65
Military shitposting is a long and storied tradition (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/noncredibledefense@lemmy.world
NSFW 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

For curious monolingual folks like myself, the labels on those bags (haricots de Soissons) indicate that they're full of beans. You can see a similarly NSFW example of a postcard referencing General Oku Yasukata here along with the following explanation:

...In French, "au cul" means "at/on the ass." Thus, as Linhart explains, "Oku" and "ass" are homophones in French, restricting the pun to a play on the French figure of "General Ass."

[-] Corq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks! Even through these are supposed to be shitposts, I learn something new about military history almost everyday in this sub.

spoilerCaveat: Academics may wince at the delivery mechanisms of said history lessons, but I'm here for it

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's part of what keeps me coming back here. Sometimes it's just a simple joke and a crude Photoshop, other times you get a nice trip down some rabbit holes.

I'd like to think the academics are just happy to see people taking an interest in the material. No reason history has to be stuffy and boring.

load more comments (1 replies)
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
65 points (100.0% liked)

NonCredibleDefense

3509 readers
493 users here now

Rules:

  1. Posts must abide by lemmy.world terms and conditions
  2. No spam or soliciting for money.
  3. No racism or other bigotry allowed.
  4. Obviously nothing illegal.

If you see these please report them.

Related communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
Tenthrow@lemmy.world