this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
438 points (98.9% liked)

A Comm for Historymemes

2270 readers
1014 users here now

A place to share history memes!

Rules:

  1. No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, assorted bigotry, etc.

  2. No fascism, atrocity denial, etc.

  3. Tag NSFW pics as NSFW.

  4. Follow all Lemmy.world rules.

Banner courtesy of @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
PugJesus@lemmy.world
PugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
438
Press X to Jason (quokk.au)
submitted 2 days ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/historymemes@lemmy.world
37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 71 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The Tiffany problem

[–] nafzib@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yo, wtf? And I quote from that wiki article:

"The first known vending machine, created in the 1st century CE by Hero of Alexandria, dispensed holy water. This invention predates the modern concept of vending machines by nearly 2,000 years, making it seem anachronistic in ancient history."

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

That sounds more like a faucet

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Beverly, which originated from the term "beaver meadow" and has historical usage

I have questions

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Like, "Beverly, are you free Saturday night?"

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Extra apropos points (apropoints?) because Theophania is also Greek.