50 Hilariously Clever Memes That Explain History In A Way Textbooks Don’t (New Pics)

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

It's a BBC and Netflix mockumentary, first broadcast on BBC 2.

13points

Hippopotamuses 10 months ago

I particularly like her description of the moment of conception.

2points

The Bearded Viking 10 months ago

Yeah it's brilliant! I tell everyone they need to see it if they're not afraid of having a good sense of humour

1point

Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 10 months ago

Ohh ty I’m watching this now

1point

winterwidow87 10 months ago

I'm currently watching it. It's amazing.

1point

Deeelite 10 months ago

Just watched it yrstday

1point

Tamra 10 months ago

It really is! Loved this show.

1point

Pikkie V 10 months ago

Love the expression on the specialists faces when they see their own job from a different angle

0points

Nikole 10 months ago

It’s so good!

0points

Marnie 10 months ago

Also a surprise to all the American Indian children kidnapped and forced into boarding "schools", where they were deprived of family, used as labor, and were physically/emotionally/sexually assaulted.

7points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

They were lucky, compared to the many more who had been murdered by the USA.

0points

Chris D'Asta 10 months ago

Upvote for Diane Morgan!

5points

Christian Golden 10 months ago

Special Prize for the first a***hole who points out that many slaves were sold by their own people. don't let me down, a***holes!

4points

Chuck 10 months ago

many slaves were sold by their own people...

1point

Isabel Galvez 10 months ago

I love Philomena

4points

timhood 10 months ago

Find her at @cunkoneverything on Instagram

3points

Stygtand Premium 10 months ago

Lol

2points

Jnausicaa Premium 10 months ago

She is so brilliant at playing stupid.

1point

Barbara Wilcock 10 months ago

Never seen it. Will look for it now. Thanks 😁

1point

Cydney Golden 10 months ago

Love her show.

0points

#2

Source?

Hilariously accurate meme comparing Holy Roman Empire and Texas Republic timelines with a witty response from Britannica.

Final score:

169points

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ocean todd Premium 10 months ago

Burn!

47points

Andrew Keir 9 months ago

or, it could have been some random guy who uses the online name "Britannica" ...?

0points

Peter Bear 10 months ago

Bro literally told an encyclopedia to cite its sources.

11points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

Well to be absolutely fair, Britannica had to get it from somewhere. lol Britannica, where's your proof?

2points

Nice Beast Ludo 10 months ago

That's so embarrassing

3points

veirdbuttrue 10 months ago

Lmao

2points

Rich Black 10 months ago

1806, you say? Wasn't that yhe year people were claiming Vienna Austria was the replacement capital of the roman empire? Sort of like regarding London as the capital of India for more than a century?

0points

Deta Rossiter 10 months ago

like really.

0points

#3

Le French

Historic meme about USA and France alliance against Britain with sailing ships in a stormy sea.

Final score:

150points

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StrangeOne 10 months ago

I love the water in this painting.

76points

Jallamedalla 10 months ago

Looks a lot like Ivan Storm Juliussen's paintings.

0points

David L 10 months ago

Which almost bankrupted France and is one of the reasons that led to the French revolution and fall of the Ancien Régime

3points

London Paris 10 months ago

Don't forget the Spanish. They and the French won the war for the traitor colonies against Britain.

1point

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

And the Dutch also participated.

1point

Andrew Keir 9 months ago

A rare sight of French naval ships at sea in the 18th century

0points

Grace Note Premium 10 months ago

Love this! They were broke and spending all that money helped plant seeds that went on to grow into a bit of a revolution.

0points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

Say no more! Say no more!

0points

While much of human history has been anything but “fun,” but at least as modern observers, we can turn all that suffering into trivia questions, or, as this list demonstrates, memes. Perhaps it’s a very human superpower, to take some tragedy of the past and to shift how you see it mentally. After all, if you allow your past difficulties to dominate your present, you can hardly move on.

It probably helps that a lot of historical events were quite funny, from one perspective. For example, Rama IV, the king of Siam, offered to provide the United States with war elephants during the civil war. Try to imagine some pachyderms at Gettysburg, the thought is pretty comical.

#4

Is This Comic Gold?

Three cavemen on a podium labeled "The Bronze Age," each in third place, humorously depicting history through memes.

Final score:

142points

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Teags 10 months ago

sad to admit it took me awhile to understand this one😅

31points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

It's funny for sure - only, some humans knew about gold in the bronze age, on account of gold being so unreactive that it's available as more or less pure metal just lying around (although, not so much any more...)

0points

aashi chaudhari 10 months ago

This comic is Bronze I'd say, not gold

8points

Sven Horlemann 10 months ago

Clever.

1point

Liz Butt 10 months ago (edited)

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 Don't try to explain it. Just enjoy it.

0points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 10 months ago

Of course. It was the third most important age in History...

0points

Abel 10 months ago

The silver lining is: "we are all equal in the eyes of Gold".

0points

#5

I'm Not Sure What Else Were They Expecting

History meme showing economic panic, calm, and collapse with tariffs and President Hoover.

Final score:

126points

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Socks Thecate 10 months ago

There's likely a lesson here - he who forgets history.......

140points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

Not applicable. You have to know something before you can forget it.

23points

The Bearded Viking 10 months ago

...votes for the one m0r0n is destined to repeat it. Wait...did I say "repeat it"?..I meant "absolutely f@#% it up completely by repeating it!" There...that's better.

2points

Nikole 10 months ago (edited)

He now wants to freeze government grants and funding so they can go over every little thing and make sure nothing “woke” is being promoted. Bye science, libraries, outreach organizations, food aid by places like meals on wheels, healthcare at subsidized clinics, cities and towns being able to at least partially fix the worst of their crumbling infrastructures… I mean, the list is practically endless. Gotta pay for a new missile shield and somehow even more beefed up military. Oh, and the deportations. I think we’ll be yearning for the happy days of the Great Depression. Edit: a judge has blocked it for now.

2points

JoMeBee 10 months ago

I know this basically says the same as the other responses but: Ha! Jokes on you! He never knew this stuff to begin with!

2points

Miranda Prince 10 months ago

And yet, here we are in 2025.

1point

Andrew Arons 10 months ago

I'm sure the only time Trump ever paid attention in school was during lunch.

1point

mikedtw 10 months ago

B/C of our election in the U.S., we are absolutely repeating history. Facism, anyone?

0points

Icannothide2 10 months ago

Or doesn’t know history.

0points

London Paris 10 months ago

Good luck America: trumpy boy has never read a history book in his entire life so this should be fun for you 😜

31points

Sue From Michigan 10 months ago

Neither have his voters, that's how he won.

32points

WindySwede 10 months ago

Sound familiar...? 🤔

19points

Beak Hookage 10 months ago

"There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success... and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage."

13points

StrangeOne 10 months ago

History repeats in the USA.

12points

IlaTheRedheadBambooEater 10 months ago

Yeah, meanwhile we vote for extreme right-wing parties here in Europe, sooo... Just sayin'..

6points

SolitaryIntrovert 10 months ago

I tried to tell some magas this,but all they did was tell me I was wrong and then added some insults for good measure.🙄🙄🙄

11points

Grumpy Old Broad 10 months ago

Insults is all they have, since there's no plausible defense for the actions of their cult leader. And even if there was, they'd be too stupid to think of them.

6points

Sky Render 10 months ago

History loves to repeat...

8points

Beth D 10 months ago

If only we manufactured something to export -

3points

Tina Girard 10 months ago

Yeah, funny how that works.

3points

Justanotherpanda 10 months ago

History has a nasty habit to repeat itself…..

1point

#6

U. S. A 👍

History meme featuring countryballs discussing a catastrophic event with comedic tension.

Final score:

124points

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Pandora 10 months ago

Seethes in Japanese.

54points

Peter Bear 10 months ago

This is your daily reminder that the United States committed the greatest war crime to date, or at the very least tied for the position. We remain the only nation to 1) use nuclear weapons in wartime, 2) against civilian population centers, 3) twice. We are the Fire Nation.

18points

James King 10 months ago

Better than the over a million who would have died in an invasion of mainland Japan.

0points

Dave In MD 10 months ago

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Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

Tell you what, Dave In MD, why don't you explain why it's a good idea to pretend that the horrors of war are anything other than horrors? The USAAF had shown it was quite capable of destroying Japanese cities without the use of nuclear weapons - the firebombing of Tokyo was a good example of that with more than 100,000 dead. The nuclear bombings were atrocious despite killing fewer people. Mass murder is always atrocious. Recognize the fact, remember the atrocities - and do your damndest to make sure that sort of thing never happens again. Too many people have their eyes turned away from modern atrocities of that sort and yes I do mean the terror attacks on Gaza City which have left it looking like the aftermath of Operation Gomorrah (RAF, Hamburg, 1943) - but not only that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II#Operation_Gomorrah

5points

London Paris 10 months ago

*cough* Iraq *cough*

11points

Ally Joy 10 months ago

We are getting ours … we have Trump as President again!

6points

Karina 10 months ago

Germany backs slowly away

5points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

War is hell. Nobody wins

4points

Randy Sanders 10 months ago

There was a reason....

4points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

Well, how long would the war continue without that?

2points

Diane H 10 months ago

Japan deserved it at that time.

1point

Rich Black 10 months ago

Why would Japan slaughter 300,00 civilians in Nanking and take their daughters captive as military prostitutes? That seems over the top, too. Wow, history is complicated, the more you read about it.

1point

Or that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King George V of England, and Czar Nicholas II of Russia were all first cousins. There is nothing “funny” about the First World War, but the fact that his whole thing did look like a family drama at a distance sort of puts things into perspective. The more things change, the more things stay the same, as the saying goes.

#7

Just A Small Souvenir!

Moai statue on airport luggage carousel with passengers amused, depicting a historical meme.

Final score:

120points

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Existing and stuff 10 months ago

Gum Gum, Dumb Dumb

54points

DaisyBee 10 months ago

Me no dumb dumb, you dumb dumb - did you bring me gum gum?

7points

Beak Hookage 10 months ago

Cool, a genuine Nickelodeon prop! (Yeah, I'm a 90s kid).

4points

BarkingSquirell 10 months ago

Brilliant! I'm sure there is still some room in the British Museum.

3points

Avoidance_Panda 10 months ago

I don't recall them ever having some top lip fuzz.... Correct me if I'm wrong...lol

1point

DaisyBee 10 months ago

He’s undercover

6points

Michael None 10 months ago

The "servants" must not have come down the track yet.

0points

#8

His Whole World Was Turned Upside Down

Hilarious meme showing two perspectives of Italian people during history, one normal and one upside down.

Final score:

114points

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Socks Thecate 10 months ago

Oh, that's cold! :)

73points

Jrog 10 months ago (edited)

Not as cold as the bastard after failing to escape to Switzerland.

17points

XenoMurph 10 months ago

Like Mussolini's corpse

4points

BeefCowJr 10 months ago

So were Mussolini's inner bits and bobs at this point.

2points

Nikolaj Christensen 10 months ago

Well in regards to their response to his decline, at least they did not leave him hangin' oh ... wait..

2points

Skywitness 10 months ago

Cold but accurate.

2points

London Paris 10 months ago

Ohhhh . .yeah, took me a second. For reference, Mussolini ended up hanging upside down from a lamp post/steel post after being executed by a firing squad.

34points

Abel 10 months ago

After dead, his body, among others, was placed on a public space and treated like piñatas. Check wiki for more info.

6points

Nimitz 10 months ago

Coming soon to a Musk near you

30points

Beak Hookage 10 months ago

God I hope so.

20points

Manuel Delgado 10 months ago

A deserved ending for the psychothic leaders, past and present.

10points

R Dennis 10 months ago

I am sick af... I immediately busted out laughing.

6points

Earonn - 10 months ago

The USA could learn something from Italy - singing "Bella Ciao", for example...................

1point

char 10 months ago

I don't understand

1point

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago (edited)

Benito Mussolini (Il Duce, the Leader), his mistress and his close associates were shot by partisans, and their corpses hung upside down by their feet at a Milan service station.

18points

MyName'sLisaMontoyaYouKiltMyPa 10 months ago

SNORT!

0points

Nimitz 10 months ago

A point of view coming to a Muskolini near you!

0points

The Bearded Viking 10 months ago

Hahaha...clever 😊

0points

#9

Real

Blind beagle vomits French flag, humorously explained in historical meme format.

Final score:

105points

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Deborah 10 months ago

Snort-laugh.

21points

Jrog 10 months ago

I bet Romans would be befuddled by a French flag...

