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Edited by Raptor:
8/20/2013 8:37:49 PM
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"Keep Calm and Carry On"
After seeing all of these memes using it (and frankly ruining what it really meant) I am curious if people actually realize what it meant in Britain.
Back in World War 2 during the blitz (the bombing of London and Britain throughout the war), the government released posters to keep morale up among the population and among them was "Keep Calm and Carry on". It merely meant to act as if nothing was wrong and to live there lives as normally as they could.
I just hate seeing people ruin history and deface it through abominations like "Keep Calm and Swag on" which makes no sense, and I guarantee you 90% of people using these memes have no idea where it originally came from.
SO did you?
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I hate it too. It's annoying as hell.
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I've never used the phrase because it sounds stupid in everyday speech.
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They talked about it during the last summer Olympics in London. I learned it there.
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3 RepliesI never actually used these memes but I didnt know about that WWII reference. Also, 'Keep Calm and Chive On'. Wtf?
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I understood that it was the government telling people to live their lives normally. I didn't know that that was specifically where it was from.
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Yeh I knew what it was about. It's kind of irritating seeing moronic zombies wearing those stupid T-Shirts.
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I've never understood the phenomenon.
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I did know that actually! I don't ever hang anything in my bathroom without first researching is meaning.
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It's not a part of history, only around a thousand or two were made at the time and they weren't even used as motivational posters. In fact, fairly sure if my memory is correct they weren't even seen by the public. Then a few years ago, someone found one of the copies in an old box somewhere, thought it looked cool so he framed it and put it up in his shop. It attracted so much interest that he ended up selling it - the rest is ancient history. ...so is it defacement?
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1 Reply"Your freedoms stop where my feelings start." Abomination is a strong word for slightly amusing stupidity.
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3 RepliesHow is history fucking [i]ruined[/i] by people doing this? Defaced? Are you kidding? It's like when people complain about a song cover ruining the original. Nothing is being ruined.
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7 RepliesGermany may have left the west alone if Britain hadn't declared war.
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Of course I knew, I think it's incredible that somebody took one histories most important moral boosters and turned it into a cultural icon ready and available to teach some unknowing soul about the incredible sacrifice and bravery of those soldiers, civilians and emergency services during that time. Only 1 question needs to be asked by those people....Who came up with it?
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Yes. I love reading about WWII. It's a very annoying thing though, it's everywhere...
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6 RepliesEdited by Seggi: 8/22/2013 8:23:37 AMPeople only ever used it ironically anyway. You awful pretentious kids are just the worst kind of people.
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I always wondered where it came from, interesting.
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I knew. It's pretty much my freaking motto.
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1 ReplyI got excited the first time I saw one, and then my heart dropped when I realized they had no idea where it came from...
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Nope, sure didn't.
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I bought a shirt of it because of its wwII meaning. I had no idea it was a meme until recently. Fun fact: That poster was actually never mass-distributed.
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1 ReplyIt was also used in Australia .
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2 RepliesI knew where it came from, but I like this one better.
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I can honestly say I did know where it originated . Now that doesn't mean I've known it for awhile, because I just learned about it yesterday after trying to download an app that generates them.
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It is certainly one of my pet hates to see a piece of UK history deformed into another retarted meme-like cash cow.
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thank you for posting this. it really makes me lie back and think of england.
