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Obligatory "not today" disclaimer: actually fucked up over two decades ago, but found out today.

At the dawn of theinternet, I made an account on imgur. I figured (correctly) that I wasn't going to use it often enough for the username to matter much, so I just went with the first part of my email adress and a number four times.

Turns out that there is such a thing as nazi number code and it's never a good idea to use an even number of 8s for usernames when you're not a nazi.

TL;DR: Didn't know about nazi code, accidentally selected an imgur username ending with the equivalent of a double Hitler salute

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

8888?

I wouldn't worry about it. Only those most obsessed with hitler would care or notce. Hell, drinking milk now is white supremacy, and I like having strong bones.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You get a lot more wary of that sort of stuff if you are the kind of person who white supremacists like to harass. I think 88 by itself is probably not too suspicious, but if anyone has 1488 you are dealing with a real piece of shit.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless you really care about the Netherlands Navy, and the year it was founded. Its just a number bro, and its not even 69.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I literally gave you context but good for you that you don't need to think about these things. Not everyone can feel so safe and comfortable when extremist symbols start to pop up. It is "just a number" and "just a symbol" and "just a joke" until you are surrounded by extremists calling for the heads of those who they hate.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man you're paranoid as hell. Maybe you're right, and Ill regret these words, but I sleep soundly without worrying about Nazis. My biggest worry is my town not getting road construction done in a timely manner. Lot less stress.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

My biggest worry is my town not getting road construction done in a timely manner.

This comes across as privileged, not insightful

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Man you're paranoid as hell. Maybe you're right, and Ill regret these words, but I sleep soundly without worrying about Nazis. My biggest worry is my town not getting road construction done in a timely manner. Lot less stress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Blamemeta @TwilightVulpine when the nazis roll into your town on your newly constructred roads you'll wish you worried

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its not 1939 man. Nazis are not an immediate threat, its pretty priveledged to worry about Nazis. What, are you also worried about Confederate ghosts? The Hunley sinking your yacht?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Blamemeta It's pretty privileged to NOT worry about Nazis. In your understanding, what do you think a Nazi is?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would argue that it's incredibly privileged to worry about Nazis. Literally any immediate problem (EQ: Roadwork that never ends) matters more. It's almost like worrying about the fall of the Roman empire, there's things to actually worry about, and you're wasting time and energy on that? If you're that bored, try getting a hobby, or maybe finding a girlfriend. Something, anything, because guess what? This isn't 1944, it's 2023, and we are so far removed from Nazis that it's more indicative of an extremely bored mind than anything else.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Blamemeta Would you say the same to people in 1932, before Hitler was elected?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Maybe. Lots of things had to happen before the Nazis went full Nazi, but there were some warning signs. Lots of Jew hate, talk about the "Jewish problem" (their words, not mine) and they were an actual German party at the time. Hard to tell with an alternate reality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like they say, is it paranoia if they are really going after you? We aren't at a point this is speculative anymore. I have seen people parading in nazi paraphernalia. Just this week in my country a teacher got assaulted and threatened at gunpoint by a cop for reprimanding his son for doing a nazi salute.

I'm a bisexual man. I see how hate movements have successfully codified their persecution of trans people into law in many places around the world, and how they are already moving to attack gay people, women and people of color.

There's no escaping the stress if this sort of stuff ends up affecting me and the people I care about. The stress might be the least of the problems.

Frankly I don't know how you can exist on the internet and remain entirely oblivious to how hate movements have gained momentum lately. It's not a question of whether it's going to happen, just seems like you are lucky not to get affected by it.