Doug the cat 3 years ago

noice

0points

Mazer 3 years ago

Okay - one dude in prude Victorian times…next

2points

De Gueb 3 years ago

Wasn't that "all men have d***s"

1point

Kzincat 3 years ago

Commendable.

1point

GoofyGoober 2 years ago

I wish men today were like 20th century men, when it came to how nicely they treated their wives/ women in general.

0points

Aria Storm 2 years ago

well done my guy

0points

Ghaniyah Verma 2 years ago

I think they meant men these days but I won't spoil it for you.

0points

#26

Sounds Like A Donda Bar

Vintage illustration humorously depicting diss tracks in the 1700s with a man and a pepper mill, history memes concept.

Final score:

234points

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Random Anon 3 years ago

I don't know why I find this funny... lol.

120points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

I'm reading it to the tune of "milkshake brings..."

29points

Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

Gettest thou unto the burns unit with much haste.

8points

James016 3 years ago

There is no comeback to that. It'd be great if this was incorporated into a modern day rap song/battle

7points

M 3 years ago

Micky Avalon 'My D*ick' listen and throw that in there..

2points

TrixicBird(Any pronouns) 3 years ago

translation: GO F**K YOURSELF

2points

Kate 3 years ago

Want more

1point

Matthew O'Steen 3 years ago

YO!

1point

Anchal Gupta 3 years ago

Good way to troll people

1point

A Basketcase castaway Premium 2 years ago

🎶 My mill brings all the boys to the yard...And they're like this pepper is better then yours dam right its better then yours ...and that's why I have to charge..🎶

0points

BisexualBaddie 2 years ago

"Mustard on that beat"

0points

#27

For The Glory Of Rome

Illustration of Roman public toilets with people sitting on stone seats in a historical funny history meme.

Final score:

227points

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May 3 years ago

Those were amazingingly hygienic for the time

143points

$fracarr avatar$

François Carré 3 years ago

And you could talk business while doing your business.

36points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

At least until you had to wipe. Just. Just…look it up.

20points

Elita One 3 years ago

Hygienic? I don't think a hundred people using the same sponge to wipe their asses is real hygienic...

15points

Mermaid Elle-Jaye 3 years ago

Probably less vandalism and people wiping poop scuffs on the wall too, cos your BFF and boss would be watching

7points

Gionanna 3 years ago

Do you know how they wiped? LOL

6points

CharliAnn Olney Premium 3 years ago

Yep, and they all used the same wipe sponge

4points

Chris Zaydel 3 years ago

"for the time"

1point

May Day 3 years ago

They had running water, I think

0points

Dadolwch 3 years ago

Why do they all have the same green pants? Big sale at TJ Maximus?

30points

Troux 3 years ago

Petter Griffin Cosplay Club

4points

F8th 3 years ago

I’d be so mad if someone sat right next to me when all those seats are open.

27points

Nadja Lambacher 3 years ago

I think I heard in a documentary they were actually places to socialize or talk business.

9points

Nathaniel 3 years ago

"Can I borrow your sponge-stick?"

19points

El muerto 3 years ago

they were reusable, so yeah

11points

Troux 3 years ago

I thought it was a spoon at first...

5points

Parthania Dawson 3 years ago

Yeah, that was the most cringe thing I ever learned.

2points

Stimpy 3 years ago

Ah yes, the public shared butt-sponges for wiping when you are done 👌

9points

Anita Pickle 3 years ago

Are those ass scraping spoons? Are they communal?

8points

Queen Boudicca 3 years ago

Yes. Sponges to wipe afterwards. No Charmin yet.

9points

Victor Botha 3 years ago

Well no not really hygenic. The sewer system of Removing human waste from the city instead of just dumping it in the streets is commendable, but the sponge sticks for cleaning up your backside after using was very unhygienic and the cause of numerous diseases, infections and epidemics.

5points

Alex K 3 years ago

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Anakluzmos 3 years ago

This is what the phrase "got the wrong end of the stick " came from

3points

Usman A. 3 years ago

I surmise those sponge sticks were born of necessity when a pandemic obliterated Roman toilet paper supplies.

2points

Random Anon 3 years ago

During the BCs, there are only a handful of civilizations that has proper latrines and sewerage. Most just do their smelly business behind some bush.

2points

Darren R. Reid advised you to be curious and explore the past. "Learn the lessons our ancestors teach us through their words and actions. Learning about the past is one of the best ways to understand why we — all of us — act the way we do."

#28

On October 26 2001, An Entire Country Decided To Wipe Their Ass With Their Own Constitution.

Cartoon history meme showing a figure threatening civil liberties and t*****e, referencing the Patriot Act with an angry crowd.

Final score:

223points

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The Penguin Bandit 3 years ago

TRUTH

103points

Andy Acceber 3 years ago

If you are too young to remember 9/11, talk to an older adult who does. Fear is a wild thing. The political and cultural shift in the U.S. was enormous. If you've always lived the current side of that shift, you probably think a lot of things are "normal" that, when looked at through a wider lens, are actually quite odd. At the very least, you should be aware.

25points

similarly 3 years ago

I moved to Japan from America in the late-1990s. That America is gone.

19points

K Witmer 3 years ago

All for money and nothing else but you're going to pretend it's for freedumb against an enemy that does not exist.

9points

John Baker 3 years ago

What's this "an entire nation" horsesh!t? I don't recall getting to vote on it.

8points

Raven Sheridan 3 years ago

Now with a free extended vacation at the beautiful Guantanamo Bay!

6points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Not all of us were happy. In fact, by 13 Sept 2001, some of us were already furious. And still are.

4points

William Teach 3 years ago

As a conservative I'll say it was a horrible piece of legislation. And the same liberals who hated it then are cheering Canada taking away the Rights of citizens protesting the government. There's a saying from Noam Chomsky: if we don't believe in freedom of speech for people we despise we don't believe in it at all.

1point

DelvianBlue 3 years ago

At least from my memory most of the regular people still wore the angry face for the third panel when all this went down But then, we don't make the decisions either.

1point

Philip Williams 3 years ago

First a few people started getting flag pins and bumper stickers, then all of the sudden everyone was a died-in-the-wool patriot ready to accept any tyranny as long as they were accepted with the suddenly patriotic herd. Even Hillary Clinton supported invading Iraq! In fact, everyone but Pelosi

1point

Candace Crawford 3 years ago

God, this is so true. I almost throw up everytime I'm reminded of it. It also reminds me of when I started hating people: the first day of kindergarten.

0points

#29

Family Tree Goes Brrrrrrr

History meme showing a man claiming to be Genghis Khan's son with a glowing skeleton questioning the accuracy.

Final score:

212points

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Otter 3 years ago

300 wives, was it?

108points

Mazer 3 years ago

Raping women wherever they went…lots of bastard kids

12points

Rae Black 3 years ago

And raping a lot of women who weren't his wives. He was very dedicated to spreading his seed.

6points

Candace Crawford 3 years ago

Christmas shopping was a b****. LOL

3points

John Barber 3 years ago

No. Only 4.

0points

ADHD 3 years ago

dude banged so much they say like 5% of the world is related to him lol

0points

laura lee 3 years ago

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internet person 3 years ago

over 16 million people have his DNA

5points

Aliquid 3 years ago

one out of every 200 men ON THE PLANET are direct decedents of Genghis Khan

3points

Jacob Ross 3 years ago

Genghis Khan had 4 accepted heirs. Also, that is not even a line from the game. He is the grandson of Genghis Khan.

1point

Katchen 3 years ago

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/1-in-200-men-direct-descendants-of-genghis-khan

0points

Ghaniyah Verma 3 years ago

Was that Kublai Khan?

0points

Aleš Kaučič 3 years ago

Apparently,every 200 human is related to him

0points

Koenigsegg Jesko 3 years ago

um excuse me you have millions of brother

0points

Marissa Taylor 3 years ago

I am the son of Zesu Do you have the slightest idea of how little that narrows it down?

0points

Iseefractals 3 years ago

.5% of the population living today (16 million people) can be traced directly back to him, 8% of males living in the region of the former Mongol empire.

0points

Rachel Cobb 3 years ago

RIGHT?!

0points

#30

Gotta Respect The Ogs

History meme comparing Queen Elizabeth's reign length to African states' independence with a c*******r reflection.

Final score:

209points

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Béatrice Gallet 3 years ago

Ethiopians are wondering when they have been colonized !

109points

ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

1936

14points

Kevin Erdős–Bacon 3 years ago

In addition to Ethiopia, Liberia became independent only 10 years after Queen VICTORIA started her reign, so this "fact" while believable, is not true, but unfortunately it will no doubt be repeated as an interesting bit of "trivia". South Africa, Egypt and Libya also became independent before Elizabeth II sat on the throne, a pretty short list unfortunately...

12points

Shyla Clay 3 years ago

Congrats, Ethiopia? They do say the country is always the last to know.

1point

Stimpy 3 years ago

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Tee Witt 3 years ago

So Prince Philip colonised India himself?

3points

Martha Meyer 3 years ago

Someone is incapable of maths if they think those colonies were established as late as the birth year of the Queen...

1point

C Demers 3 years ago

Sure, same for anybody born before 1960.

1point

Kevin Erdős–Bacon 3 years ago

Actually only 10 out of 54 African countries were independent before 1960. If your criteria is independence in general, then anyone born after 2011, when South Sudan gained its independence, or if you're considering only decolonization, then those born after 1980 when Zimbabwe was recognised.

1point

coleby worthen 3 years ago (edited)

Ahhh refreshing!!! The USA aren’t the only bad guys in the world

1point

John Baker 3 years ago

Nope. Am I the only one who finds it ironic that the people who criticize the US for what they see as "American imperialism" are often the very people we learned it from?

2points

Mike Browne 2 years ago

Since India became free during her rule wouldn't she be the freer or the decolonizer? They got rele3ased from being colonies by her.

0points

Caroline Starr 3 years ago

India became independent 75 years ago tomorrow (August 15th 1947) I think there are quite a lot of people older than that.

0points

Cezar Matkowski 3 years ago

One might argue that it is only limited to _modern_ African states. Great Zimbabwe or Mali Empire were independent polities hundreds of years ago. But this would still be incorrect. Ethiopia has been existing as an independent state for more than two millennia with a short pause in 1930s when it has been occupied by Italy (it still regained independence before the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1952) while Liberia enjoys independence since 1847.

0points

ShadowPhoen1x 3 years ago

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0points

DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago

Why does this topic ALWAYS strike a nerve of mine 😭

0points

#31

Come On Bruv

Tweet showing a humorous comment about visiting England with a funny history meme shared by users in a popular group.

Final score:

207points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

Are you sure you've been laughing for 10 minutes straight? Have you checked the clock?

144points

DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago

Are you sure they have clocks?

29points

The Scout 3 years ago

Actually Big Ben is neither the clock nor the tower, but the bell inside it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ben).

14points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

yes but no-one cares and everyone on earth calls the whole tower thing AND the clock 'big ben', so pedantry be damned.

7points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

I'm mostly interested to know how random homeless guy knew the tourist bootyholeg was american? I mean... was it the two strapped backpack, the baseball cap, the white sneakers, the board shorts, or the hawaiian shirt?

7points

Ino Villarreal 3 years ago

Yes

2points

C Demers 3 years ago

Completely and utterly unfunny.

2points

Thomas Sweda 3 years ago

Is this remotely funny ?

2points

Camilo Madrigal 3 years ago

Who else read that in a British accent

1point

o_o 2 years ago

i am british, i read everything in a british accent

1point

Rinso the Red 2 years ago

"What? You mean the Peter Pan clock?"

0points

Ghaniyah Verma 3 years ago

They do.

0points

Candace Crawford 3 years ago

Stand up, er, sitting down comedian has it all figured out. Steady stream of a fresh audience and great tips. But dating sucks. Lady: "So how about we go to your place tonight and watch Netflix and chill?" 🤔😑😫

0points

Oreo Tookie 3 years ago

We used to have clocks all over. In gas stations, On store fronts. It was great! We could always find out the time! Then they took them away, because looking at the time caused drivers to have accidents. Who knew?

0points

#32

Goes For Almost Every Movie

Split image meme comparing unrealistic medieval movie costumes with historical costume experts' disapproval, featuring history memes humor.

Final score:

204points

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Béatrice Gallet 3 years ago

Historians in general in fact !

145points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

My sis walked out of that movie Troy in disgust due to inaccuracy, and that was before she started her history degree XD I guess it's always been a passion of hers

30points

Tom Bolton 3 years ago

I think Braveheart may be the best/worst popular representation of history available.

5points

foofoofloofy 3 years ago (edited)

And regular people who know at least thing one about history!

1point

Ellie Rosser 3 years ago

Also anyone who can read, speak in whole sentences, or even just walk and chew gum at the same time.

1point

Sam J 3 years ago

Even just a random sixteen year old who doesn't know about fashion. Yikes.

1point

CharliAnn Olney Premium 3 years ago

OMG So TRUE!!

0points

Ilsa Laszlo 3 years ago (edited)

And this girl, Karolina Zebrowska, has a whole YT channel about it! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNwZIGnHkzy6KpHPQtserzQ

25points

Fried Mermaid 3 years ago

I LOVE her, met her through Bernadette Banner, they have a couple videos together with other 2-3 historians and the roasting is plentiful, delightful and destructive <3

9points

KMill 3 years ago

I love that Bernadette Banner has a “Blasphemous hair and make up” category when judging the historical accuracy of movies.

15points

Rattus Norvegicus 3 years ago

and grimace face

1point

Follo00 3 years ago

Karolina <3

15points

Rattus Norvegicus 3 years ago

Meme mom! Yay!

13points

Rattus Norvegicus 3 years ago

the meme mom fandom is stronk!!

1point

Otter 3 years ago

Hey, I was just complaining about period-inaccurate gloves in the new "Little Women"! I'm in!

11points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

Dammit gloves matter!

7points

the annoying theatre kid 3 years ago

OMG I WATCH HER

7points

MizAdeleM 3 years ago

That woman really is a fashion historian.

5points

Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago

The picture on the right can also be used for medical staff watching CPR in movies (and the instant recovery of the patient) and my dev hubby watching anything remotely IT in movies 😂😂😂

5points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

My mother was like that. Sh worked for a company that made historically accurate period costumes. She could only work with silk, wool, linen and cotton as they were the only fabrics used at the different times. She used to shout at the screen if she saw an actress wearing a Medieval style dress made from velvet.

3points

#33

Smart Tactic

History meme showing United Nations ignoring genocide and only issuing a strongly-worded condemnation letter in a two-panel format.

Final score:

201points

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Mohammad Ammar 3 years ago

World peace achieved.

93points

laura lee 3 years ago

At all costs

5points

Legend_Trooper 3 years ago

Mission Passed Respect +

2points

Onion Cutting Ninja 2 years ago

Well boys, we did it. genocide is no more.

1point

Bored bunny 3 years ago

The end!

