I'm unflaired but I'm commenting anyway. DEAL WITH IT.
I feel like this is a Christmas party for an uptight company. Let the mistakes commence.
sips scotch in tweed smoking jacket, puffs cigar
Ah, yes... it's about time for us to raise the flair tax to provide for more, uh, recreational activities for the moderators.
I mean, you think we enjoy spending our days banning neo-nazis, nuking memes from orbit, and strangling bots where they stand??
In 18 years' time we'll be able to discuss ourselves.
You know, I don't know anything about history, but my cousin's dog once belonged to a war memorabilia collector who verified for me via smoke signal on a rainy day that the Wehrmacht was made up entirely of unwilling slaves who loved the Jewish people and were never allowed to be jocular.
Also, I like burritos, so I can assume that the S.S. were motivated entirely by their desire for burritos, which explains why the concentration camps had no food.
So obviously all the other posts in this thread are bullshit.
[link to MythBusters episode]
Im still scared to talk. Im just going to wait out the jocularity, until everything goes back to normal.
Fuck yeah history
[Serious] Was Hitler literally Hitler? Couldn't Hitler have been just figuratively Hitler? Or even just metaphorically Hitler?
Three years of Fascism and [deleted]
A birthday is a day that comes once a year when a person celebrates the anniversary of his or her birth. Birthdays are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with a gift, party, or rite of passage.
I posted here by mistake one time, it was on the front page and I answered without checking which sub it was. I've never been made to feel so bad, it was about a step away from being a pretty boy in the prison showers. Still my favourite sub though, you guys are awsome, thank you.
This is probably the only time I will ever post a comment on this sub, as I am too dumb to even construct a coherent follow-up question, let alone answer a question.
I own a Roman coin, and have a hat from world war 2, so I consider myself a expert on both subjects. You may ask me anything about it, if you wish.
[Terrible Meme Post]
A LOT HAPPENED IN 1995 AND BY GOD YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT!
Dear historians, how many 7th century philosophers would it take to screw in a lightbulb?
tips fedora
I think I've just broken about three rules already.
I believe the word jocular comes from some battle in England where these guys were fighting and they were called jocks. The started acting all silly and lost the battle hence jocular. I cant remember where I read it. Might have been on the history channel.
Poo poo.
Wiener.
Wikipedia.
I think these comments perfectly show everyone on teh internets has to internet sometimes. Even history people.
is Jocular.
Whoah, 3rd birthday? Only if you believe what the establishment tells you! According to my own tlacronology™© (which is correct and true because I'm a maverick who isn't brainwashed by LIES), the time between January 3rd 2011 and March 18th 2013 never actually happened and we're all just playing along with an embarrassing documentation mistake that the world's ruling cabal of I-can't-believe-they're-not-Jews made.
And the real truth about why we won the war: https://i.imgur.com/8B4bcGs.jpg
This comment has been posted with all appropriate jocularity.
Ahem...
Boobs!
Teeheehee^tee^heehee
OK let's be honest. Moon landing - totally fake right?
mydogbuddy.co.uk
BRAVELY TREADING WHERE NO ASKHISTORIAN TREAD BEFORE
I still remember the time I got away with answering without explicit sources.
I...I can't think of any jocular witticisms! Spending all my time in this subreddit has conditioned me to observe respectfully and expect comments to by staid, professional, and informative! NOOOOOOO!
[Posting reaction .gifs here feels dirty!] (http://i.imgur.com/xbOjD.gif)
I've been waiting to bust this one out.
Where did Atilla the Hun keep his armies?
In his sleevies!
Guys, I searched for the following post but could find nothing on it. So here is my original post: "Happy 3rd Birthday /r/AskHistorians! To celebrate this momentous occasion, you may be jocular in this thread."
Alright Mr. White! Yeah, history!
Happy 3rd Cake day to one of my favorite subs. Since this is probably the only time I will get to make any sort of contribution to this subreddit. Here are two sea stories from my past, both 20 years old.
I was in the Navy and friends with a guy. Let’s call him Guy. One day while out drinking on the town in a random Asian port he proposes an idea. He wants to buy a gun boat, arm it with twin browning 50s, find an unoccupied small island in Malaysia somewhere, and become a pirate. He asks if I would be interested. I replied “Arr me Cap’n call me matey.” Then I started laughing. When I caught my breath I could see by the scowl on his face he was serious. Then I said, let me think about it. We probably started talking about boobies after that.
