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The Counterfactor
@counterfactor.bsky.social
Rare counterfactual history youtuber who knows how to cite sources
https://www.youtube.com/@The_Counterfactor
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When I first saw that Family Guy clip about the guy in the Hummer, I was a little kid and didn't know why he shouted "YEAH RUMSFELD!" after merging without looking.

The more I read about the War on Terror, the more I get why only a jerk would like Rumsfeld.
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Me who learned the alt-right dogwhistle lore:
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Until VTH's comments openly defend slavery and get hundreds of likes, I'm repping VTH over Z.
www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx5d2...
Mid vs mid
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Comments section flag
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Did ya know Abraham Lincoln was offered to join the Donner Party? Where's the cannibal president short story.
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Film grifters on YouTube bouta have a field day with the Mario Galaxy Movie. (Brie Larson is Rosalina)
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New video on my YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtL1...
New England's Lost Sibling: Nova Scotia in the Revolutionary War
YouTube video by The Counterfactor
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One down, twelve to go.
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Anybody remember that show "True Blood"? My only memories of it are being traumatized as a kid by one scene where the vampires kill a bunch of people at a party. Have never watched any of it since. Is the show actually good?
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Given what happened in Libya, Yemen, and Syria, I doubt Iraq's future would look too optimistic. There might have been a smaller jihadist presence without the 2003 invasion, but that's about the only upside I could think of.
A post-Arab Spring Iraq, with no 21st century US intervention, is an interesting hypothetical. Does it still end up as an Iranian puppet in the end? Who could know, since we did a DIY insurgency starter kit.
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Next video will be released on the 11th. Originally planned for the 13th, but had to push it forward.
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hoping to snag this for Christmas
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
With foreign wars and tyrannies
It's been hard to just get by
Here's hopin' the year '26
Turns out better than '25
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Map I'm including in November's video: what if the Revolutionary War was a pyrrhic victory for the United States?
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
@neatling.bsky.social has not stopped winning.
October 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Imagine being the dude who uploaded this video only for it to blow up due to the most wanted man in the world downloading it.
youtu.be/-LeAKeUyAVQ
Funny Cats 4
YouTube video by radep
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The embargo benefits Cuba more than it does the United States at this point. It doesn't make the island any substantially poorer than it already is, but it's an effective scapegoat for Havana and the far-left. We oughta do what the UN has been saying for over 30 years.
hot take: removing the embargo immediately is more likely to lead to democratic regime change in Cuba than keeping it in place
October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Entire nations get this treatment too.
Some people treat historical figures like action figures. You can play whatever game you want with them regardless of whether or not it fits their character.
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You'd think this (or worse) would have already happened to Omar if the conspiracy theories about world-controlling Jews were true, given Netanyahu himself knows about her and the criticisms she's made of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians years before October 7th made it mainstream.
October 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
TJ bouta turn your sister into Sally Hemmings real quick
October 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Behind-the-scenes trivia about the Yavin video:

The opening crawl was originally an introduction in the script. Before I started recording, I decided to cut down on how much I would have to record by making that unique intro.

I'm not making another one If I ever make a Hoth video.
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Just watched Marvel Zombies.

I'm blaming Vision for everything that happens in the show.

I liked it, more Kamala is always nice, can't wait for season 2, but I just had to put that out there.
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Idk guys, he might have a point.
October 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Just watched the newest @th3birdman15.bsky.social video about Kangmin Lee. Most brutal instance of Korean-on-Korean murder since 1953.

Jokes aside, I love the "Exposing the Grift" series, probably more than the "EWW Cinemasins" series I subscribed for. Keep up the good work, Birdman.
October 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New YouTube upload
youtu.be/KRiGTRBtgYQ
The Spanish-American War, 1̶8̶9̶8̶ 1854
YouTube video by The Counterfactor
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM