History Memes / TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope

* "Sane Path"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Another common shitpost snippet, discussing the possibility of a "sane path" for some horrific country like the DSR, Burgundy, or Omsk. The phrase itself alludes to a potential chance for a nation and its leaders to adapt more [[PragmaticVillainy practical approaches and goals]] or even gain some sort of [[RedemptionQuest Redemption Arc]]. "Does [random horrific country] have a sane path?" are usually newbie questions on the TNO discord/subreddit, and shitposters quickly caught on and turned the format into a meme (an early "sane path" question on the subreddit even briefly became a copypasta), since questions of this kind ''really'' grinds the devs' gears.[[/labelnote]]

* Prolong Voroshilov's Life[[labelnote:Explanation]]Refers to the continued request of one user on a slew of threads on TNO's subreddit to extend the life of Kliment Voroshilov, who originally occupied Alexander Yegorov's current role (as the WRRF's starting leader who dies shortly after the German Civil War begins). The meme became popular on r/dsrfunny and on the TNO discord, especially after Voroshilov was replaced.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder: The United States and the OFN]]

[[folder: Other & Miscellaneous]]

* TNO's complicated UI[[labelnote:Explanation]]The mod's unique aesthetic and different mechanics are not only ambitious but also overwhelming with how the interfaces present themselves, not helped by having certain factions and states also coming with their own unique mechanics and menus. This is both a source of humor and criticism from players, leading to jokes over whatever "the least complicated UI" in TNO could look like.[[/labelnote]]

* Hart in Samara/Samara Incident[[note]]The fandom jokes that Hart was an ROA member (hence why he's in Samara) in 1956, where he committed war crimes and anti-Semitic hate crimes before moving to the United States[[/note]]

* Hart in Samara[[note]]The fandom jokes that Hart was an ROA member (hence why he's in Samara) in 1956, where he committed war crimes and anti-Semitic hate crimes before moving to the United States[[/note]]

* Hans Hüttig's "[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV yee yee ass]]" Haircut[[labelnote:Explanation]]Hüttig's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tno_huttig.png old portrait]] was taken from an [[https://i.redd.it/vx26ys3cvfv51.jpg especially unflattering picture]], with a haircut that defies description. As a result, jokes abound that the ''worst'' atrocity the Esoteric Nazi, Africa-purging, native-slaughtering madman ever inflicted upon the world was showing around with a haircut like that. It has also been popularly referred to as a "[[https://redd.it/jlai3s yee yee ass haircut]]" on the official subreddit. After the Cutting Room Floor update replaced Hüttig's portrait with one featuring a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mzb_hans_huttig.png much more respectable hairdo]], many fans mourned the loss of the terrible hair. However, it was soon discovered that the new portrait was not actually him, and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/l8kmr1w8av161.png Hüttig's horrible hair returned with a vengeance]], to the community's rejoicing and/or horror.[[/labelnote]]

* Secret [=BurgSys=] Path[[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]] After the discovery of [[TheCaligula Sergey Taboritsky's]] [[DownerEnding Esoteric Nazi path for Russia in the form of the HRE]] at release, when the entire ideology was still called the Burgundian System, many players jokingly began to speculate about other possible Burgundian paths in the game, with some using edited captures and events to "Reveal" them. Usually applying them to benevolent countries such as [[RebelLeader Sablin's Buryatia]], [[BigGood Voroshilov's WRRF]], or even [[WideEyedIdealist Humanist Tomsk]]. [[/labelnote]]

* Low Effort Content [[labelnote:Explaination]] In mid 2023, the Moderation on the TNO subreddit began to remove a large amount of posts for being "low effort" (despite most people thinking otherwise). The community quickly caught on and began to troll "R5 : Removed for low effort content" under posts containing any sort of actual quality content. The backlash against R5 later resulted in it quickly [https://www.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/comments/134r64s/addressing_subreddit_issues/ being scrapped]. [[/labelnote]]

* Low Effort Content [[labelnote:Explaination]] In mid 2023, the Moderation on the TNO subreddit began to remove a large amount of posts for being "low effort" (despite most people thinking otherwise). The community quickly caught on and began to troll "R5 : Removed for low effort content" under posts containing any sort of actual quality content. [[/labelnote]]

* Low Effort Content [[labelnote:Explaination]] In mid 2023, the Moderation on the TNO subreddit began to remove a large amount of posts for being ,,low effort" (despite most people thinking otherwise). The community quickly caught on and began to troll ,,R5 : Removed for low effort content" under posts containing any sort of actual quality content [[/labelnote]]

