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35 Hilarious Medieval Memes That Just Might Make You Laugh So Hard You’ll Spit Out Your Ale
Imagination is not restricted by time or space. The same can be said about memes. While today’s actualities will always get the most focus due to their relevance, there’s nothing stopping the meme time machine from going to the future - or to the past.
On this occasion, one Imgur user takes us on a journey back to somewhere between the years 476 and 1453. While the memes they made technically weren’t made in the Middle Ages, they certainly feel like they could’ve been, and their comedy is priceless. Scroll down to check them out!
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Redbad hated the thought of spending eternity with people he considered socially beneath him. Because Christianity looked out for the welfare of the poor and thought that the poor were close to Jesus, he considered them all a miserable lot. He said he would rather live with his glorious war-faring ancestors than with a bunch of beggars. The confusion that Hell necessarily meant Tartarus, the place of eternal physical torment, came with the Protestant revolution; To the medieval Christians, Hell was any afterlife destination apart from the ecstatic joy of being with Christ and seeing God face-to-face.
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I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 2 years ago
Respect!! As they saying goes "we're all going to hell, and I'm driving the bus!"
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LasPapasFritas1234 2 years ago
not to be weird thats a mostly fair argument except the eggs are unfertilized so we are essentially eating a chicken's period- help me i know too many farmers😭
Tabitha 2 years ago
Yeah, but back in the day when this was painted, there were probably a load of fertilized eggs eaten, even accidentally. It’s hard not to apply modern sensibilities to the past. Even though we may recoil from it now, we still have to remember it was considered normal and acceptable long ago.
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Binny Tutera 2 years ago
MOST eggs are not fertilized. I get mine from a farm, so sometimes I get a fertilized egg.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Eggs aren't chicken any more than milk is a cow. If you want to pick on the Catholic Church's odd decisions as to what constitutes meat, I'd go with the fact that fish is OK. Even stranger is that "fish" means "aquatic life" not "biology class Pisces," so some bishops have ruled that crocodilians are fish. (Crocodilians are from the archosaur branch of reptiles, which gave rise to dinosaurs, so their closes relatives are chickens, from the most primitive lineage of birds.)
Exotic Butters 2 years ago
Oh, so OP is trying to say that it's fine to kill babies? Or point out the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church? It's bad to kill babies no matter what Catholics think. It's freaking wrong to kill babies
Anon822209 2 years ago
Now, maybe. But when the edict was originally made, there were almost definitely roosters kept with the chickens. And that means many, if not most, eggs were fertilized.
Load More Replies...These hilarious memes were shared by an Imgur user known as JebidiahBeetus. This person is a seasoned community member who has been sharing quality content since 2015. In that time, they have racked up over 2.1 million internet points and many Imgur trophies.
This person’s content is strictly oriented at memes, and most of their posts don’t go unnoticed. One of their best-received recent posts is titled “Meme dump 393: Knight Time,” and, as you probably know by now, it’s all about the Middle Ages. Since it was posted around two weeks ago, it has been viewed over 45,000 times, and, if we had to guess, at least as many times, it has received laughs too.
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Lily Langtry 2 years ago
Yes, but you'll be with all your pagan ancestors.
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Der Kommissar 2 years ago
Some would catapult corpses of diseased animals to spread the Black Plague. Others catapulted them because armies would retreat as they could not stand the smell. Documented in 1340, 1346 and 1422.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Also used to ward off Egyptians who thought cats to be sacred.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Don't fuss. The cats were looking for new slaves.
Lesbian Thespian 2 years ago
Once these land on the soldiers, they'll never be able to get back up!
Humor has accompanied humans for the longest time and has been used throughout most, if not all, of our history. It played a role in shaping lives even in seemingly dreary times like the Middle Ages, building communities and making people’s days a little bit brighter.
According to the Smithsonian, even what we now know as standup comedy, which may seem like a relatively new thing, might actually be quite a bit older than it appears. At least, that’s what newly discovered evidence points to.
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Jan Moore 2 years ago
We went to a winery in Alaska while on a cruise, just because they had mead and I always wanted to try it. Very disappointing, I thought it would taste more like honey. Just tasted like wine, no honey flavor at all.
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Starry starry night 2 years ago
I do this with cold roast chicken leg hunk of bread with wine and cheese. Call it my quest supper
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The article tells us of medieval performers and entertainers called minstrels, with the first people of this profession appearing around the 12th century. While their activities also included juggling, acrobatics, and music playing, they were best known for their storytelling. However, until now, there has been little information on what their performances were actually about.
Recently, a medieval comedy routine has been discovered in the manuscript of a tutor known as Richard Heege, which gives us a nice good glimpse into the world of live comedy of the Middle Ages. The papers had already been acquired quite some time ago. However, their studies were primarily focused on the artifact’s significance and physical characteristics, missing some of the other “treasures” they were “guarding.”