1point

DC 3 years ago

... wittnessable right now, with Zar Wladi effing up eastern europe. Seriously, Ukraine should be in NATO. Putin wouldn't dare breaking his promises the way he does now if they were.

12points

Troux 3 years ago

There's a rule about NATO only inviting countries on peaceful soil (i.e. not currently or recently home to a war). Ukraine has an internal conflict (allegedly stoked by Russia) ongoing for years which keeps it conventionally unable to get the NATO invite. Russia is fostering an opportunity for itself, basically. Of course, the real UN Flex Tape is SANCTIONS! Woo!

8points

Random Anon 3 years ago

Don't underestimate the usefulness of duct tape. If Darth Vader had some, the Deathstar would be indestructible.

4points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Funny, from the way conspiracy nuts have it, you'd think the UN would be super-effective at getting stuff done. Apparently not.

3points

Naesil 3 years ago

What should I think? Because that piece of Flex Tape stops the water flow!

3points

Derek Nagy 3 years ago

Wait, the U.N. sent the U.S. a strongly worded letter!? When?

3points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

good point.

0points

EEF🤓 3 years ago

Useless

2points

ADHD 3 years ago

START attacking Russian assets in your country.

1point

Hope Cows&Chickens 3 years ago

No kidding! Im still in shock anoit how the rest of the world is aitting back and watching Russia commit war crimes in Ukraine. I really thought multiple countries would.rally together and subdue the offense.

1point

Zophra 3 years ago

and... "thoughts and prayers."

1point

#34

Tanegashima Go Bang

History memes humorously show samurai opinions on guns vs swords and their reaction to firearms in real life.

Final score:

196points

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May 3 years ago

Well of course - they were mostly about winning

108points

Koenigsegg Jesko 3 years ago

true

5points

Tom Bolton 3 years ago

Winning and entitlement! Seriously, they did NOT like the idea of losing their status.

3points

I can't think of a good name 3 years ago

And didnt really care about normal lives

2points

ShadowStalker36 3 years ago (edited)

everyone forgets that samurai were the oppressors in history, and were mostly (if not all) from noble clans that served the local warlords

7points

Mike Crow 3 years ago

Not really. It took a long time for them to adopt them and I do believe they banned them for a while afterwards.

6points

Martin Kaine 3 years ago

Yup. It took 6 weeks to train a peasant with a musket. It took a lifetime to train a noble to be a samurai. The ruling class wasn't going to have any of that!

7points

Mister Ghost Foot 3 years ago

I love how Bug's is holding a Luna's Howl from Destiny.

6points

Falcon on Dizzy 3 years ago

I thought I recognized that! I thought it was Ace of Spades for a sec

1point

Geralt of Rivia 3 years ago

Dedicate your entire life to train to be the best swordsman only to be shot and killed by a peasant.

5points

Julian McCallum 3 years ago

Even with a gun, I'd still love to have a katana and learn swordfighting

4points

Jacob Rosenberg (Swedemire) 3 years ago (edited)

Don't forget to learn how to tip a fedora while you're at it

1point

Otter 3 years ago

Can a katana repel blaster bolts and cut through armored doors???

4points

Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago

No, but it can slice a zombie's head off real nice. 😂

2points

Kira Okah 3 years ago

Very true indeed

2points

PandaRave 3 years ago

Who doesn’t like the steampunk cowboy with a wheel-lock pistol and sword? It’s a great take on a classic!

1point

Koenigsegg Jesko 3 years ago

the samurais : Bye Katana :(, we can't afford losing our status so now we use Guns :)

1point

#35

Stock Market Hurts So Bad Rn

History meme showing Julius Caesar kidnapped by pirates with confused stonks character reacting to ransom demand increase.

Final score:

193points

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chi-wei shen 3 years ago

In the end, Caesar gets free, assembles an army, catches the pirates and has them crucified.

170points

adiiantryx 3 years ago

all the while practicing for education in rhetoric oratory

13points

Philip Williams 3 years ago

Story is sketchy to me though. Plutarch's lives I think was the source? Pirates probably would have just jettisoned the lad and kidnapped someone else. It was also reported he told his captors he would crucify them

3points

mamafrog 3 years ago

Boy knew how to hold a grudge...

2points

insert name here 3 years ago

I love a happy ending!/j

0points

DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago

Calpurnia: I told you not to go fishing alone at night! You never listen to me! Someday you will get yourself killed because of this!!

3points

Sofia Gonzalez 3 years ago

I would totally do that

1point

J. F. 3 years ago (edited)

How to prevent mutinies Cesar style: A) Call the soldiers civilians B) Tell that they won't be needed anyway since the 1st Legion is the only one knowing how to do their job - Cesar was pretty bad ass actually

1point

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Yeah with that mood it is not a surprise that he got killed. Poor guy.

1point

Ghaniyah Verma 2 years ago

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA Smart, Caesar!

0points

Ghaniyah Verma 3 years ago

"Is that how much you think I'm worth?!"

0points

Iseefractals 3 years ago

The important thing to remember, is that everyone pronounces Caesar wrong. It's pronounced like Kaiser. Though many will opt for the rye.

0points

Munchkin 3 years ago

caesar salad

0points

Random Anon 3 years ago

When il capo shows them who is boss.

0points

#36

Who's Ready To Lose A Few Limbs And Earn A Whole Penny?

Group of children dressed as factory workers with safety vests and helmets, illustrating history memes about labor sources.

Final score:

186points

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Nathaniel 3 years ago

Do not give American capitalists any ideas.

174points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

you mean the kid who sells lemonade for his medical treatment/ his class's lunch debts?

35points

Otter 3 years ago

They're already trying to change labor laws, to get teens working for pocket change instead of paying living wages to adults.

23points

Ivana Bašić 3 years ago

They're already working on it, trying to get 14yos to flip burgers.

12points

Evil Little Thing 3 years ago

Wisconsin has already okayed kids 14 and up working from 6am to 11pm.

10points

Some Cool Guy 3 years ago

The Australian prime minister recently tried to lower the age to under 18 to get a forklift license to address supply chain shortages. Letting kids drive heavy machinery doesn't seem like a great idea...

9points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

Too late. “Republican-controlled legislatures in several states have come up with a novel way to stem the effects of an ongoing labor shortage: loosen child labor laws governing the number of hours and times that teenagers are allowed to work” (https://www.salon.com/2021/11/03/have-new-idea-to-fix-labor-shortage-loosen-child-labor-laws/).

7points

CocoaMoney 3 years ago

You KNOW they already tried it! that's why we have child labor laws in the NE w all those factories

7points

Wistiti 3 years ago

I think they have more already.

3points

Jeremy Pierce 3 years ago

Nah, we're too lazy to do that, and we dont like getting dirty lol

2points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Yeah, the capitalists everywhere else are so against child labor /s/

2points

ThatOneWriter 3 years ago

Yeah, no, they already had this idea. It went on for a while before child labor laws were passed (in part to open up jobs for adults. Because that's how my country rolls and no I'm not okay with it)

1point

Iseefractals 3 years ago

Um...they already had those idea's. People have taken to bitching about the 8 hour/5 day(40hr) work weeks more and more recently, suggesting that it was some kind of overt assault against the working class. But prior to 40hr work week....people didn't have leisure time. Most worked 10-18 hours a day 7 days a week, from the time they were 5/6/7 years old until they died. Perhaps one could luck out, being granted time off to attend church with their family, but only long enough to attend church with their family. There were no pensions, nor healthy insurance, no sick or vacation days. If you didn't show up for work one day you had no reason to show up the next. All that was done for poverty wages, with the expectation that your wife was at home tending to your farm, raising the children not yet old enough to work (education was seen as a luxury until very, very recently) Many people still live like that, and the amount of bitching Americans do about their no skill jobs is incredible.

1point

laura lee 3 years ago

They already did this one.

1point

Dean Armstrong 2 years ago

Too late!!

0points

Deborah 3 years ago

Too late.

0points

ThatOnePerson 3 years ago

Already done and removed but its trying to happen again.

0points

SkekVi 3 years ago

They *already* have children working again. :\

0points

Rae Black 3 years ago

Too late, this was reality not.too long ago.

0points

MorgothBauglir 3 years ago

Capitalism actually made child labor obsolete. It's quite the opposite of normal progressive rhetoric. Child labor has always existed. You think ancient cultures never needed young kids working the fields to help feed the family? It's only because of the innovations and advancement brought by Capitalism that produced such surplus food, making child labor unnecessary to sustain the family. "But the Victorian Factories and the Labour Laws!" I hear you say. The fact was that child labor was declining from BEFORE Disraeli and the labor laws. It's not labor laws that removed child labor, it's capitalism.

0points

Louloubelle 3 years ago

Too late. They've already got them.

0points

BasedWang 3 years ago

Are you kidding? They are probably showing the kids where they will be working for Nike in a few months

0points

Jaaawn 3 years ago

Don't they already advertise jobs for 14 year olds outside McDonald's?

0points

Andy Acceber 3 years ago

Heh, like they cared enough about the kids to give them protective wear...

14points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

exactly. they only care about kids younger than 3 months... pre-birth.

6points

Ace Girl 3 years ago

I saw a sign at McD advertising they pay people over 18 years old $14 an hour, and "after school hours" they pay $10. How is that even legal????

7points

Random Anon 3 years ago

One of the jobs I got as a teenager is because of my size. Like small enough to get into tight crawl spaces and lay cables. I was 14. I am pretty sure that would be illegal today.

6points

CocoaMoney 3 years ago

Pretty sure it was illegal then. Haahaa They had me pouring beer on a school night in the 90s. Haahaaaa

7points

F8th 3 years ago

How old are you, 4?!? Time to start earning your keep, slacker.

3points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

Somewhere out there Jeff Bezoz is rubbing his hands gleefully and saying "Now there's a good idea."

1point

Cara Strong 3 years ago

Easy to replace...

1point

Sue Hazlewood 3 years ago (edited)

The one losing their vest LOL

1point

Robert Hernandez 2 years ago

That can't be real!

0points

Shyla Clay 3 years ago

In the 1930's, the US passed a law to prevent child labor. At the last minute, a clause was inserted which exempted actors, saving Shirley Temple from being fired before she was ten years old.

0points

#37

Two Cities Famous For History Of Slave Trade

American students debating historical monuments and former s***e trade centers in a funny and accurate history meme.

Final score:

182points

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May 3 years ago

It didn't make sense to me that Prague would be a centre for slave trade - as it's not a coastal city, so I looked it up. Apparently it was - in the dark ages.

117points

Random Anon 3 years ago

Slaves aren't only from Africa. Back then, when a city gets conquered, all it's occupants are slaves to their conqueror.

47points

Kira Okah 3 years ago (edited)

10th century apparently, trading primarily to the Middle East and sometimes to travellers from the Silk Road.

13points

Theris 3 years ago

Me, sitting in middle of Prague: What? But it seem so. Fun fuct: Never heard about it in history class.

10points

Haunting Spirit 3 years ago

It is a city within a country with a Slavic language. Do you know where the word slave comes from? Indeed, from Slavic people that were slaves (to the Germans).

10points

Donkey boi 3 years ago

It was a central point to transport them all over Eurasian continent. It was one of the most integral hubs. It Started with first European Slaves (The Slavic), then going to the Ottoman, then the other way round, then more and more and more. Some historians believe that if Prague was destroyed, it could have been rebuild on the money it made from slavery in a week.

3points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Slavic comes from *slave*. They were sold by western Europeans.

1point

Ashlie Benson 2 years ago

To be far, it was the dark ages of America when they had slaves.

0points

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François Carré 3 years ago

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Phil Green 3 years ago (edited)

Slavery is doing well, globally, today. People get so uptight about the past that they do not want to think about what is happening today and I find that very sad. We are all so excited about destroying memorials to the past and yet no one in the developed world is even vaguely upset that there are over 40 million slaves worldwide, most of whom are either women or children. Five of the top ten countries where slavery thrives are African countries. Is anyone doing anything about it? No, we' d all much rather pull down a statue to some long forgotten slave-owner.

10points

Iseefractals 3 years ago

Everyone had slaves. Throughout all of human history. In fact, America wasn't even the last country to abolish slavery Cuba and Puerto Ricco held out for another 15 or 20 years, brazil didn't abolish it until 1888, Korea kept the practice going until 1930, the Nazi's re-established it in 1935... But though pretty much everyone in the world has outlawed the practice, there are still 45 million people currently enslaved. Right now. Today. All around the world. Throughout the entire African slave trade, only 12.5 million were shipped off, in the span of hundreds of years. The high count for the american south was 4 million. Everyone needs to stop bitching about history, as if it's going to somehow change, while ignoring the much more pressing, and far encompassing problem that exists right now. Today.

7points

Rim Trabelsi 3 years ago

Also slavic people where the first slaves, hence the name.

5points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Not the first necessarily but they were very popular as slaves.

5points

Otter 3 years ago

How about Stockholm or Oslo, then? My Viking ancestors were big time slave traders!

5points

RK Barbo 3 years ago

If Americans really want to boycott things that were a result of slavery, then they need to just leave the country, period. The US was LITERALLY built on slavery. It would not exist otherwise.

4points

Sam J 3 years ago

Can't say you're wrong. Slaves fought in the Revolutionary War which was, obviously, very important.

1point

Kai David 3 years ago

So lets tear down EVERY building, city, towne, road, railroad track, bridge, inventions built by slaves. That way we can ignore, hide and pretend that slavery never existed. This ißue is like visiting the south. The civil war ended 157 years ago; but hearing southerners talk about it, it ended last year.

4points

NOLAHusker 3 years ago

It’s almost like American students can see the effects of slavery in American culture today. Almost.

3points

Catarina 3 years ago

History good or bad is still History

2points

L.A. Trefry 3 years ago

American students are justifiably horrified by the slave culture of AMERICA, which is why thinking people stay away from anything glorifying it. Things that happened in other cultures and other places are not our historical burden to bear. What's more, as far as I know, the US was the only one to have strictly race-based chattel slavery, which (to my mind) makes it worse than all other kinds, because it made people associate darker-than-Caucasian skin tone with slave, and inferior.

2points

#38

We Need More Chungus

List of historical slang terms for p***s from 1600s to 1970s, with humorous comments on changes in language usage over time.

Final score:

149points

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Monday 3 years ago

Ah yes, he sent me an unsolicited picture of his gaying instrument. I detest receiving pictures of dingwallaces but I have to admit it was the largest corned beef torpedo I've seen in years.

219points

Tracy Wallick 3 years ago

I'm cackling at work at this comment

23points

Mistralok 3 years ago

And brought a smile to her face.

3points

Gabrielle B. Marcelo 3 years ago (edited)

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Kzincat 3 years ago

Wait? All the times I’ve called kids “cutie patootie” I’ve really been calling them….YIKES!!!

