Shafthd Apr 2026
: "Paper tuning" is a technical process in archery where "bare shafted" arrows are shot through paper to analyze flight and flex.
: There is significant discussion on forums like Reddit's r/labrats about researchers getting "shafted" by the "publish-or-perish" culture, where big studies are broken into tiny, less impactful pieces just to increase publication counts. ShaftHD
However, searching for "shafted" and "paper" brings up several unrelated but interesting results that might be what you're thinking of: : "Paper tuning" is a technical process in
: Students on r/6thForm and r/alevel often use the term "shafted" when discussing particularly difficult or "undoable" exam papers, such as a recent physics paper that caused widespread controversy. ShaftHD

