We firmly believe that nobody has to feel guilty for scrolling through memes, but these historical and educational memes are definitely nothing to feel ashamed about. Looking through these memes is basically studying.
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We know that all Eastern European countries have their own unique cultures and identities, but there are also many similarities between them. And of course, many hilarious stereotypes! So whether you're Polish, Czech, Russian or Moldovan, we hope you'll find some amusement in these Slavic memes!
The British government released its "Get Ready for Brexit" campaign on Sunday and let's just say, the rest of the UK is not impressed. The campaign comes in the form of billboards and social media advertisements in anticipation of Britain's October 31st exit from the EU.
One billboard in particular that reads, "Get Ready for Brexit," has recently become a meme on Twitter. Many Twitter users are mocking the ad for encouraging a "shared responsibility," and fears of what could happen to the average UK citizen - including losing access to medication.
You can read some of the snarky tweets and memes about it below!
Donald Trump has apparently recently expressed interest in purchasing Greenland with "varying degrees of seriousness," according to the Wall Street Journal.
Yes, you read that correctly - Greenland, the massive autonomous Danish territory northeast of Canada with a population of just 56,000.
(And not to mention, "abundant resources.")
Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your personal take on the situation), Greenland has stated that they are absolutely not for sale.
This of course hasn't stopped memers and Twitter-dwellers alike from mocking the absurd proposal! We just hope that Trump is aware that Greenland is, in fact, not very green...
Being Americans, we don't know sh*t about Irish politics, but we do know that Michael D. Higgins is quite possibly the most adorable politician we've ever seen. In fact, he kind of resembles an Irish version of Danny DeVito. Please enjoy these pics of the 5'3" Irish president doing adorable things!
World War II was a horrible, bloody, and dramatic period of time for pretty much the entire world. The atrocities that occurred are many. As is the case with most controversial and offensive times in history, the war has spawned some almost shamefully spicy and dank history memes. Here are some of our favorites.
If you didn't pay much attention during history or hate reading dumb books, these memes might help you seem smarter. They won't help you write an award-winning essay, but they might help you in random conversation or when you're trying to impress someone who is only moderately intelligent. So who said memes have no educational value?
If you're looking for dank memes that won't rot your brain (or will rot it at a slower rate) you've come to the right place. These historically-themed memes have been freshly culled from the depths of reddit, and allow you to have a hot scrolling sesh that has the benefit of being "educational." Enjoy!
Let's be honest here, regardless of how you feel about the American healthcare system, we can probably all agree that it doesn't exactly have the best reputation with the rest of the world. This woman's Twitter story about her experience with Iceland's healthcare system illustrates that perfectly.
Click here to browse through some American healthcare system memes if you're feelin' extra salty about it all!
Most of you probably spend the bulk of your day scrolling through low-effort shitposts and banal relatable content. Why not up the ante a little and look at some memes that could potentially make you smarter?
For more history memes, check out this delightfully dank and educational roundup.
Map nerds can rejoice with this gallery, although we have to be honest in that they're not even remotely helpful or educational. So if you're someone who's trying to grow their knowledge of geography, these won't help you at all. But, you know, at least they'll make you laugh, and that's valuable in and of itself!
The Middle Ages, which lasted from the 5th to the 15th century, was no doubt a fascinating period of time for any history nerd out there. But perhaps one of the most fascinating parts of it was some of the extremely WTF-worthy art that came out of it. If you're not sure what we're talking about here, just scroll down to see!
All of this Article 13 business has been kind of a mess, but at least we've gotten some great memes out of it...?
If you aren't familiar with Article 13, it's a proposed directive in the European Union that would require anyone with publishing ability to have a stash of already-copyrighted content on hand.
The controversy? Memers everywhere have been up in arms claiming that it could potentially lead to more censorship online - where they're concerned, in the form of memes. We won't get into how in reality many people are skipping over a small detail in the proposal, but you can read about that here.
But honestly, let's just let people have their fun because we're really enjoying the following bootleg versions of classic memes that people are creating in attempt to "get around" any sort of potential internet censorship. Scroll down to see!
Memers are shook after the EU's Article 13 was passed yesterday by the European Parliament. The r/dankmemes community started meme-ing as soon as the news broke, but seems to be ignoring some very important information regarding the article's passing: memes and GIFs are EXEMPT. This important tidbit seems to be flying over peoples heads. We'd rather assume that people would rather have an excuse to meme than stay calm on the matter. It will be at least two years before the law takes effect, we just hope these memes aren't all we'll be seeing in the meantime.