3points

Jnausicaa Premium 10 months ago

Those Romans were crazy.

0points

Wendy Hamilton 10 months ago

I love your dog.

0points

Similarly, Tito, Hitler, Trotsky, and Stalin all lived in Vienna in 1913, as did Sigmund Freud (age 57) and Archduke Franz Ferdinand. If the subject matter wasn’t so touchy, it’s easy to immediately imagine all the sitcom-worthy scenarios that can arise with this colorful collection of individuals. Would really redefine the concept of “neighbor drama” when we consider what happened over the following three decades.

#10

I've Been Preparing This Monologue For Years. Listen

Meme explaining history humorously with animated character driving, illustrating U.S. becoming a superpower.

Final score:

101points

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Teags 10 months ago

literally my world history teacher in high school

29points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I mean history isn't really just straight lines with simple answers. The story of humanity is long and complicated. How did the US Become a Superpower though has as much to do with its rivers, as it does with the constant wars fought in Europe.

3points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 10 months ago (edited)

Literally me in class. Do I know you??

1point

Lila Allen 10 months ago

Sorry... it's all history teachers. We can't help it.

1point

Cydney Golden 10 months ago

Too bad more people don't pay attention to their history teachers.

0points

MsPlants 10 months ago

we also lucked out un having 2 borders being vast oceans and 2 borders being ally/non aggressive so we were able to grow and develop in a cocoon of self importance and safety

1point

detective miller's hat 10 months ago

youtube search "history of the entire world i guess" for some quality educational entertainment

1point

Rich Black 10 months ago

Taxes on the silk road? You mean like highway bandits? Does this timeline lead to the Armenian genocide too?

0points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

So many people just don't appreciate context.

0points

Cristi nah 10 months ago

Pepper.

0points

Cristi nah 10 months ago

And other spices

0points

CP 10 months ago

Why was there a silk road?

0points

Alan Jay Weiner 10 months ago

well, asphalt hadn't been invented yet...

13points

#11

Surely This Power Will Be Used Wisely

Meme humorously comparing UN veto power to "Animal Farm" quote about equality.

Final score:

96points

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luci (he/fae) 10 months ago

when I said I liked animal farm, I didn't mean I wanted it to happen irl.

64points

Celtic Pirate Queen 10 months ago

HAHAHA! I saw a meme recently and the gal told her date she had just read Animal Farm again. He laughed hysterically for a few minutes and then asked her why she was reading children's books at her age. Needless to say, there was not a second date.

0points

Vivian McBride 10 months ago

Make Orwell fiction again!

15points

Uncommon Sense 10 months ago

And they keep using it to royally f**k up the planet. Or at least prevent any remedy.

6points

BoredPangolin 10 months ago

Veto right just shouldn't exist. It just undermines the democratic idea of it all, doesn't it?

5points

Bookworm Premium 10 months ago

Yes, but the more powerful countries will take their toys and go home if everyone doesn't agree that they're special.

4points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Better they use their vetoes than their nukes.

1point

WubiDubi 10 months ago

Also, Eurovision qualifiers.

1point

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

Let the war crimes flow.

0points

David 10 months ago

the purpose was to give the 5 great powers of WW2 who created the UN extra power. Of the original 42 nations who joined, they all agreed, the others didnt have to join. However there is a strong argument in favor of India, who while at the time was part of the British Empire, should deserve a seat because of their WW2 contribution and are a global power

0points

#12

The British Government The Second Ww2 Was Over:

Meme humorously depicting British government post-WW2 reaction with text overlay: "you're telling me a queer coded this."

Final score:

96points

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Corvus 10 months ago (edited)

Alan Turing cracked the Enigma... and, in gratitude, was treated like a criminal due to (gasp!) not wanting to sleep with the opposite sex. How nice and totally not similar to the Nazis or anything.

146points

Bean Driller 10 months ago

This is such a sad story. He was an amazing man and I am so sorry it ended that way.

11points

Silberwolf 10 months ago

An awful treatment of a great man.

5points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago (edited)

Polish mathematician Marian Rejewski was the first to crack the Enigma code. He and some other Poles developed the Bomba cryptanlysis machine. French espionage supplied vital information. Turing and Welchman improved the Polish Bomba in England, to create the Bletchley Park Bombe. The US re-engineered the Britsh Bombe to work enormously faster. By the way, the authorities almost certainly knew Turing was gay from before the start of his employment on secret work. It's not as simple as "Oh, we hate gays". More on the whole "Turing's gayness vs. the law etc": business here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18561092 Links about the Bombes etc follow.

2points

Cipi 10 months ago

Humans being humans

0points

Emie N. 10 months ago

They treated all gay women and men that way. simply for not wanting to sleep with the opposite sex.

0points

Randy Sanders 10 months ago

Turing was done wrong, for sure.

11points

Rich Black 10 months ago

You're telling me a world War one German corporal launched world war two?

2points

Deta Rossiter 10 months ago

bloody bastards

2points

Karina 10 months ago

This always brings me down. I was in a funk for more than a week, and occationally still, after I saw the movie.

2points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

The movie is fiction. Remember that. The truth is other than the fiction. No-one really knows what the truth was, but there is evidence to suggest that towards the end of his life, Alan Turing was not necessarily unhappy and that his death might well have been self-inflicted accident. I make no claims of knowing the truth. Read on: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18561092

0points

Earonn - 10 months ago

Sorry fellow British, but as a country and as people we were ungrateful f***s. We could have stood up for him (well, our grandparents could), especially those who owned him their lives. But no, Britain doesn't give a f**k for those who keep it afloat.

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 10 months ago

Just imagine if he'd been American at the time. He would have been incarcerated or worse.

0points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

😞

0points

#13

Pretty Accurate

SpongeBob meme humorously compares movies to reality, highlighting history explanations.

Final score:

94points

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UKGrandad 10 months ago

Based *on* true stories.

15points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

I've seen these movies. "Based OFF" is the correct statement.

7points

DENJI_power 10 months ago

Yes

0points

Lord_CrumbleGamer 10 months ago

Facts

0points

#14

Gluten Tag

Meme humorously depicts a historical trench encounter with two animals in tunnels saying "Bonjour" and "Guten tag".

Final score:

92points

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Jrog 10 months ago

Mining was a commonplace tactics from Renaissance to WW1 (even before, but was more to damage fortifications than trenches). And that meetings happened frequently, with miners and counterminers battling with shovels and daggers into tiny holes in the ground.

24points

Fred L. 10 months ago

Also local use of poisons, gas or grenades. Meanwhile artillery on the ground surely doesn't make tunnels structually safer. Dangerous business all around.

2points

Earonn - 10 months ago

My (German) grandfather at the East front was sent to set fire to a haystack that blocked view on the Russian soldiers on the other side. He bumped into a Russian soldier sent out with the same order. They had a cig together, set fire to the haystack and went back to report to their superiors. (Gramps was very good with languages and spoke a tiny bit of Russian - just enough).

0points

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

They're only terror tunnels when "certain somebodies" do them.

0points

DC 10 months ago

... I know that coke is sometimes referred to as ice ... but ... but, snort an actual polar bear? One in each nostril? Doesn't that seem, dunno, a little extravagant?

0points

Nice Beast Ludo 10 months ago

That reminds me of Baby Einstein Baby's First Sounds. Bonjour! Guten tag! Hi!

0points

cj be like 10 months ago

"So we have to tell anyone about this?" "i wont if you wont bro"

0points

#15

A Very Historical Pig

A vintage meme humorously depicting a pig flying in 1909, with a pilot and aircraft, explaining history beyond textbooks.

Final score:

90points

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Socks Thecate 10 months ago

At least the pig seems happy. We should be nicer to pigs.

67points

Linda Riebel 10 months ago

Yes -- don't slaughter them. Eating pork is bad for you, too.

1point

Ilan Elron 10 months ago

“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” - Winston Churchill

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 10 months ago

It's still a baby, and sees every day as an adventure.

0points

SJones Premium 10 months ago

Why? Will they taste better?

-1point

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

And now a pig flies in Airforce One

8points

Nice Beast Ludo 10 months ago (edited)

He talks like Babe- you know it. La-la-la-la-laaaa!

2points

Winter Premium 10 months ago

I can just hear the little pig enthusiastically singing "la-la-la la-la-la" like in Charlotte's Web...

1point

Aidan Pierce 10 months ago

how did the entire American political system fit in that basket?

1point

Auntriarch 10 months ago

The first animal to travel over the speed of sound was a tortoise

0points

Legendbird 10 months ago

(Right)

0points

#16

Check It Out Guys!

Humorous meme of ancient agriculture discovery with people farming, captioned as a food hack.

Final score:

88points

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WindySwede 10 months ago

"Ow yeah, forgot to tell you about the manual labour needed" 😸

42points

Andi 10 months ago

and the invention of servitude

8points

Matt Richardson 10 months ago

Manual? I though you said Manuel!!

3points

Winter Premium 10 months ago

And the perils of drought seasons...

0points

Andrew Galinauskas Premium 10 months ago

if you haven't tried slavery, well boy do I have a concept for you!

0points

MC C 10 months ago

they invented agriculture, they didn't discover it

2points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

Planting something on purpose, instead of simply gathering what you find growing, is agriculture.

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Fast fact: agriculture was invented by women while men were chasing animals with stone tipped spears

1point

Andrew Keir 9 months ago

citation needed

0points

Wyrmfood Premium 9 months ago

Headline: "Gatherers Hate This One Simple Trick!"

0points

Karina 10 months ago

This picture would be more funny and accurate if they pictured the first discovery of how their poo would bring new crops of food :p

0points

Barbara Wilcock 10 months ago

Bet thers an 'influencer in there'

0points

#17

Legends

Tweet screenshot with a meme about Batman and Riddler actors, humorously explaining history.

Final score:

86points

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Spidercat 10 months ago

This comment has been deleted.

14points

cj be like 10 months ago

"Holy public masturbation batman!!"

11points

Seán Baron Premium 10 months ago

Johnny Weissmuller, he of the Tarzan fame, once attended the Oscars in a white tuxedo jacket that matched the colour of his.

2points

jwbaseball44@gmail.com 10 months ago

its true

1point

Tropical Tarot 10 months ago

Burt Ward was a horny a*s when I met him in the mid 90s. He commented on my friend's breasts and her husband was standing right there.

1point

BeefCowJr 10 months ago

If only I knew what this once said.

0points

Winnie the Moo 10 months ago

Euhwww! I don’t want to Google it

0points

R Dennis 10 months ago

No.

0points

Bob Brooce 10 months ago

But ... what did he use for a pen?

0points

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

He also was the opponent in Bruce Lee's first televised fight, and was a black belt in karate.

0points

MagicJacket 10 months ago

No thanks. I will take your word for it.

0points

timhood 10 months ago

That's quite the urban legend you are starting or propagating. How about you post a reputable source?

-2points

Lee451 Henderson 10 months ago

But did they do the batusi?

1point

Estelle 10 months ago

Ewwwwww!

1point

HardBoiledBlonde 10 months ago

TMI

1point

Celtic Pirate Queen 10 months ago

Ewwwww

0points

JSMart26 10 months ago

Ironic that later Adam West played himself several times, including in "Family Guy"

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

And then everyone in the comments section proceeds to tell everyone else about the insane details about the actors sex life. Sigh

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Televisions golden age. Benny Hill lives with his mum, too.

0points

Chuck 10 months ago

There's a lot to be said about familial love rather than Oedipal or otherwise. I want to take care of my mom in her old age... I wish I can... sooner

0points

#18

His War Never Ended

Men removing a restored Panzer tank from a basement, humorously illustrating history topics through memes.

Final score:

85points

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Stygtand Premium 10 months ago

Props to the guy who poured the foundation. My basement floor who have died under that weight.

32points

Isabel Galvez 10 months ago

Build in Germany.

6points

Bob Brooce 10 months ago

You'd be surprised. The tread loading on a Cat D9 bulldozer is a bit over 2300 pounds per square foot and a poorly mixed bag of concrete from Home Depot will have a yield strength at least 100 times that. Lousy soil has a bearing capacity of about 2000 PSF and with 4" of concrete 24" treads would be supported by 32" of soil. That makes a soil capacity of 2000 PSF functionally equivalent to 2666 PSF.

3points

Warren Peece 10 months ago

You should have gotten a better floor instead of spending money on unneeded premium website subscriptions.

1point

R Dennis 10 months ago

My house was built in the seventies. I had to get a new well installed and they had to break through the concrete in my lower level to run new pipe. The contractor said it was some of the toughest concrete he ever dealt with and that it was twice as thick as newer builds.

