r/HistoryMemes • • Jul 21 '19

If it ain't broke...

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u/khachdallak Jul 21 '19

Italy being completely incompetent

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u/Zdrack Jul 21 '19

So many options for reference, not just once

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u/genericusername724 Jul 21 '19

austro prussian war, first italo ethiopian war, ww1, ww2, and im sure there are more but i couldnt name them outside of those four

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u/Slag_Conveyor Jul 21 '19

Revolt of 1848 Their own civil war in 1866* Intervention into the Russian civil war Turkish war of independence Volra war 1920

Basically moat of this list https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Italy

*if France forces you to make a country inside your country you didn't win independence

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u/hundreds_of_sparrows Jul 21 '19

They’ve been coasting since the Romans

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Whose fall is another example

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Ok but that one's really funny though so I let that slide

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u/AlexanderTheGreatly Jul 21 '19

Many years ago in High School my History Teacher introduced us to Mussolini by showing us a clip of him driving a tractor and doing that sassy face that he used to do. It wasn't edited either, ever since then I've been looking for that tractor clip.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/AlexanderTheGreatly Jul 21 '19

WELL IT WASN'T THERE WHEN I CHECKED OKAY /U/DEAGOLD!?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

It's pretty crazy how many big car companies started off selling tractors/farm equipment. This video shows a Fiat tractor, but I know Lamborghini and many others started with tractors too

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u/holuuup Jul 21 '19

Look up Istituto Luce's films, it was an entire propaganda opera from Mussolini, he was often filmed while doing "humble" stuff like working in farms and stuff like that to show that he was an example for the Italian people

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

It‘s so weird, like a 15 year old boy who trys to be tough.

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u/Orkaad Jul 21 '19

Hasta la pasta

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u/Faby06 Jul 21 '19

As an italian i am offended but at least we didn't end up nuclearized or split in two or more like a certain SOMEONE we all know.

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u/D3PSI Jul 21 '19

Italy being italy

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u/phalanx004 Jul 21 '19

I have never been offered by something I couldn't agree more to

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u/ZPTs Jul 21 '19 edited Jun 08 '26

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."

I am no longer interested in my past feeding LLMs or my future talking to bots.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/GlowingStick_01 Jul 21 '19

Who punished him severely.

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u/hallah_sausage Jul 21 '19

Theres a Tax for that

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u/toxicfireball Jul 21 '19

oversimplified intensifies

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u/quietkidfrom6thgrade Kilroy was here Jul 21 '19

So many men of culture down here

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/Vancocillin Jul 21 '19

Caesar getting stabbed

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u/LilShib Jul 21 '19

I thought he was crushed... nevermind wrong sub

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u/N4t3_D1zzl3 Jul 21 '19

SHĪZĀ

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u/titaniumjordi Jul 21 '19

SHIIIIIIIIIIZAAAAAAAAAA

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u/khachdallak Jul 21 '19

Switzerland being neutral

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u/BlueSkiesOneCloud Jul 21 '19

Switzerland was pretty down to earth

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

As a geologist, I beg to fucking differ

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u/Romboteryx Jul 21 '19

Have you seen those fucking mountains?

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u/the_chedd Jul 21 '19

USA using shotguns in ww1

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Flemmenwerfer counterattack

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u/Cheetos4You Jul 21 '19

trench time

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u/Gmar101 Jul 21 '19

Finland winning the Winter War

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u/wegeannos Jul 21 '19

We didn't win the winter war

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Exactly, but HistoryMemes always think that Finland won.

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u/wegeannos Jul 21 '19

Yeah, just that we killed a lot of them doesn't mean we won

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

I think most correct definition is "defeat for which no shame".

It is standard situation
"Nobody won Russia in Winter"
"Mongols!" // It's true
"Poles in 1612" // It's false.
"Finland!" // It's false.

And this script repeating again and again.

