History Memes Provide A Funny Blast From The Past

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Ada Elder
Mar 28, 2020 11:00 AM EDT

When shit gets rough in the present, we often find ourselves turning to comedy based on the past. These history memes are a great reminder that other people have suffered as much or more than us. They're also pretty damn good for a laugh.

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    Dog - The Thirteen Colonies: *throws tea into the ocean* The British Empire: do u wanna fucken go? lean in_my cerea
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Nose - "Real Fact" #1470 Of the 193 members of United Nations, Britain has Invaded 171 of them. Britain: Get all the "Real Facts" at snapple
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Facial expression - Time Traveller: Hey, what type of government do you have? 19th century Frenchman: It varies from moment to moment.
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Text - France calculating how much Germany should pay for the WW1 war reparations 248 +208 4416
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Text - When a small shitty island is discovered somewhere around the World
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Cartoon - •Japan is rearming its military •Right wing Nationalism is rising in Italy •The world is facing a spanish flu like pandemic •The US stock market crashed •We could be heading towards another Global Depression Germany: Oh yeah, It's all coming together
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Photography - COMA 1945 1950
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    Lawn - A brief summary of Poland's history STARECAT.COM
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Cartoon - Japan throughout its history POCKY Japan after a bit of radiation
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Text - When it's 1954 and your wife wants to share a bed RKD prents IMARRIED a Communist LARAINE DAY ROBERT RYAN JOHN AGAR THOMAS GOMEZ JANIS CARTER Executive Prodaer Prodsced by SID ROGELL JACK J. GROSS ROBERT STEVENSON Serrar Poy y CHARLES GRASONAN ERT HARDY AWENS with rected by
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    carving up turkey carving up Turkey Medoeanan Sea
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Animation - College Graduates when they earn their first paycheck. I don't want to play with you anymore
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Text - A person of average height for Napoleon his time Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture. They're the same picture.
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Adaptation - When the trees start to speak Germanic
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Photo caption - Literally any European country during the age of imperialism @Dutch meme boi Spices
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Adaptation - If Mansa Musa was so rich, why didn't he have AirPods? Cairo Timbuktu.
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Face - Nostalgic person: "I wish we could go back to the good ol' days!" Literally every Historian:
    via u/FitzChevalric
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    Cartoon - No you can't just reform the whole church Haha hammer go pok pok pok
    via u/Lolindor
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    Text - People when an accused witch drowns and pasts the test You're officially pardoned From life.
    via u/_illuzionz_
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    Green - Nooo! You can't just be tôi nghi ngờ a f*cking tree.
    via u/hamikr

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jeff goldblum history memes history random memes historical memes funny memes dank memes World History Memes european history
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