0points

London Paris 10 months ago

"panzer" just means "tank" in german.

4points

Nice Beast Ludo 10 months ago

It sounds much more dangerous though

2points

Fuket 10 months ago

This reminds me of Gibbs getting his boat out of his basement....

2points

Abel 10 months ago

Modeling in scale 1:1, taking your hobby to the next level like a pro!

2points

Bob Brooce 10 months ago

Imagine if he had built a globe.

0points

Simon Eppstein 10 months ago

why not just drive it out ?

1point

LizzieBoredom 10 months ago

What part of Alabama was he from?

1point

Queeqec 10 months ago

The Germany, in Europe, part of.... well, far away from Alabama.

1point

Jan 10 months ago

So that's how Agent Gibbs did it.

1point

mikedtw 10 months ago

Where are they going with it, his garage? Living room? Inquiring minds wanna know!

0points

bernie bulk 10 months ago

vot do you mean, ze vwar is over ???

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

Oh no. We'll never win the war now.

0points

#19

Ideals Where Different

Historic meme depicting Philip the Handsome with text humorously questioning 1500s standards.

Final score:

85points

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Dave Van Beurden Premium 10 months ago

Well, he did marry Joanna the Crazy, so maybe we only took her account.

53points

CP 10 months ago

Why did we stop naming our leaders like this?

9points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

If he was a Hapsburg, that's top of the range

9points

MsPlants 10 months ago

burn! but true lol

1point

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

Philip The Potato Faced doesn't have the same ring to it.

6points

UKGrandad 10 months ago

I bet his grandma gave him that name.

3points

Scott Rackley 10 months ago

Are you insinuating my Mamaw lied to me?

3points

Frances Pitchoune 10 months ago

Beauty criteria change over the centuries. Do you really think that 100 years later, we're still going to find Kim Kardashian's big, oversized a** beautiful? 😂 They will instead say: Eeeeeew!

3points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

What makes you think that woman's distorted figure doesn't cause that sort of reaction in many of us right now? 🤨

4points

Bob Brooce 10 months ago

Maybe it was the averages that were lower and he was a 16th century 9.

2points

luci (he/fae) 10 months ago

not the 9 year old luci haircut </3

2points

Sue 10 months ago

Maybe handsomer than most, seeing as not many paintings of royals has showed them in a positive light.

1point

Cydney Golden 10 months ago

Maybe a name given ironically.

0points

EJN 10 months ago

Is Donald the Saint a descendent of his? Or perhaps Elon the Generous?

0points

#20

Guys Wtf?

Roman horse mosaic vs. medieval horse drawing; a humorous take on historical art styles.

Final score:

83points

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SCamp 10 months ago

1352: “Hey, can you draw me a horse?” Artist: “A what now?” 1352: “You know, a horse!, can you draw a horse?” Artist: “Oooh, right, yeh. A horse. Comin’ right up.”

20points

Deborah 10 months ago

And medieval dogs, and cats, and just about any animal.

7points

Arenite 10 months ago

Don’t forget the babies!

0points

Jrog 10 months ago

Different needs. The medieval horse is a miniature from an illuminated manuscript. The Roman one is a mosaic from a public building. The first was one in a set of thousands of tiny sketches meant to decorate, entertain, surprise or shock; it was drawn likely by a monk more trained in the art of writing than in drawing. The second was a major work of art, taking months and a significant part of the yearly income of a senator to complete. It's like comparing a painting from Michelangelo to a comic book.

6points

BoredPangolin 10 months ago

Medieval horse is an egg with cat ears at the top.

2points

Mike F 10 months ago

And a very sad face.

2points

Hidalgo 10 months ago

They were on some strange d***s. Even forgot how to draw in perspective

2points

Barbara Wilcock 10 months ago

I'd be happy being the stoned horse

1point

Liz Butt 10 months ago

Lost in translation

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 10 months ago

Technically, the one on the left is a pony.

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Werent most medieval drawings done by monks? By candle light?

0points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

They were the Dark ages.

0points

#21

Centuries Later, They Have Finally Done It!

Eduard Habsburg tweets about history with a meme of a Spanish galleon under Tower Bridge.

Final score:

79points

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TMTMTMTM 10 months ago

I've seen another tweet by the same account. There was a post about something like family trees in Alabama. Eduard Habsburg replied, "Buddy, let me tell you bout MY family tree". From what I've read of his life, these might indeed have been posted by Hungary's ambassador to the Vatican.

26points

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

Wow did you add some interesting context!

0points

Andrew Keir 9 months ago

How is that galleon moving? No sails, and I presume no motor?

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

All it took was both sides giving up their dreams of global domination.

0points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

I love this one SO much.

0points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 10 months ago

It took long that even the dynasty changed....

0points

#22

I Mean If They Were In 70s Siberia They Probably Didn't Hear It

Hilariously accurate meme about Rasputin and his grandchildren, highlighting a humorous historical perspective.

Final score:

79points

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Socks Thecate 10 months ago

Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian Queen!

21points

luci (he/fae) 10 months ago

there was a cat that really was gone!

7points

Jesse 10 months ago

Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's smollest uwu bean no regrets.

0points

Seán Baron Premium 10 months ago

It was a shame how he carried on.

0points

Beak Hookage 10 months ago

It was a shame how he carried on!

0points

SlothyK8 10 months ago

His DAUGHTER, Maria, died in 1977. She lived in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Rasputin

2points

SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago

Well, there was a certain man in Russia long ago who was big and strong with eyes producing a flaming glow...

1point

BoredPangolin 10 months ago

Or they think "serves you right" considering he abandonned his wife and seven kids to follow his own selfish aspirations.

1point

Deborah 10 months ago

There's a really good book called "Rasputin's Daughter," a fictionalized telling of the family history. Sorry I can't remember the author.

1point

Wim Cossement 9 months ago

This song is about him and pretty epic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bYgZPfUKDo

0points

Earonn - 10 months ago

Well, it can't have been a surprise to them. Rather save your sympathy for the surviving children of Josef Fritzl!

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

So, his GREAT grandkids are sill out there today , too?

0points

Gunný Petersen 10 months ago

There will be a simular song about Trump in the future!

0points

Oskar vanZandt 10 months ago (edited)

That's a whole other kind of £*ckng... the £*cking others over kind.

4points

#23

The Vote Was 76-1

Historical meme showing a lone figure opposing a large crowd, symbolizing an unpopular stance on Chinese exclusion.

Final score:

78points

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Momo 10 months ago

He was a good man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Hoar

21points

MsPlants 10 months ago

I know racism against African Americans throughout American history has always been bad however most people forget that there has been so much more here too. Such as the Chinese exclusion act, a way to keep them from immigrating here because no one wanted them in the country or wanted to hire them to work. Or how up until recently (the last 80 years) the Irish were seen as lazy drunks and no one would hire them. its why you see them have family ties in dock working or police or fire fighting. it was always the manual dangerous labor, as times changed you had the Japanese during WWII then Hispanic people and now Muslim people. its so sad that there is always someone that is the new "bad guy"

3points

Andrew Keir 9 months ago

Sometimes, you've got to stand up for what you believe to be right, even if that makes you feel incredibly lonely

0points

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

Like Thomas Massie today, standing alone against AIPAC.535-1 (I'm including VP.s tie-breaking vote in the Senate)

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Was this before or after 100,000 Chinese slaves were imported to America to build the transcontinental railroad?

0points

#24

New Chapter From The Epic Of Gilgamesh

Epic of Gilgamesh meme humorously comparing its release to "The Winds of Winter."

Final score:

78points

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painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago

And still we wait for Doors of Stone

22points

Calyx Teren 10 months ago

100%

1point

SlothyK8 10 months ago

Yes, and IT got the ending right!

3points

Emie N. 10 months ago

Martin has said the ending will be the same, but how all the characters get there will be very different.

0points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

But did it really even need another tablet? Tablet IV ended just fine.

1point

Emie N. 10 months ago

I bet many people won't get the reference.

0points

Valerie Page 10 months ago

That's me !

0points

Ilan Elron 10 months ago

Standard Babylonian, as codified and fiercely defended against influence of Post Imperial Assyrian by the Babylon Academy for Purity of Babylonian

0points

sdorph 10 months ago

But some fans are claiming that this is not canon

0points

Pandora 10 months ago

😆

0points

#25

Chickens Are Underrated

Chicken humorously depicted as history's solution to cavemen's problems in a meme.

Final score:

74points

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WindySwede 10 months ago

Peck off..

14points

Feathered Dinosaur 10 months ago

It was not consensual

6points

Batwench Premium 10 months ago

Pig?

2points

Rebecca McManus 10 months ago

Thing is, if they just roamed around in your garden or even in fields of crops they are brilliant, pest control, weed control (through scraping the soil) and fertiliser. It's industrial farming that reduced them to just egg and cheap meat sources.

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Now if we only had a fox proof henhouse in 10,000 BC. .

0points

Lyone Fein 10 months ago

There's also goats and opossums.

0points

Mike F 10 months ago

Underrated my @ss, in my house we hold them in the highest esteem, right up until they go into the oven. 🤣🤣

0points

#26

He Is Not Perfect Or Innocent But Honestly

Squidward reacting to Greek mythology TV shows with Hades as the villain meme, illustrating humorous history.

Final score:

72points

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Pandora 10 months ago

Zeus was way worse.

65points

Tropical Tarot 10 months ago

If it moved, Zeus nailed it

16points

Enuya 10 months ago (edited)

Check "Lore Olympus" - Hades is actually one of two main protagonists there. Apollo is the main villain.

3points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

That's an oversimplification to the extreme. Hades, like all of the gods, was prone to extreme acts of selfishness. He literally kidnaps Persephone to rape her and force her into marriage, then tricks her into eating the food of the dead to force her to stay, even after her mother convinces Zeus to send Hermes to have her freed. And Apollo is definitely a s**t bag, but Athena turned Medusa into a hideous beast for the crime of "allowing" Poseidon to rape her. And she turns Arachne into a spider for the crime of being good at her job. They were all pretty horrible.

3points

Laura Gillette 10 months ago

He didn't do as much horrible sh!t as Zeus, but he did abduct Persephone and keep her captive against her will...

1point

Earonn - 10 months ago

Just wait until the Odyssey movie comes out and Odysseus is once more a perfect hero (of course with some "human weaknesses" because that's en vogue). There will be nothing of his lies, hubris, and arsekissing towards Agamemnon.

0points

Earonn - 10 months ago

From the people that can't even depict the son of their own god as the correct ethnicity: "Hey, let us make movies about the religion of other people, which we called 'pagans' and 'nonbelievers'".

0points

Illustrious G 10 months ago

Check out Kaos. Zues is definitely the villain in that!

0points

Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 10 months ago

I'm afraid Disney Studios have the least idea about Greek mythology...

0points

#27

Literally The Best Selfie

Historical meme with Tsar Nicholas II in uniform, humorously depicting the concept of selfies in history.

Final score:

71points

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Nosirrow 10 months ago (edited)

Apparently during WW2, king George sent some soldiers to rescue his relatives in Germany before the Soviets got to them. I guess he wanted to correct the mistake his predecessor made, the George who was Nicholas' lookalike.

11points

Linda Riebel 10 months ago

Well, they were all descended from Queen Victoria. In case you haven't heard this legendary remark from Kaiser Wilhelm, "If Granny were still alive, she wouldn't let Georgie and Nicky gang up on me like this!"

3points

Vishrut Rao 10 months ago

Tsar Nicholas and King George died long before WW2

0points

Angela Tilyard 10 months ago

George died in 1936 so everything you said is wrong.

-1point

Bean Driller 10 months ago

He didn't give a sh!t about his cousin. The Romanovs could have gone to England, but Georgie would not take them. Sinister, evil man.

-1point

BoredPangolin 10 months ago

Considering he was massacred with his children, including his 12y/o hemophilic only son, in a basement by revolutionist who just didn't know what to do with them, I don't find it funny. Lots of kings and such were awful. He wasn't at all. He and his father Alexander III really tried to improve Russia's quality of life and accepted to evolve towards a democracy. The slaughter was unnecessary.

1point

Lila Allen 10 months ago

Well if he had maybe dialed back on the unfettered displays of wealth while people were starving...that might have helped his case.

