21 of the Biggest Middle Fingers Historical Figures Ever Extended

‘I’ve seen their backs before’
21 of the Biggest Middle Fingers Historical Figures Ever Extended

screw over their enemies.

History’s most important names and events aren’t exempt from such folly. In fact, they’re the source and/or site of some of the biggest middle fingers ever extended. As a result, when  inactivevolcano asked r/AskReddit, “What would you say was the biggest historical ‘fuck you’?,” the amateur historians of Reddit didn’t have to dig deep for their favorite tales of righteous rancor.

sean-the-stupid 5y ago Michelangelo painting everyone with their dicks out on the Sistine Chapel.
downvote_allmy_posts 5y ago the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs.
SCEvansmeister 5y ago Permian Extinction. Wiped out about 90% of life. I understand it's more of a prehistorical 'fuck you', but still...pretty big. Planet's biggest 'fuck you' to life.
EvilGabeN 5y ago Edited 5y ago Henry the VIII's new religion. Fuck you pope, I can get a divorce myself.
jamesinadvance 5y ago Boston tea party, or the first shot of the revolutionary war between Britain and the colonies.
Chardoggy1 5y ago When the French were evacuating Paris during WWII, they cut the elevator cables for the Eiffel Tower so Hitler had to walk to the top.
Furbuss 5y ago J. P. Morgan buying out Thomas Edison and firing him from his own company. Then helps Nikola Tesla with A/C power
tenebrous2 5y ago Ghengis Khan had no interest in invading the Middle East. Не did, however, send two emissaries to the Khwarezm (Persia) Empire. The Sultan of Khwarezm killed them both. This prompted a Mongol invasion so fierce and destructive it is considered to have set the Middle East behind hundreds of years.
Thevoiceofreason420 5y ago The bombing of Dresden in WWII. Literally no reason to bomb Dresden not a military target or anything even more fucked up was Dresden was full of refugees from other cities that had been mass bombed.
typhondrums17 5y ago Sometime in the early 1830s, Michigan Territory was upset that Ohio was given the Maumee Strip, which is basically the state's northwestern corner including Toledo. We invaded Ohio, driving the entire population of that area out of the state and claiming it as our own. The only casualty was a pig, that's how fast the Ohioans fled. When President Jackson found out, he ordered the Michiganders back to their territory or he would send the Army. The Michiganders were persistent, so he promised us the Upper Peninsula instead, and that's what got us out of Maumee. Wisconsin
aBurgerFlippinSecond 5y ago When the Romans finally conquered the capital city of Carthage at the end of the Third Punic War. Romans were so sick of fighting Carthage (and had definitely lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers between the 3 Punic Wars) so they were a bit too...salty. When Rome sacked the city of Carthage, they sold the last 50,000 Carthaginians into slavery, burned the city for 17 days, and for good measure the Romans dug up earth around Carthage and dumped salt into the ground so livestock and agriculture couldn't survive there anymore.
HisSecondarySpine 5y ago This is an easy $0.02 for me to spend: THE MURDER OF TSAR NICHOLAS II AND HIS ENTIRE DUCKING FAMILY They abdicated the throne & gave up power--they were not a threat to anyone. It still pisses me off. Some people spend their lives bitching about the murder of Jesus... I will spend my life bitching about the murder of the Tsar & his beautiful family.
5y ago Vive Studios(HTCs internal studio) made a VR experiance featuring Ted Kaczynski's(the Unabomber) cabin, and an exhibit of his 'work'. You can even read his manifesto in VR. For those not in the know the Unabomber's whole issue with the world was/is technology. Не said it was moving too fast and that we were too dependant on it. His manifesto is a diatribe against the technology of the modern world.
BigLino 5y ago Catherine of Sforzas town was attacked by the pope, she tried to protect her land and her city and when the attackers (outside of the city wall) threatened to kill her abducted son, to get her to surrender, she lifted her skirts and told them she could get more sons.
BeatsEvil 5y ago 1944 battle of Arnhem. 16,000 Nazis Vs 740 British soldiers, Germans sent a message to discuss of surrender. British commander J. Frost: Sorry, we don't have the facility to take you all prisoners.
Jam-Jar_Jack 5y ago After Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, he was invited to a party in Vienna. French guests at the party turned their back at him in disgust, the host apologised profusely. His response? It's alright madam, I've seen their backs before. Legend
oddlikeeveryoneelse 5y ago This is back when the Italian State was fighting with the Vatican. They erected a statue right in front of and facing the the toward the Vatican of the friar Giordano Bruno. This is spot where Bruno was burned at the stake by the Church. Не was accused of all kinds heretical beliefs but was also targeted for being a freethinker philosophy. And he was also known for having scientific views about astronomy and such that the Church was against. (Не was more accurate than the general time period.) the base of the statue depicts his trial
Sull01 5y ago Friedrich Paulus. Commander of the German 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad. Soviets launch the counterattacking Operation Uranus in November 1942, encircle the city and cut off German supply. In December, Paulus requests to Adolf Hitler for his army to surrender, Hitler refuses. Paulus requests again on January 30th. Hitler decides to be a dick with this one. Не promotes Paulus to Field Marshall, something which would normally be considered an honour. However, this is because no German Field Marshall had ever been captured in warfare before. Hitler expected that Paulus would honour German military tradition
IrianJaya 5y ago The capture of Roman Emperor Valerian by the Persian Sassanid King Shapur I in 260 CE. After the Battle of Edessa the Persians accepted a truce to make peace negotiations, but then broke the truce and took the entire Roman army captive, including the Emperor. Не was held in captivity the rest of his life, being kept in a cage, humiliated, and used as a footstool for Shapur to get onto his horse. It is unclear how Valerian died, but some sources claim that after Rome refused to pay a ransom, Shapur ordered his men to pour
ForeverGrumpy 5y ago King Edward I of England went to conquer Wales. Не eventually got the Welsh army besieged and called on them to surrender. They agreed to accept Edward as their overlord on condition that they would be directly ruled by a prince that spoke no language but Welsh. Edward agreed, the Welsh surrendered, expecting one of their lords to be appointed prince. Instead, Edward fulfilled the agreement by appointing his 2 month old son as Prince of Wales. Technically correct because the child couldn't speak at all yet so didn't speak any non-Welsh language, and a big FU
5y ago In the 1600s, Dominican monks were credited with the discovery of an ancient Egyptian monolith, found in Rome. It was gifted to the pope, on the condition that it be erected in front of the Dominican Priory. After discussions, this was agreed...but the Pope was able to pick the artist to design the base. Bernini was a famous sculptor, and was chosen. Не designed a brilliant statue to hold the monolith... which was to sit on the back of an elephant, bowing it's head to the Dominicans. The monks hated the design, calling it impossible because the

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