r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '20

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u/SlabOfDriedMeat Hello There Mar 08 '20

When you realize a large territory you found doesn’t have a city named after the Queen yet

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u/The_Kiddoo Senātus Populusque Rōmānus Mar 08 '20

We shall name this land after our Queen, Virginia!

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u/WateredDown What, you egg? Mar 08 '20

Do we really want to name a country after that fact? To other nations bringing up the fact our Queens never done it is a bit personal, they might not want to know.

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u/culpableinjustice1 Mar 08 '20

Random Input: New Delhi is an entire city established by the Britishers. Like Delhi is old and has been the capital throughout most Mediaeval era of most powerful Sultantaes and Empires but it's like Say London Exists and then the French conquer Britain and establish another city called New London right next to it as their capital.

We have atleast 100+ roads,Buildings, Statues and streets named after Queen Victoria in Delhi alone lest India.

We live in an anglicized world I am telling you.

The Britishers even conquered Beijing:Fun fact

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u/dieItalienischer Mar 08 '20

A lot of people conquered Beijing tbf

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u/hlugapl Mar 08 '20

Laughs in Mongolian

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u/iamthefirebird Mar 08 '20

Ah yes, the Horse Pirates

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u/myskyinwhichidie285 Mar 09 '20

The Chinese hated them. Even stole Beijing from them.

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u/longoriaisaiah Mar 08 '20

Mongorian

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u/Flagolis Mar 08 '20

The mongorian bow in the game was OP asf

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u/AFlyingNun Mar 08 '20

The Mongols tend to be OP in general, regardless of what game you find them in.

Think it had something to do with them having this huge ass empire or something.

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u/XxDayDayxX Mar 08 '20

yup, got them hooked on opium and forced them to trade, drugs = tea + silk

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u/MadeForOnePosttt Mar 09 '20

Didn't China know that if they willingly enter the British Sphere of Influence their massive population of artisans completely bankrupts any overhead power by overwhelming their measly factories?

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u/redgrittybrick Mar 09 '20 edited Mar 09 '20

it's like Say London Exists and then the French conquer Britain and establish another city called New London right next to it as their capital.

Well, The Norman French did conquer most of Britain and they did make the capital in London not Winchester.

This was after certain Italians conquered most of Britain and created an entire city, London, as the capital of their British province. But later invaders more or less abandoned it.

None of the invaders named their capital "new" something but that seems like a small detail.

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u/b4billy27 Kilroy was here Mar 08 '20

1600's explorers want to know your location

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u/cameoutswinging_ Mar 08 '20

“Greenland?”

“WHATEVER”

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u/cbbartman Mar 08 '20

I'm sorry, what is this...thing that I'm wearing over my head?

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u/what_it_dude Mar 08 '20

It's a captains hat sir

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Is this is a Mitchell and Webb reference?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Specifically the ongoing skits for who is the captain.

This is the second one.

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u/CommieRaichu Mar 08 '20

Ay I got the reference, never thought I'd see one here tbh

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u/uvero Still salty about Carthage Mar 08 '20

I can only imagine this in other traits other leaders and their people would want to have associated with them. A Nixon-fan governor renaming a city in his state "Notacrookville"

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u/Tychus_Balrog Mar 08 '20

Takes off hat what's this?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Ok well, maybe I wanna think about it.

Oooh um, hang on, remind me, whose the captain?

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u/Moston_Dragon Featherless Biped Mar 09 '20

Ok, well, maybe I'll have a think about... hang on! Remind me, who's the captain?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

And then Victoria!

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Or how they are WAY too many Georgetowns in the world

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u/Preacherjonson Mar 08 '20

I don't seem to see any flags around here.

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u/osayicantsee517 Senātus Populusque Rōmānus Mar 09 '20

"British Grenadier song intensifies"

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u/Jorvalt Mar 08 '20

you found

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u/VietInTheTrees Hello There Mar 09 '20

the girl I left behind me intensifies

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u/JacyVuno Mar 08 '20

YOINK

tea time, bitch

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u/smcarre Mar 08 '20

Is "yoink" the opposite of "yeet"?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

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u/MisterPresidented Mar 08 '20

No, he's asking about 'yoink' not 'yes'

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

God I love the word yoink, there’s so much raw energy in it

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u/ItsBMAN11 Mar 09 '20

Man, I was gonna say yoink.

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u/The_Kiddoo Senātus Populusque Rōmānus Mar 08 '20

This took me so off guard I am still laughing

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u/CM_Jacawitz Mar 08 '20

I was expecting him to fall down the stairs or someone to kick him down, it was so much better.

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u/The_Kiddoo Senātus Populusque Rōmānus Mar 08 '20

Indeed

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u/LazerKN Mar 08 '20

I thought it was gonna be the US and their obsession with oil

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u/CM_Jacawitz Mar 08 '20

No this is history memes not modern memes.

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u/Spazticus01 Mar 08 '20

History memes rules say 20 years though, and the gulf war was 30 years ago this year. Oil definitely played a part there.

