• @Omgboom@lemmy.zip
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    506 days ago

    I would use this as a gamer tag but I’m afraid people would think it’s Nazi related with the two “88’s”

    • gon [he]
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      196 days ago

      Unless your name is AryanWarrior1488 I doubt anyone would bat an eye.

      • @Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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        46 days ago

        Yeah, it’s the nature of dog whistles but 88 is the only one I remember. Even so I’d probably assume birth year and think nothing of it, but I understand the concern.

        • gon [he]
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          36 days ago

          Yeah, it’s totally understandable to be worried, in general. It’s not exactly ideal to be perceived as a racist.

    • Hemingways_Shotgun
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      96 days ago

      I was thinking it would make a great book title for a novel about an underground cult of Voodoo practicing Nazis.

      • Y|yukichigai
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        166 days ago

        People were also born on the 14th in '88. Any of 'em who have sense don’t put that in their username though, at least for very long.

        Source: my poor brother.

        • snooggums
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          56 days ago

          If your brother didn’t also include the month then it is pretty sus.

          If they did include their entire birth date, then they clearly didn’t understand the rules of the internet.

          • Y|yukichigai
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            46 days ago

            No, he had sense to not ever include any of it from the get-go. Plenty of websites and services suggested he include 88 in his username though.

      • @deur@feddit.nl
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        46 days ago

        Two 88’s is a hit on my nazidar tbh, I’d assume the best intentions but I wouldn’t be shocked. .