lol history – Page 12 – Kimchi and Justice

shadowmaat:

enrique262:

The disastrous Australian Emu War.

Someone turned it into a comic. YES.

never forget the emu war

marchesamedici:

most accurate summary of the Holy Roman Empire ever

Charming! Delightful! Never have I enjoyed such a swearing before or since.

Lafayette talking about George Washington cursing at Charles Lee for the battle of Monmouth (from Washington by Ron Chernow page 342) (via its1800)

thoodleoo:

what people think being a classicist feels like:

what being a classicist really feels like:

thebuttkingpost:

whythatsbullshit:

autistictesla:

people attacking tumblr users for being gullible as if there WASN’T a national panic when “war of the worlds” was presented on the radio in 1938 because people thought that martians were legitimately attacking

tumblr doesn’t make people more gullible people are just fucking gullible and tumblr is a microblogging platform on which information is easily spread and amplified lay off

You wanna know why this post is amazing?

There WASN’T a national panic when “war of the worlds” was broadcast.

It’s a total myth that took hold because people are gullible and no one checks sources.

So what you’re saying is that there is a widespread myth that people are gullible that was spread because people are gullible

thoodleoo:

“when in rome, do as the romans” i say as i paint dicks all over important ancient monuments and the vatican

someone: *says something wrong about history*
me: dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it dont say it
me: actually,

hexafluorokoboldate:

ashtonw:

hexafluorokoboldate:

museum-of-artifacts:

The zweihänder sword that belonged to Grutte Pier (1480-1520), Friesian pirate and warlord.

what a god damn stupid sword

1) how would you even carry this. you would have to hold it in your hands the entire time. it would drag on the ground and be noisy as hell and bother all the other pirates

2) in the time it takes to lift and swing with this you would be killed several times over

3) did he think it looks really cool but all the other pirates were laughing behind his back

4) did he make a typo filling out the order form and got the wrong size but didn’t want to pay return shipping so he kept it

having looked into this because these are Good questions:

1) you strap it across your shoulders

2) despite being huge it’s not THAT heavy and if you are a giant dude you can swing it around with not too much difficulty (though apparently it requires better form and more moving around), and people will have a hard time killing you since your weapon is much longer and you will have already cut off their feet or heads (or the pointy bit on their pike, where relevant). also you can use it like a polearm to stab people as well, notably.

3) yeah it looks like it probably was 90% to look cool but also probably worked because the dude was probably over 6 feet and like 200 lbs.

4) this one is accurate.

oneshortdamnfuse:

jujubiest:

I weirdly love that there are crotchety fandom elders around who say shit like “in my day, (insert fandom term) meant this specifically, but now you kids just use it to mean any old thing.”

It seriously gives fandom such a sense of heritage and family, like yes grandma, tell me more about how you had to write fic uphill both ways in the snow when you were my age.

back in my day, lemons and limes were not something you used to make a good guacamole ! *rattles cane*

thoodleoo:

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