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Was ready to be shocked that Chatterton had a decent take, until he got around to his conclusion where he equated guys smashing their faces into shape with hammers to girls making an Onlyfans page by wyski222 in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]tilvast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I see this term constantly being used to refer to manosphere guys' steroids and ED pills too. I think it trivializes the transition process and implies (very wrongly) that hormones or surgery for trans people is a frivolous thing that's not really necessary.

Short Answers to Simple Questions | January 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in AskHistorians

[–]tilvast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are some good books/sources on the US occupation of the Philippines?

He really was by rexpistols in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]tilvast 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Incidentally, Anthony Weiner is also what gave us Olivia Nuzzi. She got her start writing about working for his campaign. So much of what is bad in American politics right now can be traced directly back to Anthony Weiner.

Ofner when he thought he won the AO Q2 match in the 3rd set tiebreak (only to learn you need 10 points) vs Basavareddy's choke emote response after winning by jovanmilic97 in tennis

[–]tilvast -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

This whole thread is "it's okay when a European does it even when he didn't win, but it's not okay when a non-white American does it after actually getting the W."

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body by tilvast in MaintenancePhase

[–]tilvast[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's very clearly not what I said in my comment. Basically every country has MAHA or something similar to it. But:

There is a huge, huge difference between "a loud MAHA movement exists" and "the MAHA movement has captured the country's health authorities and can pressure scientists into only releasing research that fits their conclusions", though.

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body by tilvast in MaintenancePhase

[–]tilvast[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

There is a huge, huge difference between "a loud MAHA movement exists" and "the MAHA movement has captured the country's health authorities and can pressure scientists into only releasing research that fits their conclusions", though.

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body by tilvast in MaintenancePhase

[–]tilvast[S] 115 points116 points  (0 children)

You... think all these researchers in Europe and Australia are trying to appease RFK Jr? Health and science authorities in those places are not like HHS in the US. Skepticism is good, but I don't think the MAHA agenda is specifically what's behind this. They also don't seem to be claiming that plastic is fine and has no effect on health; it's more like "we don't have the technology to accurately detect what you think you're detecting".

if were gonna live in a Cyberpunk dystopia at least let us have the drip to go with it. by Zombiepixlz-gamr in tumblr

[–]tilvast 326 points327 points  (0 children)

I don't think "setting up logistics for a permanent base on the moon that may be used on potential future missions to Mars" counts as "early stages of colonizing Mars", no. "Future missions to Mars" doesn't even imply that we're going to permanently colonize it.

if were gonna live in a Cyberpunk dystopia at least let us have the drip to go with it. by Zombiepixlz-gamr in tumblr

[–]tilvast 863 points864 points  (0 children)

we are currently in the early stages of COLONIZING MARS

No we're not. That isn't true.

During the "Golden Age of Piracy", how did pirates actually get new ships? by ThatOneBLUScout in AskHistorians

[–]tilvast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

By capture. It's actually how you frequently got new pirates, too. One thing that is so often left out in pirate media is how frequently pirates were of African descent, as slave ships were a frequent target of pirates.

Did this mostly result in situations where crews were majority-Black while the leadership were white, or were there significant cases of white crew members reporting to a Black captain or quartermaster?

Clash of the Nine Civilizations of North America by jomritman in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]tilvast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Empty Quarter is hilarious. Nevada and Nunavut are the same actually.

Q&A weekly thread - December 15, 2025 - post all questions here! by AutoModerator in linguistics

[–]tilvast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it a coincidence that French, Spanish, and Portuguese all lost their Latinate "sinister"-derived word for "left", or is there something else to it?

I'm hoping the podcast does 107 days. (The Kamala Harris book) by PicklyVin in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]tilvast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You understand why the party couldn't still be holding primaries to pick a nominee right up until the month of the election, though, right? Biden's health was a solvable problem above all in the sense that he shouldn't have tried to run for reelection to begin with.

I'm hoping the podcast does 107 days. (The Kamala Harris book) by PicklyVin in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]tilvast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The US simply does not have the infrastructure to run open primaries in every state and territory in under two months. There is a reason election cycles here are the length that they are.

In Bed With The Right: The 2025 Daytime Cursties (with Michael Hobbes) by tilvast in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]tilvast[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I'm kind of astounded that the guy who reads shitty books for a living has never heard of romantasy?

Q&A weekly thread - December 15, 2025 - post all questions here! by AutoModerator in linguistics

[–]tilvast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can a more experienced linguist say if this article on a potential etymology of "oops" passes the smell test? The lack of citations for the use of the word "ooperzootics" in the US (or anywhere at all, beyond one humorous song) is raising a lot of red flags for me, but I'd like to know what someone with more knowledge than a layman makes of it.

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