7points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 10 months ago (edited)

He was a *terrible* ruler. Cold, indifferent and detached. Sent his people to a war against Japan and then to a World War without necessity. He executed students and peasants in droves. Peaceful protesters were butchered at his doorstep while he was on holiday (Bloody Sunday of St. Petersburg), and he carried on his wedding after thousends died at a party in his honor (Kodynka Tragedy). And his father was worst. He stopped social reforms and held a terrible russification campaign in the Urals, Caucasus and Ukraine. Although the slaughter was unnecessary, his execution was needed for the success of a Revolution that seeked reforms he would never have allowed to exist. Russia was barely out of the Middle Ages in the countryside. The killing of the family is sad and tragic, but Europeans power would have manipulated his poor child as a puppet if Alexei had lived. He was similar to Louis XVI of France: a nice man but terrible ruler who f****d his country up so much the consequences simply caught up with him. And just a question: why is his family any different than the hundreds of peasant and workers' families destroyed in the repressions and wars he allowed?

3points

MsPlants 10 months ago

look it was sad his kids died but he was not a good guy. you need to read some actually history books and not watch movies. he was a racist who hated the Jewish people just as much as Hitler, he kept Russia fighting in needless wars while taxing the people to pay for it, he killed those that apposed him and what finally got him killed he was going to get rid of the ruling classes powers because they didnt like what he was doing because he was f*****g the country up. so they revolted and took over and killed him. Im not saying killing the whole family was right but I am saying he was not some innocent guy who was a good person. Far from it.

1point

Remi (He/Him) 10 months ago

As a Finn, gonna have to disagree. The worst forced russification periods were during his reign

1point

WhiteClawOfDeath 10 months ago

I thought the same, but then I read about him and the rulers before him.

0points

Betsy Knox 10 months ago

Well said

0points

#28

Can A Country Be More Based?

Grinning man from a meme humorously depicting Vietnam's historical conflicts and actions.

Final score:

71points

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TMTMTMTM 10 months ago

To be faaaair, they didn't invade Cambodia to end the genocide. They invaded because Pol Pot was a paranoid SOB and had had Cambodia attacking Vietnam again and again, until Vietnam had had enough.

69points

Der Kommissar 10 months ago (edited)

Unfortunately, after ousting the KR, the Viets decided to stay in Cambodia for over 10 years, plundering it of gold, etc. The younger people of Cambodia hate the Viets, since they don'r remember the KR, and local schools do not cover that part of history.

1point

Stygtand Premium 10 months ago

They also kicked the s**t out of france

12points

Zero 10 months ago

Pol pot biggest murderer ever..was it them that paid to have bodies brought back for religious rights ..think his regime made quite a lot of money because of beliefs of those people he murdered..i could have the wrong despot here..it's hard to keep track lol

0points

Hidalgo 10 months ago

VN didn’t defeat China this time, even though China withdrew. China’s goal appears to have been to have VN leave Cambodia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War

0points

#29

We Owe Him An Apology

Pirate characters labeled as archeologists and Herodotus in a history meme.

Final score:

70points

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London Paris 10 months ago

That's stretching his credibility a bit too much. He's RELIABLE rather than ACCURATE, not TOO far off the mark but not exactly accurate.

13points

Virgil Blue 10 months ago

True, but still better than a lot of historians of the day. Then again, kings liked to execute historians who were a little to accurate about lost battles, extramarital affairs and bad governance.

1point

#30

Which Is More Accurate?

Meme illustrating the difference between real ancient battles and their depiction in TV shows using dot patterns.

Final score:

70points

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SCamp 10 months ago

If a movie or a TV show showed a real ancient battle and what it would have looked like nobody would watch it - they were fought with blades, pointed weapons and high-trauma weapons such as maces and axes. A battlefield would have been littered with hacked off limbs, guts, brains, heads, feet, fingers and blood, a LOT of blood, and sh!t and p!ss. And it would have stunk.

61points

Spidercat 10 months ago

Sounds like the self service checkouts at Sainsbury's.

24points

Stimpy 10 months ago (edited)

you say that as if people do not like seeing hacked off limbs, guts, brains, heads, feet, fingers and blood, a LOT of blood, and sh!t and p!ss on TV...

8points

Jrog 10 months ago

It... depends. In the past a large part of the battle was decided by routing troops by cutting them off their commanders. Without a direct line with command, communication was impossible and the troops would falter and run, or remain relatively useless because commander initiative was simply not an acceptable thing (outside of some form of renaissance naval warfare, or medieval mercenary companies). Favoring commanders' tactical initiative was one of the game changers that led to the success of American armies in WW2. The result is that until Napoleon -that was rutheless in eradicating the enemy and where guns reached a significant point of effectiveness- casualties were less common than we might expect. [continues]

3points

Hidalgo 10 months ago

Just like modern battlefields, except we have the smell of cordite and burning flesh too

1point

Cipi 10 months ago

The Viking tv series are as you described

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 10 months ago

Oh, it would have been difficult to find sponsors for that! Garbage pickup, maybe, or exterminators!

0points

Tom Hutcherson 10 months ago

Just like any fire fight today. If these nitwits politicians had served in day, Vietnam, they wouldn't, I hope, sent anyone else to war

0points

Jan Olsen 10 months ago

GOT had a few episodes that showed this

0points

Mike F 10 months ago

But they showed the wicked dance moves employed by the people fighting. HACK spin HACK duck HACK turn HACK somersault, I think more would have died from motion sickness than battle wounds.

0points

Bored Sailor 10 months ago

Recommend watching Braveheart, it has all that.

0points

Ashlie Benson 10 months ago

Umm...I hate to disagree, but I would 100% watch a historically accurate battle. I love when you had to be smart and not just who could blow the most people up.

0points

Randy Sanders 10 months ago

Few people get that.

0points

London Paris 10 months ago

Battle of the Bastards in GOT was an amazing depiction of a mediaeval battle.

9points

UKGrandad 10 months ago

Upvote for the archaic spelling of mediaeval.

6points

Nimitz 10 months ago

Rome had a good depiction. A wall of soldiers fighting soldier to soldier for 2 minutes, then the whistle sounds and it's the front line's turn to duck back to the end of the line and they don't have to fight again for 30 minutes.

4points

Connie Martin 10 months ago

Street fight scenes in Gangs of New York are exactly like this. Everybody paired off. Ridiculous

2points

Zero 10 months ago

Too much red for me

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

No

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Top picture is the starting formation. Bottom picture is 2 hours later.

0points

Suby 10 months ago

And they always pair off by importance. The main hero and the main villain fight each other, the hero's sidekicks fight the villains sidekicks, the side characters fight the side characters and so forth. Nobody just randomly fights one of the opponents.

0points

Sue 10 months ago

I just figured the lines would have devolved once everything got going.

0points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Hmmm... I don't really absolutes in this. I have a military history degree, and I can tell you what tactics were used in "ancient" times really depends on what you mean by "ancient" and which city/state/nation/tribe/etc was involved. Certainly, nothing was as simple as each side pairs off, especially since you weren't guaranteed that both sides had the same numbers. Nor was it always as "simple" as a Phalanx pushing against another Phalanx. One of the reasons the Romans developed the Gladius (short roman sword) was because Phalanx system wasn't effective against the German tribes in the north. And great generals modified their tactics heavily depending on situation. I think the Battle of Arbela is a great example of ancient military tactics. The Persians had superior numbers, and the Macedonians had a huge supply line stretching from what is modern day northern Iraq back to Egypt. By all rights, Darius III should have been victorious. But Alexander was a military genius.

0points

#31

What Were Real Pirates Like?

Fictional vs. real pirates meme showing humorous comparison of adventures and crimes.

Final score:

69points

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Pandora 10 months ago

It's a pirates life for me!!!!

16points

SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago

Yo Ho! Yo Ho!

0points

Jrog 10 months ago (edited)

Historically, no, not really. It was more "Look for respite from the law on a trade ship, get attacked, survive by luck, decide to get pressed into service instead of being slaughtered, automatically receive the death penalty for acts of piracy, live a life of privations, share the occasional successful booty and cover some debts, deal with scurvy, receive a maiming injury at die at age 28 on average"

5points

Jrog 10 months ago

The average lifespan of a pirate was about 1 to 3 years after they began their career.

3points

Cipi 10 months ago

And with his/her majesty blessing

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Tossed overboard by his crew in the middle of ymrhe ocean for a handful of doubloons

0points

Arenite 10 months ago

All they would have to do to track him down was found out where the huge rum deliveries were going!

0points

MsPlants 10 months ago

There were FARRRR more privateers that pirates. they flew under a countries flag plundering the opposing countries ships taking a cut of everything.

0points

Simon Eppstein 10 months ago

Or ... be the "dread Pirate Roberts" ... be successful, pass of the name to someone new and retire off of the plunder

0points

DaisyBee 10 months ago

Heave ho, all together, never shall we die

0points

CP 10 months ago

*Buried it without a trace,

0points

LonelyLittleLeafSheep 10 months ago

They didn't bury treasure, they spent it in Tortuga on rum and guns and women.

0points

Seán Baron Premium 10 months ago

I don’t think it was in dollars.

0points

Jrog 10 months ago (edited)

It was! Except, they were Spanish Silver Dollars, that were also called Peso (because they had a mandated silver weight). The name Dòlar was the ispanicized version of the name Thaler (as Dollar is the anglicized one), from the shortened name of the mine where the silver used for the Germanic coinage was extracted, Joachimsthal, that went on to indicate the pure silver coinage. The Peso/Spanish Dollar was also known with another name that became famous thanks to pirate novels, the "Piece of Eight", because it was worth 8 Reals, where the Real was the common currency, the Dollar/Peso was the high-value one and the golden Escudo was even more worthy at twice the value of the Dollar.

3points

#32

“If There Is A God, He Is A Malign Thug.” - Mark Twain

Historical meme depicting debates between gods, featuring humorous comparisons.

Final score:

65points

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Hidalgo 10 months ago

Greek religions make more sense in this world than Abrahamic religions do

51points

Deborah 10 months ago

A lot of polytheistic religions do.

19points

Robert Benson 10 months ago

The idea that there is an omnipotent being who is also omnibenevolent seems to be at odds with many readily available observations. Whereas powerful beings who are also kind of jerks ... can be readily seen.

16points

LonelyLittleLeafSheep 10 months ago

Love the depiction of the gods in Valhalla in "Eric the Viking". Just a bunch of snotty kids who like to play cruel pranks on humankind.

5points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

One of my favourite films.

2points

Rose Stewart 10 months ago

My Latin teacher describes the Greco Roman gods as "they have the same human flaws with a lot more power".

3points

Karina 10 months ago

Lets all do the Norrøn mythology, they treat guests as the elite, You are litteraly a woss if you dont welcome stangers into your home and respect their wievpoint - according to Odin, they have space and respect for women, and everyone are welcome, especcially when Ragnarok comes.

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Allah is great. Unbelievers must die.

-2points

#33

The Betrayal Is Unreal

Horse in military attire humorously reflects on history with background of war scene and tank.

Final score:

65points

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StrangeOne 10 months ago

I hate how animals are used in wars. No matter if it's a dog, horse, anything, the animals don't really know what's going on. All they know is they are tethered and used to search out landmines. Basically used as expendable creatures. Then if they live they get a medal that's useless to them. If they die they're remembered as being so good and brave. Yet, if we're able to communicate in their language I can only imagine the outrage they would have towards us.

65points

camomooey 10 months ago

I hate how people are used in wars.

14points

Bean Driller 10 months ago

I feel you. I watch people sending animals in and it just makes me shudder. All of the poor, poor horses (and all KINDS of animals) dragged into human wars and forced to die for us. At least they are getting better about having protective vests etc on them, but still...

6points

Aidan Pite 10 months ago

If you need a pick-me-up, check out African pouched rats and all the things they can be trained to do. No death involved, just treats. They like bananas.

5points

Jules 10 months ago

YES! I've said this before and got down voted for it, so have an upvote from me.

4points

Nice Beast Ludo 10 months ago

Except they are unconditionally loving. I don't think it would be outrage but a level of shame and sadness that would be unendurable for a human to feel. Beautifully stated. Humans are s**t.

3points

DavZell 10 months ago

The most used animals I can think of are horses (for transportation), mules/oxen (carrying), dogs (security and tracking), elephants (transportation and hauling), dolphins (undersea debauchery), and pigeons (communications).

1point

AGGA Films 7 months ago

Both humans and animals have been used without their consent in wars. Both things are terrible. The humans actually having the fight haven't been the ones on the front line for the vast majority of wars.

0points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

I get it, but as both a horse and dog owner there's really no comparison in terms of friendship. You communicate with a dog in a much more human way than with a horse; you just seem to understand each other. Also, my horse is a bastard who's made it his life's work to maim or kill me.

