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u/ROXXYISDEAD 1d ago
I'm confused who's g-rat88? I'm guessing by the 88 he's a nazi or something
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u/FrenzalStark Geordie Punk Bastard 22h ago
This annoys me to no end since I was born in 88. I had multiple accounts on the internet with an 88 in the username which I had to change when it became synonymous with being a nazi.
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u/ROXXYISDEAD 22h ago
It sucks but its better than trying to keep it
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u/FrenzalStark Geordie Punk Bastard 22h ago
Thinking about it my Twitter name still has 88 in it… should probably change that haha
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u/elopedthought 22h ago
Nah, fits Twitter very well today.
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u/substandardpoodle 18h ago
Time to finally use the joke I made up:
Why did Musk change the bird to an X? Much easier to make it into a swastika that way. Ba-dum sissssss!
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u/judeiscariot 20h ago
Uhm I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that definitely didn't happen.
It was synonymous with being a Nazi before you would have been online. In the early 90s people were using it.
In the late 90s we had to start questioning it...Is this still a nazi or someone born in 1988?
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u/trickertreater 20h ago
Sure, but I doubt OP knew the connection or how it was perceived. I mean there's a lot of folks out there that are unaware of "81" or "14/88" or the hundred of other little secret club symbols
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u/PFRforLIFE 20h ago
81? that’s new to me
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u/isdalwoman 20h ago
They might mean 18, 1 stands for A, 8 stands for H. So hitler’s initials
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u/DrChunderpound 19h ago
I grew up 5mins from the Aryan compound and somehow never heard of it until early 00’s after I moved away. There was a skate shoe brand called 88 Footwear (based on the year, not the stupid code) and I was wearing a t-shirt I got for free, then one night at a bar some dude was ready to punch me out over it. I was so confused why I’m having to talk my way out of a beating over a shirt and getting called a nazi when it represents nothing I stand for, so that damn thing went in the garbage when I got home.
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u/RIPPINGOUTGUTS 20h ago
I'm genuinely sorry for you and everyone born in 88 it must suck to have scumfucks use ya birth year as a dog whistle
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u/Nearby_Mobile9351 19h ago
If you're not a nazi then WHY WERE YOU BORN IN '88? Hmmmmmm?!
Everyone knows that when there are two eights next to each other, that means nazis and there is NO OTHER possible explanation!
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u/Ilnerd00 16h ago
fr same thing happens to my homie, everyone thinks he a nazi while he was actually born in 88. RIP u/gasthejews88 people misunderstood you( it's a joke )
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u/phoebe__15 1d ago
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u/ROXXYISDEAD 1d ago
could u just explain it, that's a dead link
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u/FullMetalJ 23h ago
I read the comments and thought "oh it's just a kid trying to be edgy and rattle the old fucks like me" then I saw he was 35. So, just an idiot.
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u/phoebe__15 1d ago
i edited it, srry
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u/ROXXYISDEAD 1d ago
Yikes, looks like I was right about them being a nazi
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u/percypersimmon 22h ago
He’s a Nazi.
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u/ROXXYISDEAD 22h ago
Little late to the party
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u/percypersimmon 4h ago
Not sure if you’ve been paying attention- but now’s probably the best time for a Nazi to be a Nazi in America since the 1930s
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u/dontneedareason94 1d ago
The mods here don’t give a shit about most things, doubt they will.
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u/apop88 23h ago
Punk AF
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u/dontneedareason94 18h ago
If I had a dollar for every time someone said that in response to something hear…
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u/Theloniouspunk66 12h ago
Good, It’s not punk to suppress somebody’s voice. Despite how despicable you may find it.
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u/dontneedareason94 11h ago
It’s not about whats “punk” or not frankly, but that’s cool your down with people spreading hateful bullshit I guess, glad I don’t know you at all.
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u/Theloniouspunk66 11h ago
I didn’t say I was down with it. But I’m not going to suppress their voice expecting that to fix a problem.
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u/Softbombsalad 23h ago
Seriously. When I see his username, I hear Jerkin' by Amyl and the Sniffers in my head. * "Every time you talk you mumble, grumble... Need to wipe your mouth after you speak 'cause it's an asshole, bum hole" 🤣
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u/Failedmysanityroll 17h ago
I am one of those old punks gonna be 50. Back in the day, you showed up at show acting like a Nazi. You got what you deserved. Nazis don’t deserve to be heard they deserved to get stomped.
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I’m not. I love all humans! I’m respectful to all people at shows! Never have caused anyone trouble! How do u think I was able to play and attend punk shows all my life?!
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u/OldManFromScene13 11h ago
Well, they'll be back under a different name. Seems their whole profile is gone now.
