Illegitimate Scholar🧭

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Anthropology that Academia hides | Respecting other cultures AND our own | 2 BAs, 1 BS, MA Dropout

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1	Apr 13, '25	Oh... no	685×	13.3M	28k	742	4.5k
2	Oct 23, '24	I thought the Title of this article was strange. Excessive and unprofessional editorializing Like a Teenager's Tweet In these situations, I look at the author, and learn about them	436×	8.5M	55k	5.2k	6.5k
3	Jan 2, '25	I used to think the Crusades were Evil Bloodthirsty Christians killing for religion But learning beyond what I was taught in school made me rethink this entirely Thread on why the	403×	7.8M	57k	7.4k	21k
4	Jan 19, '25	This is a practice test for the US Citizenship test Done in a thread 🧵 of polls for X You need 60% (6/10) to pass. Do you know enough to pass the test? 1. Where is the Statue of L	357×	6.9M	9.5k	1.2k	3.7k
5	Jan 22, '25	Can you pass the Test taken to be a History Teacher in the US? These are 10 Questions from the Praxis Test for Social Studies 6/10 to Pass 1. Which of the following Rivers did NOT	205×	4M	3.6k	272	2.1k
6	Jun 13, '25	Today, the Iranians attacked the USS Liberty in the Persian Gulf. over 200 American casualties confirmed. This is a declaration of war on our nation Iran cannot get away with this	194×	3.8M	69k	6.4k	3.3k
7	Feb 2, '25	I was accused of plagiarism in the 6th grade Only because I used the word "imminent" I think that was the first time I consciously realized that some teachers may not be smart	177×	3.4M	158k	4.5k	3.5k
8	Oct 7, '24	Distribution of Roman Coins Found.	125×	2.4M	2.5k	316	550
9	Jul 23, '25	Anatomically modern humans for ~300,000 years Yet we were all just gathering berries and hunting deer for ~290,000 makes perfect sense	120×	2.3M	4k	144	434
10	May 8, '25	Many such cases.	104×	2M	55k	2.1k	5.7k
11	Oct 20, '24	The arguments from "Archaeologist" Flint Dibble and Graham Hancock Continue In this thread 🧵 I compile innacuries I have discovered in Flint Dibble's statements on Archaeology On	91.6×	1.8M	6.5k	557	2.1k
12	Oct 23, '24	View post on X	87.8×	1.7M	59k	3.5k	1.5k
13	Jan 5, '25	Last Picture taken of Michael Rockefeller Can you guess what happened to him?	66.6×	1.3M	9.4k	940	994
14	Jul 24, '24	@RosannaPansino @YouTube So what?	58.4×	1.1M	18k	15	17
15	Apr 9, '25	This is NOT my tier list. It's their ranking of CULTURES Someone made this and put it on Reddit. I know exactly where the person who made it is from from just ONE country in S tier	55.2×	1.1M	14k	358	998
16	Apr 3, '25	A "US" tourist was just arrested for going to North Sentintel Island ....To give them a can of coke & a coconut So a thread 🧵of the history of contact on this remote "uncontacted"	52.7×	1M	16k	657	5.2k
17	Jul 25, '24	@MrBeast We don't believe you. You knew. Disgusting.	47.7×	925k	4.8k	55	40
18	Apr 9, '25	It's Nephilim Time	36.5×	707k	12k	1.2k	3.1k
19	Oct 17, '24	I am in absolute shock Thank you so much, Graham Hancock. Means the world to have had an impact on this	35.2×	682k	7.8k	364	1.3k
20	Dec 4, '24	Can't believe an "archaeologist" really tried to claim this is definitely natural in origin	34.9×	676k	7k	339	555
21	Apr 12, '25	How tf is a female haplogroup found in Europe and the Middle East Also present in North American Natives?	31.7×	615k	4.6k	254	1.5k
22	Apr 30, '25	YOU. DO NOT. HATE JOURNALISTS. ENOUGH.	31.5×	610k	33k	1.9k	1.4k
23	Oct 23, '24	I know how some people feel about dyed hair. Especially a color like pink. Up to you how you feel I actually really like her glasses Regardless, this is her	31.3×	607k	5.3k	155	104
