this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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Fake History Porn

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Welcome to /c/[email protected] , where fake history is made. Find a historically significant photo, come up with a fake history title, post it, laugh.

The name is a reference to the fact that the pictures should be worth marveling at. This is NOT a place for hardcore pornography. Tasteful nudity is fine as long as it fits within the context of the post (please mark it as NSFW).

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still hate Bush, but credit where it's due: that was a good dodge.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Complete genius at dodging shoes.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd never pick him to lead, but you can be damn sure I'd pick him for my dodgeball team!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you can dodge a shoe, you can dodge a ball.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You can tell he has mastered the art. It's unfortunate he took so many wrenches to the head to get to this level.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Fully agree, terrible president but that guy could -ing dodge!

(Love the username)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

(Actual photo context: Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, threw his shoe in a sign of extreme disrespect at George yelling "this is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, dog."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_shoeing_incident?wprov=sfla1

The greeting as a liberator bit is a callback to Dick Cheney's infamous "my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.")

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Real talk: I'm still kinda pissed he was able to dodge them both.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

He's a better dancer than he's given credit

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Throwing the shoe at someone is the most disrespectful and humiliating thing a man can do to another man in Iraq (and the middle east in general). Bush didn't understand this, so it was kind of useless, but satisfying for the journalist who also didn't know that Bush didn't know. Lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

And he Qasim never heard from again

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha, hadn't seen this mashup before but I love it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think between the Simpsons, and Futurama, we could develop a meme/references based language 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Cultural differences