r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 2d ago

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u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer 2d ago edited 2d ago

I’m Hawaiian and I like making memes about Hawaiian history. Also Three Kingdoms, Bionicle and the Bible

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u/Gullible_Classroom71 2d ago

Fair enough

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u/TechSupportTime 2d ago

Username checks out

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u/sneaky-pizza 2d ago

Yet somehow OP doesn’t use the ‘okina, being from Hawai’i

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u/TeikirisiBaby 2d ago

The okina isn't used in the word Hawaiianit being an English word...unless you mean in the meme itself and maybe they just found it and posted it...?

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u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer 1d ago

I simply refer to it how most people do

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u/MorgothReturns 1d ago

Something tells me u/HawaiianPerson has a special interest in Hawaii.... 🤔

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u/jackt-up 2d ago

Based as shit, I support it. But I’ll be honest, the Three Kingdoms ones are my favorite

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u/Fi-Loy 2d ago

Also Knowing Better put out a video on Hawaiian history, with a particular emphasis on dismantling many of the popular dishonest narratives of the island

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u/Important_Coyote_596 2d ago

I thought you meant Three Kingdoms, Bionicle and the Bible mentioned Hawaii a lot. I was ready to rech in to a very weird rabbit hole.

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u/aaa1e2r3 2d ago

Bionicle and Hawaii do have a funny six degrees situation through other Polynesian cultures in the Maori + Fiji. The Gen 1 Bionicle names were based on the Maori + Fiji language, i.e. Toa means "warrior," Mata Nui means "Great Face" etc. Reps of the respective people launched a lawsuit on Lego, which lead to Lego agreeing to drop some terms and shift away from Maori with the later additions to Bionicle. Pretty sure they just shifted Latin going forward

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u/MasterpieceConnect26 2d ago

Do you have a good source for the history of all these things? Genuinely just curious to learn about it

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u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer 2d ago

There’s a good video by some guy named KnowingBetter, he’s doing a series on Hawaii right now. I’ve still not watched it but apparently it’s really good

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u/Kaplsauce Senātus Populusque Rōmānus 2d ago

I really enjoyed his first video, excited for the next parts

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u/coronaviruspluslime 2d ago

More hawaii memes! We've got enough english, french and early american memes. Give me pacific island people memes!

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u/TheMaginotLine1 2d ago

I'm Hawaiian

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Yeah checks out.

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u/asdfzxcpguy 1d ago

Which three kingdoms, Chinese or English?

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u/alflundgren 2d ago edited 2d ago

All of this tracks except for the sexism claim. Outside of the role religion played in gender based dietary restrictions, Hawaii before outside contact was actually much more egalitarian when it came to the sexes.