6points

Mikkel Sørensen 10 months ago

8 million horses were killed in WWI

4points

Deborah 10 months ago

Prior to mechanized transport, horses were the only option.

4points

MP Deco 10 months ago

OUR SPECIES SUCK.....PROVE ME WRONG, PLEASE...😢😢

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Thank goodness there are tanks and jets now. The horses are saved. Only people get conscripted and die these days

0points

Spannidandoolar 10 months ago

It took me far too long to understand that that is a horse.

0points

Sue User 10 months ago

Jeez, until i read your comment, i thought it was a dog. I dont know the breed but they have squarish heads.

0points

#34

I See Land, I Conquer

History memes showing colonists with funny captions about unusual colonization efforts.

Final score:

64points

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Hawkeye Premium 10 months ago

Honors for the monty, python reference

27points

JSMart26 10 months ago

Man patik Latviesu valodu

1point

Rich Black 10 months ago

Brazilians thank Latvia to this day

0points

roepi 10 months ago

I fart in your general direction!

0points

Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago

Your mother was a hamster and your fatgwr smells of elderberries!

0points

J Adams 10 months ago

Why would a Latvian establish polish colonies?

0points

Remi (He/Him) 10 months ago

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ruled over Latvia for a while

0points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

It's funny when Europeans call a continent "America".

-1point

#35

The Americans Sure Enjoyed The Wars From The Other Side

Hilariously accurate meme illustrating America's and Europe's state after each World War with cartoon and historical photos.

Final score:

63points

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Johnnynatfan 10 months ago

What the hell where we supposed to do? Not be happy the war was over?

34points

Oskar vanZandt 10 months ago

I think the idea is that European populations were traumatised by having experienced so much damage and loss on their own soil under German occupation... Americans have never (yet) experienced this. The Allies from abroad were able to return to countries that didn't have to be completely rebuilt.

23points

Sonia Ceacero 10 months ago

It depends on what territory you have left devastated to achieve that peace, which in both cases was Europe. American soldiers returned to their country intact; Europeans had to rebuild from the ashes.

1point

Agnese Perri 10 months ago

no just maybe start to understand your happiness has always meant to some other people destruction, sadness and poverty, that you then used to your own benefit and become so powerful!

0points

Jnausicaa Premium 10 months ago

Due to food shortages the UK rationed food until 1952 or 53. Other countries faced similar situations.

0points

Bean Driller 10 months ago

Maybe the meaning is that we just up and left Europe to the mess after we ended the war. I am sure there were plenty of American troops in Europe to help with cleanup etc.

-2points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

The Europeans were celebrating too

9points

Randy Sanders 10 months ago

We celebrated the end of the war, and the end of killing.

8points

greenideas 10 months ago

Fighting didn't end in 1945 in all countries, e.g. Polish partisans continued to be killed and their families persecuted well into the 1960s.

5points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

It's so hard to realise people were dying left, right and centre after WW2 ended. Survived 5 years of war just to die. I'm watching now a film about Pilecki, a man who volunteered to go to Auschwitz to gather information and organise resistance. Was killed after the war by his own goddamn countrymen.

5points

greenideas 10 months ago

He was tortured and shot in the back of the head by communists, a puppet government of a political minority who only maintained power because of the presence of the Soviet army. He was one of thousands, many of their bodies are still unrecovered.

4points

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

We still do. Americans are buying seafront "property" in synagogues as we speak. The only problem is we have to finsih up the extermination of the Palestinians, but we're well on our way.

0points

Su Boddie 10 months ago

These photos don't show "America after each World War" so much as they show human beings celebrating the fact that their loved ones returned alive. Besides, most of our enemies are "friends" now.

-1point

Rich Black 10 months ago

This is their reward for sending millions of troops to across the Atlantic to help end slaughter which had had been underway for 500 years. To be mocked in cartoon memes by the lucky survivors.

-1point

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#36

Those First Couple Of Months Must Have Been Weird

Humorous history meme about peasants unaware of the Roman Empire's fall, featuring a brain and person in bed.

Final score:

59points

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Stygtand Premium 10 months ago

Thanks alot…

15points

John O'Donnell 10 months ago

I told you, we are a anarcho-syndicalist collective. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for a week.

4points

Pernille 10 months ago

I think a lot of medieval peasants just knew that they lived in this village, and everyone else were the enemy, I know I would have stopped keeping track at some point.

3points

Bookworm Premium 10 months ago

Yeah, all that moving borders back and forth and struggles for power between heirs we learned about in school... probably had very little effect for the average farmer. Maybe sometimes the language of official business might change, but if you lived in a border region you might know both countries' languages anyway.

1point

Cristi nah 10 months ago

When their local governor was substituted by a goth feudal lord

1point

Mark Olsson Moreno 10 months ago

Just long enough for the barbarians to pass by where they lived

0points

Karina 10 months ago

When there was no more bread and circus, so quite fast?

0points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Their lands being overrun by the Visigoths and Ostrogoths might have been the first clue.

0points

#37

Amazing Things Were Happening In 10th Century Baghdad

Hilarious history meme about Arabic poetry humorously comparing past and present expressions.

Final score:

58points

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Robert Beveridge 10 months ago

Sari Mix-a-lot

45points

cj be like 10 months ago

"Returning to the feline, for her body is wonderous- I am unable to take my attention off her t-t-t-t-face"

4points

athornedrose 10 months ago

"dips and folds to make a man drop to his knees and praise god". don't mind if you do, sir

3points

Barbara Wilcock 10 months ago

Will the real slim shady please stand up

1point

Liz Butt 10 months ago

So romantic. 😏

0points

Tina Girard 10 months ago

I love this. The visual that goes with it is priceless.

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

From the guys who invented bride markets and parents. .

-2points

#38

If Not Dragon Why Dragon Shaped? 😠

Medieval and modern people meme humorously explaining history with dragons on a map.

Final score:

57points

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WindySwede 10 months ago

tinfoilhatday-3.jpg

28points

Beak Hookage 10 months ago

Awww!

5points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

Wales enters the chat

4points

Chris 10 months ago

And the world was flat, because their maps were flat. /s

3points

DaisyBee 10 months ago (edited)

Well obviously there were - How To Train Your Dragon is based on a true story of course!!! Though will all of those movies, the real ending was of course gruesome

3points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Modern people - did game of thrones really happen? Which country was england?

0points

#39

Poor Guy Just Wanted To Help People

Cartoon character reacts to historical use of dynamite in warfare, showing humor in history memes.

Final score:

56points

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Deborah 10 months ago

That's why he began the Nobel peace prize, he didn't want to be associated with the destruction caused by dynamite.

58points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I mean he also owned factories that produced ammunition, so....

0points

David Shaw Premium 10 months ago

Actually, it was a safer alternative to nitroglycerin. Black powder's actually pretty safe as is.

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Wait, what? He never guessed it could also be used for bombs and bullets? He was THAT dumb? Really?

0points

#40

Sorry Rome, You Had Your Time

Animated character meme humorously questioning Roman Empire's greatness, citing English language usage.

Final score:

54points

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London Paris 10 months ago

This really doesn't make a lot of sense.

14points

M B 10 months ago

hoc est, si cogitas de illo

11points

Rafael 10 months ago

The English empire is just the most recent, and the next empire is still loading.

6points

Chuck 10 months ago

Arabic. 'even now, I am still afraid of" Muslims. Yes, you are right, sounds a little xenophobic. Don't reason with my feelings. You have to assimilate (doesn't make you a Borg :-)). I am of Asian extraction and I speak, write, dream and moan in English and I sleep better because of it.

0points

Jrog 10 months ago

English -while a Germanic language- is in a significant part a direct descendant from Latin. 60% of English words have Latin origins, and another 30% came to Britain through Normans and French invaders. English have different words that mean the same things because the same latin words were borrowed directly, or through other languages (such as "Fragile" and "Frail", same word, the second just spent a long weekend in Paris)

6points

WindySwede 10 months ago

"et tu Anglice"

5points

Fred L. 10 months ago

In English - for now. Just give it some time (if we still have any).

2points

Giles McArdell 10 months ago

I think it depends on your system of measurement, the Roman Empire lasted way longer than the British, but the British empire was way larger than the Roman.

1point

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

The length of the Roman Empire really depends on how you define the Roman Empire. If you include Byzantium, then it lasted about 1400 years. But there was an Indian Empire called the Pandyan Empire that lasted from about 500 BCE to 1350 CE, that's about 1850 years. The Ottomans lasted longer than Rome (when you stop at the actual fall of Rome in 472 CE).

2points

Earonn - 10 months ago

English is just a kind of modern version of Latin, so Latin is still there. A bit like birds are modern dinosaurs, so dinosaurs still exist.

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

USA heading the same way.

0points

Derek Bauer 10 months ago

English uses the Roman alphabet.

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

People speak English because of decades of Americans movies and TV shows. All your memes are belong to us!

0points

#41

Whose Great-Grandfather Is He?

Western tourist in samurai armor, 1890, illustrating historical memes.

Final score:

53points

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DaisyBee 10 months ago

Haha NERD!!!

17points

winterwidow87 10 months ago

I read it in Homer Simpson's voice.

1point

Kanashimi Cat 10 months ago

Cosplay.

3points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

Japanese people love weebs

1point

Judy Chandler Premium 10 months ago

Lol on this one!

0points

MyName'sLisaMontoyaYouKiltMyPa 10 months ago

He does have the neck beard and is pale.

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 10 months ago

So incongruous.

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

The first dweeb would actually be Edward II of England. Not this harmless tourist.

0points

Vishrut Rao 10 months ago

First documented weeb

0points

SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago

Inspired by Nathan Algren, or his descendant?

0points

Mike F 10 months ago

Looks like a dalek.

0points

#42

Not Again

Cartoon meme humorously depicting historical events through modern misinterpretations, featuring a confused couple.

Final score:

51points

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Socks Thecate 10 months ago

You know, everyone has google on their phones. Yet still they are too stupid to google flags before they tear them down.

41points

Seán Baron Premium 10 months ago

True, but it is hilarious seeing all those Americans shout about Freedom!™️ whilst using the flags of Liberia or Malaysia in their tweets etc!

21points

WindySwede 10 months ago

Some even makes this mistake 4a3nrv.jpg

12points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

I looked at another post on Bored Panda. It said, if pain was "stupid", some people would be screaming all day and night

0points

Karina 10 months ago

when they cant spell neighter Greece nor flag

-1point

Gavin Johnson 10 months ago

Never forget the people who attacked the house of a paediatrician because they were outraged that the Police hadn’t told them there was one in their neighbourhood….

8points

Hippopotamuses 10 months ago

I'm pleased you mentioned this. For years, I thought I'd imagined it. Clearly not: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/30/childprotection.society

4points

Randy Sanders 10 months ago

You can't fix stupid.

7points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Recent surveys confirm: Half the people on earth are antisemites. But can't explain why. Haters gotta hate.

1point

David L 10 months ago

The sack of Constantinople 1204, where do you thing the Venetians got those bronze horses from?

1point

David 10 months ago

I mean both are blue and white, just one with a cross and one with a star of david.

1point

MsPlants 10 months ago

oh so you mean the exact opposite symbols?

2points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

She thought the Israeli flag had a cross on it?

1point

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

To be fair, the 3 flags of Israel, Cyprus, and Greece were displayed right next to each other to show solidarity with Israel's extermination of Palestinians. The entire island of Cyprus is now a communications compound in alliance with Greece to spy on and intercept all communications of Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians to help Israel genocide Palestinians and annex (steal) Lebanese and Syrian land.

0points

Sue User 10 months ago

I have told this story before. My ex is French but Algerian by birth. When France won the World Cup he did not have a French flag so he flew his EU flag. Years later the neighbor said something about him " flying that Muslim flag".

0points

Michelle C 10 months ago (edited)

Not all of us are disrespectful; I find that conduct shameful!!

0points

#43

Let's Call It .. Part 1

Humorous memes depict inaccuracies in medieval movie scenes, highlighting common film clichés about history.

Final score:

50points

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UKGrandad 10 months ago

To be fair to the last one, they can hardly make a movie about a siege in real time. "I'm off to the cinema. I'll be back in 6 months."

87points

RedHairedDragon 10 months ago

Seeing as the picture is from the Lord of the ring, I will remember that the siege of Minas Ithil took about 11 years

9points

Gavin Johnson 10 months ago

Popcorn seller rubs hands with glee….

3points

Strahd Ivarius 10 months ago

6 months? who betrayed the defenders?

1point

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

Troy was 9 years.