24	Apr 4, '25	What do you think happened? Big mystery 🙄🙄🙄🙄	31.2×	606k	8.3k	278	2k
25	Oct 14, '24	A century Before Columbus, a fleet of 300 ships sailed from China Over 30 years & 7 voyages, they visited Africa, Asia, India, & the Middle East By the time Columbus sailed	29.8×	577k	2.8k	361	1.6k
26	Jan 1, '25	Sh*tting in the Street in India: An Ethnographic Analysis 💩 Here to provide you the truth that Anthropologists dismiss with "cultural relativism" Despite Being 17.5% of the World'	28.9×	559k	3.7k	475	1.3k
27	Oct 23, '24	This Article from Ellie discusses "Republicans are scamming Old People" But her own article shows that both Republican and Democrat's do this I commend her including the Democrats	28.7×	556k	4.9k	122	60
28	Oct 23, '24	Brooklyn Based SUNY undergrad Columbia MA in Journalism	28.4×	551k	3.7k	91	39
29	Jan 19, '25	I can't do another poll! AH Did you pass and are you American?	28.3×	549k	6.2k	64	30
30	Oct 23, '24	Trump Rally just went N*zi!	27.7×	537k	5.2k	110	63
31	Feb 15, '25	@MrBeast Yeah, only. You have 10 million and they only got half. So it's only relative to the stated amount. This is about how bad taxes are, not you	27.6×	535k	18k	106	64
32	Oct 17, '25	@ArynneWexler That's funny since you were basically holding the audience hostage with your crap comedy	26.5×	514k	44k	392	132
33	Oct 23, '24	Highly credible polls But what she references is not a voting poll but how voters feel about certain issues She doesn't explicitly say it's a voting poll, but decide for yourself w	26.1×	507k	3.4k	75	24
34	Jan 6, '25	A Culture's Drug Use Explains the Culture They Change Over time, marking greater cultural shifts Thread🧵on the Culture of Drug Use, starting with Hallucinogens	25.5×	494k	3.6k	132	1.3k
35	Apr 30, '25	Reminder: Scythians really did use human skin for leather Herodotus did not make it up	25×	485k	10k	588	1.6k
36	Oct 23, '24	Trump would decimate Social Security. Why? A report from a "The Committee for a Responsible Federal Government" How would this happen? Ending taxes on tips and overtime pay.... and	24.2×	469k	3.6k	113	63
37	Jan 2, '25	The most basic information changes the entire situation Before the Islamic Expansion starting in the 7th c. the Holy Land was full of Christians and other religions The Crusades we	21.8×	422k	4.8k	353	368
38	Apr 27, '25	For anyone who has not been around OLD MONEY rich people Did you know that all of them have their family histories known back hundreds of years? The richest over 1000 years	20.9×	405k	4.8k	117	882
39	Jan 2, '25	Expansion of Islam captured historically Christian, Zoroastrian, and polytheistic land If you Zoom on this map it shows years of battles How can the Crusades be uniquely evil when	20.4×	396k	4.3k	274	252
40	Jan 14, '25	This is one of the "Benin Bronzes" Was returned to Benin by Germany Can you guess what happened after it was returned? Poll Below (then answer)	20.4×	396k	3.9k	451	556
41	Jul 31, '24	@AFpost @MoistCr1TiKaL Lol wow. He can't handle the smallest amount of kickback after being Youtube's golden boy	20.3×	394k	6.8k	38	54
42	Apr 2, '25	Public school taught me that the Crusades were Evil Christians killing innocents for religion with inhumane bloodlust But learning beyond what I was taught in school made me rethin	19.9×	386k	8.9k	1.3k	3k
43	Jan 2, '25	This Map shows the Battles Islam fought over the Centuries to Expand into mostly Christian territory Compared to...	19.8×	383k	4.1k	306	249
44	Oct 23, '24	Good Lord. There's a lot here, I promise it's worth it, speed round on mostly headlines she chooses. This is absolutely insane.	19.5×	378k	3.1k	61	10
45	Jul 7, '24	This is the Correct Way to Act	19.4×	376k	9.1k	446	959
