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Just for fun, name some historical figures who would have been fantastic shitposers.

posted 3 years ago by yeldarb1983 3 years ago by yeldarb1983 +37 / -1

Ghandi comes to mind.

I think it would be a wonderful idea.

when asked what he thought about western civilization.

Groucho Marx - do I even gotta give an example?

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– TentElephant 31 points 3 years ago +31 / -0

GK Chesterton, who was a bit fat, was once asked by a woman why he wasn't out at out the front in WW1, to which he replied, "M'am, if you move to my side you'll see that I am out at the front."

He was also a fed poster ahead of his time:

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

Some people leave money for the improvement of public buildings. I can leave dynamite for the improvement of public buildings.

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– yeldarb1983 [S] 11 points 3 years ago +12 / -1

Haaaa!

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– Gideon-Syme 6 points 3 years ago +6 / -0

When asked once in an interview what he thought of the “Coming war between man and nature” he said “I hope that man doesn’t hesitate to shoot first.”

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– yeldarb1983 [S] 4 points 3 years ago +4 / -0

I mean he's not wrong. Nature's a cold-hearted bitch...

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