Toward the end of my tour me and Guy where at his rack in the engineering berthing. He was showing me some new CDs he had just picked up and then got a gleam in his eye. “Check this out!” and then lifts up a pile of skivvies and to show me a folded up white rode with odd looking patches on it. I said something like cool Karate Gi I didn’t know you practiced. Then he said No this goes with it, and put on the pointy hood. Then he told me how a bunch of the other snipes got together and had regular meetings on board, and asked if I would be interested. I did not talk to him much after that.
wow
such jocularity
much breaking ALL the rules
wow
I would love to hear the history of AskHistorians. A creation tale we can re-tell annually on this momentous anniversary.
Make with the jocular already!
Did Hitler ever Hitler?
So, historians, what have we learned in our own short history in this sub?
Why were people so stupid back then?
Why didn't they use their iphones instead of smoke signals?
Roman Empire
Hitler
Who would win in a fight, the greeks or the romans?
Did people back then live just as meaningless lives as we do today or is it like in the movies?
I am a redditor in 2014 AD. It's /r/AskHistorians' 3rd birthday. How do I celebrate?
Having watched numerous historical documentaries I am a certified couchpotatoarian AMA!
DAE spend an hour writing a 300 word response to an askhistorians question and then delete it because it won't be good enough?
Hip hip Hooray
Huzzah!
I'm really glad this sub exists for all of my dumb history questions/curiosities. Keep it up ladies and gents!!
Source: myself
I would indeed be pleased to join the jocularity of this thread.
Why did Karl Marx dislike Earl Grey Tea?
Because all proper tea is theft!
I love this sub and have been following it for two years now, only recently made an account. I've always wanted to comment an in depth response, but I'm so paranoid to disappoint the standards of this community. I hope one day I can be flaired with everyone else!
Cheers!
This thread is simply out of my comfort zone, and frankly, I did not see that coming.
Be careful.
I'm watching.
Just so you all know, I hate you all.
Seriously. I only answer questions because I hope that if I answer enough questions, you will all shut up.
I'm still hoping...
More like cockular amirite huehuehue
Going to take the opportunity to say thank you. This sub is amazing.
Nice to see all the moderators who run a tight ship here go completely apeshit today, lol
I knew nothing about history, but you guys really make it interesting. I travelled to Rome last year because of a thread I found on here that really interested me.
You guys rock!
I can finally contribute to am askhistorians thread! Woo!
I had to google "jocular."
Sometimes I want to drop a thank you into good discussions because of the time and effort it takes people, but don't because I fear for my internet life... Mods are more strict than emperor Qin, the first Chinese emperor. (Don't hurt me)
Thank you contributors!
Happy birthday, /r/AskHistorians! This comment is your present from /r/DepthHub. There is no gift receipt.
Jocularity! Jocularity!
I want to thank the mods for being tough but fair. You're the real MVPs.
Guys, this is literally how the Jacquerie started. (No source but that's what my grandpa told me.)
How do you cut the Roman Empire in half? WITH A PAIR OF CAESARS!!!!
I've wanted to tell this joke for three years...
This is a great moment for /r/AskHistorians. The history buffs, long feared by family members on holiday for their seemingly endless lectures on the importance of heavy shot to privateers sailing out of Havanah in 1572, or the significance of Roman concrete-building techniques in rapid empire expansion, have, at long last, found a spotlight of their own with which they may finally illuminate the ignorant masses. For that, and for everything else, we thank you, Mods and Contributers.
I only hope that my ramblings, while occasionally forgetful, have helped someone. I love history, I love humanity, and one is not the same without the other.
To three more years, yea verily--even 300!
Who was the most jocular person in the history of history?
Wait, let me do some mental math...
3 years < 20 years
Aha! Rule violation!
Was hoping to see a bunch of "comment deleted", just to stay with tradition.
Happy birthday to my favorite subreddit! There is nothing better than being able to learn and enjoy oneself at the same time.
steps up to podium I would like to thank the r/AskHistorians for the chance to thank them. You've answered ancient sex questions, early American sex questions, and recent sex questions. What would we do without your sexual history?