1point

Liz Butt 10 months ago

That was priceless. Thank you for making my day better. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

0points

Joyce Berman 10 months ago

That was the comment that made me laugh. Thanks!

0points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Or 10 years, ala siege of Troy.

0points

CP 10 months ago

People need to get over movies not being accurate. At the same time people need to understand movies aren't accurate.

17points

Mike F 10 months ago

👏👏👏👏👏

4points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

I read a quote saying, never let the truth get in the way of making a good movie.

0points

Roxy222uk 10 months ago

Something have to be inaccurate for dramatic tension or to move the plot along, but other inaccuracies are needless and jarring. Quite easy to have a commander shoot "shoot!" or "release!" to archers instead of "fire". Perfectly possible to have the common folk in realistically coloured clothing (some bright colours, such as mustard yellow, are quite cheap and easy to achieve with easily sourced materials) and clean (they still took pride in their appearance and did not want to smell).

0points

Wondering Alice 10 months ago

For anyone who does not know, the second picture is monty python (not Hollywood) and they actually make a joke about this in the film. Something like 'you can tell he is king because he is not covered in s**t'. Dressing the common folk like this was part of the joke.

12points

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

SHe's a witch! Burrrn her!

0points

UKDeek 10 months ago (edited)

"Must be a king." "Why?" "He hasn't got sh*t all over him."

7points

John O'Donnell 10 months ago

I love they got The Holy Grail in there. Possibly the only film about King Arthur co-written and co-directed by an actual historian.

6points

Jaya 10 months ago

For a second I thought it said "Henry Cavill would charge full speed..." lol. And that kinda sounds like a thing that could be in a lot of movies.

2points

MaireC 10 months ago

Same, I had to read it twice😂

0points

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

More thoughtful modern productions tend to shout "loose" instead of "fire". I think the penny has dropped now.

2points

Silberwolf 10 months ago

I recommend the YT-Videos with Roel Konijnendijk if you like this meme! :)

1point

Rich Black 10 months ago

To be fair, actual medieval combat would be too gruesome to be shown in theaters . . .

0points

Richienotsorich 10 months ago

The irony of using a Life of Brian image to depict 'Hollywood' films. The film was funded by George Harrison mortgaging his home!

0points

#44

Archbishop Of Athens Was Chad

Two historical figures in a meme highlighting an alternate perspective on history with humorous text exchange.

Final score:

48points

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Tina Girard 10 months ago

The man was amazing

3points

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

Uh oh. Going full on zionist now.

-2points

#45

Lifted For Your Sins

Muscular depiction of Jesus on the cross in a humorous meme explaining history differently.

Final score:

48points

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Jrog 10 months ago (edited)

But the Bible TOTALLY forbids holy imagery. Exodus 20:4-5: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in". Deuteronomy 5:8-9 "You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea". But yeah, the Church decided to ignore this rule to focus on meddling with political, civil and personal liberties.

63points

Jrog 10 months ago (edited)

And oh, the Muslim ban on imagery WAS INFLUENCED FROM THE BYZANTINE CHRISTIANITY! The Quran does not condemn religious imagery, that were unpopular but more or less tolerated in the Shia islam, to the point that the Caliphate of Damascus was a common refuge for artists and theologists that came under the persecutions of the Emperor during the iconoclastic bouts. The islamic Aniconism started from fringe groups more or less at the same time as the Iconoclasm in Byzantium, and became mainstream only afte Muslims took large parts of the Byzantine Empire and the two movements basically merged.

9points

Jrog 10 months ago

Must be noted that it took them their sweet time to stop fighting over this, about 1500 years. I mean LITERALLY fighting, with Bizantine Emperors trying to take painting away from churches and the people lynching the soldiers sent to execute the orders, or towns sending raiding parties to the next town over to take away and burn their church decors. It took a diplomatic battle in the Council of Trento to settle on condemning image of "idols" with the exception of God and the Saints.

5points

Peter Bear 10 months ago

Which is the least of a bunch of other rules explicitly in the Bible that the Church ignores. Christ Himself said 'pay your taxes'; that's what the parable of 'Render unto Caesar' is all about. And yet, churches claim that they should be tax-free, while at the same time tithing their own members. Christ Himself also had quite a few things to say about hypocrites, come to think of it...

3points

Hobby Hopper 10 months ago

Did Rome tax the temple and the religious establishment itself, or only individuals (honest question - I don't know)? I don't necessarily disagree with you about taxing churches, I just don't know if, given the fuller context, Jesus' parable really applies to the modern situation. I always read that story to be about individual responsibility.

0points

Kevin Hickey 10 months ago

The greatest thing about the bible is that you can ignore the inconvenient parts.

2points

Linda Riebel 10 months ago

And oppressing women for 2,000 years.

2points

Cipi 10 months ago

That was the Old Testament. We don't adore imagery. It's a representation of a holy Saint, like the pictures you have of your deceased relatives. You remember them, pray for them, you are not adoring them.

0points

P R 10 months ago

You're quoting and referencing the OLD Testament...

0points

Strahd Ivarius 10 months ago

This is why all US people that want to use the Bible to condemn other people should be stoned to death first!

0points

Black Cat 10 months ago

Serious question, does that mean even crosses as a symbol of Christianity, particulary Catholic crosses with the depiction of Christt on the cross should be a big no no?

0points

Michelle C 10 months ago

Depicting God wasn’t and isn’t sinful; making images or created things to worship them was and remains so according to Judaism and Christianity. That is, the prohibition against making these images was more to keep the ancient Israelites from idol worship rather than making the images themselves.

-2points

Gavin Johnson 10 months ago

That’s ^^^ clearly not an image of THE Jesus, it’s Jesus the bodybuilder, totally different bloke, totally different country, different DNA (his Dad ain’t God) and he’s clearly not from the Middle East.

10points

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

That's the super-macho American Jesus(pbuh). He's the one that goes to the Middle East to kick the asses of his...descendants?

0points

DaisyBee 10 months ago

BUFF JESUS

2points

Dolly_of TheCowboy 9 months ago

Crossfit Jesus!

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago (edited)

Wow. Never knew he looked like this!!! 😏

0points

Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 10 months ago

Remember that Christianism had both luck and disgrace: was adopted by the Roman empire. Not surprising that Catholic Church has still Roman empire's structure.

0points

WubiDubi 10 months ago

The cross above is raised above the earth and under heaven. Loophole.

0points

Kevin Hickey 10 months ago

Body Christ

0points

Verena 10 months ago

Doesn't the Bible mention somezhing about a lamb?

0points

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

Ok, we get it. Muslims are weak and stupid. Christians and Jews are macho and strong.

-1point

#46

Might Be A Little Hotter Than Usual

Snapchat map humor shows Nagasaki marked with a giant orange tree icon, indicating "autumn" hilariously.

Final score:

46points

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WindySwede 10 months ago

😬😳

26points

Bob Brooce 10 months ago

That's pretty dark humor for something that was so bright.

3points

DaisyBee 10 months ago

People are already decorating for Halloween!! Oh, wait…

3points

Armac Premium 10 months ago

Well…. That’s not good.

2points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

Oh my...

0points

Deborah 10 months ago

oops....

0points

#47

They Could Agree On One Thing

Historial memes illustrating England and Scotland uniting against Ireland with humor.

Final score:

42points

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DaisyBee 10 months ago

☹️🇮🇪

6points

Earonn - 10 months ago

And these days it's Northern Ireland and Scotland against...not so much "England" as "Westminster who think they are the Lord of the Manor". With the North of England and Wales nodding in agreement.

0points

ANTIVICTORIA 10 months ago

True

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

They've got more than us. Let's invade them.

0points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

I get the joke, but the flag depicted was a 19th century creation (older than I thought as it turns out). By the time the English and Scots got round to colonising Ireland in the 16th century onwards, it had already been colonised by the Vikings and then so-called Anglo-Normans, not to mention the Scottish invasion of 1315-18. What flag should be used? I dunno. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_of_Ireland

0points

Agree to Disagree 10 months ago

But the Scots were an Irish tribe that forced the Picts out of southern Scotland...

0points

#48

Damn

Historical ruins in a vast field, illustrating a meme about history, Mongol conquests, and ancient cities.

Final score:

42points

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Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

Probably because nomads don't build cities

37points

Ruthie R 10 months ago

The point is that they destroyed so many cities...

6points

Jrog 10 months ago

They were a nomad population, never reached a significant technical prowess, came from a land poor of building resources. They obtained conquests more through diplomacy than military conquest, if we consider threatening weaker enemies into joining the horde "diplomacy".

2points

Rich Black 10 months ago (edited)

We do not sow. We do not reap. Ready the horses!

0points

Karina 10 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yocja_N5s1I&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9 Exept the Mongols! wold history in a funny a*s way

0points

Socks Thecate 10 months ago

Is that Otrar?

0points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Merv, Turkmenistan: https://central-asia.guide/turkmenistan/destinations-tr/merv/

5points

#49

What Pride Flag Is This

Meme featuring a therapist discussing a rejected 2002 EU flag design with colorful vertical stripes.

Final score:

39points

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WindySwede 10 months ago

Will they make it a QR code instead??

37points

WindySwede 10 months ago

EU-QR-6797...6f-png.jpg

7points

DaisyBee 10 months ago

That’s what used to pop up on the Telly when the channel stopped playing for the night…

5points

Jesse 10 months ago

Left to right: Ireland, Iceland, Portugal. Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Germany, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Greece

4points

Moana Manana 10 months ago

Hungary with Italy, Malta with Austria and Denmark, Czech Republik, Slovenia and Slovakia with Netherlands and Luxemburg, Romania could be added after Spain...

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

Wow. That hurts my eyes.

0points

Richienotsorich 10 months ago

And what would they do 2 years later when loads of countries joined and again 5 years later. Stupid idea from a group that are renowned for making stupid ideas!

0points

Jaya 10 months ago

So pretty!

0points

My O My 10 months ago

For this test dear kids, you have to colour the flag in the correct order

0points

Lene 10 months ago

Wow! Am glad they didn't go with this. My epilepsy would go crazy if I had to look at this monstrocity on a regular occasion. Wow!

0points

ZuriLovesYou 10 months ago

Ugh, that is horrible.

-1point

#50

Mexican Origin Story

Conquistador history meme with a woman dressed in traditional attire and a man in armor labeled humorously.

Final score:

22points

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Pandora 10 months ago

You mean, his hostage? 🤨

47points

Lila Allen 10 months ago

More like his trafficked victim

5points

Dave In MD 10 months ago

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CP 10 months ago

The modern equivalent of "I have a insert minority friend. I can't hate them"

9points

Karina 10 months ago

the world would be a better, safer place if some men would keep their d**k out of what they hate.

7points

Rich Black 10 months ago

"Wife", lol.

0points

Christian Golden 10 months ago

There's a 67 year old fella walking around today who is the Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo.

0points

#51

Rip Ancient Texts

Penguin looks at burning artifacts with text "Three thousand years of Chinese culture" and "Mao Zedong," illustrating history memes.

Final score:

19points

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Cuppa tea? 10 months ago

And called it cultural revolution.

9points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

Well, it certainly was revolting...

4points

Peter Bear 10 months ago

And it's already beginning here in the US in 2025. Or did you not pay attention to the 'Gulf of America'?

1point

Arthur Waite Premium 10 months ago

And there's one reason the British Museum has so many things from far-away. Leave them there and someone might just destroy them.

-2points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Can I lift your wallet in case somebody robs you?

3points

#52

“I Would Have Saved Him!”

Hilariously accurate meme about pagan converts to Christianity during the Dark Ages, with humorous historical interpretation.

Final score:

19points

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Corvus 10 months ago

In other words, a genuine Christian wouldn't lift a finger to save his own god :P

12points

Cerridwn d'Wyse 10 months ago

Damned straight, Lol Well said

2points

Rafael 10 months ago

Joke or not, checks out with what is attributed to the man himself, the not fighting/no violence thing. Which is ironic considering what passes for a Christian these days, right?

1point

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

Bingo.

0points

Sonny 10 months ago

Um.. he told the Christians not to stop those persecuting him. Please do your research before bashing a religion

-2points

#53

Who Wins This One?

Historical memes featuring leaders with places and eras named after them.

Final score:

18points

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Deborah 10 months ago

Caesar had a salad named after him.

18points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

... Not to mention a Section.

3points

Robert Benson 10 months ago

Indirectly. It was named after a chef whose name was Cesar, but the chef's name likely came from the emperor.

1point

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

And a hair cut.

