Paging all history nerds! It should come as no surprise to any of our readers that we consider ourselves history (meme) buffs. We take great pleasure in serving up jokes that use the past as a punchline. The past, however, is a pretty broad designation of time. So we generally mix up memes that cover …
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History Memes For People Who Don’t Want to Crack Any Books
You don’t have to crack open a textbook or a non-fiction account of some historical event to indulge in a little history. Right now, it’s perfectly understandable that any of us would want to escape the present with a little trip to the past. But what if we told you that the journey through time …
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Hellenistic Memes for Ancient History Geeks
The socratic philosophers of ancient Greece weren’t so different from us. If Diogenes were alive today, he’d probably be subtweeting Plato about his subpar interpretation of Socrates, and virtue signaling about his choice to live in poverty with stray dogs. Kanye and Kim’s toxic relationship is just a contemporary version of Zeus and Hera. It’s …
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History Memes For Scholars of Humor
Greetings, internet travelers. If you are feeling guilty about spending the better part of your waking life on the world wide web, might we suggest devoting some of that time to history memes? They’re funny, and as a bonus, they are moderately educational – the perfect combination for feeling better about enjoying what others might …
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History Memes For People Who Don’t Want to Crack A Book
You don’t have to crack open a textbook or a non-fiction account of some historical event to indulge in a little history. Right now, it’s perfectly understandable that any of us would want to escape the present with a little trip to the past. But what if we told you that the journey through time …
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Ancient Roman Memes For Bewaring The Ides Of March
In 44 BC, notorious Roman dictator Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times by his own senators, soldiers, officers and associates during a senate meeting on the Ides of March. Once a day of celebration, many history buffs now associate March 15th with tragedy and betrayal, largely thanks to soothsayer’s famous warning in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy …
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Dank Hellenistic Memes for Ancient History Geeks
The socratic philosophers of ancient Greece weren’t so different from us. If Diogenes were alive today, he’d probably be subtweeting Plato about his subpar interpretation of Socrates, and virtue signaling about his choice to live in poverty with stray dogs. Kanye and Kim’s toxic relationship is just a contemporary version of Zeus and Hera. It’s …
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20+ History Memes Inspired By the Classical Era
We owe a lot to the ancient Romans and Greeks. We’re entertained by their literature, learn about their philosophers in school, and attempt to emulate their ideas of democracy. And just like nearly every period of history, its happenings (bad, good, and funny) are being consistently retold in the form of memes. Though the memes …
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20+ Memes Full Of Historical & Hysterical Humor
You don’t have to be a historian to appreciate these history memes. While they do deal with matters of the past, most of the references can be understood by anyone who’s taken world history classes. And that should be the case for most of you. From riffs on the Trojan horse to spicy critical memes, …
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40+ History Memes for People Who Actually Studied
It’s 2021, and for better of for worse the entertainment industry has come a long way. We can now subscribe to myriad streaming services and turn our brains off for hours at a time with our choice of mindless entertainment. There are at least 10 different iterations of love-centric reality shows. And then there are …
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