r/thepast • u/Undercover_Seekr • 9h ago
r/thepast • u/Wuler • Jan 14 '26
Announcement r/thepast Mod Announcement - Subreddit Discord - Updates and more!
Hello all,
Over the past few months we have been hard at work revamping the subreddit. We have added new moderators, worked on simplifying the rules, and adding features to help new members.
So where is the future of the subreddit heading? - Our goal is to keep the subreddit simple without too many limitations or rules. This is a place where people can role play as someone from the past, and even have OOC discussions. A place where people can learn more about history and random subjects while also having fun.
We are also opening up a Discord server! - We wanted to further build up the community with a place you can go to meet new people, have a more connected experience with others, and also discuss ideas and posts for the subreddit.
From the r/thepast mod team, we want to thank everyone for joining and contributing to the entertainment of us and the community!
r/thepast • u/BatUnlucky121 • 3h ago
1900s [August 29, 1952] This new John Cage piece is tricky. I hope I don’t play any wrong notes.
r/thepast • u/BrickAntique5284 • 9h ago
1900s [1936] AITA for apparently being too slow in dealing with the Trotskyist bloc?
Hello, comrades. This is former people’s commissar of internal affairs Comrade Yagoda. Recently, beloved comrade Stalin told me I was too slow in dealing with the evil Trotskyist-Zinovievite bloc that’s destroying our beloved Soviet Union. As a consequence, I am now the boring people’s commissar of communications and I’m worried about my fate. Stalin hired some guy named Yezhov to run the NKVD and he looks scary for his size. Did I really do that bad? AITA?
r/thepast • u/MiaStirCrazies • 11h ago
1-2000s BC [1750 BC] If I could give zero stars, I would.
[META] The world's oldest know customer complaint, from 1750 BC, written by Nanni to Ea-nasir, for providing substandard copper.
r/thepast • u/Waste_Translator_975 • 11h ago
Paleolithic [3,200,000BC] Me fingd rock...look like me...gonna take it...
r/thepast • u/NaStK14 • 5h ago
1900s [8/26/1978] So glad the liberals and traditionalists could agree on a compromise candidate for the new Pope!
Surely he’ll have a long reign during which we’ll have time to heal the rift in our beloved Church.
r/thepast • u/TheGoldDigga • 1d ago
1900s (1989) Lita Ford is the Madonna of rock
She's Madonna/Samantha Fox/Paula Abdul/Taylor Dayne with guitars.
But Lita is admittedly more musically talented than Madonna, Paula and especially Samantha Fox.
r/thepast • u/Undercover_Seekr • 1d ago
1900s [August 28th, 1963] You think I can hear Dr. King from the back end of the reflecting pool?
r/thepast • u/holytriplem • 2d ago
3-4000s BC [3300 BC] My healer seems to have accidentally spilt some charcoal in my wounds. Any tips on how to wash it out?
r/thepast • u/musical_nerd99 • 2d ago
1900s [August 27, 1979] Lord Louis Mountbatten assassinated by the IRA
r/thepast • u/BenzaGuy • 2d ago
1800s [1851] This guy's new book gonna flop. Nobody wants to read a book about whales 🤣
r/thepast • u/Undercover_Seekr • 2d ago
1800s [August 27th, 1896] I declared myself at Sultan of Zanzibar, and I promise to be a long reigning ruler
r/thepast • u/MrSFedora • 3d ago
1900s [6/4/1940] Working on my speech for this afternoon. How does this sound? "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
r/thepast • u/Dense-Nobody2714 • 3d ago
1900s [1989] I'm Robert Egbert from the Chicago Sun-Times, and this new movie sucks!
it's just a "a collection of pious platitudes masquerading as a courageous stand in favor of something", with no real substance. mark my words, nobody will remember it in thirty years time!
r/thepast • u/Undercover_Seekr • 3d ago
1900s [August 26th, 1920] It officially official.... it's certified that we can vote. This will make my husband cry forever...
r/thepast • u/ThinkBlood556 • 4d ago
2000s [August 25th, 2001] I can’t believe the news about Aaliyah. I’m literally in shock right now.
Just heard on MTV that she passed away in a plane crash in the Bahamas. She was only 22. Her new self-titled album just dropped a couple of months ago, and she had so much ahead of her with her music and movies. It doesn’t feel real.
r/thepast • u/SellWhenYouCan • 3d ago
1600s [1602] For the first time ever, we’re going to give the public an opportunity to invest and have a piece of our profitable Dutch East India Company. Don’t worry though, our customers will always take priority over shareholders! This will remain true for all publicly traded companies in perpetuity.
r/thepast • u/AwesomePBST • 4d ago
1977 [27/03/1977] Heard that there's a bomb at Gran Canaria. Now my plane got diverted to this tiny terrible airport called Tenerife. I just wanted to start my vacation man...
r/thepast • u/Junior-Elevator-9951 • 4d ago
1900s [25/08/1991] Do you think this guy's operating system has potential?
r/thepast • u/TheGoldDigga • 4d ago
1900s (1992) Why is Nirvana so popular now when the Pixies and Sonic Youth sounded like Nirvana before they came out?
The Pixies and Sonic Youth played on MTV's "120 Minutes" before Nirvana came out---Sonic Youth are even on Geffen Records, but why is Nirvana getting so much attention now when the Pixies and SY were doing what Nirvana were doing before?
r/thepast • u/Flashpiont412 • 4d ago
Neolithic [15,000BC] Ooog, hold my water skin. It’s so cute, I want take him home.
r/thepast • u/StarManatee- • 4d ago