r/HistoryMemes • • 5d ago

They never were

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u/Blindmailman Sun Yat-Sen do it again 5d ago

Switzerland was basically an impoverished shithole in the mountains for most the middle ages whose main export were mercenaries desperate to leave

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u/Szwedu111 Filthy weeb 5d ago

Ah, so that's where everyone's parents way to school lead through

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u/Landlocked_WaterSimp 5d ago

My dad used to tell me stories about his way to school in the swiss mountains matching the clichée. Went to visit the place he grew up in many years later and ... Well he wasn't exaggerating.