• frozenspinach@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      The reddit account has a username with the number 88 in binary, which led some to speculate its a nazi (88 = HH = Heil H*tler) dogwhistle, to which Andy Yen says its his year of birth 1988. Kinda weird, but he could just be that clueless, who knows

      I mean this part I give him a pass on. It was right for people reading him to raise an eyebrow, because political signalling like that does happen, especially in a context where he’s making comments like he made. But in this case it was just a nothingburger.

      It doesn’t make his “wasn’t intended to be a political comment” excuse any less gibberish though.

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      3 months ago

      We unfortunately live in the world where saying “Trump is an idiot” and “Actually I was kidding. He’s the second coming of Christ” might only be a day apart.

    • Auli@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Never heard the 88 thing till now. Not everyone is tied to what shit bags are doing all the time.