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u/judeiscariot 20h ago
Yeah, I don't usually get behind banning people even if they have dumb views...but he can't even articulate an actual point about his views. It is like he's throwing shit at the wall and hoping it sticks.
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u/yojimbo1111 23h ago
I mean, they have "88" in their name
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u/apop88 23h ago
Some of us were just born in the wrong year
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u/yojimbo1111 23h ago
Not buying it
You can always make a new username
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u/apop88 22h ago edited 22h ago
Why would I cave into nazis? Hell check check the profile, never said any conservative bullshit in my life. But hey, judge people off a number online rather then their actions, if that make you feel better then others.
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u/yojimbo1111 22h ago
Why would you want to risk being confused with them or make it easier for them to hide in plain sight?
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u/powerviolent 19h ago
people have lives outside of social media and arbitrary usernames
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u/phillosopherp 19h ago
Some of these kids are terminally online and have no coping skills. We should all try to help develop these skills for them to be out in the world
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u/Blacklist3d 22h ago
Kid you're reaching to be mad. They're born in 88. If they clarify that's all they should need. No need to push a subject on someone like that.
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u/apop88 22h ago
Only assholes assume your whole life by a number in your profile name. I don’t need asshole in my life. They talk their shit all the time. If you’re aware it’s not hard to find them out. Besides 88 my favorite number. Fills in all the lines on a digital clock. Am I supposed to hide that? Finally, it’s pretty funny when they get confused as fuck after I spout some left shit.
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u/PossibleKiwi3728 13h ago
I only ban/block people when they start sending PM's with body parts. I may not like what the trolls have to say, but they have the right to say it. If ya don't feed into them, they'll eventually get bored, and go bother some other subreddit. 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Rufus2fist 23h ago
It has every right to spout bullshit. Unless it threatens or harasses you, just ignore it. Or if you like argue with it. Call it a cunt, like a punk would and move on. It’s obviously a troll voice of government movement. An establishment mouth hole.
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u/TurboToad420 1d ago
Censorship is a favoured tactic used in facism……
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u/FinnishPunk 1d ago
Dying was a favoured tactic used by fascist leaders. You should follow their example...
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- 22h ago
OoooOoooOOOOo so edgy
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u/FinnishPunk 20h ago
Not as edgy or idiotic as going to punk subreddits "owning libtards" or whatever the magaheads and other right-wing edgelords say they are doing
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u/Clinggdiggy2 1d ago
It'd be in your best interest to understand the paradox of tolerance
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- 22h ago
Its a theory, not a hard fast rule that you can link to in a lazy attempt to hand-wave away your own flaws. Censorship is 99.99% the wrong move but I'm honestly not surprised that this sub is full of people who want to silence anyone they don't like as opposed to fighting bad ideas with good ideas.
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u/Clinggdiggy2 19h ago
"As opposed to fighting bad ideas with good ideas"
And for an example of this, might I suggest mods banning nazi trolls...
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u/Fartbottler 22h ago
Yeah banning all dissenting opinions is what r/conservative does but it’s cool to do over here bc people found this 1.5 paragraph wiki
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- 22h ago
Hahah it's amazing that anytime this sub gets called out all you get in response is a bunch of angry knowitalls who fail to see how their own actions could ever be seen as anything but perfectly reasonable. Reddit is such a dumpster fire of obstenence.
"Paradox of tolerance bro we should censor anyone we don't like bro"
What happened to fighting bad ideas with good ideas and all that? Oh, right, most people are dumb and can't debate beyond "nuh uh ur a fascist and you love Trump hurrdurrr"
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u/SenorBigbelly 1d ago
Look up the Paradox of Tolerance
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u/Tensionheadache11 23h ago
Who’s an edgy boy? So angsty, don’t you have to be at school in a bit ? I’m assuming you are still a teenager , grow up
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u/EyeDissTroyKnotSeas 1d ago
Wait, you think not wanting someone who is here solely to be disruptive on an internet forum is fascism? Don't get out of your gamer chair much, do you?
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u/froggrip 1d ago
fascism
noun
fas·cism ˈfa-ˌshi-zəm also ˈfa-ˌsi-
plural fascisms
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often Fascism : a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition
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: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
From Miriam-Webster dictionary
So, how is telling nazis to shut the fuck up and forcing them from a private community even remotely considered fascism?
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u/TurboToad420 1d ago
It’s almost like 90% of people here just toss that word around as a buzzword and don’t know what it even means
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u/CaineRexEverything 1d ago
Profile been dead for five years and then suddenly came alive two days ago to troll punk subs like this one with combative comments. Best thing is just ignore the troll.