A Youngsville man was found mentally incompetent to stand trial in his sister’s 2018 murder and was turned over to the Louisiana Department of Health for treatment in March.

James Malloy, 32, was remanded to the legal custody of the Louisiana Department of Health on March 4, after nearly a year in pretrial commitment at the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System in Jackson. Officials at the state psychiatric hospital completed a forensic competency evaluation in August and determined Malloy’s “poverty of thought” and “tangential and vague thinking” would interfere with his ability to effectively communicate with his attorney, resolve disagreements, and follow and understand court proceedings.

“Mr. Malloy has been at the hospital for a total of six months. While some of the psychiatric symptoms have responded to treatment, others have not. It is our opinion that Mr. Malloy is unlikely to become competent to proceed to trial within the foreseeable future,” the report said.

A psychiatric evaluation prior to Malloy’s pretrial commitment by Dr. Lyle LeCorgne noted Malloy claimed not to have memory of his sister’s murder, suffered suspiciousness and anger in his relationships, and “reported experiencing visual and auditory hallucinations for the past 10 years both inside and outside of his head in the form of peripheral shadows that intend to harm him.”

In a separate evaluation, Dr. Sarah DeLand reported Malloy suffered from paranoia and “sometimes worried about the food being poisoned and about other people.” DeLand noted he had received mental health treatment throughout his life, including hospitalizations in Baton Rouge, Alexandria and Shreveport. She diagnosed him as having schizoaffective disorder.

Malloy had been awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of his sister, 35-year-old Libby Nicole Malloy, on Nov. 13, 2018. Youngsville police officers responded to their residence in the 100 block of Vermilion Circle at 11:47 p.m. after a witness arrived at the home and “found blood everywhere” and could not locate James Malloy, the incident report said.

Officers were advised by a family member that James Malloy suffered from schizophrenia. They found “blood on the walls of the residence” and eventually located Libby Malloy’s body in a bedroom underneath clothes and a bed comforter.

“It appeared the victim was murdered by her brother, who she had taken in a few days’ prior upon his release from a mental institution. The victim’s cause of death was attributed to the multiple stab wounds to her body,” the incident report said.

Malloy fled the home before officers arrived but was later found naked in a neighbor’s shed and was taken into custody, the report said.

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Have you ever seen something so uncomfortable, you didn’t have the words to describe it? “Thanks, I Hate It” might be the exact phrase you’re looking for. Here’s what it means.

“Thanks, I Hate It”

TIHI stands for “Thanks, I Hate It.” It’s an acronym of a popular slang phrase on the internet, particularly on Reddit and other internet message boards. It’s used to respond to a photo, post, or story that makes the viewer uncomfortable because of its unnatural or unattractive nature. Often, TIHI images are heavily photoshopped to have strange, unpleasant details that will trigger a response. They can also be tweets or comments posted online.

TIHI can be used in both the titles of posts and in the comments under them. When used as a post title, it’s also used as a disclaimer warning that the photo may make you feel uncomfortable. In specific uses, TIHI is synonymous with another internet slang term, “cursed,” which refers to images or pieces of text that you may prefer not to have seen at all.

The Origins of TIHI

Compared to other internet acronyms we’ve covered, TIHI and its phrase are relatively new. But rather than having been created in internet chatrooms like other slang terms, it originated from the growing meme culture of the last few years.

While there is no confirmed source that can pinpoint exactly where “Thanks, I Hate It” came from, it has been used sporadically on the internet for the last decade to denote that something makes you uncomfortable. It became a more popular term around 2017 and 2018 when it entered the internet slang repository Urban Dictionary .

It was shortened when the Reddit community r/TIHI was founded in late 2018. The following year, the Urban Dictionary entry for the acronym version popped up online, stating that it’s the website’s “7th most cursed subreddit.” This is similar to other acronyms that have risen to prominence because of their respective subreddits, such as ELI5 and TIL .

Since then, it’s become quite common in places outside of the subreddit. TIHI is a frequently used acronym on social media sites like Twitter and TikTok, and is often used in personal conversations.

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TIHI on Reddit

As previously mentioned, the main place to find content related to TIHI is on the subreddit, which has over a million followers. It has since become the single biggest community for posting TIHI-related images, with some of the most popular posts on the forum gaining tens of thousands of upvotes and comments.