0points

Bob Brooce 10 months ago

Napoleon had both a delicious sandwich and a delicious pastry named after him. He's the obvious winner in the food category.

0points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

I have mine while drinking an Orange Julius.

0points

Anikulapo 10 months ago

Also a kitchen knife set.

0points

Giles McArdell 10 months ago

Victoria also has cities and regions named after her, and pubs, lots and lots of pubs.

2points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

And a lingerie franchise.

4points

WindySwede 10 months ago

August...?

2points

painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago

July

6points

Fred L. 10 months ago

Most of them have lots of other things named for them. Simon Bolivar got into several country names.

0points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

It's fun to explain to pupils why September means the 7th month but it's the nineth.

0points

Roxy222uk 10 months ago

Also October, November, and December are number months too

0points

Kat 10 months ago

Queen Victoria

0points

Socks Thecate 10 months ago

The Queen is victorious.

0points

#54

Arminius My King

Hilarious meme comparing Mexico and Italy flags with text on eagles and design choices.

Final score:

18points

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Anikulapo 10 months ago (edited)

OoOoooOoh… *Quintillius Varus has left the chat*

4points

Crouching hippo hidden panda 10 months ago

Italian flag is Caprese salad 🥗

3points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

Isn't it a margarita pizza?

1point

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

The number of flags with some combination of Red, White, and Blue.

0points

winterwidow87 10 months ago (edited)

The mexican flag was inspired by the french flag, that also inspired the italian one.

0points

#55

We Are The Exception

Ancient warrior meme humorously depicts history's victors and Sea Peoples' impact on the Bronze Age.

Final score:

18points

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Legendbird 10 months ago

Sea People!

1point

Fellfromthemoon 10 months ago

When I was taught English (as my second language), they told that the word 'person' doesn't have a regular plural form, so more than one person = people. Therefore, "people" means more than one individual, on one hand, on the other hand, it means the population of a country or an ethnic group. In this second sense, 'people' (just like 'fish') have a plural. Peoples mean the group of individuals belong to more ethnicity or country, and fishes mean more than one fish species. Anyhow, I was taught British English about three decades ago, and language might have changed to a form that doesn't recognize 'peoples' anymore as a correct synonime for 'nations'.

0points

Karina 10 months ago

They wrote it on stones, metal and in dna sequences

0points

Aidan Pierce 10 months ago

business men doing business

0points

#56

How Was I Supposed To Know?

Two cartoon llamas discuss a violent act humorously; history explained through memes.

Final score:

17points

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SCamp 10 months ago

Oh sh!t, they did waaaaaaay worse than that. Look it up, Unit 731, these guys really were Olympic standard @ssholes

13points

RedHairedDragon 10 months ago

As someone that has been looking into unit 731, let me recommend not looking up

6points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

Remember Monty Python's sketch about the 'Whizzo Chocolates Deluxe Assortment'? The one with the 'Crunchy Frog'? One of the confections was 'Anthrax Ripple'? Those criminals in Unit 731 ACTUALLY DID THAT and gave them to unsuspecting Chinese schoolchildren!

1point

Karina 10 months ago

I'd rather se V for Vendetta, my revenge film for all of history

0points

StrangeOne 10 months ago

LOL Gotta love Llamas In Hats.

2points

Aidan Campbell 10 months ago

these people were evil.

0points

#57

He Was Literally Him 🗣️💯

Muscular figure in front of a grill with flames, humorously portraying historical meme with text: "Turn me over I am done on this side."

Final score:

16points

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Pandora 10 months ago

St. Chad.

9points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

No he's a different saint

0points

UKGrandad 10 months ago

This story is probably the precursor of all the 'my 2-yr-old said' tales on the internet. What Lawrence actually said was "AAAAAGGGGHHHH!"

5points

Hmmm hmmmm 10 months ago

The fact he is the patron saint of cooks...

1point

Oskar vanZandt 10 months ago

Guy in the pic is what incels and some misguided men think women think is the "ideal man"... *gently rubs own Buddha belly*

1point

She speaks poniards 10 months ago

He was actually called "St. Laurence of the Gridiron," to be precise ~!

0points

#58

There Is No In Between

Humorous history meme showing two saints: St. Patrick and St. Olga, contrasting their approaches to pagan conversions.

Final score:

16points

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Pandora 10 months ago

St. Olga don't play.

16points

athornedrose 10 months ago

olga didn't burn them for being pagans, she burned them for killing her husband, subverting her rule, and not paying their taxes. and also she hadn't converted yet.

6points

David 10 months ago

awww, someone thinks declaring a holy war that is estimated to have killed 40% of Irelands population is mostly peaceful methods

4points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Sure it is. He very peacefully killed the druids who refused to convert. Then he peacefully peacefully tortured any peasants who also refused. What's the problem?

1point

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

Historically, women tend to have a LOT of justified rage bottled up.

3points

Karina 10 months ago

Ummm, ui feel the puss and canser eating saint should also be honorable mentioned too, St. Catherine of Siena.

0points

Analyn Lahr Premium 10 months ago

Key word there is 'mostly'.

0points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

How do you respect a religion that worships genocide?

0points

#59

Bad But Still Meme That I Had To Share

Barbie and Oppenheimer meme juxtaposing product launch in Japan, humorously explaining history.

Final score:

16points

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UKGrandad 10 months ago

Oppenheimer's product was first launched in New Mexico.

18points

Anikulapo 10 months ago

Not an official release though. It was released to the masses in Japan.

7points

WindySwede 10 months ago

But a soft opening at home? And Kodac foumd out?

0points

#60

What? 🇵🇪

Two bluebirds on a branch discussing unexpected historical facts in a humorous meme format.

Final score:

15points

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ZuriLovesYou 10 months ago

I am so confused.

4points

DaisyBee 10 months ago

So is the bird

3points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Peru had a dictator (not unusual) who happened to be of Japanese descent (unusual).

0points

Lila Allen 10 months ago

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

0points

Rafael 10 months ago

People have short attention spans, because his daughter is active in politics and almost got elected twice, despite this s**t.

1point

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Alberto Fujimori was a 2nd generation Peruvian. His parents were Japanese, but he was born in Lima.

0points

Karina 10 months ago

If you listen to birds sing, you will hear what sounds like greek names. In my mind. they named us.

0points

Coffee 10 months ago (edited)

Wait, What?!

0points

Kat 10 months ago

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#61

Terrible President, Great Human Being

Cartoon meme humorously summarizes history; exception made for a notable politician with an image in the meme.

Final score:

14points

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Zaach 10 months ago

Camp David Accord

2points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

Best ex-President the US ever had.

0points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

I didn't understand why a grown man and a president would use the name Jimmy and not the full form. It was tried in my country, with Radosław 'Radek' Sikorski and it sounds so stupid.

-2points

Bean Driller 10 months ago

Satire at it's finest! I guess when someone dies, we just glaze over the bad parts.

-3points

David 10 months ago

nah, he was a scumbag who did a lot more bad than good.

-3points

#62

Not The Most Successful French Innovation

Cartoon of a French revolutionary with a pike, humorously explaining historical time inaccuracy.

Final score:

14points

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chi-wei shen 10 months ago

10 hours per day, 100 minutes per hour, 100 seconds per minute: A bit crazy. Franzoesis...baf2ed.jpg

6points

Azari Azalea 10 months ago

Yep, 60 is fine thanks

3points

Fred L. 10 months ago

Just a bit different and didn't catch on. Like the new months (which I find weirder).

0points

Kathrin Pukowsky 10 months ago

Didn't Swatch flirt with that idea back in the 90s? I vaguely remember seeing print ads in my comic books.

0points

#63

Viking Supremacy

Anime-style comic illustrating a humorous historical meme about Viking martial arts and flexible shields.

Final score:

14points

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Azari Azalea 10 months ago (edited)

Yooo, glad to see some Centurii here

2points

Karina 10 months ago

They would paint their shields so they knew how the grains of wood where lying, so this would work without suprises

0points

#64

The Goodest Boy

History meme: a man in a toga talks to a dog that says "Bark?" The man then tears up.

Final score:

14points

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Ethan Smith 10 months ago

The sad part is that in the story, shortly after this happens Argos (Odysseus' dog) dies of old age. he was waiting for him to come home.

33points

ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

Omgosh no!

1point

#65

Poortugal

History explained through a meme showing different countries' approaches to past oppression.

Final score:

14points

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Emie N. 10 months ago

the japanese government did apologize several years back.

5points

StPaul9 10 months ago

Very quietly.

3points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

Poor Portugal. It's so bad that when apps show flags representing languages, they use the Spanish flag for Spanish, but the Brazilian flag for Portuguese. They have become so irrelevant that the world recognizes us as the owners of their language. It's too bad really because Portugal is a beautiful country, and the Portuguese are great people.

0points

Fred L. 10 months ago

Like always there are political parties and people that deny either the wrongdoings, the degree of them, the resulting obligations or that they were bad things at all. And all decent people have to vote and work on keeping those horrible shrinkheads out of governments, public offices, schools or any other place of relevance.

0points

Hidalgo 10 months ago

Brits? Murkans?

0points

#66

West We Sail

"Memes explaining history: Anime character pointing at ocean, symbolizing Portugal's exploration challenges and Prince Henry's role."

Final score:

13points

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Azari Azalea 10 months ago

Welp, time to boat

7points

#67

European Empires Could Have Avoided Decolonisation With This One Simple Trick

History meme with two arms clasping, one with a USA flag and the other with a Russia flag, illustrating colonialism.

Final score:

13points

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UKGrandad 10 months ago

Well that would have made the British Empire a touch smaller. England, Scotland, Wales, and...erm...

4points

Winter Premium 10 months ago

Cornwall?

0points

MC C 10 months ago

who did America colonize?

0points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

The entire USA is a product of colonialism. All of it - 100%. Theft, warfare, genocide, rebellion, treachery - all that good stuff. Look it up - there's an awful lot of historical writing which explains it all (granted, suppressed in many US state school systems, but readily available in free parts of the world).

1point

#68

It’s Going Great Ma

Ancient Roman soldier standing in front of a steam locomotive, humorously blending history and modernity in a meme.

Final score:

13points

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London Paris 10 months ago

Answer: they weren't even close.

4points

Daniel German 10 months ago

Arguable. They were ahead of Europe in the mid-18th century with regards to building, engineering, social hierarchy and even hygiene. They were already well-versed in metal work and would have been just a stone's throw away from iron molds and machines.

3points

Austzn 10 months ago

They were actually shockingly close to discovering steam power.

2points

Peter Bear 10 months ago

And you can document this guess how?

0points

Karina 10 months ago

How do we define the industrial revolution, because they where organized on a large scale, had a policy for exporting their products and where quite advansed in industrial methods.

0points

#69

How???

Gorilla-shaped chocolate melting in milk, humorously explains historical events; features evolution meme text.

Final score:

13points

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Anikulapo 10 months ago

Ffs

4points

#70

Not Overly Simplified At All

Anime character relaxing with a drink, humorously depicting Dutch casual discovery of Australia; funny history meme.

Final score:

12points

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StrangeOne 10 months ago (edited)

Probably lost a boxing match with a kangaroo and see all the nightmare spiders. Just NOPEd right out of there.

25points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

They saw an Emu...

3points

Hidalgo 10 months ago

Why is it glorious to conquer and destroy a people?

2points

Karina 10 months ago

whit sll the other countries they discovered they didnt have time

0points

Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 months ago

Dutch sea captain Willem de Vlamingh did name Rottnest Island before he left ;)

0points

aashi chaudhari 10 months ago

They're just chill guys

0points

#71

I'm Already In Tears

Crying cat meme humorously depicting history with sad tears over a map, capturing an emotional reaction to historical events.

Final score:

12points

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 10 months ago

And it happened in one generation, so some random person was born into a lush valley and died in the middle of a desert.

5points

#72

Average Coup In A Muslim Majority Country

Comic strip meme humorously depicting a historical event with a crowd reacting to a leader's decision.

Final score:

12points

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Austzn 10 months ago

In the US they call this kind of thing, "traditional family values".

20points

Lord_CrumbleGamer 10 months ago

Ok can someone pls explain?

2points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

People don't care if their ruler is a complete $#!t if he hates the same people they do.

9points

Arthur Waite Premium 10 months ago

Hm, guess not.

1point

StPaul9 10 months ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

Ellisdogs 10 months ago

Yeah, some islamophobic turd thought he was being funny

-1point

#73

Ahah Really

Aztec history meme showing a Doge in different landscapes labeled "Too Hot," "Too Easy," "Too Rocky," and "Perfect."