46	Jul 18, '25	Violence has, historically, been the answer	18.5×	360k	17k	1.3k	764
47	Jan 24, '25	I will judge you based on your perception of this man	18.3×	355k	2.6k	119	294
48	Jul 29, '25	Seven NEW Archaeology Discoveries of 2024 Stuff just keeps getting older Thread 🧵, my favorite one from the Amazon at the end (Percy Fawcett & Francisco de Orellana vindicated	18.1×	352k	3.5k	402	1.2k
49	Jan 2, '25	Battles Against Muslims during the Crusades The Crusades were much smaller in scale than Islamic Caliphate expansion	18.1×	352k	4.1k	250	209
50	Oct 23, '24	Apparently an abortion pill lawsuit forces teenagers to get pregnant? Not sure how a law suit is inseminating teenagers	18×	348k	4.8k	159	42
51	Jan 21, '24	This man died to protect 2nd century Roman artifacts (pictured) ISIS tortured him for a month, and eventually beheaded him in 2015. He refused to disclose the location of the artif	18×	348k	6.4k	785	390
52	Jan 2, '25	Bringing this up is unsavory in Academia today based on current politics, so the discussion does not happen where it should, and students are misinformed It's also true that far mo	17×	329k	3.1k	156	136
53	Apr 15, '25	Seven NEW Archaeology Discoveries of 2024 Stuff just keeps getting older Thread 🧵, my favorite one from the Amazon at the end (Percy Fawcett & Francisco de Orellana vindicated	16.1×	312k	3.4k	348	1.1k
54	Oct 23, '24	Trump is worried his fumbles are helping Harris? Hmm.	15.7×	303k	2.7k	60	11
55	Jan 31, '25	I thought the Title of this article was strange. Vague. Irrelevant. Rude. In these situations, I look at the author, and learn about them So here's a thread 🧵 on Jane Herz, US Fem	15×	291k	2.5k	207	255
56	Jan 2, '25	This is the historical reality of wars lasting over a millennia No one is "right" It is all perspective But when you concentrate on the "evils" of your own people and ignored those	15×	291k	4.5k	264	119
57	Apr 14, '25	@wombat_socho Yes. I often compare the Aztecs to the Assyrians. They were uniquely violent. They wouldn't have survived the first sign of cracks. Not like the Mayans whose thrived	14.3×	277k	6.4k	45	320
58	Jun 13, '25	Half of you	14.2×	275k	6.5k	34	23
59	Jun 13, '25	The other half	13.9×	270k	4.5k	20	19
60	Oct 23, '24	Elon Musk is super cringe	13.8×	268k	2.9k	72	14
61	Apr 2, '25	There is still more to be found in our World The SECOND Largest Mayan city known to exist was discovered just last year Just a few miles from a highway in Mexico Thread 🧵 on the D	12.8×	249k	4.1k	379	1.1k
62	Mar 14, '25	Occasional Reminder That an "archaeologist" really tried to claim this is DEFINITELY natural in origin	12.8×	248k	5.8k	373	293
63	Oct 23, '24	Trump is going heckin' bonkers and swearing in front of Priests	12.6×	244k	2.4k	48	12
64	Feb 17, '24	@Rainmaker1973 This Fact is not Fun at all.	12.2×	237k	5.4k	51	16
65	Oct 23, '24	Trump is appealing to Latino Voters with... racism?	11.5×	224k	2.6k	61	14
66	Aug 25, '24	@SuspectFed Anyone who has seen how hens act without a rooster are not surprised.	10.6×	205k	2.7k	32	95
67	Jul 29, '24	This response is crazy. video is 53 minutes long. There are MANY claims here you aren't addressing. That should be obvious to anyone reading because it's a 53 minute long video I w	10.5×	204k	2.7k	26	37
68	Apr 14, '25	@YorchTorchGames I think the Conquistadors are worthy of criticism. What they ended was terrible, but they replaced it with something also very bad, and for personal gain	10.5×	203k	4.2k	25	50
69	Jun 13, '25	@JeremyRyanSlate	10.5×	203k	4.6k	3	14
70	Jul 31, '25	So women's period cycles sync up if they're around each other In hunter-gatherer villages are all the women just on one cycle? There's just a seven day period where all the men are	10×	195k	3.9k	40	154
