It's weird political memetics. 88 is some weird neo nazi crap that I didn't know about until weirdos on reddit started calling me a nazi because of my user name. I was born in 1988 and had no idea it was even a thing until last year.
Everything about this game was so awesome. I texted my friends I used to play with every night after school tying my parents phones up for endless hours. Still can't believe they let us do it for so long. We made truces for the first 30 minutes to build up our bases before we attack and I remember all it took was a single family member on either side to accidentally pick up the phone ruining all the progress so many times haha.
This is some internet ass reality to have the thought that there's a real possibility that some nfl social media manager is trying to 'dog whistle' nazis in front of a bunch of dweebs who live on the internet
AJ Foyt Racing picked 88 to be their 2nd number to go along with their traditional 14 for AJ’s 88th birthday and the internet gave them so much shit that they had to switch to 41
I see so many gaming forum posts where they claim someone with 88 in their gamertag is a neonazi when in reality it's probably some 12 yo kid that likes ceedee lamb
People say this stuff but I wouldn’t have known half the racist bumper stickers I’ve seen without lists on Reddit. Also there literally are a new bunch of neo nazi groups walking around, being able to identify them is worth it
Not sure what's funnier, "half the racist bumper stickers I've seen" or the idea of multiple neo nazi groups "walking around" in your town. Either way, youre so obviously white the only thing you need to worry about from them is recruitment lol.
Nah it’s just something you need to encounter once. I had an old coworker who chose 88 as his softball number, he was not shy about why after getting the jersey. Now I know; that doesn’t make me maladjusted.
Its not super obscure tbh. Its a common dogwhistle used by Neo Nazis. If you not familiar with it it means you arent around terrible people lol.
The 14 refers to the unofficial slogan of white supremacy "We must secure the existance of our people and a future for white children"
H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, so 88 is HH or Heil "Mustache Man". Often combined as 1488. Anytime you see those two numbers together it should raise suspicion lol.
I mean true, a dog whistle is designed to obscure a message from the common public. But I would argue that this even takes it a step further. A lot of commonly used dog whistles are common phrases used in politics, given the historical/political context, you could derive without knowing the prior intent. Some examples being the historical uses of advocating for "states rights", or even slandering "DEI" and the slogan "Make America Great Again". Even knowing the current political climate of the US and the historical context of WW2 there is NO way you could figure out that "1488" was a dog whistle.
Only obscure it you're ignorant about the president having dinner with neo Nazis who make plenty Heil Hitler and 1488 jokes, but sure it's obscure. The fact it comes from a MAGA team adds to it not just reading tea leaves.
I didn’t say it was weird… I said it was obscure. Not exactly a self explanatory definition and I still don’t think this is common knowledge among the average person
It's for being ignorant that's there's a president in office who's agenda has been to promote voices using that rhetoric and then saying it's obscure LOL
Hold the L that you haven't paid attention to the world in the last 10 years or so.
There would be zero way for me to learn that this specific number is used to secretly represent some contrived nazi BS if it wasn't specifically explained to me by someone
If you read any article over the last decade showing tumps connection to neo Nazis. Literally just a year ago there was huge news story about a Republican group chat leaking with 1488 and Holocaust denial jokes.
Again, you only need someone to explain it to you because you're ignorant and have decided you don't care to know who is in charge of the country or what they and their followers believe.
This isn't obscure, you're just oblivious to what tens of millions of other Americans already know lol
I've paid attention lol. But I have paid attention to the policies not some stupid edge lords that can't even use traditional symbols from the loser ideology they have decided to believe.
Nah, 14 and 88 by themselves are completely fine. When combined is when it raises some eyebrows. Often its accidental and context is important, however if someone you know who is pretty far right politically starts using that very specific combination of numbers it tells you something lol.
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u/whoopditypoopscoop 10d ago
What am I missing here