38points

LOttawa 3 years ago

Ive been doing the same 😭

10points

Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago

I've called my cat "cutie patootie" quite often... uh oh

4points

New Everywhere 3 years ago

Oh nooooo!!

3points

Dee 3 years ago

What’s really weird is the Oxford dictionary’s first definition of a patootie is a girlfriend or an attractive young woman, the second one is a person or animal’s buttocks!

2points

howdylee 3 years ago

apparently we've all been using cutie patootie very very wrong

27points

May 3 years ago

I like ambassador. "He sent me his ambassador" sounds so mick better than dickpic

19points

Ben Steinberg 3 years ago

His ambassador arrived to perform some dicplomacy... /s

12points

Flash Henry 3 years ago

I am seriously cackling at "gaying instrument"

17points

bob bruce 3 years ago

I'll bet a lot of d***s have sent women to the other team over the years.

6points

Bob Bobbs 3 years ago

Now we know what to use to bypass censors on BP:)

16points

Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago

I remember a post here censoring the word with "wing-dang-doodle" of all things.

4points

Starbelly Eleven 3 years ago

Master of Ceremonies got me dead

11points

raincloud the whalien 2 years ago

"Yes let's introduce our guest MC for today"

1point

Queen fhk 3 years ago

Cutie patootie🤧🤧...I only thought it meant cute...am now gonna rethink of using it

11points

Henry Russell 3 years ago

some livers got disturbed, some ambassadors offended and some kidneys busted

7points

Random Anon 3 years ago

Quimstick got me lol...

6points

#39

Please Help Me

SpongeBob wearing a thinking machine, struggling to create a history meme about the Southern States without racism themes.

Final score:

135points

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Raven Sheridan 3 years ago

Incest?

192points

Poultry Geist 3 years ago

Is best if you can’t keep it in your pants keep it in the family ! Jkjk

29points

Marek Čtrnáct 3 years ago

But only some incest jokes are funny. It's relative.

18points

Ian Milne 3 years ago

You made me snort. I now have snot in my lunch. Hope you’re happy. Still tastes ok though.

9points

ravn 3 years ago

Hey, if they ain't good enough for their own family, they ain't good enough for mine!

4points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

SWeEt HOmE ALabMA

2points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Bible?

2points

Iseefractals 3 years ago

and biscuits

2points

Deborah 3 years ago

Mobile thanks you. Visit the Great Gulf South.

1point

Richard Anderson 3 years ago (edited)

Dear Abby Sue, I don't know what to do. I met this nice boy in my fifth year of third grade that I really like but daddy says that I can't date anybody that isn't related to me. Please help. Peggy Ann, third Chevy past the stop sign Alabama.

1point

laura lee 3 years ago

Plain old ignorance works as well.

1point

Bored&InSchool 2 years ago

or maybe "floridans be like 'oh wow an explosive' and then bring it to taco bell"

0points

Jeff Diamond 3 years ago

Florida Man

0points

GeeGee 3 years ago

You’re thinking g of your own country

0points

Dawn Duckworth 3 years ago

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

Heck, anything about George Washington Carver would work. He's known as the man who popularized peanut butter, but man was a genius. Born in Missouri, died in Alabama, Carver was a scientist who knew the barren souls in the U.S. South after the Civil War wouldn't produce crops. He discovered that the nitrogen in legumes can enrich soil while preventing erosion. He developed sustainable crops then shared his knowledge. This dude is basically the reason there wasn't a dust bowl in the American South in the late 1800s and the reason half of the South didn't starve to death.

22points

over it already 3 years ago

And yet when I was in school we were only taught about him during Black History month and also only told that he invented peanut butter and also was known for 'some other inventions.' Probably still the same curriculum today. Get your sh*t together, America.

10points

Evil Little Thing 3 years ago

Deep fried

8points

KatHat 3 years ago

Sweet tea, y'all!

7points

Katchen 3 years ago

Sweet potato pie!

2points

SCP 504 3 years ago

Florida man!

7points

over it already 3 years ago

Yeah, only northern panhandle Florida is even considered Southern by Southerners. After that it's its own beast. Yes, I know it makes no sense.

5points

13 3 years ago

Redneck solutions are the bees knees.

7points

Kay blue 3 years ago

They are either awesome or deadly, there is no in-between.

11points

NOLAHusker 3 years ago

Obesity, gun culture, education, and incest immediately come to mind. And I live in the South. Y’all Yankees aren’t too clever. Bless your hearts.

7points

raincloud the whalien 2 years ago

Lol. Homophobia, transphobia, religion, lying figures of power (Southern semi-Yankee💀)

1point

Random Anon 3 years ago

Try NRA and guns.

5points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

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Violet Jensen 3 years ago

Incest and homophobia works

3points

Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Bless your heart.

2points

#40

Guilty Pleasure

Woman discussing video games and a game screen showing England faction destroyed in a history meme about accurate historical events.

Final score:

100points

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ZAPanda 3 years ago

pft wishful thinking... those guys are really good at not being conquered. Last successful bunch were the french in 1066.

48points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

It was the *Normans*, of "northman" (formerly Viking/Norse) lands in what is now France. They spoke a dialect of French (Norman French). And they were conquered so successfully than English remains the dominant language nearly 1000 years later.

10points

Strahd Ivarius 3 years ago

In fact the French did invade again England about 2 centuries later, but then the English weren't fair-play and didn't recognize their defeat, so after some months the French left...

6points

I can't think of a good name 3 years ago

Who were basically vikings attacking instantly after other vikings

2points

Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 3 years ago

Not possible. The French didn't exist until 1190. It would have been the Franks, who were much more terrifying :)

2points

Wietse Pot 3 years ago

The Dutch in 1688 (The Glorious Revolution).

1point

SkekVi 3 years ago

might have something to do with them being an island....

0points

King Kashue 3 years ago

Normans != Franks/French

-2points

Daria B 3 years ago (edited)

Someone, please, introduce her to Japanese RPGs... Tetsuya Nomura has perfected the style of eye-candy characters for all genders and sexualities

4points

Londo Cotto 3 years ago

Star Dew valley, Civ 1-6, Mass Effect as Fem Shep and all those other games where working together and choosing non violent paths whilst cooperating with other players . . . .yep, the male fantast lol

2points

Kona Pake 3 years ago

What are your female fantasies?

2points

Daria B 3 years ago

Final Fantasies ♡

2points

ADHD 3 years ago

as a Scot, i need to know what the game is hehe

0points

phil bishop 3 years ago

We have a really big moat, called the English channel...

0points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

ah hell lads it's time to slip beyond the veil

0points

Bobby 3 years ago

Oh god, it really is "and everybody clapped"

0points

Philip Williams 3 years ago

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Richard Salisbury 3 years ago (edited)

Margaret Thatcher. Cleopatra. Elizabeth the First. Joan of Arc. Boadicea. Isabella the First. Artemisia of Caria. That's a few famous female leaders throughout wars. Not including almost any reigning female monarch in world history. That's just the ones in power. If you need to know about women being combative there's this sport called boxing, a selection of martial arts (including Wing Chun, as practiced by Ip Man who taught Bruce Lee, which was invented by a Chinese nun), and frankly maybe if you got off the Internet and met a woman. My 4 year old daughter is pretty bloody combative, and apparently knows more about history than some people...

8points

MorgothBauglir 3 years ago

I'm no history expert, but I think Boudicca was a warlike female in power.

4points

Potato 3 years ago

Is this sarcasm? Please tell me this is sarcasm.

4points

I' Gomez & Morticia's kid 3 years ago

Queen of jhansi Laxhmi Bai, who fought w britisher while her baby was in her back

2points

History can be humorous and enlightening, much like how dinosaur themes remain entertaining. Just as history memes provide a fresh look at the olden days, dinosaur puns shed light on prehistoric times in a fun way.

For more prehistoric humor, explore these hilarious dinosaur jokes that bring these ancient giants to life.

#41

Sadge

Handshake meme comparing Alexander the Great and Game of Thrones with text about dominating the world before a disappointing end.

Final score:

67points

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Max Thompson 3 years ago

Lmfao

6points

#42

Ulysses Has No Time For This White Supremacist Bullshit

Black and white photo of a president with text about passing Enforcement Acts to crush the K*K in history memes.

Final score:

65points

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F8th 3 years ago

Not all heroes wear capes.

39points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

Some wore bow ties

3points

Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago

He'd be freaked to see what the Republican Party has become.

6points

HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago

And the KKK has been resurrected. One of my neighbors loved to brag about being a member. He also stole my pet chicken and had it for dinner. Hopefully he is rotting in Hell.

5points

ADHD 3 years ago

contact your local ANTIFA ppl. they will deal with the c**t

1point

DDmaybeandor 3 years ago

Yeah, but that can’t be true, can it? Wasn’t he president directly after the American Civil War, so the 1860’s or 70’s? I thought the KKK was most active in like the 1930’s? IDK, any American historians on here?

3points

Marybeth Martens 3 years ago

not a historian but the kkk clan was round after the civil war but uylessus stopped and then over time it gained power back noticably in the 1930's

4points

Nathaniel 3 years ago

> White people complaining there freedoms are being taken away.

3points

ADHD 3 years ago

im sorry for the arseholes amongst us. many of us hate the living f**k out of em. antifa here bro.

1point

GPZ 3 years ago

Yes, back when politicians had a spine

0points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Aw yeah! Garfield!

0points

the_avenging_knight (her/she) 1 year ago

Grant..

0points

totally a german 3 years ago

the chad.

0points

#43

Ouch That One Hurts

Collage of Rome in different seasons with historical meme showing winter, spring, summer, and the fall of Rome in humor style.

Final score:

65points

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Sue Lynn Chan 3 years ago

Ok, this one is good

30points

ZAPanda 3 years ago (edited)

hmm except only americans call it 'fall'. The rest of the planet calls it autumn (autunno) or harvest (herfs/herbst). Let's rename all the seasons? Sunny. Leaf-come-out. Leaf-fall. Coldtime. Sound good. Me understand.

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

Knew what was coming in the first panel lol

0points

Frank Hassler 3 years ago

Owch. Too soon.

0points

Random Anon 3 years ago

Ouch.

0points

#44

Who’s Down?

Coastal cliff labeled the end of Australia with a humorous comment about a climactic sword battle and ideology yelling.

Final score:

63points

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El muerto 3 years ago

ok but no name calling! "there can be only one!"

21points

QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago (edited)

*pulls out massive greatsword* CHARGEEEEEEEE

5points

Otter 3 years ago

Sure! You arrange travel!

2points

oddly_informed_raven 3 years ago

Do I get to fall off the cliff and dramatically reappear on a dragon?

1point

Peppa Pig 3 years ago

Me

0points

SCP 504 3 years ago

Yo, but the pun in the name do be funny

0points

(T)reacherou(S) 3 years ago

So pretty!

0points

#45

Good Thinking

History meme text joking about a Greek architect deciding to add many pillars to make a building impressive.

Final score:

60points

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Naesil 3 years ago

He is right though.

24points

troufaki13 3 years ago

He wasn't wrong

2points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

1920s architect: u know what would make this building f*cken slap? lines. lines everywhere. and curves. and circles.

1point

#46

I’m A Disappointment

An ancestral mathematics meme detailing the number of ancestors needed over 12 generations shared in a history memes group.

Final score:

60points

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NsG 3 years ago

Yeah, this is assuming you aren't distantly related t certain branches of royalty or just some illeducated villages. Plenty of people descended from far fewer ancestors than this.

39points

Justin M 3 years ago

I think this is called pedigree collapse. Without it, you'd only have to go back about 800 years to have a trillion ancestors, and I think estimates are around 100 billion humans total throughout history, at this point.

6points

Catherine Graffham 3 years ago

Unless you’re from a classic European royal family, in which case the inbreeding cuts the numbers down quite a bit

5points

Ace 3 years ago

In fact, most people would only have to go back a very few generations to find that some of their ancestors were related. It is estimated that 80% of the marriages in history were between second cousins.

5points

Katie Everswick 3 years ago

they should read this on suicide hotlines! amazing!

3points

EEF🤓 3 years ago

Meh

1point

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Considering everyone descends through women, but it's by men's last names we are known. Only the mother really knows who the fathers are. Men are only guessing . . .

1point

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Many countries have female surnames, like all the spanish and portugese speaking countries

2points

El muerto 3 years ago

and there you are like an idiot reading a meme and procrastinating your life away. selfish jerk!

1point

ZAPanda 3 years ago

me, who's useless with math: so this means... there were more people on earth than before the nowendays?

1point

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Nah it means that we are all more or less related.

1point

Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

And here I am wasting their dreams by scrolling through BP

1point

Marcellus II 3 years ago

Love the optimism... it'll be nearer 1800 in reality.

1point

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

Doesn’t work like that

0points

#47

Aliens Do Exist

Ancient Greek ruins shown during the day contrasted with a humorous sci-fi history meme at 1am, history memes concept.

Final score:

59points

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Monday 3 years ago

Ah remember when the history channel showed actual documentaries about real history? Pepperidge farm remembers.

68points

Michał Osiecki 3 years ago

I memba!

3points

Kira Okah 3 years ago

awiens-621...3448de.jpg

5points

John L 3 years ago

I don't know why, but it used to be so comforting to turn on history channel at 3 am (when I couldn't sleep) and watch a doc about WWII....Now it's reality assholes trying to cash in on selling s**t from their attics....

2points

Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago

I'll watch Ancient Aliens from time to time for laughs. Those people are waaaaaaaay too enthusiastic about their theories and their facial expressions are hilarious!!

1point

Hans YAN 3 years ago

A new hope actually happened during roman times.

0points

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

I like to think I am a alien and can excuse myself from the stupid side of mankind . . .

0points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

I made up a bunch of aliens.

0points

Yosua Kemicho 3 years ago

I'm pretty sure the second picture is how their documentaries is about these days

0points

Raven Sheridan 3 years ago

Not gonna lie, history would be WAY more epic if there actually were Imperial Destroyers attacking Rome. 🤔

0points

F8th 3 years ago

Ancient Aliens is the sh*t. I said what I said.

0points

BasedWang 3 years ago

IMO it WAS.... Then they did an episode on "crystal skulls" and was spewing how much "information" they can hold and whatnot, but none of the s**t they were saying is true at all. After that they just got realllly cheesy and over dramatic. It had a damn good run though

0points

#48

A Good Thanksgiving Dinner Convo Starter For You All (Penicillin Wouldn’t Be Discovered Until 1928)

Two animated characters from Family Guy share drinks while discussing a funny and accurate World War 1 history meme.

Final score:

58points

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May 3 years ago

During WW2 the Red Cross gave all the children of my grandparents' village Rubella, because the Nazis had plans to take them to Germany and use them for breeding stock (they were all blonde, blue eyed Norwegians) It worked - the Nazis didn't want sick kids.

64points

Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago

😮 that is horrifying!! I'm glad your family is okay, though!!

