When you've lived in one place your whole life, you get used to the various customs and behaviors that are standard in your country. So much so that traveling abroad can be a huge culture shock for a lot of people. These American Redditors are sharing the things they realized are completely unique to American culture.
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If you love history as much as we do, then we think you'll like the following memes that we picked out for you. They're both amusing and educational, so you can feel like you're learning something while you browse. Now get scrollin'!
Check out some more of our history memes here!
As Coronavirus spreads from Asia to Europe and the United States, it seems the whole world is paralyzed with fear. Flights are being cancelled, the stock market has absolutely plummeted. As anxiety rises, some people are using humor to cope with COVID-19. And this post is a great example of that. An anonymous jokester used classic stereotypes to riff on Coronvirus response, and we have to say it's making our day.
If you read this title and you're rather confused, pici is a type of pasta, ancient in origin. These memes contain stereotypes galore, so if you're actually Italian, then we're sorry ahead of time.
If for some reason you have a hankering to browse through the best Italian memes of 2017, well, it's your lucky day!
We have to give the disclaimer that these memes will really only make sense to you if you're Slavic or have spent time in Eastern Europe. But either way, they may make you crave some cabbage rolls and borscht.
And if you want some even more specific memes, check out these South Slavic memes we threw together for you!
We don't mean to show our age, but damn, we hope schools have started incorporating history memes into lesson plans. We'd have been a whole lot more engaged if we could laugh through the classes - especially AP European History. This big gallery covers everything from Ancient Rome through World War II, a veritable smorgasbord of historical humor. So happy scrolling. You may end up smarter for it.
If you want to learn Italian and you desire to be able to converse with the young people, you better start practicing up on your slang words for vagina, because let us tell you - there are a LOT of them. Like, more than we can even count, and they're all dependent on the region according to this ridiculous Tumblr thread. Good luck.
Look, we know that not everything the West says about Russia is true - We know you all don't go around yelling "сука блять" at everyone while wearing Adidas tracksuits every day. However, we do always love a good dank Russian meme and we hope you can appreciate them too.
The possibility of a World War III is still inspiring a cornucopia of memes, the latest being about Switzerland's historical non-involvement in world wars. Memers are joking about packing their bags and moving there, which we can't really blame them for.
Eastern European food often gets a bad rap for being bland and containing nothing but meat and potatoes. Well, the second part of that might be true, but If you've never tried cabbage rolls, potato pancakes, or cheese pastries, then get on that right now because you're majorly missing out.
Anyway, now that you're nice and hungry, scroll through some of these (very stereotypical) memes about life in Eastern Europe!
If you're of Eastern European heritage, then we're betting that at least some of these memes will make sense to you. Occasionally stereotypes do exist for a reason, after all.
Okay, all of this talk about Eastern Europe has us craving some cabbage rolls and potato pancakes now. Please and thank you.
Sick and tired of history memes from the twentieth century? Well you're in luck - this gallery contains 20 dank memes from the times of the Wild West, also known as the Middle Ages. What the f*ck people were doing back then, we'll never truly understand.
Gesǣlig Eastordæg! Or something like that.
