this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2023
571 points (97.7% liked)

HistoryPorn

4848 readers
74 users here now

If you would like to become a mod in this community, kindly PM the mod.

Relive the Past in Jaw-Dropping Detail!

HistoryPorn is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

Rules

  1. Be respectful and inclusive.
  2. No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
  3. Engage in constructive discussions.
  4. Share relevant content.
  5. Follow guidelines and moderators' instructions.
  6. Use appropriate language and tone.
  7. Report violations.
  8. Foster a continuous learning environment.
  9. No genocide or atrocity denialism.

Pictures of old artifacts and museum pieces should go to History Artifacts

Illustrations and paintings should go to History Drawings

Related Communities:

Military Porn

Forgotten Weapons

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
all 49 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Fleur__@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man we really fucked this place up

[–] jhulten@infosec.pub -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By "we" do you mean "Europeans and their colonial spawn" and by "this place" do you mean "earth"?

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

Europeans werent the only colonisers. Just saying

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

They hate the truth! It hurts their eyes.

[–] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

Slave. The word is slave. "Forced labor" sounds like it's downplaying the severity.

[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Didn’t know Australians still had slavery so late in history.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

America still had slavery in the 1940s when the last slave was freed (might've been later than that) and it still has slavery in the form of prison labor

[–] A_cook_not_a_chef@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And we still have slavery. It is legal per the 13th amendment. Disgusting.

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you tell me more about that?

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's where I got this information, it's a long watch but well worth it. video

His videos are really detailed, fact based and eye opening for sure.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

China still has slavery today.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Also India, many places in Europe, the Arab states, South and North America. Or do you mean China is specially “slavey”?

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I mean sure maybe idk anything about china. What made you bring it up?

[–] LavaPlanet@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

They didn't even class indigenous Australians as people, until late 1960's. They were considered fauna.

[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hahahahaha you think this is late???

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aboriginals we’re even denied a seat in politics just in the last few months. I remember being shocked they voted in Tony abbot ..who for years screamed about women’s menstruation in parliament. Australia is super backwards.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Abbott was also appointed Minister for Women.

The Voice which, if I understand correctly, wasn't an offer of a seat in parliament, it was a constitutional amendment that would allow an advisory board for Aboriginal and Torres strait islanders. They wouldn't have had any actual power any way.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It was a British penal colony up until 1840

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He looks way too fucking smug

[–] DragonTypeWyvern 8 points 1 year ago

No John Browns in Australia.

[–] GFY@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's crazy to me that people can look at this picture and then immediately start arguing about semantics.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Every one of those people said it's effectively slavery.

[–] Gazumi@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even today, only cursory recognition that the Aboriginal people remain excluded from their own lands and ways

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Hey you could get a token reservation increased policing a nation that thinks themselves native and have since 1740 at the very least.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"We forge the chains we wear in life." -some white person.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That statement isn't about slavery, or labor, it's about emotional bondage.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The statement is about whatever the last person to crotchet it on a pillow believed it to be.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's a quote from Dickens, A Christmas Carol. It's about our sins binding us to misery or torment.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That enormous cockhole Rolf Harris sung about this in Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport like it was no big deal. And it was a huge hit and no one said anything.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't speak for anyone else, but the lyrics you wrote are the only lyrics to the entire song that I know, and I've always thought it was just some weird gibberish. Granted, I've never actively listened to it or sought it out, I've only heard it in passing.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_Me_Kangaroo_Down,_Sport

There was an offensive verse in the original song, later deleted. But this is far from the most offensive thing about Rolf Harris.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

Holy fucking shit…

[–] tweeks@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is with the odd looking rib cages; I guess these are torture burn/whip marks, as they don't look like regular ribs at all?

[–] Putykat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Look like scars

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think it might be ritual scarification, but it could be torture marks as well. I'm not well-versed on this period or region of history.

[–] FinallyDebunked@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What fine, upstanding men there were in days gone by.

[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago

They look like they don’t give a shit. What is the story of this photo?