* The Funny Countries/funni countri[[labelnote:Explanation]]A nickname for the particularly [[TyrantTakesTheHelm oppressive]], [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans radical]] and/or [[CrapsackWorld just plain dystopian]] countries that are predominantly the subject of shitposts related to the mod. These include Burgundy, the DSR and Omsk, among others. In addition, localization for [[HollywoodSatanism the Brotherhood of Cain]], added in the After Midnight Update of March 2021, is labelled with "FUNNI SATANIC GANG" (yes, in all-caps), making this an AscendedMeme of sorts.[[/labelnote]]

* TNO's complicated UI[[labelnote:Explanation]]The mod's unique aesthetic and different mechanics are not only ambitious, but also overwhelming with how the interfaces present themselves, not helped by having certain factions and states also coming with their own unique mechanics and menus. This is both a source of humor and criticism from players, leading to jokes over whatever "the least complicated UI" in TNO could look like.[[/labelnote]]
* Kaminski Movies[[labelnote:Explanation]]An in-joke among the RK Moskowien development team, depicting Russian collaborator Bronislav Kaminski as a bootleg film producer. Referenced on the discord through the :kaminski_movies: emote and occasionally on the subreddit in the form of a (fake) shifty download link such as "[[https://old.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/comments/m2x6kq/breaking_new_movie_from_famous_director_kaminski/gqlzgig/ kaminski.movies.1080p-HIND.SUBS-free.COLLABORATOR-WATCH.com]]."[[/labelnote]]

* Brain Rot X% / Brain Rot +X% / [[red: The brain is rotting.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] One fan made a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/comments/qcpknh/new_brain_rot_mechanic/ joke update]] making fun out of the extended development of the Toolbox Theory update, the fanbase's growing unrest, and the glut of low-quality or deranged content that was becoming increasingly common. (Note that even in the original update, the devs have passed the point of no return and exceeded the 40% threshold after which everything goes wrong.) Ever since, whenever someone posts poorly-received or low quality content, especially if it's either copypasta or easily copypasta'd, other fans will mock them by either suggesting it is a symptom of Brain Rot topping yet another threshold on its march to 100%, or that it's caused a growth in the overall Brain Rot percentage. Following the release of Toolbox Theory, the fanbase collectively celebrated by joking that the Brain Rot percentage has conversely decreased to 0% or some other low percentage… though others have ominously predicted that it’s only reduced for now.[[/labelnote]]

* NAKAM/“Six Million Germans”[[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to both Abba Kovner’s real life plot to avenge the Holocaust (which he mercifully abandoned), and his pre-rework TNO counterpart’s far more brutal and [[TheUnfettered unhinged]] exploits in Ostland. More often than not, this includes quoting the lyrics from [[https://youtu.be/nTOhItq5Xow Daniel Kahn’s song “Nakam”.]][[/labelnote]]

* The murder of Stepan Bandera in the Mauthausen concentration camp was the greatest crime of the 20th century[[labelnote:Explanation]]This line was written in the beginning of Klyachkivsky's bio in this [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/comments/o7nhzh/the_ukrainian_civil_war_coming_in_europas_narben/ Ukraine teaser]], intended to be a [[MoralMyopia horribly myopic]] viewpoint for the OUN (b), given Bandera's unsavory far-right views and crimes against humanity. For how memorable it was, the fandom began parroting this sentence whenever the OUN (b) were mentioned, even when Klyachkivsky's bio was updated to remove this line.[[/labelnote]]

** There is only pain under the Black Sun.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Used to encompass the sheer despair that is living under a Burgundian System, and sometimes to relate with players that got smacked in the face with the true horror of something like Himmler's Burgundy not expecting things to get ''that'' dark. A key example that is used is simply "From Cradle to Grave" one of Burgundy's first events.[[/labelnote]]

* Send them the mod[[labelnote:Explanation]]A crossover from ''VideoGame/RedWorld'', when a player emailed Noam Chomsky about him being the leader of a post-American country. The TNO community began joking about doing the same for other leaders still alive today, the more [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade unsavory their depiction]], the better. Such targets include (or formerly included, before their deaths) John Morris, Nikolay Ryzhkov, Andreas Meyer-Landrut, Wittekind zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Maciej Giertych, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Régis Debray, Isabel Martínez de Peron, Farah Pahlavi, Li Ka-shing, Ralph Nader, Dmitry Yazov, Pierre Sidos, Ahmed Jibril, UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev, [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth]], Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Hissène Habré and Tullio Moneta.[[/labelnote]]