Well, that depends on what you mean by "jocular". Pre-war? Post-war? Post-Roman? Byzantine? Egyptian? Chinese? Polynesian? Babylonian? Pre- or post-Industrial Revolution? Of the nobility? Royalty? Lower classes? Peasants?
Because one person's jocularity is just another person's stupid fart joke.
History of the world 1995-2014
Discuss.
Can you please provide a source that is in fact /r/AskHistorians' third birthday?
How many historians does it take to change a light bulb?
There is a great deal of debate on this issue. Up until the mid-20th century, the accepted answer was ‘one’: and this Whiggish narrative underpinned a number of works that celebrated electrification and the march of progress in light-bulb changing. Beginning in the 1960s, however, social historians increasingly rejected the ‘Great Man’ school and produced revisionist narratives that stressed the contributions of research assistants and custodial staff. This new consensus was challenged, in turn, by women’s historians, who criticized the social interpretation for marginalizing women, and who argued that light bulbs are actually changed by department secretaries. Since the 1980s, however, postmodernist scholars have deconstructed what they characterize as a repressive hegemonic discourse of light-bulb changing, with its implicit binary opposition between ‘light’ and ‘darkness,’ and its phallogocentric privileging of the bulb over the socket, which they see as colonialist, sexist, and racist. Finally, a new generation of neo-conservative historians have concluded that the light never needed changing in the first place, and have praised political leaders like Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher for bringing back the old bulb. Clearly, much additional research remains to be done.
THE DARK AGES WERE LITERALLY CAUSED BY CHRISTIAN OPPRESSION AND WE WOULD HAVE COLONIZED MARS BY NOW IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE CHURCH
ALL HAIL THE CHART
I CAN FINALLY POST WITHOUT FEAR OF HAVING MY COMMENT DELETED FOR NOT KNOWING SHIT!!!
I love this thread. It helps me in my college studies and my hobby. Thanks for all you do Mods and quality posters!
(Begins citing Wikipedia as a source.)
I am very good at sports!
Why did Karl Marx dislike Earl Grey tea?
Because all proper tea is theft.
"JOCULARITY JOCULARITY!!"
~ Col. Potter impersonating Father Mulchay from M* A* S* H
I get all my historical knowledge from /r/communism, ama.
Oh wow. I feel honored. I feel like that time when Kennedy gave Richard the Lionheart the Hope Diamond on his 4th birthday. On Atlantis.
Would you rather fight 1 Hitler-sized Napoleon or 100 Napoleon-sized Hitlers?
I have the same birthday as /r/AskHistorians? Woohoo!
This means I get a modship, right? I've always wanted to ban somebody with a different opinion than me.
Happy Birthday! Let's Party!
I answered a question in this sub about a week ago about horticulture I it didn't get removed and I was so excited.
Congratulations ask Historians, one of my favorite subs.
Since we are being jocular what is the first recorded case of underpants/underwear? :D
I feel like it's casual Friday
Happy day, let the jocularities commnence!
#partylikeahistorian
To join in on this Jocularity, the mods do an amazing job here. This sub is literally the most interesting one on reddit and that is because almost every topic turns pun threads, jokes, nonsense answers, and weird arguments about when and when not to use a semicolon into just [deleted] please keep doing a good job and if you ever need help let me know. I don't know much about history but I sure can delete the shit out of a pun thread.
Takes pants off
FUCK YEAH THERES NO RULES
Literally the best subreddit.
I can finally post and say this sub rocks more than the stone ages.
I read this sub everyday. This is the first thread I (think) I am qualified to comment in.
It's titillating.
I'm just making a shitpost on /r/askhistorians for posterity.
Boobs.
Rule Britannia?
I heard a joke a while back that you guys might like. What do you get when you cross a conqueror with dynamite?
Napoleon Blownaparte
So hilarious that today is the birthday of this subreddit, and it's the same day as my own birthday, and guess what I'm aspiring professor of History :D.
penis, balls, doodoo.
Happy Birthday! Thank you for keeping little Methothick off drugs and away from porn.
Source: Methothick's Mom
If Hitler was so strong then why is he dead?
I may never get another chance to post here, so I'm taking this opportunity to say "Titty Sprinkles".
Also, Hitler, Rome/Greece, Some King.
Wait, my account is older than this sub?
Holy fuck, I've been here for years and literally never commented before. THIS IS SO EXCITING ^^^like, ^^^actually ^^^though
###Hi, mom!
neat, time for my first and last comment in this subreddit
From memory it happened in 19 Tickety six and I wore an onion on my belt, which was the style of the time.
This Nicholas anon leet fle a fart,
As greet as it had been a thonder-dent,
That with the strook he was almoost yblent;
And he was redy with his iren hoot,
And Nicholas amydde the ers he smoot,
Of gooth the skyn an hande brede aboute,
The hoote kultour brende so his toute,
And for the smert he wende for to dye.
As he were wood, for wo he gan to crye,
"Help! Water! Water! Help for Goddes herte!
Am I flaired? Who knows.
Do you have a source that this is the case?
A historian walks into a bar, but I really shouldn't tell you about it because I don't have a reliable published source.
/r/AskHistorians being jocular...I feel liked I've awakened in a parallel universe...my head may explode now.
Just to remind everyone... that Friday is Hawaiian shirt day... so, ummm if you have a Hawaiian shirt, go ahead and wear it.
WEEEEEE GRAMATICL ERRORS AND NONSNSE WILL RULE!
Huzzah! That's my top comment for today and I'm sticking to it.
How many Historians does it take to change a lightbulb?
This is probably the place to say: I fucking hate the "I am a 74 year old polish peasant in named Oleg in August 1453 with a bum leg, 12 fingers, chronically wet ears and 13 children, what would I X about Y?".
Long time lurker. A huge thank you for choosing not to become a default sub, and for being anal-retentive moderators! This place is one of the very few reasons I still visit reddit.
To be fair, I did nazi that coming. I came here to say this but boy, that escalated quickly so to the top with you! Lost it at 'This is why we can't have nice things' and then my faith in humanity was restored, my mind blown, and manly tears were shed. Well said. As a 'murican, I can confirm this gem has just won the internet and is doing it right. Just sayin', I know that feel, bro, and while that was a risky click, this post was a 9/10, would read again. I see what you did there and it feels good man. You're doing God's work, son. I laughed way harder than I should have at your list that seems legit and totally nailed it. You - I like you. You magnificent bastard; you, sir, are so brave, a gentleman and a scholar, and seeing how you are a redditor for 4 years, this checks out, so I'll allow it. I regret that I only have one upvote to give for this cool story, bro. CTRL+F "about tree fiddy" was not disappointed. Wait, why do I have you tagged as "NOPE NOPE NOPE"? Nice try, you monster. What did I just read? Dafuq? I read that as "YOU HAD ONE JOB". I can't fap to this. No true scotsman could see that this relevant XKCD was bad, and you should feel bad. You must be new to reddit, so I'll see your cakeday and raise you a karma train. One does not simply rustle my jimmies, not even once. This stahp gave me cancer for science, so that's enough internet for me today. OP is a fuzzy little man-peach, 2/10, would not bang. What is this I don't even know how is this wtf? Circlejerk must be leaking. This will get buried but brace yourselves, some men want to watch the world burn right in the feels. When you see it, they'll KILL IT WITH FIRE! But this has nothing to do with atheism. Lawyer up, delete facebook, hit the gym, and SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY, said no one ever, so you wouldn't download a strawman. Damn onions, you scary like a BOSS. whoosh. Since rule #1 is 'be attractive', I'll just leave this here: This is my [f]irst post, be gentle. I have the weirdest boner right now. /thread.
Do we have to source our claims? Because I'm pretty sure Russell Brand is Rasputin, I just dont have any proof or evidence.
"Everything you read on the internet is true."
-Abraham Lincoln
The fact that I had to look up the term 'jocular' confirms that this will be the only time I post in this subreddit. If you need me I'll be over at ELI5...
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Three soldiers are in Berlin at the end of WW2. A American, Englishman, and Soviet. They are talking about what life is like in their respective armies.
"In the Red Army we are fed 700 calories a day." Says the Russian.
"In the British army we are fed 900 calories a day." Says the Englishman.
The American smirks and says "In the American Army we are fed 1500 calories a day."
The Soviet sputters and fairly shouts "Impossible! No man can eat so much cabbage!"
YES I MADE A NOVELTY ACCOUNT JUST FOR THIS !!!!!
Sooooooooooo. Uh....How about that WWII huh guys. Pretty crazy stuff..... Oh god I forgot how to jocular.
Petition to create 1 day out of the year where AskHistorians trolls everyone and is secretly Ask(shitty)Historians needs to happen! Sources can only be wikipedia or non at all!
Did Caligula's horse make any good decisions?
I don't give a flying fuck about history!
I've been waiting to post this in response to a /r/askhistorians thread since I subscribed. Now I finally get the chance!
History Shmistory!
Posting simply so I can say "HAH.. remember when I got downvoted but not deleted off AskHistorians?
Almost as auspicious an occasion as that time Hitler fixed the German economy by inventing the iPhone.
I know it's under the two decade rule and I know I'm using myself as a source but I find amusement in this thread.
As someone who has never commented here... Thank you. You have brought a lot of information and facts into my life.
That is all.
Was jocular ever used in literature as a typo of jugular?
[serious] I am a roman legionary in 1241, what are the differences in promiscuous cuisine and television programming between my present day and 1141? Did Plutarch lie?
Finally the day has come! Since this glorious comment will be buried under piles upon piles of irrelevant comments, I, AleixASV the First and great lord of the world can say that my empire extends to all lands and seas of this planet, and this subreddit fabled for it's accuracy can determine the truth of that fact by simply not removing this comment, moreover, I'll provide the source of my power:
Arse, My. Sauces of the world (Imaginary editions, 1AD).
Now, bow before your emperor!
This will be the only time I post here until the next birthday or jocular opportunity. Thank you everyone for making my favorite place to lurk. History rules!
You know, I think we should make a thread for all the historical events that have been ruined for the mods due to the amount of questions they have to answer about them. I'll start:
(In memorium music starts playing)
The Decline of the Roman Empire
I'M JUST SO DAMN JOCULAR
I've been subbed for about a year and I'm still waiting for someone to ask a question about cars because it's the only thing I'm even close to an expert in. "What led to the proliferation of Italian performance automakers in the late '60s and '70s?" "Ah how funny that you should ask, you see...."
[Jocularing Intensifies]
So, my grandfather's dog once sold me that French soldiers are like the bestest in the whole wide world. The dogs former owner had a cat who ate a parrot that belonged to a British grenadier, thus it's legit.
Anyways, thought it'd clear up some questions that were raised by Op.
Cunt
my favorite historical fact: how 300 half naked dudes stopped a million Persians on the cliffs of thermopylae. source: Frank Miller. see wikipedia
Ive nothing to say other than THANK YOU to the mods here. Best sub in existence.
Upvote this if you are a strong, proud redditor that don't need no sources.
This thread made me happy. Mods, can we have more frequent jocular activities?
I DON'T HAVE A SINGLE SOURCE
+/u/dogetipbot 50 doge
I've been lurking for months, and wanted to say that you mods do a fantastic job. This is my favourite academic-themed subreddit.
This reminds me of when I went to a silent retreat to a catholic monastery where the inhabitants did not speak unless strictly necessary. On Sunday morning after the first mass they had breakfast and announced that in honor of the birthdays of two of the sisters, they were allowed free conversation with breakfast.
It was a fine time :)
Where does the sun hide at night?
Did people really used to live in black and white?
Fantastic sub. I learn so much. Happy b-day!
I was there grandson!
If Hitler vs. America and Hitler wun but America Hitler, how much America would Hilter if war goes America? I am writing a novel.
I've never gotten to comment in an ask historians thread for fear of my comment being deleted. I feel like Milhouse letting loose by throwing a paper airplane.
Does anybody else just zone out during hardcore history episodes, and then refocus and has no idea what he's talking about?
Haven't seen that word since SAT prep.
I overslept and missed class on Cicero this morning but for some reason this makes me oddly happy! Yay!
TIL- askhistorians knows how to party, reddit style.
This subreddit is awesome.
Source: ME! Deal with it!
Saving this spot to post later.
Guys, my firsthand account got hacked. Now it's a tertiary source at best. What do?
GUIZ WOT IS THE BESTEST EVEREST WEAPONEST IN 150BC-20001AD USED BY SAMUVIKINGIGHTS?
What about hypothetical scenarios? :)
Did the breaking of the enigma codes lose Germany the war? :p
Napoleon was a duck! Ten popes have been to the moon! Horses were used in ancient China as astrologers! This is all true! YOU CAN'T STOP ME!
You guys are cool for doing this
Upvote: "Informed, comprehensive and helpful"
Downvote: "Inaccurate, superficial or disruptive"
NOT TODAY YOU'RE NOT!
Thanks for being the best Subreddit. Thank you again, for all of your hardwork everyone. I always enjoy it here and find myself referencing it when discussions come up.
derp derp derp history is lame, no one cares about the origin of the corset...fuckers.
(JK, I love this subreddit)
Please don't ban me again.
LOUD NOISES!!!!
(I really just wanted to have a top-level post in /r/AskHistorians).
I just want to be a part of history.
I can't believe it's been three years. Thanks to so many for a plethora of free education.
Stop this madness. Everyone knows it was celebrations that brought down the Roman Empire. Back to work, you barbarian plebs.
How fake was the moon landing, and why did the Jews feel the need to cover it up by creating feminism? Please post your answer in the form of a meme or dick joke.
[jocularity intensifies]
I have nothing to contribute but I'd like to comment here without it being deleted.
Would Alexander the Great rather fight one horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?
If I was King Nebuchadnezzar's afternoon testicle powderer, and it was a Thursday evening after my weekly meal containing meat, what kind of dream would I have about the Goatherd's daughter?
As a follow on question; would I be using plain talcum powder, or a medicated powder, like Gold Bond?
Does my fun need to have a third party source, or just just personal experience acceptable for today?
This is the best thread ever. You guys really know how to cut loose.
The one one time a year I can comment here! I've learned so much from this sub.
I lurk here.
You guys who post these comprehensive and detailed answers deserve all the accolades (and gold) one could give. This is one of the best examples of not only the power of content, but the power of the internet. Interesting and entertaining open-source knowledge.
I...I can post here! Finally! I can post here! Is this what it feels like?
I only have ever asked one question here, and answered none, but I still love jocularity!
I don't know shit about history, but I'm getting there. Thanks to this subreddit. HUZZAH!
Thanks to all of you for taking the time to educate folks like me. Here's to using what we learn here to avoid the mistakes of the past and make tomorrow a little better.
Jocularity??
How many /r/askhistorians mods does it take to change a lightbulb?
Okay, I always wanted to do this: boobs.
^^^^^heeheeheeheehee
Ok but can anyone explain to me sexuality in Ancient Rome?
What was reddit like before /r/AskHistorians?
DUDE! SWEET!
Is there substantial evidence that at one point in time, neckbeards tipped their service workers in cash, and not fedoras?
I lurk constantly, and I am somehow terrified of this jocularity.
was the average pair of tits larger or smaller in the 6th century than in the present??
I can comment in this sub then?! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I love all you smart people who work so hard for this sub. Cheers for three years :)
I can't think of anything jocular, so I'll just say congrats and thank you to the contributors for allowing me to learn something new every day.
HI GUYS ALL CAPS. I always read but can never comment and am not smart enough to ask anything. Thank you, I love you.
Fart.
Throughout history. Throughout history. Throughout history.
Just had to get that out of me since it's what keeps me posting in this sub 99% of the time.
Dear askredifilter, why does soviet russia you?
This will certainly be the only top level comment I can ever make in this subreddit. I must savor this feeling.
If you haven't tried leaving a top level comment, you really should.
What's the best History joke you know?
you're joking right?
MRW "jocular".
Shoutouts to one of the best mod teams for one of the best subs!
I'm just posting because I can finally say something I posted in here didn't get deleted.
Most of my (400 or so) karma is from /r/pugs, and from this sub. Although this sub causes a lot more stress than /r/pugs.
Speaking of being Joculatores...
What are are the days like for a typical European in the Past?
So, are we now forced to switch the downvote and upvote buttons? None of these are particularly informed, comprehensive, or helpful, except for the literally Hitler question, obviously.
I just want to comment here even for once.
My only chance to have a comment in this sub without it being deleted and I find a new word I plan on shoehorning into as many conversations as possible. Huzzah!
I heard someone was giving away buttons for this momentous occasion!
Not a historian or an active member of this community, but god damn do I like luking you guys. Thanks for all of it!
I have nothing to contribute, woooooooo!
It feels strange to post here knowing a mod won't hound me down for this.
I'm really worried somehow I'll be too jocular and get banned forever.
No bullshit, this is by far the most interesting sub I'm subscribed to. thanks for being massive assholes and letting us regular folk get blasted with some legit history, yo.
Why did Marx dislike Earl Grey tea? Because all proper tea is theft. BAZINGA.
I posted a useless comment on /r/AskHistorians and it didn't get deleted!
I am as reddit old as this sub. I wish I was good enough at history to contribute, even with my degree you are all impressively thorough. Good on you all.
I'm a redditor three years ago. What is the first question in ask in /r/askhistorians?
The topic is the most important images produced by this generation, please try to keep it focused with good references.
What did Cesar say to the fruit salesman?
^historians ^pls
I love this sub, but seeing how much quality time smart people put into it makes me worry about the job prospects for history majors.
The History Channel is an amazing educational resource.
My only post! Yeah!
This is so, strange
Finally! I can write whatever I want in /r/askhistorians!
Uh...
Oh goodie! Finally, I can post my favorite historical fact!
Hitler and all his Nazi gold were loaded onto a submarine in Berlin in 1945, before escaping to the Antarctic!
Source: Joseph Malta (did an interview with him before he died AND HE SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS!
Ahem. taps microphone Penis.
I'm using wikipedia as a source! Bwahahaha!
Swords used to weigh minimum of 13 kilos. In fact, people throughout history were supermen and super strong because of manual labour. No kings were good though, and they were all evil dictators of the free people.
I love to speculate about the origin of myths but I didn't write a book so I can't say shit. But I said shit so what you gone do!?
Aliens caused WW1
Sauce: me
imgur.com/Xp4KdQu
The most jocular man has arrived.
Did you know Andrew Jackson's nickname used by his friends and colleagues was "badass motherfucker"? You can trust me, I'm an authentic historical historian.
Also we should make an episode of drunk history together sometime guys. I'll bring the booze.
I have a serious question . Background on the three wise men . The ones in the Bible . Did they belong to a secret society ?
Just thanking the mods, this is great :)
What was general MacArthur's first step when he helped rebuild Korea after the Vietnam war?
Shitposting in epic bread.
So in Game of Thrones there are dragons that breathe fire. What historical fire-breathing dragons is that based on?
What was High School like in ancient Greece? Did they still have padlocks on their lockers or would they have used another type of lock?
(An actual question asked in the "Historical Fiction" section on the National Novel-Writing Month board).
I want to be part of the experience.
I fucking love this thread
I'm just gonna say I love this sub. I hope to become a flaired user once I get my degree in the history of Scotland and Christianity.
Huzzaa to the best sub in reddit subreddit history!
Why is Ask Historians so anti-humor? Seems to me that our ancestors knew how to have a good laugh...
This week I heard I can continue studying History at my unversity :D
Jocular? I hardly know 'er!
Now this, is a historic moment.
Who is Victor and why did he become such a prominent historian?
I am here to make history; therefore ,you may reference to this comment in a future /r/askhistorians thread. For the future!
Thanks for doing a great job at moderating and keeping this subreddit a place to get quality information.
I wish I had a clever meme-type photo or image to post for this one time that I could in this thread
I think I'll use this time to ask a question.
Any of you experts willing to share your ages? I've always been curious. Also wonder about male/female, but not as much.
HAHAHAHA POOP!
It's a trap!, soon submitters making fun of this sub will all be banned!
This is probably the only time I can post in askhistorians without my comment being deleted.
Thanks to all the great contributors and moderators who keep this subreddit amazing.
This post violates the twenty year rule. Please refrain from posting questions that aren't in accordance with our rules.
As a big fan of this sub but not very familiar with its history, has there ever been a strictly jocular thread before in the history of /r/AskHistorians?
I would like to order one counter factual please and make it about Hitler.
I'm so sad I missed this....
I'm a history expert but I have no credentials to back that up.
Original it was thought that Chuck Berry invented Rock & Roll in 1955. In 1985 it was later disproved and found out that he merely stole that signature sound evidence.
Сталин сделал ничего плохого ссср великая страна
p.s. сука блять
You know I once read a book about world war 1 when I was 10 years old, I think I'm pretty versed in my knowledge and I read that book like ten times, can I have a flair now?
I love that mydogbuddy is a website.
And ofc it's /u/Georgy_Zhukov who makes the thread, he is like the king of this subreddit.
I move that this post be removed. It is an event occurring less than 20 years ago.
