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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."
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.
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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JimSteve 2 weeks ago
Boomers had to deal with all of the sh*t that happened afterwards so cut them some f*c*i*g slack modern hate culture!
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 2 weeks ago
If by "deal with" you mean "take everything worth having and close all the doors behind them" and "ruined the environment" then sure, you're right.
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Andi 2 weeks ago
Ah boomers, what have they done for us, apart from legalising homosexuality, women's rights, equal pay, abortion and the pill, overturning mortgage rules so women can own houses without a mans guarantee, rock and roll, social protest, festivals, employment rights and a relaxation of social conventions and the acceptance of individuality; apart from that nothing.... ok so there are still issues but they started the whole thing.
Apatheist Account2 2 weeks ago
I'm a boomer. I was 19 when the Falklands happened and 29 when the first Gulf War happened. Okay, so I didn't go - too cold, then too hot. We also had to live with constant IRA threats, a 3 day week, miners' strikes, punk rock and a lot of other hassle. It's been far from peaceful.
Sue User 2 weeks ago
GenX here. Real threat of nuclear war was kinda a bummer. Seventies had record inflation ( mortgages were double digits ). Women could not get credit cards in their name. Environment was effed ( ozone, love canal ). Every generation can point to struggles. I do agree that economically , this genetation is getting a raw desl, but i am hoping its gets rectified like it was in the past . I am also hoping that climate change is realised as the threat that it is and fixed, like the ozone.
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Phil Green 2 weeks ago
I'm a baby boomer; been involved in four different wars, lived through impending nuclear threats, done good things, been through two global depressions....
Lori T Wisconsin 1 week ago
Lighten up and stop the name calling and ageism. None of us gets out of this alive 😟
Show thyself 2 weeks ago (edited)
Personally I feel as if the word "boomer" lost it's original meaning (nameing the generation) and just switched to be used as a slur against everybody older than 30y - I can't remember how often I myself and others were called "boomer" (once b/c I asked if the seat, with the backpack on it, is taken‽). My parents are late "boomers", born 1964 & 1965. They worked their asṣes off to provide for us and, yes, they managed to buy a house. Which is payed fully next year, after 25 years. No, it wasn't easy for most the ones in that generation. Everyone from every generation deserves some respect (as long as they are respectfull), even without a war, a depression or whatever disgusting/tragic situations they lived in - one may exclude the ones who caused said situation.
EJN 1 week ago
All boomers were and are not the same. So, do all of the younger millennials who voted for the cheetolini this time round (a most destructive, unsavory boomer, to be sure) represent that generation? If so, wait and see how much that orange menace is going to f*ck things up and congratulate yourselves for enabling it to happen.
Bill Kubeck 1 week ago
Too true. My parents lived through the Depression and served in WWII. My father especially suffered life in a POW camp for most of it. I'm still trying to fix their mistakes as PTSD-driven parents.
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Tiny Dancer 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
This! And the increased amount of ads that just won't go away.
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Bananaramamama 2 weeks 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 1 day ago
Agreed! This is all [insert nation with differing philosophy than mine here]'s fault!
Load More Replies... Tiny Dancer 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
This! And the increased amount of ads that just won't go away.
Load More Replies... Bananaramamama 2 weeks 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 1 day ago
Agreed! This is all [insert nation with differing philosophy than mine here]'s fault!
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