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45 Hilarious Memes That Are Based On Accurate Events That Might Satisfy Your Inner Historian
I graduated high school before Instagram was created, and maybe that’s a good thing. Otherwise, I could've spent entire classes scrolling through accounts like The Historical Meme, laughing at the ineffectiveness of the Maginot Line instead of reading about it in my textbooks. Luckily, today I can indulge in this at 3 AM, so it doesn’t interfere with my life—yay! I invite you to join me, preferably at a more reasonable hour, to revisit what you've learned about our past (or discover it for the first time) in a refreshingly unconventional way.
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To learn more about history, we contacted Howard Dorre, writer and co-host of the presidential history blog and podcast Plodding Through The Presidents, which he creates with his wife.
"History can offer the average person a better understanding of their world, through real-life stories of conflict and triumph," Howard told Bored Panda.
Indeed, these memes can ignite your curiosity, and that spark can continue to burn even after you're done scrolling through the list. Don't worry—you can continue your studies elsewhere.
Some things, however, may offer the most value for your time and effort, depending on your interests and background, and provide valuable context that will help you get the bigger picture.
"For Americans, I think it's important to understand the Revolutionary period and the formation of our Constitutional government, the history of slavery in the United States and the events leading up to the Civil War, the Reconstruction period, and the gains for African Americans that were erased with Jim Crow, the fight against fascism during World War II, and the Civil Rights era in the 1960s," Howard Dorre said.
"Together these periods tell the story of America's promise of equality and freedom in a way that makes it clear that we're not on some automatic steady path toward a better world."
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You can choose from a variety of sources to deepen your understanding of history!
In the fall of 2020, a US survey of 1,816 people revealed that the top three were all in video format:
- Documentary film/TV — 69%;
- Fictional film/TV — 66%;
- TV news — 62%.
Interestingly, more traditional sources, such as museums (35%), nonfiction books (32%), and lectures (12%) filled out the middle to lower ranks of this hierarchy.
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Isabel Galvez 3 months ago
That's a sketch from "Mitchell and Webb Look" and he's playing a German soldier. 😬
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
Every western European power was trying to do the same thing. We were just better at it, that's all.
Lewis KR 3 months ago
I think it's mostly that Britain industrialised first
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Pandamonium Pandas Pandie 3 months ago
america: come live here and be free! also America: but if you are any color other than white you r slave -usa, 1920
Ariadne Toms 3 months ago
Until yesterday anyway...not even an illusions of freedom now. Why would a democratic country voluntarily choose a dictator? Is Kamala really THAT bad?
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Lara Verne 3 months ago
Well, if you study history hard enough, you will probably find that every nation has done something not very nice
n75mk9nk2n 3 months ago
Every hero is someone's villain, and vice-versa. No one's perfectly good or perfectly evil.
Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal 3 months ago
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The Darkest Timeline 3 months ago
Has anyone ever heard of a benevolent superpower? It’s like looking for a billionaire that makes it their mission to end poverty and actually puts their money where their mouth is.
Becky Samuel 3 months ago
Umm, what did the comedian David Mitchell ever do to you?
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Ruthie R 3 months ago
Wait till Americans find out their history of genocide and slavery and discover whose race laws inspired Hitler. Trump' seems keen to take them back to those good old days.
Bananaramamama 3 months ago
Wait until Ruthie remembers that Native Americans suffered initially from colonization and exploration originating from the great nations of Europe.
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Glix Drap 3 months ago
Instead of "What have the Romans done for us" try "What have the British done for us".
Adam 3 months ago
Well apart from democracy in Europe, ending slavery, jet planes, vaccines, penicillin, DNA, the Internet, radio, time, bicycles, industrialisation, democracy, newtonian physics, steel, tv, movies, the telephone, cement, soda, and the chocolate bar. What have the British ever done for us?
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tee-lena 3 months ago
Well, I am Native American. So you will have to forgive my distaste for your ancestors.
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Upstaged75 3 months ago
I recently saw someone doing this on the lake where I live. He was on a paddleboard holding what looked like bat wings. It was a windy day, so he was getting some good air I guess. :)
Some much-welcome news is that the public sees clear value in studying history, even relative to other fields.
Rather than asking whether respondents thought learning history was important—a costless choice—the researchers asked instead how essential history education is, relative to such fields as engineering and business. The results were encouraging: 84 percent of respondents felt history was just as valuable as the professional programs.
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LizzieBoredom 3 months ago (edited)
Tea drinking came to England in 1650, but because it was expensive, didn't become the most popular drink in England until the early 19th century. It took oolong time.
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TotallyNOTAFox 3 months ago
Everyone: "Tanks can't cross the Ardennes!" - Heinz Guderian: "Halt mal kurz mein Bier"
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 months ago (edited)
"When ze rockets go up, vho cares vhere zey come down...That's not mein department!"
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Tom Brincefield 3 months ago
In terms of total air power, the US Navy is second in power to the US Air Force. 3rd is Russia, with the US Army and the US Marine Corp rounding out the top 5.
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The spooky explanation 3 months ago
Istanbul not Constantinople, yeah it's Istanbul not Byzantium
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 months ago
Are you applying for a position that involves two lanterns, a horse and a loud voice?
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FreeTheUnicorn 3 months ago
Hawaii was unified in 1795 but it was independent for 800 years or so before that. By culture, language and customs, Hawaii was a country long before European maps designated it as such. If we applied the same metrics to Hawaii as contemporary European "countries" , Hawaii was a country a lot longer than. 103 years.
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Dragons Exist 3 months ago
Wyoming and Utah always look like two rectangles that overlapped and Wyoming won the overlapping corner
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Indosidius 3 months ago
You forgot South Africa. The 50 000 white women and children that died under terrible conditions in concentration camps. And the 100 000's more African natives that also died in similar camps that no record was kept off, except for the skeletons in the mass Graves....
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Janissary35680 3 months ago
This happens frequently to very flat countries with no natural geographical borders.
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Tiny Dancer 3 months ago
Why bother commenting on any of these BP posts these days? Ever since they started collapsing the comments again (did this a couple of years ago with the exact same results) they're useless. I click on the notification that someone has commented on my comment and the page just loads like normal. Doesn't move to my comment, doesn't show me anyone else's comments, what's the point? Nowhere else to post this, just sharing my frustration. And now they want me to pay them? Will Premium include the ability to SEE MY COMMENTS AGAIN?! Maybe then we'll talk.
Steve Robert 3 months ago
This! And the increased amount of ads that just won't go away.
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Bananaramamama 3 months ago
This is an entertaining thread so long as you stay out of the comments. Otherwise you get sucked into the cultural blame game
Richard Smith 2 months ago
Agreed! This is all [insert nation with differing philosophy than mine here]'s fault!
Load More Replies... Tiny Dancer 3 months ago
Why bother commenting on any of these BP posts these days? Ever since they started collapsing the comments again (did this a couple of years ago with the exact same results) they're useless. I click on the notification that someone has commented on my comment and the page just loads like normal. Doesn't move to my comment, doesn't show me anyone else's comments, what's the point? Nowhere else to post this, just sharing my frustration. And now they want me to pay them? Will Premium include the ability to SEE MY COMMENTS AGAIN?! Maybe then we'll talk.
Steve Robert 3 months ago
This! And the increased amount of ads that just won't go away.
Load More Replies... Bananaramamama 3 months ago
This is an entertaining thread so long as you stay out of the comments. Otherwise you get sucked into the cultural blame game
Richard Smith 2 months ago
Agreed! This is all [insert nation with differing philosophy than mine here]'s fault!
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