9points

Bunzilla 3 years ago

"Breeding stock"... *shudders*

5points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

wow!!!!!!!! which village?

4points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

(yelling from england) lol get f*cked you dockworker-ass charlie chaplin lookalike reject your paintings suck

0points

Nadja Lambacher 3 years ago

They also shot each other in the hands or held a hand holding a cigarette out of the trench so the enemy would shoot it. If they were caught they were often sentenced to death.

3points

Alex Boyd 3 years ago

The British military responded by making it a disciplinary offense to come down with VD...this backfired; while there was no cure, there were treatments (of limited value, but not 100% useless), and the policy led soldiers to avoid seeking medical care until it was too late for the treatments to do any good.

2points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Of course Quagmire would know that.

1point

Peppa Pig 3 years ago

I’m allergic to penicillin… XD

1point

SkekVi 3 years ago

People used to catch high fevers on purpose to try and burn out Syphilis because it was and is such a horrible disease and had no cure for most of history. You basically rot alive while conscious of it the whole time. Real-life zombie infection!!

0points

Rita Gilbert 3 years ago

lolz

0points

#49

It All Makes Sense Now

Two historical quote memes featuring Karl Marx and Britain, highlighting the theme of opium and masses in a humorous history meme format.

Final score:

57points

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El muerto 3 years ago

and a reasons to invade china to make s**t load of money by selling it to everybody else, in the name of progress.

10points

BasedWang 3 years ago

And the good ol U S of A importing (read that as smuggling) it back to homeland in the caskets of our fallen. Just boosts morale huh

0points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

England: Defeating our enemies with drugs since 1839.

0points

DC 3 years ago

... I wish it was...

0points

#50

The Good Ole Days

Vintage cough syrup label showing ingredients like alcohol, cannabis, and chloroform in a funny and accurate history meme.

Final score:

55points

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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

The other igredients are lead and snake oil.

35points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

I dunno, looking at that ingredient list I can guarantee it will make you sleep, if anything.

4points

athornedrose 3 years ago

sometimes mercury

2points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Don't forget an entire cocaine.

0points

Irenesaurus Rex 3 years ago

only One Night, because you might not survive it.

8points

Martin Kaine 3 years ago

.....and if you do survive it, it will be called "Every Night" thereafter.

2points

Iseefractals 3 years ago

When my great grandmother died in the mid 1970's (she was 102, smoked 2 packs a day unfiltered for 80 years) my parents went to clean out her house. In her medicine chest....they found big bottles, of Bayer Heroin, Cocaine solution, Morphine and Similar cough syrups as seen above. All in various states of being less than full, but far from empty. My, dad being comfortable with "medications" verified that they were still potent despite being 50 some years out of date. Leaving my parents somewhat confused. Until my mother went down in the basement and found an old freezer. Which was packed with hundreds of bottles like they found in the medicine chest, and nothing else....but the freezer was far from being full. Apparently granny and gramps stocked up before everything was pulled off the shelf Apparently, they stocked up before all the "good stuff" was outlawed and doled it out as needed over the next 5 decades. Wish i got to meet those GPs, the ones i knew sucked.

5points

Arnavet 3 years ago

Reminds me of the cough syrup my Pawpaw makes every now and then. Uses whiskey or scotch, the harder the better. Gives it out to friends to use. They keep coming back...I wonder why 😂

0points

Scagsy 3 years ago (edited)

'Skillfully combined with a number of other ingredients'. You had me on Alcohol tbh.

4points

F8th 3 years ago

Chloroform….so you’ll shut up with all that coughing.

4points

Ace 3 years ago

To be fair, we still use alcohol and morhia (or derivatives thereof) in some modern cough medicines.

4points

Andy Acceber 3 years ago

I mean, that would stop me from caring about coughing.

2points

SkekVi 3 years ago

'You can't cough if you're unconscious!' The motto of cough syrup for generations.

1point

BasedWang 3 years ago

Lmao this sounds like my nights just mixed into a single tincture

1point

Chich 3 years ago

"a number of other ingredients"...

1point

#51

Ethiopia Appreciation Post

Cartoon man pressing buttons labeled protecting early Muslims and accepting Christianity representing Ethiopia in history memes.

Final score:

54points

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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

And the mitmita is amazing.

10points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

is it the same as berebere?

1point

Queen fhk 3 years ago (edited)

Yep Ethiopia also formerly known as habesha.

0points

#52

I Came, I Saw, I Got Misquoted

Four brain expansion images illustrating funny interpretations of Caesar’s last words, a popular history meme format.

Final score:

53points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago

His real last words were "Please don't name a salad after me."

49points

Mr.Knaps (He/Him) 3 years ago

or a pizza company for that matter.

7points

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Is that dagger in your toga or are you just glad to see me?

4points

Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)

I'm inclined to believe it would be similar to "M*****F****r!".

2points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

matroncoitus maximus!

2points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago (edited)

I think it was something like "AGH! DAMN IT! BRUTUS, YOU F*CK! OW! OW! OW! MY ASS! OW! MY BACK!"

1point

Michał Osiecki 3 years ago

we probably have no Idea what were his last words for real

1point

Otter 3 years ago

Brutus was rumored to be Julius's biological son. Which is plausible enough, the old goat banged everyone!

1point

Kira Okah 3 years ago

I've heard of it being "καὶ σύ, τέκνον" from some Classicists, most I know who have an opinion think that he probably said nothing.

1point

ZAPanda 3 years ago

but the greek version is the same as the latin, so really, what are the odds of an italian switching to greek while he dies? meh. I will stick with et tu brute.

2points

#53

Tea Merchants

Vintage 1930s world map humor showing British Isles highlighted, reflecting funny and accurate history memes shared online.

Final score:

52points

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Marcellus II 3 years ago

China was the producer, UK the consumer and the rest not super relevant? Seems accurate.

21points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

everyone upvote britopus johnbull-6...7e1903.jpg

1point

Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)

I think every man had a similar train of thought. That is until the ruler was invented.

1point

Ace 3 years ago

It's only about tea, consumption and production. It even says it on the map.

1point

Denny Junaedi 2 years ago

No one talk about the size and scale of each continent?

0points

Leslie 3 years ago

Oh, sweet delusional british

0points

#54

History Meme

A humorous history meme about socialism and capitalism featuring a conversation between father and 18-month-old son.

Final score:

49points

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Random Anon 3 years ago

This tells us, Jason was smoking something biblical.

24points

GPZ 3 years ago

No, Jason was just a FU***** idiot

1point

Michał Osiecki 3 years ago

I thought communism for an american is when you get sick and dont have to take a loan to pay for treatment

3points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

It's when you get a toilet break.

0points

b i b b l e 3 years ago

And then everyone clapped.

2points

Some Cool Guy 3 years ago

Guys its a joke calm down

2points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

Is a joke calming I don’t think so

0points

Arnavet 3 years ago

And his name was Albert Einstein and everyone clapped.

0points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

And then they all clapped

0points

Queerios 3 years ago

"Oh frick off Jason he did not say that"

0points

DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago

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De Gueb 3 years ago

Like all arguments, if taken to the extreme they become mute. Communist Russia was a totalitarian state. Socialism is not comunism, in socialist country's the state doesn't own the means of production. In comunist states the state owns everything. I know people who lived in comunist Russia and they were happy, free education, free health care, if you had studied a skill you lived ok. I went to school in UK and everything was free, even the pen & pencil's we needed to write. Bus, school lunches we're subsidised or fully covered depending. Healthcare was free, still is. The definition of a socialist state is not the government taking everything. It's making sure everyone can live a decent living. Not happening now by the way. In Franco's Spain, school was mandatory till 14, for those who could afford not to have there kids working. Schools were all Catholic and more then teach knowledge they indoctrinated the kids in the values of the regime, people paid taxes. It's not black and White.

4points

MiriPanda 3 years ago

Are we confusing a Socialism with Communism again...

3points

Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden would disagree.

2points

Oopsydaisy 3 years ago

Ah yes. The brainwashed Americans are out on this one.

1point

Daniel Pixley 3 years ago

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0points

Grace Barclay 3 years ago

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ZAPanda 3 years ago

it's a JOOOOOOOKE

5points

#55

Not A Conflict You Expect

Scene from a meme showing Vikings meeting Muslims in Sicily with captions, highlighting funniest and accurate history memes.

Final score:

48points

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BasedWang 3 years ago (edited)

Aaaaan this is why us Sicilians are darker than lets say, Romans.... And why you can find a statue of an elephant in Sicily

18points

#56

Team Trees, Circa 1800s

Man driving a car with caption about Danes planting trees after 1807, a funny and accurate history meme shared online.

Final score:

46points

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May 3 years ago (edited)

That makes no sense - Norway was still under Danish rule at that point, and we had/have millions of trees - funny, though

13points

Kira Okah 3 years ago (edited)

Their fleet was surrendered after the Battle of Copenhagen, oaks for ship building are matured for a minimum of 120-200 years before harvesting. They didn't have enough oaks to replace their fleet so the crown took possession of all available growing oaks - which was not enough - barred the felling of oaks, and planted more to ensure future supply to rebuild the navy. This is known about and certainly happened,it was certainly publicised whe the order was finished, the trees are being put towards other purposes now.

8points

Ragnhild Nilsen 3 years ago

Not oak though. And this is the reason there are no trees on Jæren, there used to be huge oak forest.

1point

Jacques van Zuydam 3 years ago

Look up the Hawila project, one of the last Norwegian sailing ships that used this stock of wood to repair itself last year.

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Funny to think about how much technology changed in that time to make that move redundant... I suppose that's the point of the meme.

1point

#57

We All Know The Deal

Funny history meme showing a tired character with caption about historians' reaction to close male friendships.

Final score:

46points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

I mean, it's better than the opposite. For years, historians would straight-wash history. They'd read lines like this from Emily Dickinson and still insist that she was absolutely 100% straight. "Susie, forgive me Darling, for every word I say — my heart is full of you, none other than you is in my thoughts, yet when I seek to say to you something not for the world, words fail me. If you were here — and Oh that you were, my Susie, we need not talk at all, our eyes would whisper for us, and your hand fast in mine, we would not ask for language."

52points

Random Anon 3 years ago

It is still happening to some degree today. Like when introducing aunt Jane's roommate of 20 years.

11points

Bunzilla 3 years ago

Like how Herman Melville was bi. Apparently, if you read Moby Dïck, the relationship between Ishmael and Queequeg is, uh... well, apparently they're essentially married. Or how some tried to claim that Sappho of Lesbos was straight, because she had a husband! (Whose name, 'Kerkylas of Andros island', roughly translates to 'Dïck' of Man island) As for royals and nobility, there's a list of them if you search up 'LGBT nobility and royalty' with wiki. Plenty of LGBT+ people throughout history that historians have tried to ignore the obvious about.

6points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

I think this tops it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Jonathan

5points

Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago (edited)

Well, it is pretty obvious that Emily and Susie were simply best friends and probably roommates, too. 😜

2points

Elwood Schwartz 3 years ago

James Buchanan & Willi Rufus King. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/175-year-history-examining-bachelor-president-james-buchanans-close-friendship-william-rufus-king-180972992/

1point

El muerto 3 years ago

honestly, is worth asking the question in many cases. we know that people in the pass had no much different sexual behaviours as ours, and some cases more freer that we see today...but things that today are consider sexual were normal non-sexual in the past, like kissing or holding hands...but we know that many, "straight" characters weren't that straight. and homosexuality was as common as is today...that's why we study history, to figure that s**t out

2points

HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago

And tomorrow a bill is going to be passed called by opponents the No Gay Bill, in Florida. This bill would force teachers/counselors and other educators to tell the parents of their students about their child's sexual orientation. EVEN IF IT IS KNOWN THAT THEIR HOMELIFE IS DANGEROUS!!!! DeathSantis can add suicide to his platform!!

1point

Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet 3 years ago

Fr? I haven’t told my parents though…

0points

#58

You Know What Time It Is

History memes featuring Russia’s warm winter effects with a character saying Russia lost her best defender.

Final score:

43points

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Yosua Kemicho 3 years ago

But now they have comrade bears as another line of defence

19points

adiiantryx 3 years ago

a hibernation-deprived bear is the worst kind of bear to be next to

5points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

Russia at present is killing the innocent’s

1point

Pumpkin Spice 3 years ago

napoleon: it's free real estate

1point

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago (edited)

*cue montage of napoleon swimming back to earth from mars*

0points

Samuel Zhao 2 years ago

The Russian winter is harsh and many countries lost due to it

0points

o_o 2 years ago

I understood that reference

0points

#59

I Hear Symphonies In My Head

Funny and accurate history meme about Greek mythology sharing names like Zeus, Ares, Apollo, Hercules, and Jason humorously.

Final score:

42points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

Just because it's still being used, doesn't make it a not Greek origin name.

41points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Yeah i dont get this one.

4points

Andy Acceber 3 years ago

More significantly, why did we today decide that "Jason" was the name we would keep? We could have a lot more Hercules, Apollos, and Heras walking around here.

6points

El muerto 3 years ago

it would be written "Iaeson" originally...Jason is a modernisation of the name. to make it sound more western...the same for a bunch of other characters on many stories passed down. for instance in the bible. most of those names have been retranslated

4points

Vorknkx 3 years ago

The original pronunciation of "Jason" was more like "Ya-zonn".

2points

Yawa 3 years ago

Yes, and there was also Perseus the full name for Percy, a son of Zeus and then in Rick Riordan books, Perseus was a son of Poseidon.

1point

Jiminy 3 years ago

I don't get this one. Because Jason in a popular name, it's origin is strange?

1point

Lee Macro 3 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason

1point

Alex K 3 years ago

well its iasonas, not jason, but whatever

0points

#60

Loneeeely, I’m Mr Lonelyyyyy

Facepalm emoji in a cycle of meeting someone, talking, and them leaving, with a funny history meme about Roman Emperor Vespasian.

Final score:

41points

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Guido Pisano 3 years ago (edited)

plus he taxed urine and still nowadays "vespasiano" is a synonim for wc

16points

SkekVi 3 years ago

this is funny but also there was a reason for taxing urine and it was indigo. XD It sounds INSANE but it's true and a very entertaining bit of history.

1point

ZAPanda 3 years ago

personally find this guy WAY more interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elagabalus

1point

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Following this circle of conversation . . . doesn't this tell EVERYONE to get a better pick up line, instead of using it over and over again with crap results? Geez, no wonder everyone is alone . . .

1point

(T)reacherou(S) 3 years ago

I didn't want to know that!

1point

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Vespasian be like: *https://youtu.be/Qa52g_O1yTQ*

0points

Random Anon 3 years ago

Even gods can weep while ejecting bad spicy food. I think we can agree on that one.

0points

#61

Don’t At Me

Stages of learning history shown as iceberg layers, humorously linking history memes with deeper knowledge levels.

