#colonialism memes

[historynerdj2]

History memes #55

[the-ghost-bird]

[burningvelvet]

"Am I a joke to you?"

[golem-brigadier]

When people, especially pro-pal revisionists, like to ignore that it's very common for regions to have multiple names, just look at Germany and Japan.

[nando161mando]

[tomicscomics]

01/01/2025

All hail Mary! Lady full of grace, The child that you bear will save the human race!

Through you the great I Am Takes on the flesh of man And He comes to save us from our sin!

(Happy Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and Happy New Year!)

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. The internet has a long and storied history of random, unsolicited Christian Sonic fanart. I’m not sure why this is, but as a random, unsolicited Christian myself, I figured it was time I added to that legacy. This cartoon features Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic’s edgy rival) praying the rosary before a shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He says “Ave Maria” because that’s the first line of the “Hail Mary” (a popular Catholic prayer) in Latin, but is also a reference to Shadow’s best friend from his tragic backstory: Maria. 2. Sonic Adventure was one of the first games I remember playing. My brothers, cousins, and I would spend all our limited gaming time playing it on my uncle’s Sega Dreamcast. When the sequel, Sonic Adventure 2, came out, my grandparents got it for me as an early birthday gift. Even my sisters enjoyed the games because of the adorable Chao Garden (bring it back, Sega, you cowards). Anyway, the series has had its ups and downs since then, but it’ll always hold a special place in my heart. Sonic Adventure 2 also introduced Shadow the Hedgehog and his tragic backstory with Maria, which the new movie, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, finally adapted for the big screen. I never thought I’d see the day. 3. The description under the cartoon is a parody of “All Hail Shadow”, a theme song from the notorious Shadow the Hedgehog spin-off game from 2005. Instead of the original lyrics, I've turned it into a revamped “Hail Mary” prayer, because all things will submit to God.

[inferusrf]

[3liza]

"the apache" was a dance fad that started around the 1910s, predating swing, but that influenced swing's moves, especially the aerial ones, and was meant to aesthetically simulate a physical domestic dispute. the advanced versions were almost indistinguishable from a professional wrestling match. this is one of the most athletic versions i've seen, it was filmed in 1937 so the dance had had time to mature in technique. the feats of strength being performed by the female partner especially are breathtaking (she wins btw)

[nogravitymom]

when the academia turns out to be dark, not in the secret history way, but in the babel way …

[mysharona1987]

[historynerdj2]

History memes # 15

[kutyozh]

*walks through the gallery of creoles and pidgins with my arms crossed behind my back* love what you did with the coloniser language

[freeroamingllama]

Another Monty Python meme! inspired by this post

[whaleiumsharkspeare]

In Wonka (2023), when he sings “all the colors of the rainbow, and some others too”, the “others too” of that line refers to the color wavelengths on the light spectrum that mantis shrimp can see but humans can’t, in this essay I will-

[nando161mando]

[nihildes]

"civilization and the state are myths colonizers keep telling themselves and forcing others to believe. it is their ritual of power, their prayer is time" - Klee Benally