All the posts on the subreddit follow a particular format. Titles must start with “Thanks, I Hate,” followed by the thing depicted in the photo or story below. For example, if the image shows a cheeseburger, the title should be “Thanks, I Hate Cheeseburgers.”

Most of the posts on the subreddit are a mix of funny and strangely uncomfortable content. For example, one of the top posts in the community, with over 63 thousand upvotes and more than 500 comments, is this legendary image of a “Smooth Yoda” posted by user u/AnUdderDay .

Even if you’re not familiar with the concept of TIHI, the image above immediately looks strange and unnatural. That kind of feeling is what all TIHI posts try to evoke.

Sarcastic Meaning

One important thing to note is that the phrase “Thanks, I Hate It” is meant to be sarcastic. While one might be saying “Thanks,” they’re also stating that they don’t like what they just saw or heard. This is especially obvious when the phrase is typed out or spoken aloud.

There are certain circumstances in which TIHI is used outside of the context of “cursed” images or posts. In personal conversations, the phrase can be used as a witty retort to something you’re unhappy about. For example, if someone tells you that your destination has no cell phone coverage, you might say “Thanks, I hate it” in response.

How to Use TIHI and “Thanks, I Hate It”

While TIHI is used to denote an uncomfortable image, it can also be used when talking to friends or family members. Here are a few examples of both the phrase and the acronym in action:

• On Reddit: “Thanks, I Hate Wicker Baskets.”
• As a Comment: “That new horror movie? TIHI.”
• Spoken Aloud: “Another snowstorm. Thanks, I hate it.”
• As a Message: “I did not want to see that picture. TIHI.”

If you want to learn more internet acronyms, check out our pieces on NVM , ICYDK , and JK .

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The U.S. and Taiwan plan to deepen maritime security ties in light of escalating “gray-zone” threats from China, with representatives planning to sign a new cooperation document on Friday.

Brent Christensen, the director of the American Institute in Taiwan, will attend the 40-minute event in Taipei, according to a foreign ministry bulletin.

Christensen, who was appointed to lead the de facto U.S. embassy in 2018, will be joined by Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu for the signing of a U.S.-Taiwan coast guard memorandum of understanding.

Lee Chung-wei and Chou Mei-wu, who are the respective heads of Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs Council and Coast Guard Administration, will also be present, the notice said.

According to a tweet by the Washington office of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, the U.S. Coast Guard and its Taiwanese counterpart intend to ” address [China’s] gray-zone activities. ”

The Chinese government has vast maritime claims in the South China Sea and also claims sovereignty over the Japan -controlled Senkaku Islands, which it calls Diaoyu. Taiwan also claims the uninhabited islands as Diaoyutai, but tensions between Taipei and Tokyo do not exist on the same scale.

Until Beijing enacted its new coast guard law last month, the country relied on its myriad armed fishing militia to harass the vessels of other regional claimants, which include Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines .

China’s neighbors, however, have raised concerns about the revised maritime police legislation, which allows coast guard ships to fire upon foreign vessels deemed to be intruding in Chinese territorial waters.

According to Su Tzu-yun, a senior analyst at the government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research in Taipei, Friday’s agreement will see Washington and Taipei work together to counter increasing maritime gray-zone activities following the introduction of the China Coast Guard law.

Security cooperation between the U.S. and Taiwan usually happens in more subtle ways without public acknowledgment. The announcement symbolizes America’s gradual shift toward “strategic clarity” when it comes to the question of Taiwan’s defense, Su said.

Taiwan should consider increasing its coast guard’s deterrence capabilities by using sonic weapons, non-lethal ammunition and water cannons, he told the Central News Agency in Taipei.

The democratic island nation, just 80 miles from China, is not the only country concerned about Beijing’s new coast guard law.

Despite the Chinese government’s insistence that it has no plans to fire on foreign ships, Manila and Tokyo—both of which are U.S. defense treaty allies—have expressed concern at the potential consequences of the law.

The Japan Coast Guard had several run-ins with Chinese maritime police vessels last month in and around the Senkakus. Among the threatening vessels was one armed with a weapon resembling an autocannon , Japanese authorities announced at the time.

China’s coast guard law was also among the subjects discussed at last week’s “2+2” meetings in Tokyo , after which the U.S. reaffirmed its commitments to the defense of Japan, including the Senkaku Islands.