Final score:

41points

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Random Anon 3 years ago

Only rather recently people have progressed past that stick up their arses to see the funny side of our ancestors. There was a time, when I was a wee lad, laughing at the absurdness of the past would earn you quite the spanking. That was just a few decades years ago.

10points

El muerto 3 years ago

b******t! most history memes are factually wrong and missreprecent history...they are fun, but all so accurate

2points

#62

I Aways Thought That Tumblr Invented That Word

Two penguins from animated movie in a history meme explaining the origin of the word canon related to the Bible.

Final score:

40points

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Wait, is that fact canon though? 🙂

25points

ShadowPhoen1x 3 years ago

yes

1point

София Харитонова 3 years ago

What, do you mean that NOT everybody knows it?..

4points

DDmaybeandor 3 years ago

This makes me realize how old I am. Yes, everyone SHOULD know this. But I also know what a pound sign looks like. #toooldiguess

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

OMG and there I was thinking it was just the name of a printer brand. /sarcasm ...

3points

(T)reacherou(S) 3 years ago

Omg!

3points

L.A. Trefry 3 years ago

Wait, everyone doesn't know that?

2points

Alex Boyd 3 years ago

And it was used in the fandom sense at least as far back as the Sherlock Holmes stories.

1point

Random Anon 3 years ago

It is. But what of it. Language evolve. And that's a good thing.

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

to what else? canon means that which is acceptable as part of the official collection. A canonical movie. A canonical album. A canonical book. etc etc.

4points

#63

He Is A Bit Stupid, Just A Bit...

Meme showing a monkey puppet looking sideways with text about Germany 1929 and US taxes, a funny history meme shared online.

Final score:

40points

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chi-wei shen 3 years ago

Correction: The so-called German hyperinflation took place in 1923, not 1929.

29points

Monday 3 years ago

Zimbabwe is a far more recent example of this too. And since it took place in modern times there's an easy to follow record of it.

7points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

yeah but the southern hemisphere doesn't exist for americans... except australia, they're aware of that.

8points

BasedWang 3 years ago

well this person doesn't understand how the federal reserve works at all

2points

#64

Let People Enjoy What’s Enjoyable Jeeze

Funny history meme showing a determined cartoon character humorously referencing gatekeeping in history discussions.

Final score:

39points

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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

He was a very important duke.

19points

Me Oh My 3 years ago

VERY important.

2points

Leo Bialek 3 years ago

They called him Dookie

0points

BasedWang 3 years ago

GUMBALL FOR THE WIN

0points

Mega Gay 3 years ago

Rewatch it as an adult, I dare ya

1point

#65

What Happened To Your Country? It Got Wololoed

Three-part history meme showing Iran people before and after 1979 ayatollah with humor, illustrating change in Iranian society.

Final score:

39points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

That is what religion does to humans. There isnt any traditional religion that doesnt go against human rights

27points

Charlie Taube 3 years ago

And all political extremism ends up becoming a religion, there is a reason it is called CULT of personality.

9points

ShadowPhoen1x 3 years ago

It's an age of empires joke. The priest character says wololo and converts the troops to his side

4points

Bisexual Tiger 3 years ago

uh YEAH there is. Pastafarians are a thing. Who says people haven't been ~secretly~ worshiping pasta in the past?

3points

Izzy Curer 3 years ago

What about Buddhism? Seriously asking

1point

SkekVi 3 years ago (edited)

YIKES bruh. just yikes.

0points

Mohammad Omar 3 years ago

In August 2013 the US government released documents showing they were involved in staging the coup that overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953. so the uniated states f****d up the whole country because of oil. do you people even History ?

7points

Per-Ole Sjuve 3 years ago

Religion, always holding people and society back for the power of a few men.

3points

Michał Osiecki 3 years ago

this is age of empires reference (a computer game) if anyone wonders

2points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

-> rewind 800 years. woo hoo.

-1point

Eppe 3 years ago

But why was the country susceptible to this wololo?

-1point

Elmie Pumpkinbush 3 years ago

For the same reason other countries are. Like the US - why are people there so hell bent on religion?

0points

Katherine Boag 3 years ago

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#66

We Missed A Step, You Guys

Two-panel history meme comparing future technology and ancient lifestyle with humorous text about figs and orgies.

Final score:

39points

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Katherine Boag 3 years ago

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME NOW so we can have those orgies and figs

19points

Iseefractals 3 years ago

Have you looked around at the quality of people available today? Most people interested in having orgies are people that you wouldn't want to be in an orgy with. As evidenced by every single episode of HBO's "Real Sex" and....95% of "homemade" internet porn.

2points

Alex K 3 years ago

the 1% are eating figs and having orgies, so there.

2points

Oopsydaisy 3 years ago

And that's why we invented b******t jobs.

2points

May 3 years ago

What technology can do the work of thousands of men in a minute? I can't think of any

2points

Marcellus II 3 years ago

A crane loading a train. Computers. Digital communication around the globe. Explosives in mining. Industrial scale fishing. ...

6points

Sara Rodrigues 3 years ago

A computer?

6points

Klingsor 3 years ago

A computer could have found you a thousand anwers in a minute.

2points

Antonio Peñ¹⁵ 3 years ago

A nuclear bomb

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Tell me what the square root of pi (π) is. I'll give you more than a minute. Oh look my computer already told me. 1,772453850905516

0points

BasedWang 3 years ago

Well if the machine can "do the thousands of men" then I reckon thats kinda an orgy, no?

1point

Antonio Peñ¹⁵ 3 years ago

"can do the thousands of men in a minute" ?

0points

#67

I’m Scared

Man in 1700s Swedish military uniform riding a moose, a funny and accurate history meme about nobility and Sweden.

Final score:

39points

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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

Moose cavalry will beat horse cavalry because moose are terrifying.

29points

boone williams 3 years ago

But...but... the word "cavalry" comes from the Latin "cabalus" for "horse", so wouldn't mounted moose-men be "mooselry"?

2points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

I need a moose ride right now

2points

Alexander Smith 3 years ago

Am I the only one that struggled reading that because cavalry was spelled wrong?

0points

Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

*cavalry

0points

Robyn Denton 3 years ago

Calgary is a completely different word to cavalry...

-2points

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 3 years ago

And Calgary is a completely different place from Calvary.

3points

#68

Need Some God

Scene from a movie used in a history meme comparing Greek Gods and Rome, highlighting funny and accurate history memes.

Final score:

39points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

Babylonians with Sumerian gods too.

18points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

Most Indo-European gods are related anyway.

1point

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

That's just Rome with everyone else's gods.

0points

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Hard to argue with a deity that's not there. People are still believing like this . . .

-2points

#69

Was Listening To Bush’s Post 9/11 Speech And Though Of This

Photo collage of a history meme showing George W. Bush quote and distracted boyfriend labeled USA, Great Britain, and France.

Final score:

37points

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TheCapitalOfTurkeyIsAnkara 3 years ago (edited)

The betrayal is real

8points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

No

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

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Donnie Mc00 3 years ago

The word Great has nothing to do with the behaviour of the countries within Great Britain which in itself is different from UK. Ptolemy referred to the larger island as GREAT Britain (megale Britannia) and to Ireland as little Britain (mikra Brettania) in his work, Almagest (147–148 AD). Later on it was called Brittanie Majore to distinguish it from Brittany in France, which was also mostly inhabited by Celts.

14points

#70

Shoutout To Portugal

History meme showing characters from a movie with UK and Portugal flags referencing their alliance in the Great War.

Final score:

37points

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(T)reacherou(S) 3 years ago

😂

13points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

Man below he dead

0points

boone williams 3 years ago

Portugal. The Man.

0points

#71

Papa Elon Got Nothing On Musa

Elon Musk headline meme with historical figure Mansa Musa and soldiers reacting humorously to wealth claim.

Final score:

37points

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Alex K 3 years ago

yeah keep buying those teslas booois

1point

Lewis Fisher Wells 3 years ago

elon musk is a f*****g twat

5points

Samuel Zhao 2 years ago

Manas Musa is considered the richest man in history

0points

ADHD 3 years ago

SPACE KAREN is a POS jfc ppl, he was a spoilt rich kid in apartheid South Africa, ran about school with pockets full of emeralds, nah, hard pass. billionaires should not exist.

0points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

Nowhere near

0points

Munchkin 3 years ago

papa eloooooonnnnnn *hyperventilating idk why it's so funny to me

0points

#72

@kairoshq Is The Best Account You’re Not Following!

Cartoon character Tom holding a paper about Al Capone's criminal charges and tax evasion in a funny history meme.

Final score:

37points

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F8th 3 years ago

Don’t f*ck with the IRS. Seriously, don’t.

22points

Raven Sheridan 3 years ago

Then why haven't they locked up Trump yet?

3points

BasedWang 3 years ago

HEY. At least he is the reason there are expiration dates on milk

2points

SCP 504 3 years ago

Did this man advertise himself in the name, or is it somehow related to this meme?

2points

#73

Buddy Is Onto Something

History meme about Wisconsin and Michigan with a map highlighting the upper peninsula and neighboring states.

Final score:

37points

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ZAPanda 3 years ago

Hmm. Tell wisconsin there are some "separatists" in the peninsula who want to move state.

10points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

*Star Wars theme intensifies*

0points

Frank Hassler 3 years ago

Hey! It’s called being ‘Midwest Nice’. I am sure MI and WI went back and forth: “Why don’t you take the last bit of land up here.” No, no, I’ve had plenty YOU take it”.

4points

Aaron McConnell 3 years ago

We (Michigan) 'won' that fair and square in the 'war' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

3points

Ember 3 years ago

LOL

1point

Munchkin 3 years ago

if this was paper.io michigan would have won so fast

1point

moose man 3 years ago

didnt we buy the UP from cananada?

0points

Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

Or about the peninsula, maybe it’s awful

0points

#74

It's Hsrd Being The King Of Cocaine. Only Buying Hippos Can Keep Pablo Happy

Illustration of Pablo Escobar losing money to elements versus making millions weekly, featured in funny history memes.

Final score:

36points

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coleby worthen 3 years ago

They said he spent 10,000 dollars a year on just rubber bands for the money

15points

Iseefractals 3 years ago

They also didn't even count it, they weighed it.

3points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Hmm does that not make him richer than gates and musk? Or do we not count him?

0points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

I think that he is dead

4points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

He dead

-1point

#75

Here They Come!

Bus labeled Lord Kelvin blocking train tracks, multiple trains labeled with physicists’ names approaching, history memes about physics discoveries.

Final score:

36points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

Isn't this a misattribution, and an incomplete statement too? It wasn't said by Lord Kelvin, but by Albert Michelson at an inauguration speech six years before it's supposed attribution. Also what Michelson said was that the great principles had already been discovered, and that physics would henceforth be limited to finding truths in the sixth decimal place. Lord Kelvin did mess up some predictions - like the famous one about aeroplanes never becoming a practical success - but this was not one of them.

6points

Per-Ole Sjuve 3 years ago

That is just too long for a meme. Let's keep it funny and less accurate. :)

0points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

Ohhhhhhhh lawd they comin’

1point

chi-wei shen 3 years ago

“It’s very difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” (Allegedly by Niels Bohr, Mark Twain and a few others.) Anyway, Lord Kelvin didn't make this quote in that specific way.

0points

Jiminy 3 years ago

The overconfidence...

0points

#76

How Original

History meme showing Pilgrims arriving in a colony with a humorous caption about naming the settlement Plymouth.

Final score:

36points

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Nathaniel 3 years ago

Yes man - "Yeah! Plymouth rocks!"

20points

Adrian 3 years ago

When I first moved to the US from the UK, I was telling someone that I had lived near Plymouth and she asked, "Oh, did they name it Plymouth in England, too?"

1point

Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

Originality is bad.

1point

Isabel Care 3 years ago

At last they are free to persecute anyone they want. No more "Live and let live, just don't be a religious nutter" for them

0points

#77

Pure Power

Funny and accurate history meme showing Medusa with snakes and a muscular man wearing sunglasses in a three-panel reaction format.

Final score:

36points

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Naesil 3 years ago

If looking Medusa in the eyes would turn me into the Rock I would definitely do that :D

17points

Kanuli 3 years ago

I wouldn’t mind being the living (or dead-rock) proof, that forms of mythical magic exists.

1point

Alexander Smith 3 years ago

Well I mean I'd assume the sunglasses mirror effect might make one immune.

1point

Argyus 3 years ago

Haha. The rock, geddit?

1point

A.J Milne 3 years ago

*Strange gurgling laugh noises*☠💀☠

0points

#78

Comment Which One You Are

Graph showing ancient civilizations categorized by joke, prep, goth, and nerd traits with user comment about learning from archaeologists, history memes.

Final score:

36points

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Random Anon 3 years ago

Oh my Athenians would be the ancient Sheldon.

10points

Gay_Forg 3 years ago

Why did I think of the boys from the webtoon boyfriends 😭

1point

b i b b l e 3 years ago

I'm a Babylon!

1point

Juliette the Fox (she/her) 2 years ago

Athens, but im female

0points

SkekVi 3 years ago

...oh my god it's true. Where are the Semites and Akkadians at though?

0points

AsaofBase 3 years ago

I'm a Rome!

0points

Bobby 3 years ago

I guess I'm somewhere between babylon and hittites

0points

Alexej Dvorak 3 years ago

so where's my big Egypt GF?

0points

#79

I Wish They Did

History meme explaining the WWII carrot myth used as propaganda about British pilots and night vision ability.

Final score:

35points

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Xottel 3 years ago

Well, I can't chop a bloody radar into my salad, Brandon!

16points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

Lol🥕🥕🥕🥕

0points

Huddo's sister 3 years ago

Are there still people who don't know this?

1point

Kanuli 3 years ago

My parents told me to eat carrots for my eye sight. I ate carrots like crazy, and next seeing test my eyes were worse than ever. I did trust my parents alot less after that. And they kept upping the stakes. I didn’t have contact with my mother for 20 years, and I don’t trust my narcissistic father one bit. Not the carrots fault. I love carrots.

1point

Arnavet 3 years ago

It did make them orange, though!

0points

#80

In September Of 1944, 9 U.s Pilots Ejected Out Of Their Planes Onto The Japanese Island Of Chichi Jima. 8 Of Them Were Captured, Executed, And Ritually Cannibalized By Japanese Soldiers. The Sole Survivor, George H.w Bush, Landed Far Away From The Island In The Water, And Was Later Rescued

Reaper figure labeled Japanese soldiers knocking on door, man labeled George H.W. Bush running away, illustrating history memes humor.

Final score:

33points

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Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago

Bush got his revenge by puking on Japans prime minister.

32points

Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago

🤣🤣🤣 I remember that!!

3points

David Woollands 3 years ago

Ejected…. I don’t think ejection seats were around then - you had to jump out

2points

Oopsydaisy 3 years ago

Yes they were. They were invented early in the century and different types were manufactured and tested early in WWII.

