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Our avid readers will know how much we love memes here at Bored Panda, from science memes, viral 2020 memes, and very literal memes to more specific memes like jokes and memes for women to relate to and car memes to laugh at while you’re stuck in traffic. Because memes are the unofficial language of the internet and if you haven’t been off to the moon lately, you’ll surely know how to speak a word or two.
So this time, we have a special treat for your inner nerd or anyone who missed that once-in-a-lifetime chance to make their history teacher proud. Yep, we’re talking dates, events, and contexts that happened either far back or quite recently in the past.
Welcome to the history memes fueled by the r/HistoryMemes subreddit, where a whopping 2.7M members and self-confessed history experts crack jokes about the old days. Scroll down and upvote your favorites!
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#1
I See What U Did There
Full of Giggles 3 years ago (edited)
Daaaaayumm! He ain’t wrong though. I live 2.5 miles from 800 year old rock paintings. Lord knows what my property use to be.
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#2
Selective Breeding
#3
A Joke Book From 1940
Internet memes have been a widely used visual form of online rhetoric since the early 2000s. Today they have become a prominent method of communication across the internet, but as a research subject, they're still not very well-examined.
With 20 years of communicating in memes, we still don’t know their exact implications, says Rebecca Ortiz, an assistant professor of advertising at the Newhouse School. “Research on internet meme effects is still in its infancy. But we can look to past media effects research to hypothesize how people may be influenced by them.”
#4
But At Least They Have The Cool Building With All The Flags In It
#5
Professionals Have Standards
#6
Not The Tea
We should never underestimate the power that social media and the content that’s surfing there has on our beliefs, identities, and culture. “The most shareable content on social media will reach the most people and potentially have the greatest effect,” she said.
Think of memes as bits of humor that capture shared cultural meanings and speak to some of the largest audience on our planet. “[They] are some of the most shareable pieces of content on social media and therefore they deserve scrutiny and better understanding as to how they may influence us,” Ortiz explained.
In that sense, understanding a meme is a way to bond with people and feel a strong sense of community. We as humans are wired to do so, so memes are the perfect gateway to that.
#7
History Repeats Itself
#8
So Much Spice!
Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
"I receive spice. You receive... Asturias. Burgundy. Tuscana. And seven tons of gold. Add some cinnamon and I add the real crown of thorns."
#9
Scientifically Proven
#10
They Here Cause You Dragged Them Her
Yara Balabanova 3 years ago
We also see this in the Netherlands now with Turkish and Morrocan people who were actually brought here in the 60s because the Dutch workforce was too small
#11
If You Don't Believe Me Look At China Right Now
#12
Black Panther Flashbacks
Mohammad Ammar 3 years ago
To be honest they can keep ours. We can't keep them safe and no one even comes to visit us.
#14
I Dont Think You Want
#15
Enslaving People Because Of Color Skin? Absolutely Barbaric!
#16
Ah, Good Times
Serial pacifist 3 years ago
I am from the region actually. Very true, unfortunately. Nevertheless, apart from mildly to largely racist jerks in power on all sides, we are beautiful countries with great people. Worth visiting.
#17
What A Nice Little White Girl
Liet 3 years ago
I know a tiny bit more of this story. She wasn't able to ride first class on the trains because they were segregated. So the states solution was to try to get her declared white rather than desegregate.
BetweenTheCracks 3 years ago
Deny obvious reality rather than make proper systemic changes. Sounds like us, all right
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tuzdayschild 3 years ago (edited)
At least they didn't kill her for being prosperous. That's more than some got.
Watching 3 years ago
Oklahoma, one of the most racist states in our country. Pure red. And I mean that in more ways than one.
JonaLou2U 3 years ago
As a lifelong Oklahoman- sadly....this is true. (I'm a little blue dot in a sea of red) But I am HeRE!
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Oklahoma: Can't have rich black people now can we. Quick! To the swap machine.
K. Anderson 3 years ago
Weird as it is it allowed her to keep her money. Someone said they did so to keep the money in the state. Honestly I’m surprised they didn’t steal it from her
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It allowed her the ability to cross the color line and use White Only facilities and more. Back then, for a black person, that was literally a trump card
Dodo 3 years ago
But that's so stupid. Not saying segregation was sensible but the "reasons" for it don't go away just because you declare someone white. It just proves that you're being an a-hole for the sake of it.
