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by NuclearPM 179 days ago
What is nuts?
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It's slang, it's a reference to legumes I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume
lost potential of wasm not being allowed access to dom
Means like "a crazy thing" in slang, I think.
That is correct. Not sure about all dialects of English but in American English, "nuts" is a slang synonym for "insane". So to say "the whole thing is nuts" could be rephrased as "the situation is crazy".