* Also reminder that Cameroon's brand of pan-africanism is so imperialistic even other pan-africans can prefer to side with Free France[[labelnote:Explanation]]This developer comment on the PALF started a massive flame war in the fandom over [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade whitewashing]] French imperialism and trying to draw a [[TheHorseshoeEffect moral equivalent]] between both sides of the conflict. Though a later developer elaboration helped cool down the conflict, it's still a controversial topic in the fandom, which has since spawned memes about "Free French stans" parroting the comment as a form of ironic propaganda.[[/labelnote]]

* A Million Ways to Die in Southern Urals[[labelnote:Explanation]]Oskar Dirlewanger, an irredeemable monster he is, is basically always doomed to [[TheManyDeathsOfYou die a horrible death]], and the staggering ''70+'' events for it reflect that, ranging from being [[GallowsHumor darkly humorous]] to [[BlackComedy absolutely hilarious]].[[/labelnote]]

* A minor issue with [X][[labelnote:Explanation]]The Agrarian Spartanist incarnation of the SS-Aktionsgruppe Moskowien, also called Pleskau, was criticized in a megapost titled "A minor issue with Pleskau". Despite its name, the megapost spent dozens of pages criticizing the depiction of Herbert Backe, Richard Walther Darré, and the ideology of the SS, deeming them a "mischaracterization" of all three. The term has now been used for similar megaposts criticizing the mod's depiction of historical figures, in turn leading to an ironic usage where a fan takes umbrage with anything, no matter how trivial.[[/labelnote]]

* Comrades, is X not Fascist?[=/=]This will divide the council. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A meme template based on the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/comments/bjmmph/panzer_on_the_orenburg_council/ Orenburg Worker's Council]], which [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering is extremely inefficient and often breaks down into people accusing each other of being Fascists]].[[/labelnote]]

* Tetris Tsar[[labelnote:Explanation]]Liberal Democratic Vyatka's unification super event soundclip, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVdRXudABKc Song of the Cadets of the Nikolaev Cavalry School]], shares its melody with Korobeiniki, the Russian folk song made famous by {{VideoGame/Tetris}}.[[/labelnote]]

* Prolong Voroshilov's Life[[labelnote:Explanation]]Refers to the continued request of one user on a slew of threads on TNO's subreddit to extend the life of Kliment Voroshilov, who was originally the starting leader of the WRRF and died shortly after the German Civil War begins. The meme became popular on r/dsrfunny and on the TNO discord, especially after Voroshilov was replaced by Yegorov.[[/labelnote]]

* Yock and Hall Torture[[labelnote:Explanation]]A [[{{Pun}} wordplay]] on [[UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} cock and ball torture]] poking fun at the horrific nature of the policies enacted by the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName NPP-Y]] and [[DirtyCommies NPP-L]] and the suffering this inflicts on the American populace.[[/labelnote]]

* Prolong Voroshilov's Life[[labelnote:Explanation]]Refers to the continued request of one user on a slew of threads on TNO's subreddit to extend the life of Kliment Voroshilov, the initial leader of the WRRF, who dies shortly after the German Civil War begins. The meme became popular on r/dsrfunny and on the TNO discord.[[/labelnote]]

* TNO Factions[[labelnote:Explaination]]A [[https://external-preview.redd.it/QYm6kh_3PTZMQkgLvL1J9NcMRzMWHWj4YwId77zDQx0.png?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=5925d293bfce62b27378ec96b070b719bf3c0579 meme]] posted on the mod's Discord, made in the style of the game's UI, dividing the fanbase into various "factions" based around their perception of the team's [[BrokenBase controversial]] decisions to rework certain content, including routes that had been well-received in some circles, such as Reinhard Heydrich and John Glenn, and their relative popularity among various areas of the community, like the subreddit or Discord. The faction names have since been used as slang terms in the fandom, ironically and unironically.[[/labelnote]]

** Glenn died [[AllForNothing for nothing]]![[labelnote:Explanation]]While the actual situation is more nuanced than the meme suggests, the at-least-conceptually popular John Glenn presidency was eventually replaced by the Phil Hart presidency, and one of the primary reasons given was that it was preceding a mass reworking of every nation's Space Race content in ''The Final Front''. When ''The Final Front'' team decided to scrap the expansion in favor of leaving ''The New Order'' altogether to produce a standalone game instead, fans mourning the loss of the old Glenn content and unmollified by nebulous statements about the dev team looking into reinstating Space Race content in some new form at some point came out of the woodwork.[[/labelnote]]

** Ewatta Clique[[labelnote:Explanation]]Of special mention, the Ewatta clique was one of the factions mentioned in the meme, representing the most extreme elements of the fandom and mod team who want the mod to be completely overhauled and shed of all "unrealistic and implausible elements," including Burgundy and the National Progressive Party. This imaginary concept has been jokingly (and not so jokingly) scapegoated and blamed by the fandom for ruining the mod by stripping it of all content that people enjoyed. Ewatta in particular has been less than enthusiastic about being made the "face" of the anti-implausibility crowd, not least because they don't feel it reflects their real-life views very much, although they admit it's probably because they were responsible for sinking several popular ideas (particularly the "Blood and Soil" SS agro-Spartanist cult in Moskowien) and were not temperate in their distaste for them.[[/labelnote]]

** Ewatta Cabal[[labelnote:Explanation]]Of special mention, the Ewatta cabal was one of the factions mentioned in the meme, representing the most extreme elements of the fandom and mod team who want the mod to be completely overhauled and shed of all "unrealistic and implausible elements," including Burgundy and the National Progressive Party. This imaginary concept has been jokingly (and not so jokingly) scapegoated and blamed by the fandom for ruining the mod by stripping it of all content that people enjoyed. Ewatta in particular has been less than enthusiastic about being made the "face" of the anti-implausibility crowd, not least because they don't feel it reflects their real-life views very much, although they admit it's probably because they were responsible for sinking several popular ideas (particularly the "Blood and Soil" SS agro-Spartanist cult in Moskowien) and were not temperate in their distaste for them.[[/labelnote]]

* TNO Factions[[labelnote:Explaination]]A [[https://external-preview.redd.it/QYm6kh_3PTZMQkgLvL1J9NcMRzMWHWj4YwId77zDQx0.png?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=5925d293bfce62b27378ec96b070b719bf3c0579 meme]] posted on the mod's Discord divided the fanbase into various "factions" based around their perception of the team's [[BrokenBase controversial]] decisions to rework certain content, including routes that had been well-received in some circles, such as Reinhard Heydrich and John Glenn. The faction names have since been used as slang terms in the fandom, ironically and unironically.[[/labelnote]]
** Ewatta Cabal[[labelnote:Explanation]]Of special mention, the Ewatta cabal was one of the factions mentioned in the meme, representing the most extreme elements of the fandom who want the mod to be completely overhauled and shed of all "unrealistic elements", including Burgundy and the National Progressive Party. This imaginary concept has been jokingly scapegoated and blamed by the fandom for ruining the mod by stripping it of all content that people enjoyed.[[/labelnote]]

* Also reminder that Cameroon's brand of pan-africanism is so imperialistic even other pan-africans can prefer to side with Free France[[labelnote:Explanation]]This developer comment on the PALF started a massive flame war in the fandom over [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade whitewashing]] French imperialism and trying to draw a [[HorseshoeTheory moral equivalent]] between both sides of the conflict. Though a later developer elaboration helped cool down the conflict, it's still a controversial topic in the fandom, which has since spawned memes about "Free French stans" parroting the comment as a form of ironic propaganda.[[/labelnote]]

* TNO Factions[[labelnote:Explaination]]A [[https://external-preview.redd.it/QYm6kh_3PTZMQkgLvL1J9NcMRzMWHWj4YwId77zDQx0.png?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=5925d293bfce62b27378ec96b070b719bf3c0579 meme]] posted on the mod's Discord divided the fanbase into various "factions" based around their perception of the team's [[BrokenBase controversial]] decisions to rework certain content, including routes that had been well-received in some circles, such as Reinhard Heydrich and John Glenn. The faction names have since been used as slang terms in the fandom.[[/labelnote]]

* A minor issue with [X][[labelnote:Explanation]]The original incarnation of the SS-Aktionsgruppe Moskowien, also called Pleskau, was criticized in a megapost titled "A minor issue with Pleskau". Despite its name, the megapost spent dozens of pages criticizing the depiction of Herbert Backe, Richard Walther Darré, and the ideology of the SS, deeming them a "mischaracterization" of all three. The term has now been used for similar megaposts criticizing the mod's depiction of historical figures, in turn leading to an ironic usage where a fan takes umbrage with anything, no matter how trivial.[[/labelnote]]

** Ewatta Cabal[[labelnote:Explanation]]Of special mention, the Ewatta cabal was one the factions mentioned in the meme, representing the most extreme elements of the fandom who want the mod to be completely overhauled and shed of all "unrealistic elements", including Burgundy and the National Progressive Party. This imaginary concept has been jokingly scapegoated and blamed by the fandom for ruining the mod by stripping it of all content that people enjoyed.[[/labelnote]]