this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2024
928 points (96.9% liked)
memes
20136 readers
2057 users here now
Community rules
1. Be civil
No trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour
2. No politics
This is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world
3. No recent reposts
Check for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month
4. No bots
No bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins
5. No Spam/Ads/AI Slop
No advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.
A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Sister communities
- !tenforward@lemmy.world : Star Trek memes, chat and shitposts
- !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world : Lemmy Shitposts, anything and everything goes.
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world : Linux themed memes
- !comicstrips@lemmy.world : for those who love comic stories.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Facts about one of the worst people in history, along with the jokey implication that he's in hell, are so woke, aren't they?
Clearly the non-woke thing would be to celebrate the guy who was so atrocious to the natives that even the Spanish royals were outraged and had him brought back to Spain in chains.
But hey, he "discovered America," am I right? Ignoring the millions of people who already lived there at the time, along with the Vikings who got there 500 years before he did.
"Hitler is in hell." Omg that's hilarious. You so wise and witty and funny, what a clever connection you made in a humours way. No, that's not a joke.
It's woke because it isn't a joke. It is some feel good sense woke people can go "Yea!" too and pat each other on the back.
No really no. I guess a non woke joke in this context would be more like "hey I'm dead, I can see me uncle!" "Umm... No he's in a different place" "no that totally make senses, I can see that".
It's not a joke set purely on the premise of circle jerking some social justice statement that people pretend is constructed into a funny joke because people want to feel like they are on the right side. But it does change the pace and direction, which is how a lot of jokes are constructed.
I don't mind dark jokes and I don't mind clean jokes. A woke joke isn't about being funny it's about commended for having the right view.
There could be a joke in there but it wouldn't be a good one.
Just to be clear the additional context someone else added means that joke could have had humour in it.
Interesting that your real issue here is about "wokeness" and not people enjoying the idea of one of the greatest monsters in history getting what he deserves.
I'm guessing I know what you think about what "place" Columbus should have ended up in.
So you are just circle jerking over the fact that you all share the exact same idea that didn't need to be said because you all know it. But by announcing it you can all circle jerk over the fact that you all had the same view?
You sure do hate the idea of other people enjoying themselves.
I'll take that as a yes.
Take it however you like. You've put a lot of effort into complaining about other people having a good time at the expense of someone who, I guess, you consider to be a hero.
I don't know where you got that from. Don't even know the guy.
Mate your effort levels of shit posting here are unmatched. Kettle black an all that.
Books are a thing, as are history books. I recommend the former and, since you're ignorant of who Christopher Columbus was, especially the latter.
He thought the world was smaller than it is and found the Americas.
I know who he is I just don't care. There are plenty of people in the history books but I don't give a shit about Columbus.
Even in terms of explorers he's a shit one. I'd rather read about someone else.
Interesting how you left out the fact that he was such a ruthless and horrific governor in the way he treated the natives (cutting off their hands if they did not produce enough gold, for example) that even the Spanish royals were disgusted and he was brought back in chains.
Maybe you're okay with cutting off the hands of non-white people. Is that it?
Or is it, as I suggested, that you don't actually read history?
This is the equivalent of describing Hitler as "a guy who helped the German economy."
Mate you got some serious, serious problems. And you need to take a step back and look at your life. You have an internet addition if nothing else. You obsess over arguments and have a superiority complex.
You need therapy.
I literally don't care about Columbus. The guys been dead for a million years. Why should I care about him, out of all the millions of people in the history books you seem to have a hardon for this guy. I don't. I don't care. Why him specifically? There are much much more interesting people out there that I just don't care about Columbus even slightly fuck him and fuck you.
The fuck you is justified because you said this to me
You want a reaction out of me so you can block me. If you are going to hide behind your mod powers because thats all you go, and going to make out people are racist because I don't care about one guy you want to get in an argument about. Then you're a cunt.
What's the comparison exactly? What did i (not you) say about Columbus that is equivalent to that?
You're full of shit.
Who, specifically, am I superior to? Because it isn't you or the other 8 billion people on this planet who are obviously better than me.
Like I said, you really need to read a history book.
Because millions of indigenous people do and you are dismissing them and their pain.
No, Monday was Columbus Day.
Lie.
I'm not a mod in this community.
One genocidal guy who killed a bunch of indigenous people and was responsible for the deaths of entire cultures. Racist? No idea. Indifferent to the suffering of millions because they are unlike you? Yes.
It takes two to tango. You can stop replying whenever you like.
See above, re: not replying whenever you like.
Of course, I could just not ban you with my lack of mod powers instead.