To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Askhistorians comments. The historical analysis is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of Critical Theory most of the posts will go over a typical reader's head. There's also the mod team's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into their content curation - their personal philosophy draws heavily from Pyrrhonic literature, for instance. The flairs understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these stickied comments, to realize that they're not just warnings against shitposting- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike the Askhistorians mod team truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Automod's existencial catchphrase "[deleted]", which itself is a cryptic reference to Abelard's epic Logica nostrorum petitioni sociorum. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as /u/sunagainstgold's genius unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools... how I pity them. And yes by the way, I DO have a complete Subreddit Rules tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 karma points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

Excellent, my knowledge of Starcraft can finally come of use

Does that mean we can discuss Clinton’s impeachment from December 1998, but NOT the 1999 Senate trial? ;)

Only a few more years until the 9/11 questions flood in. I hope you are all ready for that day.

I'm now a historical object!

What was the cultural impact in 1998 when The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table?

you're kidding, Martin you lazy piece of..... grumbles off into the distance

Hi,

What is the definition of is?

I actually am pretty interested in the antitrust case against Microsoft and the international space station though. Please people, ask lots of questions about those.

С Новым годом! Happy New Year! Жаңа жылыңызбен!

Since you mentioned it.. wasn't N*sync's manager revealed to be a child molester? Did he ever abuse any of the members of the band?

Happy New Year, everyone at AskHistorians!

Does this mean I can ask questions about the Good Friday Agreement, then?

:D

1998?! That isn't history. I mean it was only like 5 years....fuck. I'm old aren't I?

Don't forget the year the British formally handed over Hong Kong to China. That should lead to some interesting questions and plenty of good Rush Hour references.

Yesssss, we can do the East Africa bombings. We're getting closer to the 21 Year Rule. You could say that it's the looming tower before us. Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design.

I did not have historical relations with that year.

If I’m currently on the West Coast, do I have to wait another five hours to post questions about 1998?

EDIT: NEVERMIND, Tubthumping came out in 1997. It’s been fair game all year and I haven’t asked!

Finally! I can have a question answered that's been burning in my mind for 20 years!

What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?

I have little to contribute in this subreddit but the answers from here are one of the best reads from anywhere as I have general interest in history... erm in general, so I wish everyone great holidays and more good questions and good answers in here for me to read! (selfish but true :) )

Awesome! I'm looking forward to many enlightening discussions of the cultural significance of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time!

Thank you all for your hard work and being the best subreddit on reddit.

Thanks for making me feel old! My fav podcast has a 50 year role, and academic historians generally shy away from topics if the political records haven’t been released yet (we’re in the 70s now). I though my lifetime was free from historical analysis, guess not.

Now we can talk about the Second Congo war! (or at least year 1 of it)

1998 actually starts to feel recent(and a year ago I would not have said the same about 97). Probably because I was a teenager. Yanks win get back to the WS. Ocarina of time is released. Phil Hartman died and that bummed me out since his character on the Simpsons was always so enjoyable.

Did Tennessee's national title in 1998 set the Vols up for the decade plus run of failure they've experienced by giving Cutcliffe a chance at being a head coach and increasing fanbase expectations to an untenable level?

I was in the museum of the world longest suspension bridge this summer.

tldr: don't build a bridge there

What is the definition of "is"? Did we ever actually find out? Did anyone even really care since we apparently never did find out?

Oh good. Now I can finally get to the bottom of who’s responsible for Smash Mouth

Say, one thousand nine nine nine, ask those questions, any time

We gonna party with historians reprobate, like it's Nineteen Ninety Eight!

Thank you for the starting gun. Drat! I didn't get the first 1998 question with Did President Clinton's oral sex change US attitudes towards oral sex?! Beaten by

/u/MaesterMagoo on Hong Kong Happened in 1997, so that wasn't a new 2018 question.

/u/jimjay: Hugo Chavez was elected in 1998 - how did someone who had tried to lead a coup and overthrow democracy end up getting elected?

Happy new year everybody! May the new year bring everyone happiness.

Happy New Year!

^What ^is ^“is”?

Fun fact: in 1998 I was 20. So I'm about to double my age.

Hey everyone, looks like the mods are all out drinking! Feel free to shitpost away! HNY

1998, the year I graduated from High School.

I don't feel any older...what happened?

Happy New Year everyone!

(I'm not a contributor but let me say this: big thanks to everyone answering and moderating the sub - keep up the great work, you often make my day! )

It makes me feel old that the year of my birth can now be “history.”

Oh man, the year half of this subreddit apparently graduated high school, and I... Ate solid food? Maybe started walking?

Aww man I feel old now. I'm history.

Not much people will ask about new about Israel. But that’s no prob. I’ll just be here.

Woot! I do have a lot of questions about the asian market failure, hoping for good answers!!

So did we ever figure out who exactly wanted to know if that guy was Jimmy Ray?

I feel old reading this...

Ask me about my first divorce!

May 2018 is just a month - it will be impossible for to that to be a year.

/s

Pretty excited about the questions of nuclear tests of india and Pakistan in 1998.

I'm officially history!

I'll have whatever relations with 1998 that I want, thank you very much.

Historians, how many hours did I spend playing Sim City that year?

Does Viagra rhyme with Niagara?

The true origins of the Attitude Era can start to be fully unraveled.

Is there a similar subreddit that has similar moderation/perspective for more recent events?

tell me more about the antitrust case against Microsoft and the International Space Station

May 2018

How can a single month be the best year of my life?

I thought the rule was 10 years...

Glad we can now affirm that blowing out Peyton Manning and Tennessee in the 1998 Orange Bowl made Nebraska unquestionably the best team in college football.

Biggest event of the year: Half-Life Second biggest: my birth.

happy new year! also, this means i'm now officially old. so, do primary sources count? :)

ZOMG, I turned 30 that year! o.O

Good year, I graduated high school.

Thanks for making me feel old. Fuck. In 98, I was in 9th or 10th grade.

I mean I know this is a joke, but, hey second Congo war is now on the table

My sophomore year in college :(

Is this a meta thead?
##SHIT POSTS GET YA SHIT POSTS HERE

Why’d you have to bring up is? Fuck I can’t unsee it now

In three more years we can finally find out if jet fuel really can melt steel girders!