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If history was never your favorite subject in school, perhaps it lacked something to get you interested. Famines, treaties, and battles may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but when presented through a lens of humor, even the most tedious ones can become interesting.
The subreddit “History Memes” is a place for history buffs and casual enthusiasts alike to enjoy top-quality funny posts about our civilization's past and, perhaps, even learn something new. Humor is one way to cope with the rights and wrongs of history, and here we have the newest selection from the community that really knows how to capture the spirit of human history through memes.
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#1
Italians Trying To Find Italy On A Map Is A Whole Mood
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#2
Back When America Was Great…
#3
This Is Global Problem Ig
When we think of memes, we usually think of casual entertainment, Internet culture, and irony. We wouldn’t associate them with learning and knowledge per se. However, research indicates that memes can help us gain and retain knowledge. A small study from the University of Padova found that memes can have an educational purpose.
35 university students participated in the study, and 85% reported that including memes in the learning process gives them more motivation. Memes can also make it easier to understand complex concepts, as they usually contain no more than a few sentences. When done right, a meme can make difficult information more digestible, as 77% of the students agreed that memes can be great in summarizing complex lecture topics.
#4
Communist Yaoi
#5
My Reaction Seeing The Top Meme
StumblingThroughLife 2 days ago (edited)
😎 That should be a global rule. Let the ones who incite wars be the ones that fight them.
#6
Ravioli, Ravioli, Give Me The Formuoli
Kristiina Männiste 2 days ago
Estonians never did raid the world for spices. You cant blame us for not using them! We did however fall in love with the humble potato once our owners coaxed us to eat it.
At the same time, it’s best to use memes in education with some caution. The lecturer behind the study, Corrado Petrucco, explained that relying too heavily on memes can cause cognitive overload and convey cultural stereotypes. He recommends teachers use memes for summaries or as an assessment tool.
Indeed, making memes about a particular school subject requires some knowledge of the subject. It’s also a great exercise in summarizing what the student learned and presenting the main points of the topic succinctly. Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow, Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel, adds that students have to use both visual and verbal content, driving their brains to engage in dual coding.
#7
Covid Lasted Longer Than Their "Heritage"
FreeTheUnicorn 2 days ago
But the people who adore the Confederacy are also obsessed with high school, so a good observation but they won't see why it makes them dumb.
#8
What Would The Founding Father's Priorities Be If They Were Actually Alive Today? It's Actually Really Interesting To Think About
#9
It Really Is A Mystery
Glen Ellyn 2 days ago
Goes right along with the question, "why are there so many people with autism?" Well, it just might be that doctors are better at diagnosing it nowadays. The same can be said about ADHD.
History is a particularly good subject for memeing. There are maps, historical photographs, portraits of world leaders, and many more visuals that can make a meme instantly make sense. A 2023 study involving high school students showed that using memes to teach history can result in a 22.8% increase in students’ interest. A whopping 76.85% also agreed that it was way easier to learn when teachers used memes.
#10
*Laughs In Imperivm
#11
Cavemen Were Versatile, Not Stupid
#12
It Really Came To Bite Them In The Back
But history memes aren’t always educational; in fact, they might be more harmful when they’re full falsehoods. You may remember the viral “Princess Qajar” meme: a supposed Persian princess with facial hair who had so many suitors they were willing to end their lives despite her refusals to marry them. Although the meme went mega viral, it lacked historical accuracy. As Ph.D. researcher Victoria Van Orden Martínez at Lund University calls it, it was a “junk history meme.”
#13
The Korean War Is Still Ongoing
#14
Medieval Castles Were Built To Stop Armies, Not Keep People Comfortable
#15
History Is Really Interesting
Yes, memes may present complex historical concepts and events in an easy-to-digest manner. The problem is that in doing so, they often leave out vital context and complex historical processes. Martínez explains that the so-called Princess Qajar was most likely two people: Princess Fatemeh Khanum “‘Esmat al-Dowleh”, a daughter of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar, and Princess Zahra Khanum “Taj al-Saltaneh.”
#16
It's Always "Ceremonial"
#17
Absolutely Nothing Happened For 1,000 Years
#18
Why Were Our Ancestors So Impressed By This, Were They Stupid ?
Rupert Gilliand 2 days ago
In fairness those things were clearly not being done if someone had to write them down and became famous for doing so. Common sense is not common. As anyone who interacts with enough people is well aware!
One of the reasons the meme went viral was just a tad misogynistic: many modern netizens couldn’t imagine how men would trip over themselves for a princess with a mustache. However, this piece of information that made the meme so ridiculous and hard to believe to many has been disproven. While a mustache-clad woman might’ve been the beauty standard in the 1800s Qajar Iran, it was not in the 1990s, as the meme claims.
#19
Ethiopia Historic Chad
Roman Arendt 2 days ago
One of the oldest Christian communities still in existence. That's why their form of Christianity is also really important for the study of the history of theology and their religious texts are crucial for the academic study of the Bible. At least in Germany, most departments of theology offer basic courses in Amharic.
#20
The Real Reason Horses Were The Best
43Duckies 2 days ago
James Herriot (famous veterinarian, author of "All Creatures Great And Small" and several sequels) witnessed an elderly man in the late 1930's who continued keeping a horse (instead of a car) solely because he could get absolutely plastered at the pub, and then all he had to do was get on the horse and hang on and the horse would take him home.
#21
Them Vikings Man, Scary!
So, the moral of the story is, perhaps, to fact-check your history memes, Pandas! Which ones stuck out to you the most from this list? Let us know your favorites in the comments! And while you’re here, don’t forget to check out our previous publications featuring hilarious Egyptian memes and fascinating history posts that sent our readers down some unexpected rabbit holes!
#22
Russia, Are You Drunk
#23
18th And 19th Century Writers Sometimes Took The Idea Of "Self Inserting" A Bit Too Seriously
Auntriarch 2 days ago
Hmm, none of her heroines were called Jane, of the secondary characters, one was beautiful but not smart, and the other was beautiful and accomplished but not smart. Bit of a stretch if you ask me
#24
Fighting Invasive Species With Worst Invasive Species
David Paterson 2 days ago
Three major invasive species in Australia arrived on the First Fleet. The cat. The dog. The prickly pear. Four if you count the British. Sometimes biological control works, sometimes it doesn't.
#25
Americans Naming New Towns
#26
The British Were A Whole Other Level Of Evil When It Comes To Ireland
#27
Choose Your Fighter
#28
American Lore Is Absolutely Nuts
#29
Sweet Overtime
David Paterson 2 days ago (edited)
Actually, the exact opposite. The burial of terracotta warriors was a humanitarian gesture replacing the burial of live warriors. Though it may have been a gesture by his heir.
#30
Bro Was Doing Anything Besides Finishing His Work. Massive Adhd Energy
#31
Every Military Unit Has That One Guy Who Carries Everything
#32
Thanks Ben
#33
I Really Enjoy The History Product
Glen Ellyn 2 days ago
Learning is more fun when you're not worried about remembering something for a school exam.
#34
Motherification
#35
Not As Edgy As They Think 💯
#36
Same Experience Just A Different Time Period
#37
Watching Your Entire Profession Slowly Become Decorative
#38
Did God Used A Cheat Code On This?
#39
When British Scientists Were First Told About The Platypus In The 1790s, They Thought It Was A Hoax
Roman Arendt 2 days ago
Would have been my reaction as well, to be honest. It's just the fact that their existence is scientifically well established knowledge and tv-documentaries that lets me believe it. Awesome little freaks!
#40
Mood Depending On Who's Leading
Earonn - 2 days ago
People love to joke about France in WWII, but they had a quite effective Resistance movement. And especially USians should shut up right now, because so far their people's "resistance" was a Friday afternoon 'general strike' and, some marches, plus lengthy explanations why they cannot fight back against ICE and the orange child ra/pist.
#41
"Race Is A Social Construct Bro"
Earonn - 2 days ago
I mean, yeah - what are 'races'? Skin colour is a spectrum, so is everything else. We don't call white and black horses different "races", so it would be helpful to stop that idiocy in regards to Humans as well. "Racism" as a word is only a handy short term for all the idiotic behaviours of racists. Or do you want to call it "Skin-colourism" or "Parent's-homecountryism"?
#42
Very Devious Behaviour
#43
This Belongs To Me Now
Nicola Roberts 2 days ago
There is nothing heroic or glorious about war. Paraphrasing Eisenhower, it's brutal, futile and stupid.
#44
Same Culture, Completely Different Side Quests
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 days ago
We talked about this here the other day, didn't we Ace?
#45
German Tsingtao Was Interesting
#46
Hard Won Rights
#47
Checkpoint Charlie, October 1961
#48
At One Point Pineapples Cost As Much As $8000 (Adjusted) And Were Rented As An Alternative To Purchase
#49
Stalin When His Spies Actually Know Stuff
Kristiina Männiste 2 days ago
Once he believed the invasion he went and hid in his room. The devastating losses of the first days come largely from the fact that people who were trained to not think and only follow Stalin habitually waited for orders that never came.
#50
Turns Out Most Moats Were Just Ditches
#51
Big Brain Hussars
#52
Based Catholic Church
#53
The Vibe Shift That Gave Us 200 Years Of Boring Wedding Photos
Daisydaisy 2 days ago
And yet for a moment there in the 1970s men wore paisley pants and tie-dyed t-shirts and flowers in their hair 😍
#54
I Kid You Not, It Looked Like This
#55
The Attack Of The Dead Men
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 days ago
Oh my dear Lord my eyes are bleeding from seeing that terrible word in the header!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Won't someone think of the children?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Phil 2 days ago
One of the biggest mistakes people, even educated historians, make when interpreting history is to generalize. This is why early archeologist probably did more harm then good. Not only did they loot from the countries they were studying, they also made sweeping statements about entire cultures based a few finds. We are still dealing with this today.
Phil 2 days ago
One of the biggest mistakes people, even educated historians, make when interpreting history is to generalize. This is why early archeologist probably did more harm then good. Not only did they loot from the countries they were studying, they also made sweeping statements about entire cultures based a few finds. We are still dealing with this today.
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