• Porto881
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    316 months ago

    …I mean, you DO realize that 1988 has no significant historical ties to the nazis right?

    My username is a joke and you are wrong

      • @einlander
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        96 months ago

        19 words and HH. 1988 is an abbreviation.

        • @JusticeForPorygon
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          6 months ago

          And I’m here trying to figure out what the FUCK PP BOY has to do with Nazis and Hitler?

            • @yokonzo
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              66 months ago

              Let me know when y’all figure it out

          • @BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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            96 months ago

            It’s because of their display name, their username is PP_BOY_@lemmy.world, but their display name is “NotANaziIWasJustBornIn1988”.

            I suppose not every instance/app shows display names.

            • @JusticeForPorygon
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              66 months ago

              Ah, okay, that makes sense. Yeah I don’t see the display name.

      • @unmagical@lemmy.ml
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        46 months ago

        Sometimes people put the year they were born in their username like janedoe1969. Sometimes people abbreviate the year to the last 2 digits like janedoe69. Sometimes 2 digit numbers mean something else like 69 or 88. Sometimes people use the non year meaning as an indicator like whitedaddy88. Sometimes people don’t immediately recognize the alternative meaning of a number and accidentally use a dog whistle in their username. Sometimes people don’t want to be confused as being a Nazi because of an innocent mistake they made on a forum years ago. Sometimes they use that negative experience as an opportunity for a meta referential joke.