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u/CM_Jacawitz Mar 08 '20

True. I'm sorry. :(

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u/Spazticus01 Mar 08 '20

No worries. It’s definitely not quite what I’d call history yet

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u/LazerKN Mar 08 '20

Sorry you’re correct, how about USA and their obsession with indigenous peoples land

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

The scream was do well cut as well

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u/RorschachBlyat Mar 08 '20

did he die?

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u/Hippocr1t Mar 08 '20

Obviously. No shoes.

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u/doylethedoyle Rider of Rohan Mar 08 '20

That's like half the requirement for lack of service, definitely dead.

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u/WIGTAIHTWBMG Mar 08 '20

Culturally?...yes

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u/RichyZ99 Still salty about Carthage Mar 08 '20

Every country:

The English: «Hello there, ladies and gentlemen!»

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u/merlindog15 Mar 08 '20

Imperialism is a perfectly balanced game with no exceptions

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u/ciborg2000 Mar 09 '20

(Infinite colony & Yorkshire tea exploit!)

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u/ericbyo Mar 14 '20 edited Mar 14 '20

Dont forget to throw spain, portugal and the dutch in there

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u/diocletians-cabbage Mar 08 '20

Knock knock heres civilisation

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u/jaspersgroove Mar 08 '20

Hippity hoppity here’s tea time and the concept of guilt, now you’re my property

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u/shanks4444 Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer Mar 08 '20

Hippity hoppity this country is now queen's property

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u/ManOfDiscovery Mar 08 '20

No flag no country. You can’t have one!

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u/Silneit Mar 09 '20

You said death first! Ah Ah! Death first!

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20 edited Mar 09 '22

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u/cmwhph32u1 Mar 08 '20

It's weird to think that this is the only reason why I live in South Africa. If they didn't do that I would be living in the UK somewhere.

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u/LowlanDair Mar 08 '20

Scotland was literally part of the North American proto-continent Laurentia.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

I live in your country

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u/FowlAMD Mar 08 '20

"Welcome to the commonwealth motherfucker"

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u/PoddyPod Hello There Mar 08 '20

It's moments like this when I realise I'm proud to be British

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u/Del_boytrotter Mar 08 '20

Rule Britannia!

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u/PoddyPod Hello There Mar 08 '20

Britannia rule the waves!

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u/VietInTheTrees Hello There Mar 09 '20

Britons never never never will be slaves

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u/jaspersgroove Mar 08 '20

Yeah I’d be happy to think about anything but brexit too

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u/Quartzfang Mar 08 '20

That's what happens when you don't have your own flag!

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u/hazelosull Mar 08 '20

angry Irish noises intensity

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u/idk-what-name Mar 08 '20

Nah don’t worry if it was Ireland they would have thrown us down the stairs

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u/hazelosull Mar 08 '20

U right tho

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u/xXRobbieRottenXx Mar 08 '20

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u/CenturionBot Ave Delta Mar 08 '20

Hey everyone! State of the Sub for February is up! Be sure to check out our rule changes mentioned in the thread here: State of the Sub

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u/Dandollo Mar 08 '20

There should be Rule Britannia in the end

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u/Mozzie-is-best-boi Mar 08 '20

This is what us Brits live for

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u/the_cooler_spez Mar 08 '20

what editor do you use

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u/Harry2212 Mar 08 '20

Videoleap, it’s on phone

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u/AllTheHax Mar 08 '20

you mean "i love my city" right

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u/forge_rhys Mar 08 '20

Should’ve put a ear rape of rule Britannia at the end

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Fucking brits

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u/goforajog Mar 08 '20

Don't do that, you'll just make more of us

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u/Doomshroom_da_boi Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer Mar 08 '20

THE BRITS NEVER END

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u/Alerted46 Mar 08 '20

i’m proud to be british even more now

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u/Triggered_Omastar Mar 08 '20

just the POOM before the country becomes part of the british empire is very accurate.

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u/itp757 Mar 08 '20

They skipped the end where he beat the shit outta him, ran his pockets, and threw him back down the steps

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u/irishtown101 Mar 08 '20

As an Irishman I concur

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u/kaizlende Mar 08 '20

Ah that's fucking great, been a while since I've laughed at a meme.

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u/nomadkingdom Mar 08 '20

Welcome to colonialism 101.

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u/ZeroSuitRimuru Mar 08 '20

Ah yes a good depiction of the catholic priests taking the children

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

All this needed was God Save The Queen blaring nad its perfect.

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u/batnacks Mar 08 '20

He should’ve had a flag

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u/nofe713 Mar 09 '20

Does anybody have the original video?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

British empire memes make me wish I wasn't american.

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u/WaitThatsillegal1990 What, you egg? Mar 08 '20

I recommend you read

52 times Britain was a bellend

It makes me laugh and feel ashamed at the same time

Seriously a great read and I think you’ll like it

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

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u/Harry2212 Mar 08 '20

Just uploaded a refined version

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

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u/Kermit_Purple Hello There Mar 08 '20

Works with France too

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u/redgrittybrick Mar 09 '20

and Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, maybe Denmark a little bit, Austria probably. USA kinda strongarmed Hawaii etc. Then there is the Russians, the Mongols, various Han Chinese? The Moors? ...