3points

Leah Helbig 3 years ago

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BasedWang 3 years ago

I wouldn't jump the gun and say straight up orchestration... That being said, his family and Bin Ladens family sure had some interesting business opportunities together. people don't dig deep enough which is obvious seeing as how you were downvoted

1point

#81

Spoiler Alert: He Gets Eaten By A Goddess’ Private Part

Two images comparing a joyful character and a dark shadowed face illustrating history memes about Maui's death in Maori mythology.

Final score:

33points

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Alicia Montagu 3 years ago

oh no! obsidian teeth in her vagina.

20points

grace galán <3 3 years ago

WHAT

7points

Xottel 3 years ago

I can fee awful fanfic on the verge

5points

Jiminy 3 years ago

Well. Everybody dies?

2points

Naesil 3 years ago

Apparently he shapeshifts to a worm enters goddesses vagina and gets killed by obsidian teeth that are in there.

15points

Alex K 3 years ago

that sounds like a way to go

1point

Alexander Smith 3 years ago

Coyote used sticks to defeat a woman with the same ability.

0points

#82

Einstein Was Offered The Presidency Of Israel In 1952, But Turned It Down, Stating: "I Am Deeply Moved By The Offer From Our State Of Israel, And At Once Saddened And Ashamed That I Cannot Accept It."

History meme featuring Albert Einstein declining to be president of Israel with a humorous movie scene quote.

Final score:

32points

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Raven Sheridan 3 years ago

Proves just how smart Einstein was.

32points

Elmie Pumpkinbush 3 years ago

It is a no brainer to decline such an offer, especially when you are neither trained for nor interested in the role. Nothing to do with his intelligence.

1point

J. F. 3 years ago

Einstein was a pacifist, and as history shows Israel was dragged into wars quite often at this time already

4points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

Spelling

0points

#83

Remember Kids, If A Woman With A Mask Walks UPS To You In A Dark Alley And Asks If She's Pretty, Say "Maybe" And Run!

Black and white manga panel with a masked character and contrasting images labeled other people and Japanese people, history meme style.

Final score:

32points

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laka puka 3 years ago

if you say she's pretty then she will take her mask off and ask again and when she takes her mask of she has thousands of razor sharp teeth and no matter what you say now she won't care and she will kill you, thats the legend

28points

Monday 3 years ago

There's a workaround. If you respond with another question like "Am I pretty?" or a neutral answer like "Eh you'er average" it's supposed to confuse her giving you time to run away. My favourite thing about these Japanese legends is there's always a way out.

19points

athornedrose 3 years ago

you're not supposed to say "no" either, if i remember right. you're supposed to ask her an unrelated question like what time it is or say that you're late for an appointment.

5points

Buren 3 years ago

What if I said no?

3points

Juliette the Fox (she/her) 2 years ago

If you say no?

0points

SkekVi 3 years ago

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J. F. 3 years ago

And if you run out of toiletpaper and somebody offers you a read and a blue roll... pull up your pants and deal with that later

4points

Aspen ️ 3 years ago

Well if a Japanese woman gets cornered in an alley during COVID, now she has a good way out

2points

May 3 years ago

I'm having a vague memory of a ghost story - is that right?

2points

RandomX123 3 years ago

Yes. It's the Kuchisake-onna

4points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Also, watch out for farts with legs that look like the planet from Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

1point

o_o 2 years ago

aren't there these sweets you can eat to like ward her off or something - i just like cryptids

0points

Dmitri Johnson 3 years ago

what is she asks a blind person

0points

Alexander Smith 3 years ago

I love this urban legend.

0points

Kanuli 3 years ago (edited)

Ok. If it was anime like, or isekaid into an anime world. No regrets. That’s how I die. But in the real world, scream for help, fight back, run. Worst you can do is being silent or obeying. (Was aiming on stranger, mask, dark alley). Different story if you know the person, or it’s a more normal situation. Please don’t scream for help when your girlfriend asks you if she was pretty. Maybe point out that true beauty comes from the inside, and how glad you are it is this way, otherwise you would get blind by her radiance. 🥰

0points

#84

Ahh S**t Here We Go Again

History meme humor about British Army uniforms with anime-style character illustrations and British flag.

Final score:

32points

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Reese2906Hi 3 years ago

Lol I did not see that coming

13points

t-Grex 3 years ago

Any Irish here who immediately thought of Kinky Boots? Or musical fanatics who thought of Kinky Boots.

3points

ADHD 3 years ago

Brits out of Ireland, invading cnuts

2points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

Not here not and they don’t wear kinky boots

0points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Fellas, if your girl: Wears green, has a bow, works on the rails, and has an electric personality, that's not your girl, that's NER ES1. ES1-62167a...d562f7.jpg

0points

#85

Me So Smart

History meme comparing humans learning to speak over 40,000 years to a person speaking in 18 months with humor.

Final score:

31points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)

No. It is not clear when humans developed speech. But neanderthals were capable of it, they had the genes and the hyoid for it and bred with us. So speech is probably older than our species. Probably about 500.000 or older

10points

Bunzilla 3 years ago

I've got an interesting theory. I feel like humans (or proto-humans), used to communicate with one another using a combination of vocal sounds and sign language. Which is why it feels so natural to move our hands when we speak. Or, when we're trying to explain something complex or struggling to get our point across, we often try to mime out what we're saying. It's instinctual. The ability for humans speak didn't suddenly evolve out of nowhere.

2points

ADHD 3 years ago

he is going to jail or will be executed for nuclear espionage. hahahaha f**k your feelings

1point

Kanuli 3 years ago

First define “speech”? Ever seen some monkey documentaries? Or how whales communicate? Cats n dogs? I wouldn’t doubt human ancestors had forms to communicate which were similar to speech at first, at which point it became “speech” is most likely unable to find out.

1point

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

Except Trump who hasn’t got it yet

0points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

*as an adjective.

0points

Ty Stratton-Quirk 3 years ago

Or unless you're being incredibly sarcastic.

0points

Leah Helbig 3 years ago

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De Gueb 3 years ago

This is not exclusive to USA. We have them everywhere. Look at Johnson in UK, in Spain a politician campaigning against regulations to reduce contamination in Madrid actually said that getting stuck in a smokey traffic jam was like a tradition and she would miss it because it part of being from Madrid. Also said all civilization began with Jesus Christ. Needles to say soon she will be running for the national government.

1point

#86

Happy 93rd Anniversary Of The Character That Ruined Public Domain

Classic black and white history meme showing Disney extending Mickey Mouse copyright from 56 to 95 years in public domain debate.

Final score:

30points

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Guy MacGregor 3 years ago (edited)

This happened in 1998, not 1984. and it was from 75 to 95 years. Finally, the old movies goes into public domain, not the character, which is a trademark.

6points

Bobby 3 years ago

2 years more before they try to extend it again

1point

ZAPanda 3 years ago

I can't unsee this version of mickey mouse so... I am polluted now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IAj7UxMqiU

0points

#87

Just Two Kings Appreciating Each Other

Humorous history meme featuring Saladin and Richard Lionheart in a playful medieval rivalry dialogue.

Final score:

29points

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The Scout 3 years ago

There is an (unproven) anecdote that Richard one morning awoke from his slumber in his heavily guarded headquarter and found something on his nightstand - a cake. Saladin had sent one of his assassins to place it there as a message: "we could have killed you if we wanted to."

20points

Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

Wish someone would mysteriously leave me cakes in the night

11points

Eppe 3 years ago

Sounds like a bromance. A savage and bloody bromance.

6points

Otter 3 years ago

But of course they saw no reason to stop killing each other's foot soldiers and innocent civilians.

5points

El muerto 3 years ago

actually the reason they became all chummy, was the fact that non of them could finish the other of. so they had to make a pact to allow Richard to leave and Sahaladin to keep Jerusalem. without either losing face...Richard look like a hero to Christians and Sahaladin a hero to islam...they would have tear each other apart if any had a winning chanse

6points

#88

He Was Also The Last Republican Elected President Without Winning The South

Black and white history meme highlighting key social reforms and voting rights advocated by a historical figure.

Final score:

29points

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NsG 3 years ago

And for those of us outside the United States his name is...?

31points

Truth Monster 3 years ago

I would wager 80% of Americans couldn't tell you his name.

22points

Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago

Calvin Coolidge

14points

Raccoon Queen 3 years ago

Coolidge I think He had a pet raccoon that shares my first name!

9points

Jean-Daniel Mohier 3 years ago

Calvin Coolidge

5points

ShadowStalker36 3 years ago

i don't knw his name either and im american

4points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

Calvin Coolidge 30th U.S. President. Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of Massachusetts.

3points

Sanchi 3 years ago

Calvin Coolidge.

1point

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Isn't this the guy who courted the black vote, then turned his back after the election. He also worshipped the movie Birth Of A Nation -- worst propaganda film possible. Where did you get the idea he's some kind of progressive? He deceived everyone to get where he was going. OUCH!

3points

Izzy Curer 3 years ago

The parties have reversed their viewpoints since Coolidge. Back then, Dems were more like the Reps, now, and the Reps were more like the Dems

1point

Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago

They dixiecrats had a lot to do with that during the civil rights movement.

0points

MorgothBauglir 3 years ago

Coolidge is such an underrated president.

0points

Sanchi 3 years ago

This is just the start! He supported Native American rights, and privately wanted to make guns harder to get.

2points

Eric Forman 3 years ago

Don't all Repub presidents say they do most of these....

0points

Izzy Curer 3 years ago

I do distinctly recall Bush saying he wanted to ban lynching

0points

NOLAHusker 3 years ago

This is Coolidge. He was an avowed racist who fired any top Black officials in government positions or made their positions obsolete. Nixon I introduced the southern strategy for the GOP. The last GOP president before him was Eisenhower. Eisenhower didn’t win the south and embraced these values.

0points

#89

But Chernoooooobyl

A woman asks for the truth about protests stopping nuclear plants causing more CO2 emissions history meme.

Final score:

28points

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Naesil 3 years ago (edited)

Thats megatons ppl, million tons

8points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

Megaton!? Nooo not another one! (Just trolling)

1point

Kanuli 3 years ago

We could talk about this all day. There is no absolute right or wrong. We can’t change the past, only the future.

2points

Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

If those are the only two options.

2points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

well let's see - wave power - probably will kill sharks and whales and stuff and make ships crash - ... geothermal - great if you live in iceland and italy and.... er... somewhere. Solar: let's just put it all in the sahara and hope the yanks don't bomb it to keep the oil flowing - or mow down forests and farmlands for it... er... hmm. Dunno.

2points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

damn it germany

0points

#90

What The F……..

History meme featuring a Grigori Rasputin quote with a surprised animated dog character holding bottles.

Final score:

28points

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Ra Ra Rasputin (dammit)

26points

SCamp 3 years ago

Russia’s greatest love machine 🤔

7points

Insert Generic Username 3 years ago

That's gonna be stuck in my head all day now, thanks 🤣🤣🤣

5points

Me Oh My 3 years ago

LOVER OF THE RUSSIAN QUEEN

4points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Ra ra. Rice pudding.

2points

Emmie Corwin 2 years ago

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0points

#91

Stumped Em

Man in striped shirt claims every word's root is Greek, man responds with Istanbul, surprising the crowd in a history meme.

Final score:

28points

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chi-wei shen 3 years ago

Istanbul actually has a Greek root. It (most likely) comes from "is tin Polin" which means "into the city" and "the city" was Constantinople.

30points

El muerto 3 years ago

Constantinople was build on a small town called Byzantium by the emperor Constantine. it was called Constantinople until the Turks took over making it its capital and referring to as Istanbul. like above said, meaning something like "the city"

4points

Kipindichapili 3 years ago

Shoulda said “Idaho”

2points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

my understanding is istanbul was a mispronunciation of constantiople (city of constantine)

1point

Kira Okah 3 years ago

It's believed to be from εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (is tim bolin), the Mediaeval Greek word that Greek residents of Constantinople used to refer to their city.

2points

Kira Okah 3 years ago (edited)

I am confused? Istanbul as a word is of Greek origin.

1point

El muerto 3 years ago

is a Greek word for the capital of a Turkish empire...welcome to ancient worlds.

1point

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

Miami?

0points

Izzy Curer 3 years ago

Hornswoggle

0points

#92

You Better Not Complain About More Conquests.

Funny and accurate history meme showing Alexander the Great's reactions to Persia and his men in two contrasting images.

Final score:

27points

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Donnie Mc00 3 years ago

this man is on the cover of far cry 6!

5points

Hans YAN 3 years ago

anton castillo

1point

#93

The Day I Discovered What A Real Warhammer Looked Like, My Disappointment Was Immeasurable And My Day Was Ruined

Comparison meme showing Warhammers in fiction as a dark armored figure with a fiery hammer and in reality as a cartoon character with a small hammer, history memes.

Final score:

27points

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Naesil 3 years ago

Well actual human beings needed to be able to swing them, relatively normal sized hammer with pointy end seems highly effective against armor of that time.

21points

Alex K 3 years ago

if you get hit by a normal hammer you re gonna have a bad day, believe me

2points

XenoMurph 3 years ago

Swing an ordinary 6.5kg sledge hammer rapidly and with full strength, fighting for your life, for longer than 20 mins, and you'd be hercules. Slow and steady against immobile rocks, then, yes you can do that for hours.

1point

SkekVi 3 years ago

they are *extremely* effective at obliterating someone without having to get through their plate armour though.

0points

salad potato 3 years ago

I mean, they were effective,

0points

#94

I Guess You Could Call The Battle Of Messines…a Banger

Angry Tom cartoon and surprised Elmo with a large explosion, illustrating a history meme about a major non-nuclear explosion in Belgium.

Final score:

27points

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Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Details, MAN! I need details!

16points

Charlie Taube 3 years ago

That bottom picture. I need it on my wall!

0points

Random Anon 3 years ago

I bet no one messes with the general growing up.

0points

#95

Should He Be Remembered Positively Or Negatively?

Reaction meme showing contrasting emotions about Genghis Khan wearing cool robes versus his violent history, related to history memes.

Final score:

27points

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Otter 3 years ago

Personally?

14points

ADHD 3 years ago

yes, they say like 5% of the world population is related to him

4points

NOLAHusker 3 years ago

I know he had a lot of kids, but dude raped 40,000,000 people? Wilt Chamberlain is impressed.

3points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

As for Neville Chamberlain, he's too busy holding his Hitler bodypillow.

0points

Donnie Mc00 3 years ago

i dont think he personally raped 40 million people

1point

Random Anon 3 years ago

By doing so, he also wiped out smaller societies along the silk road, from modern day Korea to Istanbul.

1point

ZAPanda 3 years ago

well negatively, as all mass murderers should be.

1point

Hannah Young 3 years ago

And then he made a rule where you couldn't rape someone until they were 16 but his son went ahead and raped a bunch of 7 year olds anyway

0points

Stephanie Ladd 3 years ago

He and his armies killed so many people that they scrubbed 700 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere

0points

#96

Never Get Obsessive And Go Down Wikipedia Rabbit Holes

Comparison meme showing a relaxed cartoon man and a dark, intense version, highlighting history memes about European battlefields.

