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130 Of The Funniest And Most Accurate History Memes That People Shared On This Group (New Pics)
Many people mistakenly see history as a boring subject. Learning about events that happened years ago or people who are long gone may seem like a waste of time. But the truth is, it’s actually much more than memorizing a whole lot of dates, figures, and names. And it can be pretty entertaining, too!
Just take a look at the r/HistoryMemes subreddit, which is purely dedicated to sharing epic jokes about the old days. More than 3.6M self-described history experts continuously share hilarious takes on our past and mix in a bit of fun to the facts.
We have selected some of the best posts from the r/HistoryMemes online community to show that history is anything but dull. Continue scrolling, and let us know which ones you enjoyed most!
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History Meme
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I Am Confusion
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)
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We Love Petty
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Thanks For Clarifying
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History Meme
"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."
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It Do Be Like That
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Big Brain Meme
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.
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I Still Do This
The Penguin Bandit 3 years ago
Sober me and drunk me need to have a talk about online shopping then 🤣
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You’ve Got My Support
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Quit Horsing Around
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😂
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Father Of John Wick
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."
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First Roman Meme
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Inspired By A Different Post Made By U/Modshave2muchpower
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I Love How The Horseshoe Crab Refuses To Evolve
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.
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The Great War Was Just One Big Tragedy
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.
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More Like Months
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."
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Absolute Queen
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Somebody Wanna Tell Him?
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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
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The More You Know
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.
"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!
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Sounds Like A Donda Bar
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For The Glory Of Rome
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."
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On October 26 2001, An Entire Country Decided To Wipe Their Ass With Their Own Constitution.
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Family Tree Goes Brrrrrrr
#30
Gotta Respect The Ogs
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Come On Bruv
Andy Acceber 3 years ago
Are you sure you've been laughing for 10 minutes straight? Have you checked the clock?
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Goes For Almost Every Movie
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Smart Tactic
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Tanegashima Go Bang
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Stock Market Hurts So Bad Rn
chi-wei shen 3 years ago
In the end, Caesar gets free, assembles an army, catches the pirates and has them crucified.
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Who's Ready To Lose A Few Limbs And Earn A Whole Penny?
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Two Cities Famous For History Of Slave Trade
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We Need More Chungus
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Guilty Pleasure
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.
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Ulysses Has No Time For This White Supremacist Bullshit
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Ouch That One Hurts
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Who’s Down?
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I’m A Disappointment
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Aliens Do Exist
#48
A Good Thanksgiving Dinner Convo Starter For You All (Penicillin Wouldn’t Be Discovered Until 1928)
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It All Makes Sense Now
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The Good Ole Days
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Ethiopia Appreciation Post
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I Came, I Saw, I Got Misquoted
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Tea Merchants
Marcellus II 3 years ago
China was the producer, UK the consumer and the rest not super relevant? Seems accurate.
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History Meme
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Not A Conflict You Expect
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Team Trees, Circa 1800s
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We All Know The Deal
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."
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You Know What Time It Is
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I Hear Symphonies In My Head
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Loneeeely, I’m Mr Lonelyyyyy
Guido Pisano 3 years ago (edited)
plus he taxed urine and still nowadays "vespasiano" is a synonim for wc
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Don’t At Me
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.
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I Aways Thought That Tumblr Invented That Word
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He Is A Bit Stupid, Just A Bit...
chi-wei shen 3 years ago
Correction: The so-called German hyperinflation took place in 1923, not 1929.
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Let People Enjoy What’s Enjoyable Jeeze
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What Happened To Your Country? It Got Wololoed
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We Missed A Step, You Guys
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I’m Scared
Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
Moose cavalry will beat horse cavalry because moose are terrifying.
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Need Some God
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Was Listening To Bush’s Post 9/11 Speech And Though Of This
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Papa Elon Got Nothing On Musa
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@kairoshq Is The Best Account You’re Not Following!
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Buddy Is Onto Something
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It's Hsrd Being The King Of Cocaine. Only Buying Hippos Can Keep Pablo Happy
coleby worthen 3 years ago
They said he spent 10,000 dollars a year on just rubber bands for the money
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Here They Come!
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.
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How Original
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Pure Power
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Comment Which One You Are
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I Wish They Did
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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
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Spoiler Alert: He Gets Eaten By A Goddess’ Private Part
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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."
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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!
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
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.
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Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
Also, watch out for farts with legs that look like the planet from Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
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. 🥰
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Ahh S**t Here We Go Again
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Me So Smart
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Happy 93rd Anniversary Of The Character That Ruined Public Domain
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.
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Just Two Kings Appreciating Each Other
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."
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He Was Also The Last Republican Elected President Without Winning The South
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But Chernoooooobyl
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What The F……..
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Stumped Em
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.
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You Better Not Complain About More Conquests.
#93
The Day I Discovered What A Real Warhammer Looked Like, My Disappointment Was Immeasurable And My Day Was Ruined
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I Guess You Could Call The Battle Of Messines…a Banger
#95
Should He Be Remembered Positively Or Negatively?
#96
Never Get Obsessive And Go Down Wikipedia Rabbit Holes
#97
I Know When I'm Lost, Time To Grind Again
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Most Of Them Are Wholesome Af
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Kentucky Please Excuse Yourself
#100
I Thought Krakens Were Real Though
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 . . .
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Booo!
#102
Too Much Undeserved Abuse Given To The French
#103
Oh Canada
#104
The Number Of Impaled Ottoman Soldiers Has Really Spiked
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“Importing”
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He Would’ve Loved Spotify Wrapped
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Cato Was Not Expecting That. More Context In The Comments
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."
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A Early Milestone For Any History Buff
Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago
Dropping nukes is unjustifiable. There were other ways to end the war with Japan.
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Epic Chernobyl Meme
#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.
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Who Will Win
#115
That Shit Heat
#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
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
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It's Legacy Lives On Through Our Glorious Memeing
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It Has Really Accelerated Since Industrial Period
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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”
#122
Maybe Casear Was A Bad Guy
#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
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Temper, Temper
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History Meme
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.
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Saucy Boi
#128
"Oh Yeah We Are Totally A Serious Company With A Bunch Of Employees!" (More Context In Comments)
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Random Anon 3 years ago
We need more of these. We need to laugh at these things. And fast forward a few hundred years get laughed at. We're now preserving our own stupidity rather well. That is, if we don't end up blowing ourselves up...
Aliquid 3 years ago
Yes they are... if you read the claim, it wasn't saying that they were accurate, it said "Most Accurate History Memes That People Shared On This Group"... so out of everything posted on that group, these were the most accurate. But comparing accuracy to other things posted on Reddit, that isn't setting the bar very high.
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Random Anon 3 years ago
We need more of these. We need to laugh at these things. And fast forward a few hundred years get laughed at. We're now preserving our own stupidity rather well. That is, if we don't end up blowing ourselves up...
Aliquid 3 years ago
Yes they are... if you read the claim, it wasn't saying that they were accurate, it said "Most Accurate History Memes That People Shared On This Group"... so out of everything posted on that group, these were the most accurate. But comparing accuracy to other things posted on Reddit, that isn't setting the bar very high.
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