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LasPapasFritas1234 2 years ago
then what does "If two bodies exert forces on each other, these forces have the same magnitude but opposite directions" mean? jk don't answer i don't wanna know
XenoMurph 2 years ago
The earth exerts a downward force on you, but you exert an upwards force on the earth, those forces are proportional to your differing masses. When you jump one metre in the air, the earth moves in the opposite direction in proportion to your differing masses.
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LasPapasFritas1234 2 years ago
UMMM the guy in red's pants??? nobody? i need an explanation as to WHY
Written inside the manuscript is a wide variety of comedic acts like satirical anecdotes of heavy drinking virtues and absurd tales about battles that never really happened. The quality of this material was certainly high, too, as, besides being actually funny, it featured rhetorically sophisticated stories and superb poetry.
Discovering such a thing is a true rarity, as many minstrels were usually illiterate and probably didn’t see many financial benefits from preserving their acts. Instead, they passed down their jokes through oral tradition. But on occasion, which appears to be the case here, the material was just too demanding to memorize and recite by heart, so putting it down on paper was necessary.
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Barbara Kelly 2 years ago
When they chase with a mace and it misses your face .....
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
Okay. Seriously.. who else just sang this in their head? Me? I'm the only old f**ker in here?
Omima mimi miki 2 years ago
When your shield has been yield by the smith in the field that's amorore
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This content discovered in Richard Heege’s manuscript was not originally written by him, as the man likely copied it from a minstrel’s repertoire book when he worked as a tutor for a family somewhere in Derbyshire. However, this fact doesn’t make the discovery any less significant.
Finding these good similarities between us and our predecessors and realizing where the things we know now came from is always interesting and exciting. After all, we’re not so different, even if modern technologies might make us seem so. And if you need proof, the comedy in the form of these memes is exactly it.
Did you enjoy these memes? Which one was your favorite? Come to the comment section and share!
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David 2 years ago
Literally just last night. And then SMH when I realized some of what I picked up had zero resell value.
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
That's when you just drop whatever you can't use in a big ol' pile! lol
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Spoiler Alert 2 years ago
This is why I love Knight of the Old Republic. You can keep everything and the kitchen sink 😄
Bored something 2 years ago (edited)
That's when you find out you've accidentally collected 3 baskets a platter and 4 ruined books along the way.
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Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
People always think they would be in the noble classes in the past, when in actuality aristocrats were a tiny minority of the population. Then again, they’re probably also the kind of people who think they’re the reincarnation of someone famous, and not some average man or woman—-or possibly a cow—-living an average life long ago. Noone, including famous people, can be reincarnated as thousands of people in one lifetime. They can only be reincarnated as one person per lifetime, so most of those who think they’re someone like (for example) Genghis Khan reincarnated are most likely one of his victims reincarnated, or weren’t cycling through a life at that time at all.
Deborah B 2 years ago
If a soul can be reincarnated over and over, then multiple different people could, in turns, be reincarnations of the same historical figure. If you're assuminng the existance of a reincarnating soul, why not also assume that it is not constrained by time? Then a soul could live and die in the 1800s, then be reincarnated to 73BCE then reincarnated again in 2080, then again in 1650. If the soul exists outside of linear time, there isn't really anthing to stop the "lives" from overlapping, after dying in 1650+, the soul could have its next reincarnation being born in 2080 again, and be alive in more than one reincarnation at a given time. One sci-fi writer suggested a scenario where there is only one single soul - it lives every human life in turn, it just doesn't remember past lives. In that case, not only could multiple people be reincarnated as Marie Antionette, but every one has been, or will in future be reincarnated as her, as we are all the same soul.
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KingCobraKai 2 years ago
Poor people in America have a better life than the average king did 1000 years ago. Technology is way better for health, prosperity, and enjoyment than having a bunch of meat suits under your boot.
Lyone Fein 2 years ago
Is that Tardar the cat coming out of the dead guy's pocket just to the left of the shield?
Robin DJW 2 years ago
It always makes me shiver a bit to think that I am (we are all) direct descendants of people who survived plagues, starvation wars, pillage and rape, were ignorant and always half-ill, lived in barely livable structures or caves, wore only pelts... It makes me sympathetic with cultures that revere their elders and ancestors.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
You were way, way, way, way less likely to die in war in Medieval Europe than the modern war. And the life expectancy in 1300 was probably almost twice what it was in 1910. (Records were not kept of babies who died in infancy, so it's kinda difficult to suppose life expectancy, but it was likely 50-60 compared to 25-30). You probably worked long days, but there were only about 160 work days per year, including winter days when no-one expected much to get done. While you could get killed in a raid, you were unlikely to be enlisted in a war. And peasant and king at the same food in the same living quarters.
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Jane, Not Plain 2 years ago
And with no cell phones, they didn't know that a truce was issued 3 days ago!
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XenoMurph 2 years ago
Or it could be a pigeon drawn by someone overly familiar with ducks.
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Jennifer Ness 2 years ago
I'm not sure what's happening her but he's got a good hold on that smoking rotary phone receiver... as anybody with 8 fingers ought to
LasPapasFritas1234 2 years ago
ARRGGGH this is why I don't usually drink before battle. sure, u say "have fun before i die," but if i can't decide whether i look lame or cool i might come back as a ghost, unable to decide!