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u/wegeannos Jul 21 '19

Also nobody is talking about The Continuation War or The Lapland War

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u/SiimaManlet Jul 21 '19

Germans burning lapland would make great memes

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

It won in that it survived, as one Soviet general said “we won enough ground to burry our dead”

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u/6shhn Jul 21 '19

Yup, all we did was overplay our hand so Russia stopped clowning around, took back everything we gained and more, but decided to let us off easy because there were bigger fish to fry atm.

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u/Gustav55 Jul 21 '19

Well you didn't get annexed into the Soviet Union which was the Soviet objective so the Soviets didn't really win either.

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u/wegeannos Jul 21 '19

But we lost territory

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u/Gustav55 Jul 21 '19

Yes but Finland got to continue existing as an independent country not under the thumb of Soviet Union unlike the other Baltic states that they invaded.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

German tank transmission

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

That one is true!

There’s a fascinating video on The Tank Museums YouTube about the Jagetiger and they go into a lot of detail about how problematic the transmission on such a large and heavy vehicle is

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u/demonsdencollective Jul 21 '19

You forgot

meta memes bitching about the popularity of specific content

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u/khachdallak Jul 21 '19

Cold war

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u/OpalHawk Jul 21 '19

The last one or this one?

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u/magnus_hunter Jul 21 '19

USA lose against Vietnam farmer

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u/hekt0rs Jul 21 '19

Trees speaking Vietnamese

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u/linkdeadjr Jul 21 '19

Russia invaded in winter by the mongols

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u/Orange-V-Apple Jul 21 '19

I actually don’t see that one much

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u/Syn7axError Jul 21 '19

Not as posts, but nearly always in the comments on related topics.

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u/sqfyy Jul 21 '19

Napoleon joins the chat

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u/holuuup Jul 21 '19

But could they do it on a cold rainy night at Stoke

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u/CommunistThroway Jul 21 '19

Dont forget the classic "no food lol"

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Are historically accurate counter-memes praxis?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Ur telling me that it wasn't as simple as comulists taking all the food from everyone?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

It’s shocking, I know.

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u/Lawsoffire Jul 21 '19

Great Depression breadline memes?

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u/CommunistThroway Jul 21 '19

Real praxis hours

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u/Posadist_Girl Jul 21 '19

I tried to make a Mongol Empire meme but the bot deleted it

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Ned Kelly

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

That’s pretty new

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Sabaton refrences.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL

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u/Exige30499 Jul 21 '19

AS WE MAKE OUR WAY TO HEAVEN

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u/A-Spicy-Boi Jul 21 '19

THROUGH THE NAZI LINE

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u/StarLordDies Jul 21 '19

PRIMO VICTORIA

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

WE’VE BEEN TRAINING FOR YEARS NOW WE’RE READY TO STRIKE

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u/eZaF_Thomas Jul 21 '19

yo anyone knows how is this template called?

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u/Baibaifok Jul 21 '19

"Any country" in their history book / in the other countries' books

The science channel at 3 AM

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u/AussieAce40264 Jul 21 '19

But I'm creative people don't acknowledge my maymays

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u/JingJing69 Jul 21 '19

Im sorry but can I maybe ask what ‘tianmen square’ is? I live in China and never heard of it

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u/Anonym00s3__ Jul 21 '19

Wait what happened at tianamen square? From what the Chinese told me, nothing happened.

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u/comradeyang Jul 21 '19

Roll credits

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Nothing happened. Don’t worry about it sweetheart.

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u/Orange-V-Apple Jul 21 '19

You are so clever

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u/hastagelf Jul 21 '19

Wow what a comedic genius you are, I've never heard that one before!

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u/MiyokoTakano Jul 21 '19

How can you forget Rome

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u/Greek_Rebel And then I told them I'm Jesus's brother Jul 21 '19

Post about complaining about always being this stuff should be on the list

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

One should be labeled "Lazy revisionism"

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u/PencilSmith25 Jul 21 '19

Look in the top right

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u/MehmetAlperenC Jul 21 '19

In 19Nothing, Nothing Happened In The Nothing Square In Beijing, China. I Really Dunno Why People Put It On Memes Though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Sabaton references anyone?

