Onyx376@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoFlirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG)lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square264fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkFlirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG)lemmy.mlOnyx376@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square264fedilink
minus-squaresam@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoKeep in mind that the number 8 is auspicious and lucky in many parts of Asia. Any time I see a bunch of 8s in a username I think it’s for luck. I promise you this restaurant (and the hundreds of others with 88 in the name) are not dogwhistling for anything other than luck. Can’t speak for how this reflects on Andy Yen as I’m not familiar with him, but I just want y’all to know you can’t assume 88 = HH in every case.
minus-squarePetter1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 hours agoBut he is swiss, and here we know that 88 is for prising Hitler
minus-squaresudneo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 hours agoHe is from Taiwan, studies in US and then moved to Switzerland.
minus-squareBluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 hours agoBut that’s how dogwhistles work: they can hide behind a veil of plausible deniability.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 hours agoIf it’s really plausible, then you’ve got no way to tell it’s a dogwhistle. Your comment is equivalent to “I can’t prove that Jews rule the world, but that’s because they’ve worked for plausible deniability, I know they do”.
Keep in mind that the number 8 is auspicious and lucky in many parts of Asia. Any time I see a bunch of 8s in a username I think it’s for luck.
I promise you this restaurant (and the hundreds of others with 88 in the name) are not dogwhistling for anything other than luck.
Can’t speak for how this reflects on Andy Yen as I’m not familiar with him, but I just want y’all to know you can’t assume 88 = HH in every case.
But he is swiss, and here we know that 88 is for prising Hitler
He is from Taiwan, studies in US and then moved to Switzerland.
But that’s how dogwhistles work: they can hide behind a veil of plausible deniability.
If it’s really plausible, then you’ve got no way to tell it’s a dogwhistle.
Your comment is equivalent to “I can’t prove that Jews rule the world, but that’s because they’ve worked for plausible deniability, I know they do”.