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Maria Schneider 3 years ago (edited)
Racism at its very best... If Elon Musk loses all his money, will his skin be dark then? 😉
BetweenTheCracks 3 years ago
No, he'd just be a poor white person and therefore invisible to both sides of the aisle.
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Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
The real surprise is that the didn't find a way to screw her out of the money.
Mina Minx 3 years ago
They did. She was appointed a white executor/guardian. She was found living in squalor while they were living it up. NAACP stepped in and fought for her to have better treatment. It was only then she began living a better lufe. She eventually gained control of her own finances.
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Ladyandthetramp 3 years ago
Lol omg!!!!! The meme!!! People only accept you if you have money or are famous. That’s so stupid you are now white
Allen Lavine 3 years ago
Dame I went and look her up it's true why we don't lean this in school
Black Karen 3 years ago
EXACTLY i just learned about the Tulsa riots THIS YEAR which is absolutely pathetic, American education system!
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Wednesday 3 years ago
WOW. I mean the audacity! Granted, at the time, that was like (lol) Carte Blanche (a White Card). It's kind of mind boggling. I mean.. why, why, I mean WHY can't we just treat people like people? Black, white, male, female, trans, Asian, Indian, abled, disabled, broken, confident - just - we're all just people. Humans. Blows my f*****g mind that it's so hard for some to live this truth.
Sarah Grape 3 years ago
they didn't quite get it, times were different back then. being a white person meant that you would have the same legal privileges white people had. I don't think they were trying to be funny or sarcastic with this, I think oklahoma was just trying to make life easy on her
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
Actually people should look up what happened to Native American Indians when oil was discovered on their reservation in Oklahoma in the early 1920's. Part of the creation of the FBI was due to the 'mysterious' murders that took place in one town and the subsequent inheritance of the oil property by white people.
A_BadlyDrawnBearPic 3 years ago
Apparently, before, the only rich people were white. Therefore, they would be like this: Impossible. She is not white. We must make her white, so she fits in with our small POV.
Bert van Aalsburg 3 years ago
Wow. She got such better treatment than the Osage did. Oil rich native Americans had to have a white guardian because the U.S. government didn't believe they were smart enough to manage their own money.
Jenifer Halpern 3 years ago
Uchhh! No thank you! Why would she want to be white! Shame on you you white Oklahoma Legislature1
K. Anderson 3 years ago
I’m surprised they didn’t steal it from her. Considering you could murder a black person with little consequence I am shocked they didn’t figure out a way to take it
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago
Being a white person is not a reward, it's a punishment.
JessG 3 years ago
Uh, yeah okay, tell that to all of the black people living in the U.S. in 1913
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My Life at 3 years ago
You became so rich, government call you white instead color of your skin 😂
JessG 3 years ago
Of course it's not funny. America in 1913 was, in fact, "racist as hell". The whole country was segregated, therefore, when she was rich, she still was not able to use any white facilities, so in order for her to sit in the front, they had to declare her white. Did that help her situation at all? Very unlikely.
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Donkey boi 3 years ago
Genuine question, would her kids be considered white and given a white education?
Something 3 years ago
It's about both. It's a common racist trope to designate one particular person as "different from the others" or "white on the inside."
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Just Make Up Your Mind!
Mohammad Ammar 3 years ago
And yet the USA isn't defined as a terrorist nation.That title is reserved for the rest of us.
#19
*laughs In Nazi Gold*
Sofia Di Tutti 3 years ago
Swiss is like "Si vis pacem prepara bellum" (if you want peace be ready for the war)
#20
Life's A Witch
#21
Also Forgot To Mention Hera Was His Sister...still A Classic Though
Samantha Lomb 3 years ago
Well rape and incest are not really on "on brand" for Disney, though dead parents certainly are. Which makes one wonder why they chose Greek mythology as source material at all.
#22
Oh Well Its Not Like We Can Do Anything About That
Neil Bidle 3 years ago
History happened, you can't change that, learn from it and move forward. "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it"
#23
"George, I've Just Noticed Something..."
#24
A Rare Glimpse Of A History Meme In The Wild
Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
She is so bad she has been re-elected every time since... well... Almost forever.
#25
A Toast To The Irish
#26
This Country Is Gonna Be Lit!
Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
Funny thing: when they wrote that they pictured muskets. Never would they have imagined an AK47
#27
Literally Grave Robbers
Neil Bidle 3 years ago
At least when the British museum got hold of things, they were preserved, not destroyed or sold on the black market?
#28
The Madlad
Sofia Di Tutti 3 years ago
I am italian - if one of our president would have done such a thing we claimed it as a miracle... (Our president of republics are always old people)
#29
Ratatouille’s Revenge
Jerry Mathers 3 years ago
Where's one of those group shots of trump, Cruz and McConnell standing in front of a flag?
#30
This Is In The Book I’m Reading
#31
God Is An Englishman
Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago (edited)
The weather is terrible is all you need to know! So all hands on board and let's conquer a few sunny countries. 😂😂😂
#32
I’m So Lucky
#33
The Grand Tour Has A Lot Of Meme Potential
#34
Guten Tag, Polen
#35
It’s Not Even Close Really
#36
One Of Our Fellow Scholars
troufaki13 3 years ago
This is so sad on so many levels. Women's rights are non existent in Turkey. Except for Melek Ipek who was acquitted for murdering her abusive husband, probably only because of the power of social media.
#37
Belgian History 101
#39
Oh No
Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago
"Do I look stupid with a mask on?" "Is the Spanish Flu real or a hoax made up by Henry Ford?"
#40
Coincidence? I Think Not
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Are you really certain the doves were so innocent? They certainly have a lot to do with a coo 😁
#41
So True
#42
Sparta, This Is
#43
Manifest Destiny Be Like
#44
Quick Fake China Is Asleep! Up-Vote Flag Of Real China
#45
Faked Their Deaths
Rabbit Carrot 3 years ago (edited)
Before they were hired by the USA to work in the space and tech industries.
#46
Not Sure If This Has Been Done Before
#47
Yeah, Someone Definitely Used A Ruler To Draw Some Of These Borders
#48
Not Cool Andrew Jackson
#49
We See Through Your Disguise, Himmler
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Shelp 3 years ago
Very funny, but lots of them rely on inaccurate or very generalizing history "knowledge"
Marcellus the Third 3 years ago
BP titled it "To Prove That The Best Way To Learn History Is Through Memes" --- hint: no, it's not.
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Raccoon Queen 3 years ago
I can relate to the last one(Jewish so everyone looks at you). My friends ask me questions that I don’t know the answer to because my grandmother grew up Jewish.
Cupcake168 3 years ago
Hint: people can up- and downvote, so the last place probably changes continuously.
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Bored Birgit 3 years ago
I enjoyed all the commentaries and answers of BP readers from different nations. That is why I'm here. Love it!
Computernaut 3 years ago
I think they overplayed the whole imperialism/slavery/genocide trope. Yes, it happened, but it's not any of our faults (now in the 21st century) and there's a lot more to history then just that.
Jacqueline Dartley 3 years ago
These are not funny but horrible. Actually made me sick reading them. So many inaccuracies, and misspellings. Please remove this feed.
juice 3 years ago
but does it have any history memes on it? how am i supposed to learn when my shirt is only luxurious and colorful???
Load More Replies... Shelp 3 years ago
Very funny, but lots of them rely on inaccurate or very generalizing history "knowledge"
Marcellus the Third 3 years ago
BP titled it "To Prove That The Best Way To Learn History Is Through Memes" --- hint: no, it's not.
Load More Replies... Raccoon Queen 3 years ago
I can relate to the last one(Jewish so everyone looks at you). My friends ask me questions that I don’t know the answer to because my grandmother grew up Jewish.
Cupcake168 3 years ago
Hint: people can up- and downvote, so the last place probably changes continuously.
Load More Replies... Bored Birgit 3 years ago
I enjoyed all the commentaries and answers of BP readers from different nations. That is why I'm here. Love it!
Computernaut 3 years ago
I think they overplayed the whole imperialism/slavery/genocide trope. Yes, it happened, but it's not any of our faults (now in the 21st century) and there's a lot more to history then just that.
Jacqueline Dartley 3 years ago
These are not funny but horrible. Actually made me sick reading them. So many inaccuracies, and misspellings. Please remove this feed.
juice 3 years ago
but does it have any history memes on it? how am i supposed to learn when my shirt is only luxurious and colorful???
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