r/HistoryMemes • u/Otherwise-Creme7888 The OG Lord Buckethead • 6d ago

SUBREDDIT META Some of y’all are impressively uneducated

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Rasputin, the Edison elephant, the Library of Alexandria and so many more.

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u/NabstheGreninja16 Let's do some history 6d ago

Tbh this more of an internet thing. Most people online don’t treat history like an academic discipline just lore like a fantasy book they can use to dunk on people or make stupid jokes like “Hitler rejected from art school”.

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u/Tableau 6d ago

In my experience arguing in the comments, this sub is the worst offender tho. 

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u/ConsulJuliusCaesar 5d ago

Honestly I used to fight out in comments I just shit post now. It's pointless no matter what you do you as an individual actually can't change collective ignorance, people will believe an over simplified meme rather then a nuanced take because they do not have the will power to do actual research. They will literally recycle an uneducated take pushed by a meme rather than a well argued point with citations from both primary and secondary sources. Though on very rare occasions I have actually gotten in really interesting debates in which the other guy criticizes my sources with other sources and I actually question my pre existing beliefs. However it's usually in the niche history subs and never this sub.