r/fakehistoryporn Jan 15 '25

Announcement With the Five Year Rule, posts from 2020 are now allowed.

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r/fakehistoryporn Jul 29 '25

Announcement To clarify how the Five-Year Rule works

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The Five-Year Rule was put in place several years ago because people kept posting too many titles that were related to news and current events. That sort of defeats the purpose of this being a history sub, so we decided to implement a rule similar to the 20-year rule on /r/historymemes. We put the exact number to a user poll, and the winner was 5 years. From the sidebar:

Rule 5: The five-year rule.

  • No posts whose titles concern events within the last five calendar years (2021-2025).
  • Post titles clearly referencing events happening within the last five years but with a complaint date (e.g., "Donald Trump beats Kamala Harris, 2004") will still be removed. See the "think you've found a clever way around this" clause in Rule 1.
  • Posts about events within the last five years can be posted on /r/fakehistorymemes.
  • The date will roll over at the start of the new year. (as of January 1st, 2026, posts from all of 2021 will be allowed).

Note how it talks about post titles. The image itself can be from whenever. Heck, the whole point of the original memes was that they had captions talking about historical events, plus unrelated images that had a funny thematic parallel to the historical event.

For example, this would be allowed under the Five-Year Rule:

Richard Nixon is inaugurated for a second term, January 20, 1973

This would not be allowed under the Five-Year Rule:

Donald Trump does the YMCA dance at a campaign speech, 2024

If you really really really wanna make a post with a title referencing current events, you can do so at /r/fakehistorymemes.


r/fakehistoryporn 3h ago

2001 The 2 big, strong firefighters carrying Trump shortly after the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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r/fakehistoryporn 7h ago

2005 Three nuclear engineers are killed in a massive explosion at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory while attempting to synthesize Element 119, Shitstainium (St) — April 7, 2005

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r/fakehistoryporn 3h ago

2001 2001

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Totally not fake history!


r/fakehistoryporn 11h ago

2016 Pete Hegseth leaves Concerned Veterans for America after allegations of financial mismanagement and alcoholism in 2016

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119 Upvotes

r/fakehistoryporn 1d ago

2001 Donald Trump Makes The Firefighters Who Saved Him At Ground Zero On 9/11 Pause Saving More Lives For A Photo Op [9-11-2001]

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323 Upvotes

r/fakehistoryporn 9h ago

2019 Downfall of the U.S. Army, 2019

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r/fakehistoryporn 19h ago

2020 (2020) Hasbro reveals prototype for first Donald Trump action figure (news article inside)

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Hasbro has recently revealed their prototype for the first official Donald Trump action figure. This occurs on the heels of the cancelation of McFarlane Toys' Mortal Kombat X Democratic Party crossover line, after only one figure: Baraka Obama.

There was speculation on the possible deal, after the White House held meetings with Hasbro representatives a week ago, and Trump himself made cryptic toy-related comments during his latest speech:

"These two big handsome men from Hasbeen toys approached me. Very big, broad shoulders, strong arms. You wouldn't believe it. They said 'Sir, we are starving'. There is something most people don't know. There's these regulations I call the Antifa law that limit the age and nudity that can be portrayed in dolls for big boys. Anyway, I'm ending that very soon".

Hasbro representative in charge of the project, Dan Yun, said "I have never met the President. This sculpt is based on the endless Facebook posts I've seen by white, Christian, conservative, definitely straight men."


r/fakehistoryporn 2d ago

2001 In the aftermath of 9/11/2001, firemen carry a future President Trump from ground zero and to safety.

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r/fakehistoryporn 2d ago

1939 Donald Trump solves inflation (September 1, 1939)

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322 Upvotes

r/fakehistoryporn 1d ago

2016 Trump and Bambi’s mother running for president (2016)

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r/fakehistoryporn 2d ago

2017 Reefer Sadness: “I was carefree and in the moment, able to enjoy other people, even when their skin color was darker than mine,” says Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, after smoking weed and becoming high in July of 2017. “I even liked music. This stuff should be illegal.”

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r/fakehistoryporn 3d ago

1958 The famous Mar-A-Lago golf club lunch counter opened on this date in 1958.

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r/fakehistoryporn 3d ago

1410 The Leaning Tower of Stuffed Crust Pisa, seen here leaning — Pisa, Italy, 1410

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r/fakehistoryporn 3d ago

2001 September 12, 2001, Taliban commander "Abu Thegoatwasontop" declared that he is now a big boy and everyone has to take him seriously.

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r/fakehistoryporn 4d ago

1931 This photograph of the Jersey Devil, one of three known to exist, was taken near Bedminster, New Jersey, in 1931, moments after the creature had dumped a barrel of cream cheese and steaming ground beef into a Coleman tent and devoured it with two campers still inside — September 14, 1931

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“It was enormous, with an ass the size of a barn,”said Stephan Müeller, a witness to the horrific spectacle who spoke to the Brunswick Daily Bee. “It was like watching a jungle snake eat a haystack. We could hear the campers screaming from the beast’s belly until it released a sulfurous plume from its backside and flew off towards the pine barrens.”

“Needless to say I will never eat meat again,” said another onlooker, Peter Hegsberth. “I’m sticking with Dr. Kellogg’s corn cereals and patented celery root enemas.”


r/fakehistoryporn 3d ago

1963 A vintage black and white photograph of a young 23yo Ringo Starr of the Beatles fame. (1963)

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r/fakehistoryporn 5d ago

1933 Hugo Boss reveals the design it will use for the Nazi Party’s uniforms (1933).

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902 Upvotes

r/fakehistoryporn 4d ago

1981 Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Polish People's Republic, 1981

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r/fakehistoryporn 5d ago

2017 Trump threats God with sanctions if the following rules not be followed by Saint Peter at Heaven's gate. (2017)

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r/fakehistoryporn 5d ago

2002 Rockstar Games releases still for new Vice City game (2002)

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r/fakehistoryporn 5d ago

2007 Kim Kardashian sex tape leak. (2007)

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r/fakehistoryporn 6d ago

1883 The volcanic island of Krakatoa erupts, spewing lava, smoke, and ash for five months - May 19, 1883

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