History Memes

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History memes for people who know the past was way weirder than the textbooks made it sound. From ancient civilizations and medieval chaos to world wars and historical oddities - if it happened, we can meme it.

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Today we make fun of mass killing, raping, enslaving and plundering-- --that happened over 1000 years ago

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[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Tragedy plus time equals comedy -Steve Allen?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Comedy is tragedy plus emotional distance.