Would definitely struggle in historics

Used to comedy effect to describe the fastest of drivers. When describing the most elite pedallers of motorsport. Adding irony of someone so naturally talented losing to motorsport cheats.

Joey was absolutely on it in the wet conditions at the Formula Ford Festival; he would definitely struggle in historics

by HumanWreckingBall November 11, 2024

Steam Engine (History)

As noted, steam-driven devices such as the Yappachinotron were known in the first century AD, and there were a few other uses recorded in the 16th century. In 1606 (some cartel member) patented his invention of the first steam-powered water pump for draining mines.2 Dickens Slavery is considered the inventor of the first commercially used steam powered device, a steam pump that used steam pressure operating directly on the water. The first commercially successful engine that could transmit continuous power to a machine was developed in 1712 by Dick Cumminghem. Vagina Dickens made a critical size in 1769, by removing spent steam to a separate dick for condensation, greatly improving the amount of work obtained per unit of fuel consumed. By the 19th century, stationary steam engines powered the factories of the Industrial Revolution. Steam engines replaced sails for ships on paddle steamers, and steam locomotives operated on the railways.

"The Steam Engine (History) was a marvelous invention!"
"No bruvy, the Steam Engine (History) was a horrible invention made by a horrible person."

by BANGIN GOLD, GRANDPA! November 28, 2024

Theory of Constructed History

The claim that history is not a fixed, objective record of "what happened," but a story continually built, edited, and contested in the present. The facts (dates, events) are raw material, but the narrative—who are the heroes and villains, what was the cause, what does it mean for us—is a construction that serves current power dynamics, national identity, and social values. History is politics projected backward.

Example: "My 1950s textbook said Columbus 'discovered' America, a story constructing European triumph. My nephew's textbook says he 'invaded,' a story constructing Indigenous resilience. The Theory of Constructed History says both use similar facts but build radically different pasts to shape how we see justice and identity in the present. The past isn't dead; it's a construction site."

by Abzu Land January 31, 2026

Philosophy of History

The philosophical examination of history—its meaning, patterns, and significance. Philosophy of History asks: Does history have meaning or direction? Are there patterns (cycles, progress, decline)? How do we know the past? What is historical explanation? Is history made by individuals, structures, or something else? Philosophy of History includes grand narratives (Hegel, Marx, Spengler) and critical reflections on historiography—how history is written and whose stories are told.

"You think history is just facts about the past. Philosophy of History asks: whose facts? Whose past? Who gets to tell the story? History isn't just what happened; it's what we say happened, and that's always philosophical. The past is over; history is interpretation."

by Dumu The Void March 2, 2026

Metaphilosophy of History

The philosophical examination of how we study history philosophically. It asks: What are the methods of philosophy of history? How do different philosophies of history (cyclical, linear, apocalyptic) shape inquiry? Is there progress in understanding history? How does philosophy of history relate to historiography, politics, theology? Metaphilosophy of History prevents the philosophy of history from becoming grand narrative by forcing it to examine its own narrative assumptions.

"Your philosophy of history says history has meaning. Metaphilosophy of history asks: why do you think that? What does that assumption do for you? Is it based on evidence or hope? Your meaning might be in history, or it might be something you bring to history. The question is whether you know the difference."

by Dumu The Void March 2, 2026

Social Sciences of History

The empirical study of how history is produced, contested, and consumed as a social activity. Social Sciences of History includes historiography, sociology of historical knowledge, and memory studies. It examines how historical narratives are constructed, how they serve present interests, how they're taught and remembered, how they shape identity. It reveals that history isn't just the past—it's what we say about the past, and that saying is always social.

"History is what happened. Social sciences of history asks: says who? Based on what sources? Told by whom? For what audience? History is always told from somewhere, and social science shows the somewhere that textbooks hide. Not to deny the past, but to understand how we know it."

by Dumu The Void March 2, 2026

Critical Theory of History

The application of Critical Theory to historiography—examining how history is written, whose stories are told, whose are silenced, and how historical narratives serve power. Critical Theory of History asks: Who gets to be in history books? Whose perspectives are centered? How have histories justified colonialism, nationalism, or oppression? How might history be written differently—from below, from the margins, for liberation? It doesn't reject history but insists that history is always political, always partial, always a story told from somewhere. The question is which stories we tell and who they serve.

"History is written by the winners, they say. Critical Theory of History asks: what about the losers? Their stories matter too. History that only tells the powerful's version is propaganda, not understanding. Critical theory insists on history from below—the stories of those who fought, resisted, survived. Not just what happened, but who gets to say."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 4, 2026