“History For The Witty”: 50 Of The Funniest And Most Accurate Memes That History Geeks Might Appreciate

100% accurate.

Well I'd hate to make anyone roll over in their grave...

OMG, truer words were never spoken

I totally love this definition.

Whenever ‘tradition’ is given as a reason for doing something it should be questioned. So often tradition keeps people ‘in their place’ or is used to actually harm people. Foot binding, female genital mutilation, even keeping a group of people from joining clubs and groups.

yep .. story of my life in a nutshell

*me slowly becoming underweight and crying*

I learned that going to the gym won't help me with weight loss or muscle gain. I don't know why, really. But doing more "natural" things like walking, biking and gardening helps me pretty well, actually. It's really weird.

Easy tip: Cutting down on carbs helps. Try eating more dark green veggies like spinach, kale, or all sorts of cabbage, rutabaga, broccoli, brussel sprouts instead of a mountain of potatoes, fries, pasta, rice whatever, and cut down on sandwiches also. And remember: you don't get fat by eating fat just as little as you become green because eating a cucumber. =)

Make your ancestors proud 🙏

Ha ha! This one is good!

Rome enriched our civilization.

All roads lead to rome

... but did have nutcase leaders... so... yes.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Robin, you are sorely missed!

This must be the statue of the stinker

This needs to be on the funny statute post too!

Loved the man and his genius.

I have bookends of The Thinker. My grandson (about 3 at the time) said that it was Grandpa on the potty.

If we fail to study the atrocities of history, and the ideas that caused them, they can easily be repeated when those old ideas come back to the surface.

If you can’t look at your history and find things to be proud of, that’s a shame for you. If you can’t look at your history and find things to be ashamed of, you probably aren’t looking hard enough. But to say someone can’t be proud of their history because of some bad things in their past is asinine.

Studying (and teaching) history makes me happy because it's hard. It's never easy or pleasant, but it is an eye-opener. I feel angry, sad, torn, depressed, but history is how we became us. I'm frequently ashamed, but I know it's important not to lose our past to better our futures. (Mind you, some people really get way too proud for my taste.)

I went through all the stages of grief while finding a few very-worn silver coins on a beach in Spain. I was giddy to find them, then realized that they may have been on a ship that sank with the sailors on board, I felt sad for their hopes/dreams/families, and a friend had to tell me that the statute of limitations had expired on them as I was noticeably getting sadder and sadder.

Studying history is the best way to not repeat it.

Priorities people!

I do it all the time, go to fantastic places of history, take pictures of said historical place, and then find a cat and photograph that too.

There are really old manuscripts with cat paw prints, proving that they have been interrupting our work for eons.

Understandable.

Behold the majestic peets <3

You are wasting your talents on them.

You may well be adopted.