Final score:

11points

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#74

Can Someone Explain?

History memes humorously depicting a person with a French flag being rejected by different European groups.

Final score:

11points

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Corvus 10 months ago

Language families?

4points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

Yes.

1point

Kathrin Pukowsky 10 months ago

I can't say I've noticed any celtic influences in French, but then again, we just learned the basics in school. Would be lovely if somebody could give an example.

0points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

I think this is in reference the language called Breton, spoken in Brittany, a part of France. It's a Celtic (Brittonic) language, closely related to Welsh and Cornish. Whereas French is derived from a mixture of Frankish (a germanic/viking language) and Vulgar Latin. There's also, of course, the Gauls, who were a Celtic people, and who's language has since evolved to become what is now Breton (see my prior statement). This is not to be confused with Gaelic people, who are also Celts, but a different sub-family of Celtic, like Scots Gaelic, Irish, and Manx.

1point

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

Francish

0points

Gavin Johnson 10 months ago

Why do we see Ecosse on St Andrews flags then?

0points

#75

1st Punic War

Comic strip humorously explaining historical naval strategy with employee of the month punchline.

Final score:

10points

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Legendbird 10 months ago

Hehe corvus go brrrr

3points

#76

He'd Be Flabbergasted

Humorous meme depicting historical figures with modern perspectives in a playful context.

Final score:

10points

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Corvus 10 months ago

If Jesus existed today, he'd be a woke socialist hippie.

35points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

And Jewish.

12points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

With brown skin and eyes.

2points

Karina 10 months ago

Why i love him and hate "god"

0points

Rafael 10 months ago

Wait, what you mean "if"? He is behind you and has an axe! DUCK!

0points

Peter Bear 10 months ago

Not quite. Woke? For sure. Love one another and all that. Socialist? Probably. Dude was all about helping others however you can, whenever you can. But hippie? Nah. He understood that you have to pay your taxes. And He absolutely hated influencers.

0points

David 10 months ago

the guy who told his followers to sell their cloaks to arm themselves with swords was a hippie? the guy who harmed the livelihood of thousands of small sheep merchants as a political protests was a socialist....oh wait, harming poor people for political reasons, no that matches.

0points

BeesEelsAndPups 10 months ago

As a lefty, I would seriously doubt George Washington would be a fan of either party. He was pretty much against the whole concept of political parties. But I also doubt he'd be "woke" as he was a slave owner who had his false teeth made from the teeth of his slaves.

0points

Batwench Premium 10 months ago

Washington: But I still believe in slavery……..

0points

#77

I See No Flaws

Map humorously depicts Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain and Portugal dividing the world, highlighting history with memes.

Final score:

9points

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Pandora 10 months ago

Guess I'm gonna have to learn Portuguese.

6points

Jen Blank 10 months ago

It's like Spanish if it were spoken by cats.

2points

Daniel German 10 months ago

"Splited?" Ffs

3points

Deborah 10 months ago

"splited"?

3points

My O My 10 months ago

Well, New Zealand still seems to be its own boss

2points

TMMITW 10 months ago

I'll say this again. PUT NEW ZEALAND ON THE MAP!

2points

LonelyLittleLeafSheep 10 months ago

Do you really want the rest of the world knowing where paradise is?

1point

Crouching hippo hidden panda 10 months ago

Split between? Gawd

0points

#78

After Being Paid To Go Off

Meme depicting a historical conversation between Attila the Hun and Pope Leo, humorously explaining history.

Final score:

9points

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ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

Attila: " this guy is nuts..."

4points

Mike F 10 months ago

But he had a cool hat

1point

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Betting that Leo had more cash on him before the meeting than after.

0points

#79

Based

1990s pilot and aviation pioneer meme humorously explains history contrasts in aviation.

Final score:

9points

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#80

The Infamous "If" By The Spartans Wasn't As Bad**s Once You Know Actually Happened Afterwards

Two ancient warriors exchange words about the invasion of Laconia in a humorous historical meme illustration.

Final score:

9points

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#81

Poor Greeley Man

Two historical figures in a meme about Campaign '72, humorously contrasting messages to resonate with voters.

Presidential candidate Horace Greeley, who ran against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, died on election day, just before the EC casted its votes and certified Grant's victory. It was the first and, as of now, only time when a major U.S. presidential candidate died before the election officially ended.

QwertyAsInMC Report

Final score:

8points

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ZuriLovesYou 10 months ago

If only Trump died before the election.

29points

LonelyLittleLeafSheep 10 months ago (edited)

Given his diet, it's a miracle (or maybe tragedy) he's still alive.

5points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

Or before his father did.

3points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

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#82

Japan Really Liked Poland

Meme showing characters labeled Japan (1904) and Poland, referencing historical events humorously.

Final score:

8points

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Nosirrow 10 months ago

Polish politicians were so desperate to regain the independence that they offered Japan their help to defeat the Russians. What's even crazier is that the brother of one of those politicians had children with an Ainu woman and his descendants live in Japan. What a small world.

1point

#83

Let's Wait For The Pope To Ban Drones Too

Drone and crossbow memes humorously critiquing historical warfare tactics with modern and medieval references.

Final score:

7points

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Russ Kincade 10 months ago

I hate it when they ruin a good war.

0points

#84

"You Aint Dying Without Justice!"

Meme humorously depicting historical event with Superman stopping a character labeled as Hideki Tojo.

Final score:

7points

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ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

You don't get to kíll yourself, we get to! 🙄

1point

#85

Ok

Map-based meme humorously depicting A***n migration with statues and a historical figure saying "Bro stop."

Final score:

6points

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Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

Yeah. Mountains. The geography might be mostly responsible.

1point

#86

The Spear Is Without Question The Goat Of Weapons Used Throughout History. Nothing Else Comes Close, I Suppose Every Aincent Society Ever Mained It For A Reason

Historical memes humorously compare spear and bayonet innovations.

Final score:

6points

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Azari Azalea 10 months ago

All animals become crab, all weapons become spear

7points

#87

The Caste System Was Ruinous To Indian Nations Through History

Hilarious history meme: person in suit humorously discusses India's past vulnerabilities.

Final score:

6points

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char 10 months ago

that's really not how this meme template works

8points

#88

This Counts As History, Right??

A TV shows Pokémon; below, a hospital room scene humorously explains history through memes.

Final score:

5points

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Pheebs 10 months ago

For anyone who was confused like I was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5%8D_Senshi_Porygon

15points

Azari Azalea 10 months ago

Wasn’t even porygons fault, it was pikachu

3points

Deborah 10 months ago

Thank you.

0points

char 10 months ago

thank you very much

0points

WindySwede 10 months ago

?

3points

Beak Hookage 10 months ago

There was this one episode featuring Porygon which triggered off a whole lot of epileptic seizures. The episode was of course pulled, and last I heard, Porygon has never appeared in an episode since. Happened when I was in highschool.

5points

#89

Industry Go Brrrr

Meme humorously depicts Soviet Union's reaction to Great Depression crisis with a funny caption on planned economy.

Final score:

5points

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Kat 10 months ago

And where are they now..

3points

Lila Allen 10 months ago

Still doing better than we are in the US

1point

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

Umm, more like "I"m sorry, is this some sort of market crisis that I'm too starving to death from famine to pay any attention to?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930–1933. Yay! Stalin! Whoop whoop! 😬

0points

#90

Clearly A Superior System

Hilariously accurate history meme comparing ancient beliefs versus biological facts using Doge characters.

Final score:

4points

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Corvus 10 months ago

Crustaceans, centipedes and spiders are the closest relatives or insects... but still not insects. Just arthropods.

0points

WindySwede 10 months ago

"Dogs are insects "

0points

#91

They Did Not Last Long

Meme illustrating a humorous take on history with figures labeled as Argentina and the largest empire in human history.

Final score:

4points

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#92

Teef

Historical meme compares ancient and modern wisdom teeth with humorous Doge characters.

Final score:

3points

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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago

I had mine out for free.... but then I'm in the UK.

10points

Isabel Galvez 10 months ago (edited)

Mine (plural) in Germany, same.

2points

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

Not American would have sufficed

0points

MonsterMum 10 months ago

Same

0points

Russ Kincade 10 months ago

Single payer health insurance is superior to the cluster f*uck that we have in the US, but actually, you paid for it via taxes.

0points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

I heard wisdom teeth are cut out and not pulled out bc they have such strong or deep roots.

0points

Fred L. 10 months ago

If possible they are pulled out with their roots. Problem is if those roots are twisted around the jaw nerve, which can happen, then the tooth has to be broken up in order to pull the respective root parts out individually. Source: my 4 ex-wisdom teeth.

1point

#93

Buddhas Of Bamiyan, Destroyed By Taliban In 2001

Cartoon figure with a turban criticizes an ancient statue, highlighting humor in historical interpretation memes.

Final score:

2points

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Deborah 10 months ago

This was so sad. The Taliban must be insecure on top of everything else to have done this.

10points

Peter Bear 10 months ago

Religious zealots are always insecure. People who are secure in their beliefs are wise enough to admit that they could be wrong. There is no 'one true way'.

4points

Arthur Waite Premium 10 months ago

Guess the British Museum didn't have room that day. . . .

6points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

Imagine if Afghanistan remained a Buddhist country.

1point

Mike F 10 months ago

🎶It's easy if you try...🎶

1point

#94

Sun Tzu If He Was A Gamer:

Gaming meme showing contradictory team chat instructions, highlighting a humorous take on history explanations.

Final score:

1point

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#95

Op**id Crisis

Meme highlighting the o****d crisis history in the USA during the 90s, showing doctor prescription and a*******n aftermath.

Final score:

1point

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ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago

Maybe not two weeks later...but otherwise fairly accurate. I was prescribed opioids after a routine surgery, I took them as directed for a few weeks....and went through actual withdrawal.

1point

#96

United States In 1942 Randomly Came Up With The Most Ridiculous Idea

Aliens humorously react to a large number of Sherman tanks in this meme explaining history.

Final score:

1point

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M O'Connell 10 months ago

Just like the T34, it wasn't the best tank on the battlefield, but there were a HECK of a lot more of them.

3points

Bill Swallow 10 months ago

But unlike the T34, we're not still using the Sherman. (Sarcastic reference to the Ukraine war, but only barely.)

1point

Apatheist Account2 10 months ago

T34 was the only tank that matched the Panzers. It could drive round them faster than they could turn the turret.

1point

Anikulapo 10 months ago

One of Hitler’s failures. Looking for 100 new weapons when it could have been 1000 older ones that were good enough.

0points

#97

The Greatest Geopolitical Event Of Our Time… So Far

Historical memes humorously depict the fall of communism with the Grim Reaper and flags.

Final score:

0points

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setsuriseikou 10 months ago

Er, actually there were quite a few positive effects...

0points

London Paris 10 months ago

But it still failed and died despite all the supposed positive qualities.

5points

#98

The Thankless Job Of Japanese Intelligence

Two cartoon soldiers discussing exaggerated war casualty numbers in a historical meme.

Final score:

0points

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#99

Fk Ni’s

Comic depicting historical meme with soldiers discussing bombing Dresden and London, highlighting history's irony.

Final score:

0points

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Multa Nocte 10 months ago

Hey BP! You missed a dirty word!!!!!!!!!

1point

Serena Myers 10 months ago

They found it!

2points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

British: Please not Coventry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Blitz. Germans: Ha, ha, we coventrated you! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coventrate. British: Hmm. That was a bit feeble really. This is how to do it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II#Operation_Gomorrah. Arthur Harris: FAFO. You'll be getting more like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Harris

0points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

Sorry but who freaking cares about a German city being bombed when the Germans levelled Warsaw. It was so bad people actually wanted to move the capital to another city and leave destroyed Warsaw as a memorial.

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Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago (edited)

When tens of thousands of people are killed in one night, mothers and children suffocating in air raid shelters because the firestorm above has consumed all the oxygen, when children see people dying in the burning air above, their feet stuck to the burning asphalt of the road, tens of thousands of human beings slaughtered in minutes by a city-wide, inescapable, unimaginable horror of fire and ruin and suffocation - well, then you care. I'm a Brit. My country did that. And I am glad that my forebears did so (not my actual grandfathers - one was navy, the other army). It was needed to win the war. But it was atrocious. Atrocious horror is atrocious horror whoever the victim happens to be. Add up the dead of Warsaw to the dead of Dresden and Coventry combined and the death toll doesn't even come close to the number of Jews that the Nazis killed. Every one of those lives snuffed out before their time is part of the atrocity of the Second World War. Remember - and make sure it doesn't happen again.

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