Onyx376@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agoFlirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG) on Reddit 📢📢📢lemmy.mlimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up19file-text
arrow-up19imageFlirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG) on Reddit 📢📢📢lemmy.mlOnyx376@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoIsn’t 88 neo-Nazi code for “heil Hitler”? And isn’t putting it in binary to disguise it evidence that he knows full well what it means?
minus-squareTrent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAs much as I’m not terribly fond of the guy, IIRC he’s 36, which makes ‘88’ likely short for 1988, the year he was born.
minus-squareZeroCool@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThat’s correct, he was asked about it on Reddit too and confirmed it was just his birth year. Since it’s a common dog whistle though I do think it’s always worth questioning. Particularly when it’s tied to someone licking Trump’s boots.
minus-squarewinterayars@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoA lot of Nazis were supposedly born in 1988… But in this specific case, i believe him.
minus-squareHowManyNimons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 years agoEven if he is born in 1988, he could have picked a non-Nazi suffix for his username.
minus-squareim sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThis is dumb lol
minus-squareDolphinMath@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoNot even a little in this situation. Maybe take your head out of your ass and stop spreading lies. He literally addressed this head on. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/comment/m7nr5ym/ His reply in text form: It’s the year I was born, and also a lucky number in Taiwan where I am from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#%3A~%3Atext=Number+88+symbolizes+fortune+and%2Csupermarkets+often+contain+many+8s.
Isn’t 88 neo-Nazi code for “heil Hitler”? And isn’t putting it in binary to disguise it evidence that he knows full well what it means?
As much as I’m not terribly fond of the guy, IIRC he’s 36, which makes ‘88’ likely short for 1988, the year he was born.
That’s correct, he was asked about it on Reddit too and confirmed it was just his birth year.
Since it’s a common dog whistle though I do think it’s always worth questioning. Particularly when it’s tied to someone licking Trump’s boots.
A lot of Nazis were supposedly born in 1988…
But in this specific case, i believe him.
Even if he is born in 1988, he could have picked a non-Nazi suffix for his username.
This is dumb lol
Hey,
Not even a little in this situation. Maybe take your head out of your ass and stop spreading lies. He literally addressed this head on.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/comment/m7nr5ym/
His reply in text form: