This afternoon the subscriber count of the subreddit ticked over 500,000! All of us here on the modteam would like to use this occasion to thank each and every one of you for helping to make this subreddit into the amazing community that it has grown to be, whether it is by writing answers, asking questions, reporting clutter, or simply being a reader.
As we do once in a blue moon, we're celebrating this milestone with a META thread where (almost) everything goes! Please be excellent to each other, but otherwise, post all those rules breaking jokes and memes you've been suppressing for the past four years!
I'm a Hitler in the 1940s. What did I have for lunch? Why did I invade Russia? What do I wear to a soiree or gala?
I'm not a historian, so if this post break the rules, please delete it after someone posts a better answer!!!
Wikipedia has a great article about parties. I also read in a tabloid a few years ago that many forums in the beginning of the 21st century had a lot fewer readers than 500,000.
So I think 500,000 was indeed a big deal in the "redditdom" of that age. People in that age would sit down and drink a lot of old-timey drinks (like this one, which is the actual first result in google for old-timey drink.
I'd also like to point out that Napoleon wasn't that short. That's just because of the imperial system.
With the new self-post/karma changes, this subreddit is about to become a haven for easy-grab shitposts.
"Why did Hitler invade Poland?" -- 5342 Upvotes.
I bet mods are drinking right now. I mean I bet they're always drinking, but I bet they're drinking especially somberly today.
In honor of this momentous occasion I wrote a song about some subjects we see frequently:
Dunuhunuh
Hitler and Sex! Hitler and Sex! Hitler and Sex!
Most favorite subjects!
Jared Diamond, Jared Diamond, Jared Diamond!
most favorite paradigm and
medieval snails
the treaty of versailles
Dunuhnuhnuh
Slavery!
atheist bravery!
Did Jesus really exist?
Was Hitler a secret Bolshevist?
Dunuhnuhnuh
[removed], [removed], [removed]!
No comment is approved!!!
No comment is approved!!!
THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS OF THE ASKHISTORIANS SUBREDDIT DESCEND UPON US! THEIR SHITPOSTS WILL BLOT OUT THE SUN!
MODS! GIVE THEM NOTHING! BUT TAKE FROM THEM - EVERYTHING!
Also, somebody probably needs to make a "Hitler reacts to all his comments being removed for being personal anecdotes" video
What do historical scholars think about /r/AskHistorians passing 500,000 subscribers?
Please cite your sources.
Who would win in a fight, Jesus or Mecha-Hitler?
How accurate is Drunk History?
I just learned I'm related to someone famous, tell me all about them and why I'm extra awesome.
How did people have sex Back Then?
Sorry mods, imgur is not an acceptable source for a subreddit of this calibre. We aim for a higher level of discourse. I'm gonna go ahead and report this thread. Please ask your question again and this time cite reputable academic or primary sources.
Much love.
I never thought we'd make it to half a million readers when I was COMING OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER.
For reals though, this is the best place for history discussion anywhere.
Remember that scene in Ace Ventura 2, when Ace finally left the temple, and the monks all went crazy with the celebrations?
That's what the AH mods are like right now.
Z just wanted to cash in on all that shiny new text post karma. I'm on to you, comrade.
I have academic level knowledge of H.P. Lovecraft. He never comes up. Someone ask me a dumb thing so I can give a dumb answer.
"So I'm a peasent silk weaver in 40,000 B.C. Sahara Desert and I want to eat a snow cone: How do I frame this question without the awkward self insert story?"
I have now commented for the first time in this sub. it feels...neat.
I'd like to thank all the users directed here from our sister subs, /r/AskAboutWWII and /r/AskAboutHitler. Couldn't have done it without you!
Reported for breaking the 20 year rule and incitement to break other rules.
Me whoring for karma like "HEY A QUESTION ABOUT GREEK... food? Ah well, close enough!"
I can say anything???
Rommelwasagreatguy, average medieval soldier, soviets were worse, why did usa invade iraq in 2003?, why did germans build so amazing tanks in ww2?
Or you could ask me about how moderation works.
Congratulatuons!! I am a faithful reader (except for those silly questions) and I think this is what the internet should be all about (sharing information and knowledge - not just memes and porn). The mods really keep it relevant and clutter-free. I appreciate that! Keep up the amazing work :)
For how long have scholars in the humanities followed the pattern of titling EVERY paper Catchy title: explaining what the paper is about, 19xx-19yy?
I'd ask this as a real question but it's too silly.
So does that mean that the mod tools are on fire right now from all of the deleted comments and increased workload? :p
Guiz... is 2016 like the most exciting and important and meaningful election in, like, forever, or what? [Please provide sources from History Yesterday Today.]
And there was much rejoicing...yeyyyyyy
oh wait I thought this was /r/hitler
500,000 subs and probably only about 2000 different people have commented with being deleted. Nazi Mods Confirmed.
I think this sort of celebration calls for beer and tobacco enemas
My favorite sub. <3
I'll take this ample opportunity to post probably my favorite most obscure meme out there: Defenestration of Prague memes.
I am being mirthful. Huzzah.
History...Fuck Yeah!
It only gets worse from here.
Be mirthful? Can I get a citation for that?
THANKS CORBIN BERNSEN!
As someone who, like, subscribed, like, this week or something... I would like to, like, thank the academy, and my parents....
But really folks, good sub.
Maybe I can leave a comment that won't get deleted for being anecdotal!
What does a man do when he's too hardcore for /r/history but doesn't know enough to post on /r/askHistorians?
Shitpost on /his/ of course
I can finally comment in a thread!!
Back to lurking now.
Huzzah!
I've ... never really commented in this subreddit out of fear.
But damn is this an interesting place to explore while pooping.
Thanks!
I just want to say kudos to the mod team. Askhistorians is consistently the best and most fairly moderated sub on the whole damn website. If I had a genie, I'd be sorely tempted to get similar mods on every subreddit. It would surely rocket reddit to the single best resource on the Internet.
I am so full of joy
Just stopping by to roll up some of this mirth y'all throwing around. Congratulations n shyt for know that shyt people wanna know...n shyt...
If I asked a question about the Clinton presidency an Bill Clinton answered, would it get removed for being a personal anecdote?
Can you please tell me some facts that even tenuously imply that some Nazi-era research has value today, which I can then use to justify my atrocious beliefs? Thanks!
In all seriousness, great job on this sub and congratulations on the subscriber count - but please don't become a default!
Just realized I never actually subscribed. Huh. Time to change that.
But seriously, posting in AskHistorians without getting [removed]! One day someone will ask a question about the ridiculously niche area where I could feasible provide a real answer, some day. And on that day I will probably miss it shine.
Does it sound weird to say "keep up the good work" to volunteers?
Ha ha hA! I CERTAINLY know what mirth is!
does something nice to a group of children
First post here, and probably only for a while!
I am sex in the year 452, why do I have a time machine and where is my condom. Is my sandwich cold, and where do I go to gamble on CS:GO skins. Deleted, removed, mods are hitlers, hitler is hitlers, and this is the future
So I saw this thing on some fucking flavour of the week television show, how true was it?
I rarely post on Reddit but I read this subreddit a lot. It has great moderators and good contributors. I would love to see more about Africa or the Middle East. I will have to ask questions myself instead of sitting at the bench. Thanks again to the community for a wonderful part of the Internet.
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten Spot in the Caribbean by Providence, impoverished, in squalor Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
This whole thread is why I want to be a historian.
GUIS GUIS!
I couldn't be bothered to check if this question has been asked yet, but here goes:
IF HITLER GOT INTO A FISTFITE WITH ODA NOBUNAGA, WHO WUD WIN?!
ALSO, IF POKEYMANS WERE REAL, WHAT WOULD THE NAZI LINEUP HAVE BEEN?
Because I may never have another chance.
Can I take this opportunity to ask what is the status on the census?
I like history, but I also like statistics.
I really want a AutoMod comment that sits at the bottom, to put comments and questions on like exists in /r/WritingPrompts
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
Always wanted to post in this sub. :D
Congratulations, that is quite a feat. I so enjoy this subreddit, and I am sure I will for many years to come.
ANARCHY!
Hello!!
Hey historians, why did you study the thing that you're now knowledgeable in? What got you interested in it?
My high school history teacher was a Vietnam veteran, I think that qualifies me for a Vietnam war flair!
This is like when you saw teachers outside of class when you were little and thought, "WHOA! They are proper human beings who need to buy tubs of mayonnaise, and wears greasy hoodies and sweat pants?"
Thank you, mods, for being so mean. You've survived popularity where other subreddits have collapsed in on themselves.
Bonus question - benevolent dictator is for one person with absolute power, what would the term be for a benevolent group of dictators?
Is mandatory mirthing still allowed here?
/u/Georgy_K_Zhukov just wants some of that sweet sweet new self post karma.
I'm now expecting a question posted about what life was like in the early days of the sub XD. Followed by a demand for published citations
...and there was much rejoicing.
mirth.
why did bush do 9/11?
What's the first known historical event in history
Yay.
I feel like I'm breaking the law here. I'm such a rascal.
Congratulations guys, you moderate an awesome sub.