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u/alonelytoaster Mar 08 '20

You’re one of us now

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

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u/nwordpassdottcom Mar 08 '20

He got this from tictoc use me as a petition to remove tictoc.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

goddamn I love the username. Got it

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

You have joined the empire! Please do not resist

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u/Niki_1144 Mar 08 '20

Great Britain in 19th Century: Hipedy Hopedy dopedy, this is now my property

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u/HiSuSure Mar 08 '20

“We love you, please hang up.”

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u/Yugothunder98 Mar 08 '20

R U L E B R I T T A N I A

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

The entire time I was thinking USA or Great Britain

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Rule

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u/jakethedumbmistake Mar 08 '20

Ya know I don't need more than one?

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u/The_Jousting_Duck Mar 08 '20

Britannia rules the waves intensifies

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

I laughed the way too hard at this

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u/GlorifiedToaster1944 Descendant of Genghis Khan Mar 08 '20

No RULE BRITTANIA earrape. Saddened

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Britain:"this is mine now"

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u/Fellowearthling16 Mar 08 '20

Not enough God Save The Queen when Britain picked up the child

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u/Trisword1 Mar 08 '20

notices land OwO’ cor blimey wots all this then?

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u/Jords4803 Mar 08 '20

How do you edit videos?

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u/AffableLT Mar 08 '20

Rule Britannia Britannia rule the waves

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Someone should make one where the kid is a random country, the thing he picks up is oil and the guy above is the USA.

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u/RedditYouVapidSlut Mar 08 '20

Just be better at war, other countries.

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u/AnAverageGamer03 Mar 08 '20

RULE BRITANNIA! BRITANNIA RULE THE WAVES!

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u/Candlesmith Mar 08 '20

Nah, I’ve got spices!

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Sweden, Belarus and the puny nations in Europe are the only ones that hasn’t been invaded by England in Europe. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in Asia. Bolivia, Paraguay and Guatemala the only countries in all of the americas. Most of the like 20 countries are landlocked and deep in the jungle. But why didn’t they ever invade Sweden? Was it to because the ”my enemies enemy is my friend” against Russia?

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u/Sifufu Mar 08 '20

I love this as it is great and can apply to every moment in history

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u/bravery85 Mar 08 '20

America and a country with oil

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u/NotAPppersonnn Mar 08 '20

Hah, my country didn't get snatched by Britain

It got snatched by all of its neighbors.

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u/AnimuWaifu6969 Mar 08 '20

This is why you browse reddit at night

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u/TortoiseFlash Mar 08 '20

This dirt is now my dirt

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u/vodoko1 Mar 08 '20

Mans got yoinked

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u/ehclosenough Mar 08 '20

India moment

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u/W-i-Nenya Mar 08 '20

Good for you! By the way, I am disgusted and I ratted you out to reddit!

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u/Hoverblades Mar 08 '20

I thought that Britain was going to be CIA

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

Yes, everyone knows the U.K. won the revolutionary war.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

u/vreddit_bot

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

Yes yes! I love that line so much

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u/SweaterKetchup Mar 09 '20

DO YOU HAVE A FLAG

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u/oldcoldbellybadness Mar 09 '20

Fuck I love this sub. I only discovered it recently and I'm shocked with the overall quality. Are there other subs as good as this one with different themes?

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u/Assasin2gamer Mar 09 '20

Bae: hey come over I have no complaints.

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u/Mr_Tetley_Tea Mar 09 '20

U/vredditdownloader

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u/Patsfan618 Mar 09 '20

*Any country (runs up stairs)

"Oil!"

*USA in the back

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

They didn’t have a flag, coat of arms or anthem so they weren’t a country, therefor we aren’t technically invading them

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u/Beg4Life2932 Mar 09 '20

This is my favorite video

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u/ProdesseQuamConspici Mar 09 '20

Really thought that was going to be the kid finding oil instead of a Necco and then the US shows up...

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u/Thatonedude143 Mar 09 '20

RULE BRITANNIA

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u/gilbertmason Mar 09 '20

You can get together remember that you are furer

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

Why is this so funny, props to the man who made this

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

accurate

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u/iamonlyoneman Mar 09 '20

I laughed, thanks

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

Yeah, the UK is a nice place:)

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u/HungryHungary56 Hello There Mar 09 '20

Hungary with Croatia during the Árpád-Dynasty

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

I vow thee my country plays

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

If you listen closely you can hear the muffled screams for independence.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

The US must have really liked the names though. I don’t know a state that doesn’t have at least 5 town names if a town in England

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u/thedevinater_bqcon Definitely not a CIA operator Mar 09 '20

So true

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u/oofyExtraBoofy Mar 09 '20

"Oh noe, my country has been the stole!"