24 July 2026

No You're Wrong

Dear everyone clucking like you know what the fuck you're talking about:

A thing you screw onto the end of your gun's barrel to make it quieter is a SILENCER.

How do I know that?

Because that's what it's called in the 1921 patent by Hiram Percy Maxim.

Got an earlier patent for one that's called a suppressor?

Because if you don't, saying "there's no such thing as a silencer, they're called suppressors," just makes you sound ignurnt.

The person who invents something gets to name it.

Maxim named it a silencer.

He could have called them mufflers, because that's the only earlier patent for something that makes the noise from a tube quieter. 

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3 comments:

  1. Counter Jockey24 July, 2026 10:02

    My pedantic ass always want to ask "You've got an original Maxim can?"

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    1. Angus McThag24 July, 2026 16:26

      I prolly came across too strong.

      If you wanna call your can a sound suppressor, it's OK. Just don't try to claim that silencer is incorrect or that the term never existed.

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    2. Counter Jockey24 July, 2026 21:56

      I generally use them interchangeably. Unless for what ever reason my pedantic streak gets engaged.

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