71	Jun 30, '25	@_sn_n The left is Scranton, PA. Democratic. The right is Montpelier, VT. Also Democratic. Why lie?	9.9×	192k	4.7k	17	32
72	Sep 4, '25	Remember when an "archaeologist" tried to claim this is definitely natural	9.9×	191k	4.5k	259	206
73	Jul 4, '25	Reminder that when Germany returned artifacts to Nigeria (historic Benin=/= modern Benin) They were immediately lost to private collections	9.8×	190k	9.9k	759	877
74	Apr 13, '25	If there's one culture I could know more about It's the Olmecs Wtf were those people doing?	8.9×	173k	2.7k	118	367
75	Feb 2, '25	I learned the word in a videogame but it's not likely some huge obscure word, so strange	8.3×	161k	7.3k	28	29
76	Feb 2, '25	"I didn't learn this word until my 20s, he must have plagiarized" -that teacher probably	8.1×	156k	11k	67	48
77	Jan 9, '25	Art Nouveau is Elven Art Deco is Dwarven One of my favorite takes I've ever seen	7.8×	152k	6.7k	644	1k
78	Apr 14, '25	Persian Empire > Greek City States I will die on this Polis Hill	7.4×	143k	2.7k	214	678
79	Sep 21, '24	@ycsm1n This is the second time I've seen something like this. Where tf did this people get the idea that a Keffiyeh is offensive? It's a god damn scarf. I have one I got in Jordan	7.3×	142k	3.1k	57	21
80	Jan 23, '25	Idk who needs to hear this But white people can eat tacos	6.4×	125k	3.6k	38	41
81	Oct 18, '24	Flint Dibble has chosen to lock his account as his dishonesty was exposed	6.4×	124k	2.6k	162	56
82	Jan 22, '25	@glassdelusions We don't talk about relationships indepth enough to know when a guy is leading her on	6.0×	117k	4.2k	19	35
83	Dec 2, '23	@creation247 My PC doesn't lie to me.	5.4×	105k	3.5k	42	10
84	Feb 2, '25	1,500 year old arrow found in Norway INSANE preservation, sinew & pitch still attaching the shaft to the head More pics & how it's even possible below	5.2×	100k	2.7k	197	173
85	Nov 19, '23	@EndWokeness So? I have pictures of me with guns. What does this tell us? What even is that symbol behind him? It isn't Hamas or ISIS symbols. What is your point?	5.1×	100k	2.7k	52	4
86	Jul 29, '25	Is having white people in ads now white supremacy? Am I missing something?	4.4×	85k	3.6k	283	92
87	Jan 5, '25	It isn't just the UK This psychiatrist justified rpe of a 15 year old because of venting "frustration" The child rpists received no prison time	4.3×	83k	4.6k	1.2k	224
88	Apr 28, '25	Mexico, a country formed by Spaniards who emigrated to the New World Asking Spain, full of all the people that DID NOT colonize Mexico Is legitimately hilarious	3.5×	67k	2.6k	144	184
89	May 10, '25	@Wommando How is killing someone who is sexually assaulting you not automatically self defense? What do they expect you to do?	3.0×	57k	2.7k	15	22
90	Jan 24, '25	A corporation will say & do what will make it the most money at the time	2.9×	55k	2.8k	284	76
91	Dec 11, '23	@lporiginalg I don't care what you think	2.7×	53k	3.5k	21	34
92	Jul 4, '25	Who is going to tell him?	2.6×	50k	4.1k	211	44
93	Jul 10, '25	@LaNativePatriot "I didn't sign up for this" -Woman who literally signed an actual contract and had a public ceremony signing up for this	2.4×	47k	2.7k	23	12
94	Jun 21, '24	@lporiginalg Chad	2.2×	42k	2.9k	7	21
95	Mar 21, '25	@adamcarolla In 1979, 0.6% of Americans were illiterate In 1979 the Department of Education was created In 2019, 21% of Americans are illiterate	2.1×	42k	3k	254	166
96	Aug 14	Interviewing @Graham__Hancock is still the greatest thing I've ever done But it was nearly two years ago Soon I'll do something worth replacing the pinned comment on my profile, bu	0.5×	10k	69	2	11

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