40 Historical Memes That Are Too Funny And Accurate Not To Share
The world as we know it was shaped by a long series of events and circumstances, some planned and some accidental. This process is ongoing and never truly complete – we're still trying to figure out how the world should work, how we should live together, and what technologies would improve our lives.
People often say that reading about history is boring and difficult. But while it is true that it does take a lot of effort to understand the many things that happened in the past, what people don't know is that discovering things beyond the typical and generic historical timeline is actually fun!
Come to think about it, there are now a lot of memes online making rounds on different social media platforms that show references to some historical happenings. And what's great about it is that when you do understand the context behind those jokes and one-liners, you would most definitely be amused by what they are trying to convey!
That being said, there is even an online community in Reddit called r/HistoryMemes where people gather to laugh about the [literal] good old days. Currently, there are about 3.6 million members called "History Experts" who share jokes, memes, and fun facts about history that are too amusing to not let everyone know.
Just check out some of the best posts in this subreddit below!
1. Women Have Always Ruled
2. What A Stubborn Thing
3. Russian Literature Are A Whole New Breed
4. Social Distancing In History
5. Beethoven Being A Petty Musician
6. Wouldn't Have Known It
7. Pre-Colonial Africa
8. This Is Actually An Ancient Meme
9. Is This The Real Life?
10. They Seem Allergic To It
11. Cats Are A Religion
12. Font Humor
13. People Should Still Do This
14. They Can't Just Stop Horsing Around
15. The Monsters They Fought Were Just Like Them
16. Elite Roman Joke
17. Legendary Christopher Lee
18. Kenya Is Love
19. Horseshoe Crab Being Content With Their Beauty
20. Several Days Is Not Enough
21. Oh No
22. Just Telling It Like It Is
23. What A Kind Gentleman
24. Why It Is Called Wall Street
25. Don't Complain Unless You Would Prefer This
26. Diss Tracks Way Before Then
27. Girl Boss Of Her Time
28. Just Say Patriot Act, That Would Be Enough
29. The Royal Family's Life Spans
30. Don't You Have Clocks There?
31. Can You Be Even More Specific?
32. Just Wait For All The Historical Costume Expert Reaction Videos On Youtube For Every Historical Movie That Goes Out
33. Samurai For The Aesthetics Only
34. What A Strategy
35. Julius Caesar Demanding A Higher Ransom For Himself Because He Was Insulted
36. Poor, Poor Kids
37. Tales Of Cities With Slaves
38. A Timeline Of Historical Slangs For Men's Meats
39. Such A Hard Thing
40. Male Fantasy
Learning history can be really fun—only if you know how to look in the right places, and this subreddit is one of those! There's nothing more satisfying than coming across a classical or a historical meme that you can immediately relate to because you know the context behind it!
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