People Being People - Tumblr Posts
Blood seeping into barren land, bodies litter sea and sand.
Some say this is high and grand.
Do the hopeful flowers that grow from the decaying flesh beneath their roots, justify the death that blossomed present fruits.
Why do we continue to fall victim to each other, when all we have is one another. We butcher and plunder, then pretend to learn from our past mistakes, yet humans repeat themselves and all for their own sake.
In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. Source.
For some reason we were given access to custom emojis on teams and it took people less than 24 hours to add the logo of the local unemployment office and start using it as a reaction when something goes wrong or upper management announces another shit decision
Why do you study history
HISTORY IS SO FREAKING COOL BRO
Humans never change; my favorite examples
Graffiti uncovered from Pompeii that literally just says “I fucked a girl here” (in so many words)
The fact that the name “Yucatan” possibly translates as “I don’t know what you’re saying” because the Natives had no clue what Spanish was
A ruling Spaniard once asked an ancient MezoAmerican to write something in his native language. It took hundreds of years to decipher it after the language was all but lost, but when we finally read it, it just said “I don’t want to do this”
That graffiti in the Hagia Sophia that says “Halfdan wrote this”
This Ancient Mosaic, meaning “Be cheerful, live your life”
This adorable picture of a Victorian couple trying not to laugh while getting their photographs taken:
King Tut’s duck tunic
Everything about Ea-nasir
Mesopotamian Break-Up Letter that says “News has reached me via the Upper Euphrates that you were visiting with my childhood friend Nisaba. I am devastated by this betrayal, as you are one of my favorite concubines. You have until the end of the month to pick up your flax shawls and sandals or else I will donate them to the temple of the moon god.”
Evidence in Prehistoric Civilizations of tribes caring for the Disabled. One story shows a young disabled woman who died of a tooth infection because her family fed her too many dates, spoiling her to make her feel better. Here's a better video on the subject
The first recorded Meme, used in WW2, Kilroy was Here. People would graffiti this so much that the Nazi's wondered if Kilroy was some kind of famous spy
And probably more that I can't think of right now :)
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