#16
Bored something 2 years ago
I don't think anyone ecares, I know I'm just enjoying it for what it is.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
I like the Medieval Arabic folk tales better. You know, the "1001 knights".
Mila Preradović 2 years ago
Pun. Knights= nights. Getting shorter after midsummer = 21st June or summer solstice.
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The Person (He/they) 2 years ago
Trade offer: Your body becomes open to the public, but you are exempt from taxes. Do you accept??
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Bill Swallow 2 years ago
And his brother, John the Elevator. And their uncle, John the Exterminator. And their cousin, Fred.
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Der Kommissar 2 years ago (edited)
The best acid can also cause bummers, like right here. Having been to some Dead shows in the 70s, I can verify that for every 10 or 20 happy trippers, there was one that needed to go to the med tent
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
The sky is not "pooing on the giant steer" (that costs extra). Those are souls being ascended to Heaven by the Rapture. Or inflatable dolls filled with hydrogen, I always get those confused. Let's shoot a few with incendiaries, then we'll know.
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Carl 2 years ago
No. It falls under the more general term "sausage". There's a lot of nuance to sausage terminology and subcategories based on content, casing, etc.
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devotedtodreams 2 years ago
Oh, I wish! With my rotten luck, I often end up with two or more people talking to each other with no indoor voice >.<
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Hippopotamuses 2 years ago (edited)
Behold. This is the field in which I grow my f&*ks. Lay thine eyes upon it, and thou shalt see that it is barren.
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Tis a fine field. Behold, my barren field of shits!
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A Wild Bean (they/them/any) 2 years ago
And you might even get to call someone a silly english k-nig-ht :D
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Shark Lady 2 years ago
I don't need to say "who goes there" when there is a bump in the night because I know it's either one of my cats or it's the resident ghost!
#25
martymcmatrix 2 years ago (edited)
»Heck, what did I tell you about summoning the pspsps demon‽‽‽«
SparkDragon 2 years ago
"Sorry, I couldn't resist! Just look at the wittle fwuffy-kins"
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EzDawg 2 years ago
look at the girl in the front with a red/blue dress. IT'S FRIGGIN AI GENERATED
Jill 2 years ago
I don't know which is worse - the fact that she has two bodies or three hands! 😬
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Rainwing_Demigod 2 years ago
The face kinda reminds me of the prince from the Princess Bride? Prince Humperdinck? Idk.
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TheDarkestRaven 2 years ago
Not gonna lie tho, I like the design. Not the whole hooters thing, I just like the look of metal armor. //dances in is a drawing nerd//
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SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago
Can confirm. Now if you will excuse me, I need to pick up my Blades Sword. Alduin is approaching!!!
Also Ansinfer 2 years ago
Wait - aren't a bunch of guys reading this title asking "but where's the naked hotties?"
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Tabitha 2 years ago
It is merely a pose. Devoid of substance and noxious in company.
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KingCobraKai 2 years ago
Ignore problems by calling them negative has never once solved them. Toxic positivity is a thing. It's why no one is stopping kids from starving. 7 dead kids each minute.
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
... and all I could think is "if my dog had opposable thumbs, she'd eat herself into the hospital...........again."
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Tabitha 2 years ago
That’s because it’s other people’s blood, not his. So physically he’s fine. He’s just not ready to talk about the rest of it, where he’s not fine at all, quite yet.
Arthur Waite 2 years ago
and someone, possibly a servant or serf, would have to wipe off all that blood, then rub the iron armour with neats-foot-oil, or it would be bright brown rust by morning.
D. Pitbull 2 years ago
'TIS BUT A FLESH WOUND... get back here! "What you going to do? Bite my knees off?"
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Lyone Fein 2 years ago
That father figure sure got the hero's journey wrong. It is a template for finding meaning in life. Not for adventure.
2 years ago
But it can also be an adventure, plus, he was just trying to get his son to take out the trash and make it sound appealing.
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Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
Then leave and try again in another country. Shampoo. Rinse. Repeat. Countless times. The Jewish Diaspora explained.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
It's more like "Leave the children of Zion alone. I need them to loan me money." - see Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria.
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
Ok, just because I spent all of yesterday making a Victorian bonnet to wear to the Christmas lights switch on...
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Hippopotamuses 2 years ago
I think I'd need to go home and change my armour, if I saw something like that.
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Tabitha 2 years ago
Just a warning to try to fully understand what you’re saying when you say it. If you think you would’ve loved being a knight back in the day, maybe study up on the REAL—-not the fictional and romanticized—-lives of knights first. Then decide if you think you would still love doing all the barbaric things they had to do to please their lords and their king. Once you have a true handle on what their lives were like, then your opinion and statement would be an informed one, not a deluded or just plain stupid and uninformed one.
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I was wondering what status quo they withheld from whom.
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Hippopotamuses 2 years ago
I must admit, I can relate to all of this, except someone's head spontaneously falling off.
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