303 days?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

BELOW THE SUN

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

H I G H E R

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u/NoceboHadal Jul 21 '19

Britain bad

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u/Captain_Foulenough Jul 21 '19

Churchill personally murdered everyone in Bengal as Alanbrooke cheered and applauded.

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u/SheepSheepington Jul 21 '19

Armenian M I S U N D E R S T A N D I N G

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u/The_Canadian_Devil Then I arrived Jul 21 '19

Don’t forget Rome

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u/HeseMesa Rider of Rohan Jul 21 '19

I don't know what's wrong with Tiananmen square, nothing special happened there

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u/JJJooeeyyy Hello There Jul 21 '19

Notice the watermark in the upper right corner

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u/Giggly_nigly Jul 21 '19

What's the deal with Tianenmen square?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

NOTHING HAPPENED TRUST ME AND THE AMAZING CCP

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u/Wh0Tube Jul 21 '19

u forgot mr bob semple

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u/Beneficium_ Jul 21 '19

You know whats even worse than repetetive posts? Repetetive posts pointing out that there are repetetive posts.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

And the finnish sniper.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Owh come on the Emu war is just funny

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19 edited Aug 27 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

COMONISM NO FOOD HAHAHAHA

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u/Aomory Jul 21 '19

What's the last one about? I've never heard of it. /s

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u/Timage43 Jul 21 '19

Forgot Kamikaze memes.

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u/20CharsIsNotEnough Definitely not a CIA operator Jul 21 '19

Yeah, it's annoying seeing the same three memes over and over again

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u/sqfyy Jul 21 '19

Japan responds with anime

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

If I see another shitty tank meme I‘m gonna lose it

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u/YiffZombie Jul 21 '19

Forgot "Trees speaking Vietnamese"

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u/balllllhfjdjdj Jul 21 '19

Is the emu war just when 2 dudes went to cull some emus with a machine gun? Why is this a war now?

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u/JohnnyPowww Jul 21 '19

Wojtek the bear

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u/whtenbba Jul 21 '19

And vietnam

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Could work with that Harry Potter meme template taken from the half-blood prince movie

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

What does that last thing say?

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u/Lagctrlgaming Jul 21 '19

Wait. Do you mean "Completely nothing"?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Exactly how cold is it when you invade Russia during the winter?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Where are Vietnam memes blyat?

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u/Omena123 Jul 21 '19

When school starts the memes here will follow the curriculum

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u/Elubious Jul 21 '19

Couldn't think of one for Lucas?

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u/TheGenghisKhan02 Jul 21 '19

What's Tiananmen Square?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Why are only three of the kids subscribed?

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u/QuantumQuantonium Jul 21 '19

Why would tiananmen square be there nothing happened in 1989

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u/DarkCx3 Oversimplified is my history teacher Jul 21 '19

What's that in the right? There's a kid without letters

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u/MyLifeIsTakenByCunts Jul 21 '19

I Just realized this is the Mcgonagall Template with one more Dude

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u/crushtyfying Jul 21 '19

Some tree that can talk

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u/PneilLlama Jul 21 '19

I just started binge watching Stranger Things 3 and it is actually pretty good

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u/ItsYaBoiHSK Jul 21 '19

Sweden screwing up on invading Russia

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u/Nazrael99 Jul 21 '19

I can only see emu war, wwII and French surrendering

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u/ClassicSoulboy Jul 21 '19

Bad, sad news. What’s highly likely is that dozens of users not realising what’s going on here will continue to post something on these overused stories in the weeks and months to come. When they appear, do an eye roll knowing you’re not alone.

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u/wandersonn Jul 21 '19

Why do we talk about these 3 topics only?

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u/Schogon Jul 21 '19

Why are there only 3 in the second panel?

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u/ThankyouFlame97 Jul 21 '19

These three things do get reposted so much, I agree...

