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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Caesar Cardini rolls in his grave again

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

He recently had ball bearings installed. So much smoother now!

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago

Justinian be like:

SO YOV ARE MAD BECAVSE THEY NAMED A SALAD AFTER YOV?

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

And a code cipher

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm here to ruin the joke: both the Russian and German word for "Emperor" are "named after" Caesar (Czar and Kaiser).

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the salad after Caesar Cardini (Italian immigrant running a restaurant in Tijuana in 1924).

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who was named after Gaius Julius Caesar in one way or another, though.

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Technically Sextus, no?

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I learned recently that Caesar Salad was invented in Mexico.

Yup, at a hotel restaurant that ran out of ingredients during the dinner rush. Kitchen was like

well fuck… Okay, the manager ran to the store but it’ll take him like 15 more minutes to get back. We have an entire floor full of hungry patrons in the meantime. What do we have left? We have some lettuce, anchovies, olive oil, Worcestershire, some lemons, mustard, and a fucking block of Parmesan cheese… Oh I guess we also have some stale bread we could toast… What can we make with this?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wait until you learn about where the name of the month of July came from.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 16 hours ago

I wasn't aware you could get a diploma in yodelling

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Julie Andrews, close though

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's not named after Julius Cesar, though.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Your spelling of Cesar betrays french autocorrect, yet your name German/Alpine. So I'm guessing Swiss?

[–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Poepleguessr

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, but after his adopted son

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Who coincidentally liked to call himself "Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus" later in his life.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Subtility didn't run deep in this family.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 16 hours ago

"Subtlety is my middle name. And also my first and last name in case they miss the point.

[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Pückler Eis sucks tho

How about the Earl of Sandwich. That rocks

It is a good salad though

[–] BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

With the capitalisation as it is it sounds like Gardening Fürst Pückler was an expert on modern landscape, and I respect that 🤗.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

You forgot the smoothies

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t get the first one

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Simon Bolivar & Bolivia?