HISTORICAL POOP JOKES!
Serious historical question. Where did I put my hat?
I saw a 100 pound chunk of Devonian shale atop a tree stump today. I concluded its a 360 million year old tree stump.
I am the smart.
Holy smokes; with as few replies the average ask historian thread gets, I'm surprised there are so many people in this thread.
Who would win in a fight? Archimedes or Newton? Sources please.
And Archimedes can use pi.
jocular meas that is a joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocular
DAE Viking helmets didn't have horns?
So, em...shitcunt?
Also, hooray and huzzah and happy birthday and keep up the good work.
^^^^Fuckittyfuckfuck
Can somebody tell me about how cool the A&M game was yesterday?
I don't know that I'll ever feel confident participating on this subreddit, as history is not my forte and I rarely care to find and cite sources for reddit comments, but god damnit I love that this place is here and that I can peruse it to my pleasure.
If I could I'd shower you all in gold. Reddit and otherwise. But I'm not super wealthy, so you'll have to do with thanks instead.
What was the best year ever?
DAE read the post title in Ron Swanson's voice?
Is it possible that Alexandar the Great could have conquored America? If so what kind of food would he have eated and waht job might he have had afterwords. I am writing a novel.
Unflaired conjecture and opinions for all!
Now I'm concerned that I'm not smart enough or funny enough.
Happy Birthday, Thanks for all the hard work ! The quality and depth of information here is astounding. I would love to contribute, but I feel like my answer, while not incorrect, won't be up to the standards here.
So is this the official end of Nazi Germany?
There may come a day when we care about sources, documents, and the socialogical lenses through which we view history.
But it is not this day!
Dear mods, give us an inch and we'll take a mile
I am taking everything this said to heart. IT IS ALL REAL
I have literally nothing of relevance to say, but this will be the only time I can ever post here, so SUCK IT MODS
Well...um, maybe there was a slight chance the Egyptians had a little extraterrestrial help building those big 3D triangles.
Next year is there any way the mods can give everyone randomized flairs? Or is that something only reddit admins can do on april fool's day?
This is just my opinion, but I heard through a friend that Napoleon and Nelson were twins separated at birth.
Sorry, no sources, buy I'm pretty sure it's true.
Long time lurker here. Happy third, AH!
well this is awkward
The amount of pent up jocularity released in this thread is alarming. Have you really been holding that in for the last year? That can't be healthy.
This needs to happen more often. Is there any askhistorianscirclejerk sub? (besides /r/badhistory, of course)
I love you, /r/AskHistorians!
I've wanted to say this for a very long time. I do feel there should be a halfway area for mod - deleted posts, sometimes I want to read a conversation even if deemed not worthy.
Other than that this sub is excellent.
It's my birthday too!
Who's would win in a fight: Jared Diamond or RoboHitler?
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^^^Or ^^^^is ^^^^^it
Congratulations everyone!
Since none else appear to have done so; I wish to report this thread for violating the twenty year rule.
rips bong
Three years! It's so exhilarating! I feel just like Zheng He when first set foot in modern day Los Angeles!
[Joculation Intensifies]
Why does nazis
A monument for all of those tireless moderators that have quashed egregious posts in service of the greater good.
And for everyone else, jocularity!
I dropped by to catch a glimpse of jocular history. Well played. Carry on.
I'm excited for the opportunity to comment. I hope another chance comes before the next annual celebratory post.
Just gonna comment on this historical thread. Don't mind me.
This doesn't feel right'...
Aww happy birthday guys! Thanks for being educational and a great read!
After all these years, I finally feel free enough to post something here!
...
I got nothing.
Whats going on...
Mods are high! Time to break the 20 years rule of tyranny!~~~~
Penis
cementing my post in history right here
I can't wait to tell my kids someday about the time I posted in a thread on AskHistorians. They won't believe me of course, but I'll know it happened. Thanks everyone!
I'm just taking the chance to comment without it being deleted. This is like a once in a lifetime opportunity for me since I have nothing to contribute.
Y'all are great. If a bit fascist. But for a good cause. And really, which sub around here isn't? I love lurking anyway.
I knew a guy who knew a guy who had a brother that said that the roman empire was brought down by led poisoning. Did you guys also hear about how Hitler actually died in 1978 in Argentina?
