A lot can happen in a year. While 2022 may feel like a delirious fever dream, the year had its fair share of momentous events and groundbreaking achievements. Back in May, scientists managed to snag the very first photo of a black hole - a feat that we're pretty sure people will be talking about for eons to come. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the global response to the invasion, definitely snag a top ten spot where notable 2022 events are concerned. Protests in Iran, Elon Musk's acquisition…

As purveyors of entertainment media, we know it can be a hustle to churn out timely, holiday-related content around the end of the year. Finding content that has to do with Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, or even peoples' contempt for the holidays can be tough especially when we're working abbreviated schedules. It's only natural that some well-meaning people would manage to muck this up, and it seems that one television news channel has won 2022's award for “Best Seasonal Fail of the Year". Twit…

Most of the first 10 amendments of the United States Constitution make a lot of sense in a modern context. Freedom of speech and the right to bear arms are important parts of American identity that people debate every day. However, those first two amendments have a little brother that doesn't quite level up in terms of contemporary importance. The third amendment reads, “No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a…

There are lots of memes out there that leave a person with zero questions. Those relatable work memes , anything hyper-topical, parenting memes. They're all pretty self-explanatory. Work sucks, bosses are terrible, parenting leads to lack of sleep, we all know the drill. We'd be stupid not to include that dogs and cats are cute. When the basicness of these memes gets to be dull, or we actually want to use our brains, we turn to history memes. While we're not history dunces, we can hardly preten…

I think I know more about American Girl Dolls than you do, genius, and I really do mean that! I was an American Girl Doll stan as a child, and even though I haven't fully gotten to the adult doll collector stage of life, I wouldn't be surprised if I get there at some point. I spent many moons thumbing through the American Girl catalog as a kid, imagining what it would be like to have an ice cream bar for my doll for only $250! Even though I loved the Girl of The Year dolls and the look-alike do…

A journey through time and space

Whether you love to laugh at the past or fact-check dubious history memes in your spare time, we've got a bunch of amusing content right here for history buffs and novices alike.

It's almost 2023 and it feels as though we've been living in unprecedented times for, well, our whole lives. Maybe I'm just speaking for millennials, but nothing has felt right. Nothing has felt easy. And everything all over the globe feels like a damn mess. That said, we imagine there have been more than several periods of history that felt charged with the same chaotic energy. Looking back in time, there have been countless wars, natural disasters, and violent atrocities in pretty much every…

One meme, Two memes, Red meme, Blue meme, Black, Blue meme, Old meme , New meme . This one has a little car. This one has a little star. Say! What a lot of memes there are. Yes. Some are red, and some are blue. Some are old, and some are new. Some are sad, and some are glad, And some are very, very bad. Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know, go ask your dad. Some are thin, and some are fat. The fat one has a yellow hat. From there to here, From here to there, Funny things are everywh…

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I love an art museum : I always have! My mom likes to tell this story about when I was three and visiting the Art Institute of Chicago. Allegedly, I turned to her and said my life had changed forever after visiting that museum. I don't remember saying that, but I do remember that going to museums was an absolute highlight of my childhood. The hard thing about going to museums as an adult is that everybody has different expectations for what you're going to do while you're there. I am a loser wh…

Greetings, philosophy heads . Here's a little joke you might appreciate. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Michel Foucault: The discursive practices of the farm, which led to the development of chicken wire, the fenced barnyard, and the institution of the chicken coop, also constructed the authority that both invented the idea of the chicken and exerted power upon that chicken to compel it to cross the road. No? It doesn't do it for you? Well, if you're more of a visual joke-enjoyer, then…

Paging all history nerds! It should come as no surprise to any of our readers that we consider ourselves history (meme) buffs. We take great pleasure in serving up jokes that use the past as a punchline. The past, however, is a pretty broad designation of time. So we generally mix up memes that cover the horrors of World War II with the bizarre mindsets of the Medieval ages. These historical memes , however, are just a wee bit more specific than our usual galleries - and they are sure to please…

Many people say we're living in unprecedented times, but we imagine there have been more than several periods of history that felt charged with the same precarious energy. This may be our first time really getting those rights taken away from us, but we all know that it's happened before. Which is pretty damn backwards. We usually have a blast collecting history memes for galleries like this, but it's a bit more bittersweet now that we're dealing with situations that will be memed generations f…

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What does it mean to be a nerd ? We're certainly in a golden age of nerdiness; nerds are by no means such a prominent subject of ridicule as they were in the 80s. We've got way worse new groups like incels to take the brunt of criticism for being lame. Now, it seems like everybody wants to be a nerd, or at least everybody thinks they're a nerd. This might be partly caused by superhero movie fans thinking that liking Iron Man makes them part of a class of esoteric nerds that only the most intell…