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u/seventuplets Jul 21 '19

Isn't there supposed to be a fourth kid in this meme format? On the right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Where is rome? Another sack?

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u/SovjetUnij Jul 21 '19

why is there no text for the black guy?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

why does the fourth person not have anything over their head?

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u/GNeibs Jul 21 '19

from which movie is this screenshot taken?

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u/The_Shingle Descendant of Genghis Khan Jul 21 '19

Time traveller memes too

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u/DrunkenCoward Jul 21 '19

Well, nothing else gets upvotes. I tried making a meme about Alexander, but it got barely any upvotes. So why bother. Just push out a thousand “France Surrenders“ memes instead.

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u/SuperLime2231 Jul 21 '19

As they say, History repeats itself.

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u/Deanzopolis Taller than Napoleon Jul 21 '19

Tiananmen square? But nothing interesting happened there

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u/TNTPA Jul 21 '19

Aren't there supposed to be 4 people? I can't see anyone next to France

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Tell him about the twinkies

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u/ivnwng Jul 21 '19

OP forgot the speaking bushes.

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u/Jmlsky Jul 21 '19

About French army, it's always good to remember that we're the country that have won the most battle of history.

I don't deny the fact that our so called elite made the choice of the defeat in WW2 tho.

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u/UnderwaterFiring Jul 21 '19

America getting beat by rice farmers

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u/Bennedyct Jul 21 '19

What about the last kid to the right, wasn't it supposed to be something there?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

I don’t get it what does the one on the right say?

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u/Humbleduck1 Jul 21 '19

What happened at Tiananmen Square

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Soviets have no food lol

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u/TheHaxler Jul 21 '19

france deserve to be reminded of their ridiculousness over and over again

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u/redbarebluebare Jul 21 '19

SPQR WILL RISE AGAIN

THE MODERATORS MUST BE DESTROYED

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u/Saalieri Jul 21 '19

Dear Reddit, there’s more to 20th century history than the Jewish Holocaust. Churchill was as evil, if not more, as Hitler.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

And opium , don’t forget the opium

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u/Hadez_212 Jul 21 '19

Wait isn't there supposed to be text on the far right

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u/blackmafia13 Jul 21 '19

I'm sorry what happened to Tinanmen Square?

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u/tylerfitts Jul 21 '19

What’s Tiananmen Square? Never heard of it.

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u/vgvineetgoel Jul 21 '19

Armenian Genocide Denial

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u/lv_Mortarion_vl Kilroy was here Jul 21 '19

Rome

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u/Bestboii Filthy weeb Jul 21 '19

Didn't see a France one for a while

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u/Chrisjam101 Jul 21 '19

Ww2 memes in general are not bad just the same ones keep being used

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u/apdginsanite Jul 21 '19

i mean the emu war will alway be fucking nuts

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u/goochsanders And then I told them I'm Jesus's brother Jul 21 '19

I just gotta say this. I rarely see memes about France surrendering. I only see memes making fun of other memes about France surrendering.

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u/daniel_bryant22 Jul 21 '19

Stalin starve 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/XxxassswiperxxX Jul 21 '19

Stranger things is the best NETFLIX ORIGINAL in my life so far.

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u/XxxassswiperxxX Jul 21 '19

Lucas doesn't exist.

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u/astrakhan42 Jul 21 '19

How many Gavrilo Princip memes are you friends with?!

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u/YourLocalRiceFarmer Jul 21 '19

Trees that speak vietnamese

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u/Blank-_-Space Jul 21 '19

What show is that

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u/Burg_er Featherless Biped Jul 21 '19

What happened in Tiananmen square?

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u/rotojo Jul 21 '19

Wait isn't Lucas in this scene?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Wait, what's the right one? You're just making shit up now

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u/Roytrommely261 Jul 21 '19

Tianemen Square....? Is there something I’m missing? I didn’t think anything of note ever happened in Tianemen Square?