Final score:

27points

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Mavis 3 years ago

Unexpecting?

8points

Charlie Taube 3 years ago

I think they meant unsuspecting

4points

#97

I Know When I'm Lost, Time To Grind Again

History meme showing a lion on a path with text about naming Greek, Roman, and Hindu gods in a funny context.

Final score:

26points

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May 3 years ago

Weird flex, but ok

33points

Pumpkin Spice 3 years ago

*bramharpanam intensifies*

6points

Random Anon 3 years ago

I think that would be an impossibility since there are literally hundreds.

5points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

You underestimate the power of rap.

3points

Chinmayee Kalghatgi 3 years ago

Even i myself can’t name every god. Although i can name: Bramha, Parvati, Shiva, Vishnu, Agni, Surya, Indra, Ganesha, Kali, Durga, Lakshmi, Hanuman, shakti, Vaayu, Yama.

4points

imsouravmitra 3 years ago

Varun, Chitragupt and some more. :p

0points

Alexander Smith 3 years ago

I would find either of these things attractive.

0points

User# 6 3 years ago

I think that should be "bored female leaves"

0points

Leslie 3 years ago

oh, dear

0points

#98

Most Of Them Are Wholesome Af

Cartoon meme contrasting emotional and calm reactions about German marches with historical humor, fitting history memes theme.

Final score:

26points

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J. F. 3 years ago (edited)

♫Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein, und das heißt - Erika♪

15points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago (edited)

My dad loved this song. I got the German teacher to translate it for me. I was so surprised as to how beautiful it was. I think it was chosen because it had a strong 4/4 beat time making it ideal to march in time to. Listen to it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPdi6DbSAE. Lyrics Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein Und das heißt Erika Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein Wird umschwärmt Erika Denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit Zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein Und das heißt Erika In der Heimat wohnt ein blondes Mägdelein Und das heißt Erika Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein Und mein Glück Erika Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht Singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein Und das heißt Erika In mein'm Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein Und das heißt Erika Schon beim Morgengrau'n sowie beim Dämmerschein Schaut's mich an Erika Und dann ist es mir, als spräch' es laut "Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?" In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein Und das heißt Erika Translation On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. Eagerly a hundred thousand little bees, swarm around, Erika. For her heart is full of sweetness, a tender scent escapes her blossom-gown. On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. Back at home, there lives a little maiden and she's called : Erika. That girl is my faithful little darling and my joy, Erika! When the heather blooms in a reddish purple, I sing her this song in greeting. On the heath, there blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. In my room, there also blooms a little flower and it's called : Erika. Already In the grey of dawn, as it does at dusk, It looks at me, Erika! And it is as if it spoke aloud:21 "Are you thinking of your fiancée?" Back at home, a maiden weeps for you and she's called : Erika.

4points

Naesil 3 years ago

Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein und das heißt: Erika.

3points

Random Anon 3 years ago

By that logic Edgar would be out as well because of Pomp and Circumstances and those guys robbed a lot of civilizations across the world.

3points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

yeah but the difference is the brits still haven't apologised.

0points

Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

Edelweiss, edelweiss, bless my homeland forever.

3points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Speaking of German soldiers, this reminded me of this poem. Three weeks gone and the combatants gone returning over the nightmare ground we found the place again, and found the soldier sprawling in the sun. The frowning barrel of his gun overshadowing. As we came on that day, he hit my tank with one like the entry of a demon. Look. Here in the gunpit spoil the dishonoured picture of his girl who has put: Steffi. Vergissmeinnicht. in a copybook gothic script. We see him almost with content, abased, and seeming to have paid and mocked at by his own equipment that's hard and good when he's decayed. But she would weep to see today how on his skin the swart flies move; the dust upon the paper eye and the burst stomach like a cave. For here the lover and killer are mingled who had one body and one heart. And death who had the soldier singled has done the lover mortal hurt. Keith Douglas

2points

#99

Kentucky Please Excuse Yourself

Two-part history meme comparing the rest of the United States to commonwealth states Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Final score:

26points

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oddly_informed_raven 3 years ago

as a Virginian I feel attacked but also fair

6points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

“Virginia is for lovers” not the attacked. (Just trolling)

1point

Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

We are no longer this flagrent about our superiority.

1point

Raven Sheridan 3 years ago

Your name suggests otherwise. 🤨

2points

CelticElff 3 years ago

I just realized those two photos have the same two men in them.

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

and after powdering their noses and avoiding Msieur Lestat de Lioncourt, they go beat some slaves. 🤨

0points

Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago

Nah, in Massachusetts they get stuck in molasses 😉

3points

#100

I Thought Krakens Were Real Though

Vintage drawing of a sea monster attacking a sailing ship with humor in popular history memes shared online.

Final score:

26points

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Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Sinbad the Sailor (Arabian Nights) always went out with a full crew on a big ship . . . but came back ALONE with gold, valuable stuff and a great story . . . only the sea knows . . .

11points

Nadja Lambacher 3 years ago

My favorite part was that he swore after each trip he would never leave home again because he always went through hardships. But then he became bored and ventured out again.

3points

Nathaniel 3 years ago

Wait until you hear about the explanation for sea serpents. Whale penis.

5points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

And also Oarfish.

0points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

I mean giant squids do exist. And sometimes they attack small boats. So its not untrue.

4points

Bunzilla 3 years ago

Maybe not octopus, but squids can be very violent. Humboldt squid are some of the worst. Honestly, if there were squid large enough to attack ships and could survive at shallower depths... I wouldn't put it past them. Am I saying it absolutely happened? No, but I'm saying it's not completely out of the realm of possibility.

2points

SkekVi 3 years ago

...And then we discovered the giant squid is real and still alive in the world today.

0points

oktopus 3 years ago

Looks like a nice tasty ship.

0points

F8th 3 years ago

Did they though?

0points

#101

Booo!

Alt text: Vietnam trip meme showing a guide popping out of a tunnel with funny history memes about PTSD from war shared.

Final score:

25points

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ZAPanda 3 years ago

welllllll.... those 'vets' were just poor bastards that the us conscripted in their war of imperialism, so they have PTSD anyway, even if their bosses were at fault. Blame the managers not the staff.

35points

coleby worthen 3 years ago

To be fair it’s not his fault, soldiers don’t decide who they go to war with. Politicians do

10points

Katherine Boag 3 years ago

Its called being a conscientious objector.

-3points

AxleMunshine001 3 years ago

That made me chuckle

6points

Aiden Chen 2 years ago

Well my dad told me we didn’t necessarily lose, we tied

0points

Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago

Boo

-3points

#102

Too Much Undeserved Abuse Given To The French

Memes contrasting Dunkirk portrayal in British history books versus reality, showcasing humor in history memes shared online.

Final score:

25points

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El muerto 3 years ago

without the French putting a strong defence, the Britts would have never gotten away....the same French supposedly surrender easily

12points

Donkey boi 3 years ago

Just FYI, of the 338,226 people evacuated, around 123,000 were French. Around 40,000 French troops remained behind. They surrendered as soon as the last boat was out of range.

1point

Donkey boi 3 years ago

I knew a man that was there, a man that survived the withdrawal. He always said 'That whole event was not a military strategy, a tactic or a manoeuvre. It was a mad scrabble to get out before we were destroyed completely.' He also told me that used to cry daily for the loss of the Frenchman he had been fighting with for weeks... until they were reunited by chance a year later.

2points

Scagsy 3 years ago

I'm pretty sure the history books show the courage of the merchant flotilla that rescued the fleeing soldiers.

2points

ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

Perfect

0points

#103

Oh Canada

Historical meme depicting an exaggerated scene of Mounties and nuns taking children, illustrating funny and accurate history memes.

Final score:

25points

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El muerto 3 years ago

this happened in booth the US and Canada, until a few decades ago. and it happened in many former colonies of the western powers for at least the same amount of time...religion and cultures were deemed to the be extinct by the decisions of a few white guys

12points

GPZ 3 years ago

Yep, happened in Australia too. 😭

0points

Dee 3 years ago

Artwork by Kent Monkman. His drag persona, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle is sometimes portrayed in his paintings. The one with Prime Minister Trudeau was particularly controversial.

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

hmm too soon.

0points

#104

The Number Of Impaled Ottoman Soldiers Has Really Spiked

Animated character Vlad Dracula looking shocked and confused in a funny history meme about Ottoman soldiers.

Final score:

25points

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ZAPanda 3 years ago

blah blah blah.

9points

Boredravenclaw 3 years ago

I don’t say bLaH bLaH bLaH

3points

Alexander Smith 3 years ago

Okay the title made me giggle with the spiked bit.

0points

#105

“Importing”

SpongeBob and Squidward meme illustrating Spain’s gold import and bankruptcy with witty history humor.

Final score:

25points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

As always. Spain being poor because of bad management and corruption. Nothing has changed.

15points

De Gueb 3 years ago

That's something they exported to South America.

3points

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

But they did their conquering under the guise of spreading religion, so it's okay . . .

0points

#106

About Time

Two early humans in a forest with humorous text about waking up from fall, part of funny and accurate history memes.

Final score:

25points

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tail_bite 3 years ago

the good old days

10points

#107

He Would’ve Loved Spotify Wrapped

Portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent with a large turban, featured in popular history memes shared online.

Final score:

25points

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AxleMunshine001 3 years ago

I want an onion hat

23points

Alex K 3 years ago

for the hundredth time ITS A GARLIC

12points

El muerto 3 years ago

I can't be believe you show so much disrespect...no onion hat for you!

4points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

L’ongion hat.

2points

Grace Walsh 3 years ago (edited)

Looks more like a dumpling/steamed bun IMO

2points

Iris 3 years ago

I thought it was a dumpling-

1point

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Ever notice how men have to have a bigger something than another man?

1point

Buren 3 years ago

Garliccccc

1point

GPZ 3 years ago

So white for someone who was definitely not caucasian

0points

#108

Africa

Group of people in colonial explorer outfits playing musical instruments near pyramids, illustrating history memes humor.

Final score:

24points

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Colin Leamon 3 years ago

That's madness

20points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

Night boat to Cairo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLLL1KxpYMA

0points

Thenatural 3 years ago

Everyone knows the rules....you plant a flag and the country's yours...it's not our fault they didn't have a flag....

2points

ADHD 3 years ago

go google what is the most common holiday on earth, independence from the British, 65 i believe, one every 6 days, cant wait till Scotland leaves the corrupt brit union. rejoin the EU. the south went mental. JFC lol.

1point

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Motto of the British Empire: find land, stick flags in it. (Paraphrased from Eddie Izzard)

1point

Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 3 years ago (edited)

Oh, yes... because British would have never neglected a treaty...

0points

El muerto 3 years ago

and enforce it by the power of arms...an document without the cannons behind is nothing

0points

(T)reacherou(S) 3 years ago

Awful!

0points

#109

Cato Was Not Expecting That. More Context In The Comments

Penguin meme showing shocked reaction, illustrating one of the funniest and most accurate history memes shared online.

Final score:

24points

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chi-wei shen 3 years ago

Context (from reddit): "Context: Caeser and Cato were in the middle of the heated argument during a senate meeting when Caeser received a letter from someone, Cato then asked caeser to read the letter aloud in the senate and the letter turned out to be a love letter from Cato's sister who was in love with Caeser. This is like something out of a comedy movie."

24points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Quick, call in Centurion Biggust Dikkus!

4points

Scagsy 3 years ago

There was I, innocently hoping that it said, simply; 'Release Roderick'.

3points

Ikonye St. Jude 3 years ago

Her name's Servilia and was Brutus' mum.

1point

Otter 3 years ago

hearse! Said it better than the meme creator did.

0points

Alex K 3 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

#110

A Early Milestone For Any History Buff

SpongeBob meme showing a character debating the use of nukes on Japan, a popular history meme format.

Final score:

23points

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Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

Dropping nukes is unjustifiable. There were other ways to end the war with Japan.

15points

otplus 3 years ago

The most advanced biological warfare armament was owned by the japanese at that stage, by the hands of unit 731 a organization so macabre that most people doubted the existence till 1990s where the information was declassified. So yeah i am not from the USA, but i can see how biological warfare could be several levels worse.

10points

John Spookey 3 years ago

Yeah there were other ways,but Japanese wouldn’t quit and Americans didn’t like on loosing more poor souls.Anyone who says that there were other ways should hit the books again,at the time it was the only option.

10points

Jack Ericson 3 years ago

There were other ways. All of them worse.

4points

Kipindichapili 3 years ago

There really wasn’t.

3points

Radiant Siren 3 years ago

nope...in the time it was the right move

2points

User# 6 3 years ago

It wasn't just about ending the war. It was also about showing the Soviet Union the US' supremacy and not to get any ideas. That worked out well, didn't it?

2points

rspanther 3 years ago

They would have cost even more lives.

2points

Justin M 3 years ago

Just ask Dresden.

1point

Otter 3 years ago

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0points

May 3 years ago

Is this implying that Japan might have invaded the US if they hadn't nuked them? Am I missing something?

5points

Otter 3 years ago

No, but a ground war over every inch of Japan would have been devastating for soldiers and citizens. Cities razed and famine sort of devastating. I'm not saying the nukes were a good idea, all war is horrible, and I have no idea which end to the war would have meant fewer casualties.

7points

Katherine Boag 3 years ago

The nukes killed the same number of people as the entire US pacific theatre casaulties. Except the nukes were dropped on civilians: the US should have been prosecuted for warcrimes.

2points

Teresa Rutledge 3 years ago

It has been proven that every civilian was going to fight, as well as every soldier. My father was in the 9th Infantry Division, and he knew as well as every other man in his outfit, they would have to take Japan an inch at a time killing every man, woman and child. This would have decimated the population of Japan, would that be preferable to dropping two atomic bombs? There was no good choice, only the lesser of two evils. And please remember, the bombs were atomic, not nuclear.

3points

Mistralok 3 years ago

And then prosecute those who killed plague carrying rats for animal cruelty.

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

100%

0points

Teresa Rutledge 3 years ago

Everybody needs a history lesson, an atomic bomb is NOT a nuclear bomb. At that time in 1945 there was no other way to end the war. The Emperor was not going to surrender, he was literally a god made flesh to the Japanese people. The troops in Europe, one of whom was my father, had discussed how they were going to attack the islands and it was quite simple. Kill every man, woman, and child. Reports from the Pacific had reached them so they knew what they would be up against. There was no good choice, you can Monday morning quarterback it, but you weren’t there. I lived over 40 years with a man who fought in 8 major campaigns in World War 2, starting with the North African campaign. The reports they received let them know that they would have to fight for every inch of ground. So go back and read the documents from the 1940’s if you are interested in an unbiased opinion on the war, or sit back get spoonfed the pablum and don’t think for yourself. That seems to be the specialty now.

