45) Did You Guys Know That Pablo Picasso Died In 1973?

1973! 1973! 1973! Not 1328. Not 1439. Not 1573. Not 1612. 1973! 1973 was like a couple days ago. Pablo and I missed each other by a mere 16 years. I thought we missed each other by 1,600. If you had walked up to me 45 minutes ago and asked, “Hey what year do you think Pablo Picasso died?” I would’ve guessed something like 1654. Just a complete and total shot in the dark but I know for a fact he died hundreds and hundreds of years ago. Him and Shakespeare surely drank tea together. Nope. 1973. So you’re saying Pablo Picasso was alive at the same time as my parents? Get the fuck outta here. The Godfather came out in 1972. So you’re telling me Pablo Picasso probably saw The Godfather? Pablo saw us walk on the moon! My brain hurts. I’m still not even sure I believe what Google says (despite checking no less than 50 times).

Lemme tell you something. Not much shocks me anymore. You work on the internet for long enough and you become desensitized to just about everything. You could show me a guy getting his head cut off with an axe and I wouldn’t blink. But Pablo Picasso dying in 1973 is the most shocking thing I’ve ever read. No joke. Easily the most shocking. I’m still stunned. I feel like everything I’ve ever known is a lie. There’s HD pictures of him! I thought Picasso was dead for 200 years before photography was even invented. Nope. There’s that weird painting mother fucker right there. Clear as crystal.

Not only that but there’s VIDEO OF HIM PAINTING

This is crazy. I’ve never felt like I know less about the world than in this very moment. You think you have a decent grip on things then it turns out that Pablo Picasso died in 1973 and everything gets flipped on its head. Feel free to use this at parties to look cool and blow people’s minds. What a weird day.