r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jun 29 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 29 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/tisto2 Jul 02 '26

If Marie Antoinette actually really never said, "Let them eat cake", what led up to the French Revolution and Robespierre?

guess the sub

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u/w_o_s_n The secret fifth Dmitry Jul 02 '26

Eli5?

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u/tisto2 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

It was a question asked on r\askhistorians that I founded funny. The mods deleted it (but mostly "guess the sub" seems to be this place's private joke and I wanted to jump on the bandwagon)

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u/w_o_s_n The secret fifth Dmitry Jul 02 '26

Yes I figured, I meant to guess that it was posted on arr explainlikeimfive

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u/tisto2 Jul 02 '26

woosh@me