1point

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Guys, we all know it was really cow and chicken who did it. The story it was whale and dolphin was propaganda. enolagay-6...f9a287.jpg

1point

Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago

🤣🤣🤣 South Park saves the day again!!

0points

GPZ 3 years ago

There wasn't an easy way to end the war although it is suggested that, with the Soviet declaration of war and the inevitable collapse of attempts by the Japanese leadership to have the Soviets broker a peace deal with the western allies would've lead to the Japanese surrendering. The subsequent arguement is therefore that the US dropped the bombs to intimidate the Soviets/prevent them from staking a claim to any intelligence/technology that victory over the Japanese might yield. This is supported by the fact that even after the dropping of the second bomb on Nagasaki, the Japanese did not immediately surrender and waited until it was clear that the Soviets would not only not intervene on their behalf but were actively joining the fight against them

0points

bakkysak2 3 years ago

one just needs to look at the final few islands the US invaded towards the end of the war how many people died? and how many Japanese were there? there were 76 thousand japanese on Okinawa with a resulting combined casualty count of 100 thousand plus with anther 150 thousand civilians dead. then think about the next island America was going to land on one just off the coast of japan which japan had over 700 thousand placed there to guard it.

0points

Alex K 3 years ago

japan after losing its territories in asia basically would be without resources. no metal, no oil...they stood no chance.

0points

Jack Ericson 3 years ago

They didn't, but they still would have fought

0points

Guy MacGregor 3 years ago

Still a war crime to kill civilians, destroy hospitals, etc. Nothing can excuse that monstrosity.

0points

Mohammad Ammar 3 years ago

Ok but why drop the second bomb on Nagasaki?

0points

Mistralok 3 years ago

Because they refused to surrender after Hiroshima.

7points

#111

Epic Chernobyl Meme

Photo of the Chernobyl disaster site next to a cartoon highlighting nuclear energy debate in history memes.

Final score:

23points

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Naesil 3 years ago

At the moment nuclear power is the most feasible power source for ever raising energy needs in the world.

18points

ZAPanda 3 years ago (edited)

or what you can do is make 1000s of square kilometers of non-recyclable solar panels and cover like half the planet...

3points

J. F. 3 years ago (edited)

Germany: A Tsunami takes out Fukushima --> Let's put all reactors out of service in case something similiar happens.... up to 400 kilometres away from ANY shore

6points

Vorknkx 3 years ago

I think they were more worried about earthquakes, not inland tsunamis ;)

0points

Otter 3 years ago

Yeah, well, IMHO hiring anyone with a profit motive to run nuclear plants is also a bad idea. Which rules out nuclear power in the US.

3points

Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago

Wish the whole for profit energy thing wasn't a thing here. It's the whole reason the states has the electrical infrastructure issues it has.

2points

GPZ 3 years ago

Ask the peple of Fukushima. It's a risk vs potential benefits

0points

GPZ 3 years ago

Three Mile Island, Fukushima, not to mention the waste that will be dangerous for millennia

0points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

The moral: Hire people who know what the f*ck they're doing.

0points

Kanuli 3 years ago

Let’s talk about the Kyshtym Nuclear Disaster someday. Or U-Boats lost with atomic bombs still in them.

0points

#112

Playing The Long Game...

A funny and accurate history meme featuring characters from a popular series with humorous text about Tsar Nicholas and empires.

Final score:

23points

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#113

Marshall Zhukov Was Introduced To Coke By Eisenhower After Ww2, The Man Then Asked For Them To Be Secretly Shipped Into The Soviet Union.

Meme featuring historical figures with humorous captions about US sending clear CocaCola and vodka references.

Final score:

23points

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Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

wait until you hear about gorbachev pepsi

3points

The 3 Year Letterman 3 years ago

Ohhhhhhhhhhh no. No. NO! Take the upvote.

1point

Demi Zwaan 3 years ago

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BasedWang 3 years ago (edited)

except for the fact that it literally says that within the meme

3points

#114

Who Will Win

Photos of historical figures labeled as finalists, highlighting humorous and accurate history memes shared in a popular group.

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23points

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ZAPanda 3 years ago

Or are they just saying lifespan of living politicians?

5points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Jiang: Presidential term: 27 March 1993 – 15 March 2003

3points

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

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Elwood Schwartz 3 years ago

Wow, you really are a negative Nellie, aren't you?

3points

#115

That Shit Heat

Three men in a studio meme humorously referencing Beethoven and history memes about hearing difficulties.

Final score:

23points

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Busy_D 3 years ago

He used a mouthpiece connected to the piano to feel and hear the vibrations

16points

#116

No, Just Because A Staggering Amount Of Soviets Died Does Not Mean They Did The Most To Defeat Nazi Germany. With That Said, The Soviet Union Truly Was The Primary Cause For Nazi Germany's Defeat And Claiming Otherwise Is Foolishness

Drake meme contrasting simplified Soviet casualties with detailed history on defeating N**i Germany in funny history memes.

Final score:

22points

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J. F. 3 years ago (edited)

Most of the soviet casualities were caused by Stalin's decision to execute his most capable officers out of fear they could be traitors. Together with inferior equipment and tactical experience in the early stages. And it was basically the unplanned italian invasion of Greece that caused the Wehrmacht to attack Rusia during winter as they had to assist Italy first

18points

El muerto 3 years ago

b******t. the Russian army was well equipped and had experienced military leaders. yes purges made by Stalin before the war and his refusal to challenge Hitler as he prepared to invade, lead to an Russian army unprepared to fight effectively during the initial months of the blitz and suffering huge loses. but that same army manage to slow down and eventually push back the invasion. in contrast to other nations, the Russians had to recover from the brim of failure, while enemy armies run wild in their territory. with all that, they would eventually take the war to Berlin and pretty much smashed the best german units...the poor decision making of the germans made a lot of damage too...but it was still the biggest factor to decide the war in the western front

3points

ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

You said it, bravo

1point

ShadowPhoen1x 3 years ago (edited)

I bet that contributed to it, but saying it was "most of the casualties" is probably an exaggeration... but I would wager that you know more about this than I do.

0points

Vladimir I 3 years ago

Sadly, poor organization and communication in russian army date way back in XIX century, and experience shows that even with those arguably most capable officers Red Army would hardly have been as efficient as Wehrmacht. Oh, and they attacked in the middle of summer and planned to finish before winter starts... but it doesn't matter, everyone knows that summers in Russia aren't any warmer than winters.

0points

May 3 years ago

Who is saying that the Soviets 'did the most' by dying in the greatest numbers? I've never seen that argument.

3points

J. F. 3 years ago

Mostly the russians

3points

ADHD 3 years ago

utter Bs now tho aint they, GTFO of Ukraine, SLAWA UKRAINA !!!!!

2points

Guy MacGregor 3 years ago

Well, who doesn't know that Russia won WWII? That's what you are taught in school!

2points

Naesil 3 years ago

Battle of Stalingrad was brutal, both sides just send more and more men to die.. estimated 2 million casualties in a battle over one single city.

2points

#117

It's Legacy Lives On Through Our Glorious Memeing

Two-panel history meme with a crying woman telling to stop posting about Rome and a Roman soldier replying it's a banger, history memes.

Final score:

22points

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Elwood Schwartz 3 years ago

Love the crying anime girl.

7points

Demi Zwaan 3 years ago

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Scarily enough I think it's a very anime style young woman. I think. Or I've just invoked the wrath of the leaking creature 😬

3points

#118

What A King

Person watching a history video on the collapse of Yugoslavia, sitting with legs visible and a cat on the table, history memes.

Final score:

22points

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J. F. 3 years ago

Priorities!

16points

IDK_Something 3 years ago

To be fair, he's likely seen *you* in your current state. The collapse of Yugoslavia, maybe not!

2points

Random Anon 3 years ago

The kitty is more interested in the fall of Yugoslavia as well LOL.

2points

CelticElff 3 years ago

Miiight be ADHD, might be on the spectrum. Or both.

1point

#119

It Has Really Accelerated Since Industrial Period

Turtle slowly moving on a treadmill illustrating scientific and technological progress in human history meme.

Final score:

21points

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ZAPanda 3 years ago

er not quite, till about 1900.

2points

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

If religion doesn't get in the way, mankind can catapult into the stars, also sexism and poverty have a way of slowing things down. Come to think of it, maybe it's NOT mankind evolving at the top of their game . . .

0points

Charlie Taube 3 years ago

The church was actually pretty pro-science in the Middle Ages, also, the Islamic golden age was driven by Muslim scholars. Throughout most of history the priest class drove new invention and advancements. However I will not deny that we have progress very quickly with secular science. But I think that is more due to increased literacy and education then anything else.

3points

#120

Also, During The French Revolution, Spectators Could Buy Souvenirs, Read A Program Listing The Names Of The Victims, Or Even Grab A Quick Bite To Eat At A Nearby Restaurant Called “Cabaret De La Guillotine”

Large crowd cheering enthusiastically at an outdoor event, illustrating funny and accurate history memes shared online.

Final score:

20points

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Alex K 3 years ago

that's what you get for not having TV

8points

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Fallout from the circus in Rome. People want to look as they pass by an accident, or silently think they are glad it's not happening to them. Maybe this is as far as mankind will evolve . . .

2points

Emmie Corwin 2 years ago

sounds like a medival Disney world

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

and people wonder why people would go to barbaric things like bullfights or roman arenas... humans are grotesque.

0points

#121

Neutral Swiss

History meme showing European nations represented by flag-covered Wojak faces humorously reacting after WWII ends.

Final score:

20points

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(T)reacherou(S) 3 years ago

Sweden too.

10points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

sweden when world war 2 ends and everyone needs construction all of a sudden noice-6216...f2c40d.png

0points

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Don't fool yourself, Switzerland figured out how to make money off everyone, and is still hoarding accounts from Jews who tried to keep their money safe. Now they are protecting horrible governments, politicians and religious swindlers. They just have a better mask.

5points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

I think switzerland is supposed to be holding gold and artworks, isn't it so?

1point

#122

Maybe Casear Was A Bad Guy

Bust of Julius Caesar with text highlighting history memes about his controversial role in Roman politics and corruption.

Final score:

20points

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Nathaniel 3 years ago

- Invented a salad.

28points

Tracy Wallick 3 years ago

Caesar salad was invented in Mexico IIRC. Don't give Julius credit he didn't earn, lol

0points

Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

Does somebody think Caesar was a good guy?

3points

Sue Lynn Chan 3 years ago

Like many famous people, More of neutral guy

0points

Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)

I do not think that you can judge past political figures with modern values

2points

KMill 3 years ago

Are we just describing Putin here… cause this looks a lot like Putin

1point

ZAPanda 3 years ago

so--- Putin v1.0?

1point

KMill 3 years ago

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-1point

SkekVi 3 years ago

There are people that think he was not a bad guy???

0points

#123

The Csx 8888 Inccident Was A Time When A Train Was Driving With No Driver And One Police Officer Legit Tried To Soot At It

Meme comparing a runaway train called crazy 8 and a police officer with a s*****n in a funny history context.

Final score:

19points

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Nathaniel 3 years ago

The American Way. Shoot at is.

23points

Nathaniel 3 years ago

Shoot at it. Saw my mistype.

1point

Random Anon 3 years ago

That shotgun isn't enchanted. If it was enchanted with the rune of Hollywood Directors, that train would've derailed, flip up high into the air, explode in a blaze of glory and as this is happening the officer would be lighting up his cigarette.

4points

El muerto 3 years ago

was Ozzy on that train? wink wink

2points

Dee 3 years ago

Only if it was going off the rails😝

0points

Lorraine R 3 years ago

The film "Unstoppable" (2010) is based on this incident. The cops in the film were trying to shoot the fuel cutoff switch.

1point

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

To his credit, he was trying to shoot the brake button. Unfortunately for him, it requires more than a shotgun pellet to push down the brake button on a train.

1point

Jennifer Smith 3 years ago

They were trying to hit the emergency stop button. They weren’t just shooting at it randomly

1point

ZAPanda 3 years ago

shooting like an american, feat sean connery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WWIiTlGyYQ

0points

Naesil 3 years ago

That ought to stop it!

0points

#124

Temper, Temper

History meme featuring USS Wisconsin and a fierce character demanding heavy artillery fire after surviving a shell hit.

Final score:

19points

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Naesil 3 years ago

Gun based warships were "manly" (cant come up with better word right now), I know they are obsolete in modern warfare but 16 inch and up guns are noice :D

8points

Emmie Corwin 2 years ago

srsly, that word SUCKS A🐍🐍.

0points

bakkysak2 3 years ago

i like the ending of this story where it was alleged one of her escort ships sent her a message stating "temper temper"

4points

#125

History Meme

Medieval peasants humor meme about mass slaughter over a stolen bucket, part of funny and accurate history memes collection.

Final score:

18points

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Rattus Norvegicus 3 years ago

actually, it was a religious war. the bucket was stolen afterwards as a war trophy and put on display in the town hall, where it remains to this day.

9points

El muerto 3 years ago

peasant didn't get to fight...but they would be slaughter by the knights in shinning armour that come to avenge their lord, unjust lost of a bucket

0points

Octavia Hansen 3 years ago

Considering how hard times were, this was either a quick death to end a life of misery, or something to do instead of scratching out a longer miserable life.

0points

#126

Yikes

Humorous history meme showing a detailed map of Bosnia and Herzegovina with regional divisions and cities.

Final score:

16points

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Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

???

11points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

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User# 6 3 years ago

What do you mean with the belgium/netherlands thing?

5points

#127

Saucy Boi

Search result about Shakespeare's IQ and a humorous excerpt from Shakespeare's play illustrating history memes.

Final score:

15points

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J. F. 3 years ago (edited)

Well, those are things said by characters in a story - if that was the slang back then it makes sense to write it that way

14points

Rattus Norvegicus 3 years ago

saucy

1point

ZAPanda 3 years ago

yes old timey insults are rather funny. I bite my thumb at ye.

1point

Deutschland Mädchen 3 years ago

You yellow-bellied toad! You take that back!

1point

Nathaniel 3 years ago

The egg comment was an attack on the more youthful member of the argument. Cannot remember the people involved, just that comment from my GCSE English.

1point

Emmie Corwin 2 years ago

Shakespear over text:ur a saucy boi

0points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

He is speaking the language of the gods...

0points

MorgothBauglir 3 years ago

If my memory serves me right, wasn't that when Capulet was talking to Tybalt?

0points

#128

"Oh Yeah We Are Totally A Serious Company With A Bunch Of Employees!" (More Context In Comments)

Meme showing a worried animated character, humorously referencing history memes about Accuracy International and military inspectors.

Final score:

14points

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Busy_D 3 years ago

They made a bunch of guns that were very effective, so the military made sure they were an actual company and not 3 guys in a shed. So they rented a warehouse with guns on workstations and said everyone was out for lunch.

9points