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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 41 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Which begs the question, what if you were hit by lightning and lived?

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 27 points 1 month ago

The gods hated you, but you were stronger, so it'd be best to stay on your good side.

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fed to the lions for defying god.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think not.

You gonna mess around with a guy who survived a lightning strike?

'Cause I ain't gonna mess around with no guy who survived a lightning strike.

[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That feels like grounds for getting some kinda role in the gods temple.

"Zeus personally hit me with a bolt of lightning and let me live. I think I can read a bulls organs, okay?"

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Clearly protected by a different god than the smiting god.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One of my favorite one season shows was 'Strange Luck.'

The premise was that a baby was the only survivor of an airliner crash, and ever since then he's been afflicted by an unending series of bizarre coincidences.

At one point he's arrested and pulled into the police station. He's been arrested 153 times, but also has commendation letters from five different governors, the sitting President, and the last Pope.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The premise was that a baby was the only survivor of an airliner crash, and ever since then he's been afflicted by an unending series of bizarre coincidences

Sounds like that's either gonna be good for decades of possibilities or run off the rails before the end of the second episode 😄

He's been arrested 153 times, but also has commendation letters from five different governors, the sitting President, and the last Pope

Guess that answers that! I'm gonna go see if I can find this lunacy 😄

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, better not pick sides if the gods have beef

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Warning shot. He knows what he did.

It’s also hard to bury a black spot on the ground.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Just to make the world more whimsical, we should reinstate this law.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So what, left in the field to rot?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

I'm thinking compost

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If a scientologist is killed by a meteorite, does that mean Xenu hated them? 🤔

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

Only one way to find out!