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26 History Memes That Showcase Just How Weird The Past Really Was

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Published August 19, 2024

Published August 19, 2024

Getting in a time machine and traveling back to the past, one of the best items to pack would probably be a phone with a camera roll full of saved history memes … really, hear us out.

Showing an inhabitant of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople a meme depicting his imperial home as a place full of "based Wojaks" would probably endear you to these ancient humans and ensure you a place at court. There, you could tell them all about the marvels that the modern world has created, everything from Reddit to antibiotics.

Either that or the ancient people would interpret your meme-sharing as a form of witchy spell casting and flog you as a heretic on those grounds. It's always difficult for humor to translate, and it's likely that history memes would not work back in historical times. These history memes are for us, today, to understand the people of the past.

No matter how epic or GigaChad your posting is, an ancient inhabitant of Byzantium would likely not vibe with it.

Linguistic Evolution

(Source: Reddit)

Barbarians Converted

(Source: Reddit)

Byzantinemaxxing

(Source: Reddit)

Sasquatch Posting

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The Good Old Days

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Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy

(Source: Reddit)

Alternate History

(Source: Reddit)

Thai Support For Union

(Source: Reddit)

Punic Conflict

(Source: Reddit)

Very Early History

(Source: Reddit)

Zoomers When The Draft Hits

(Source: Reddit)

Steam Is To Rotate Doner, Nothing Else

(Source: Reddit)

World Wars

(Source: Reddit)

Survival

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Zouaves

(Source: Reddit)

Rome Mode

(Source: Reddit)

Train

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Vive La Revolution

(Source: Reddit)

Map Mind

(Source: Reddit)

West Indies

(Source: Reddit)

Phone Charges First

(Source: Reddit)

Believe Egyptians

(Source: Reddit)

14th Century Drip

(Source: Reddit)

March

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Brain Food

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Battle Time

(Source: Reddit)

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