Obligatory “not today” disclaimer: actually fucked up over two decades ago, but found out today.
At the dawn of theinternet, I made an account on imgur. I figured (correctly) that I wasn’t going to use it often enough for the username to matter much, so I just went with the first part of my email adress and a number four times.
Turns out that there is such a thing as nazi number code and it’s never a good idea to use an even number of 8s for usernames when you’re not a nazi.
TL;DR: Didn’t know about nazi code, accidentally selected an imgur username ending with the equivalent of a double Hitler salute
I would argue that it’s incredibly privileged to worry about Nazis. Literally any immediate problem (EQ: Roadwork that never ends) matters more. It’s almost like worrying about the fall of the Roman empire, there’s things to actually worry about, and you’re wasting time and energy on that? If you’re that bored, try getting a hobby, or maybe finding a girlfriend. Something, anything, because guess what? This isn’t 1944, it’s 2023, and we are so far removed from Nazis that it’s more indicative of an extremely bored mind than anything else.
@Blamemeta Would you say the same to people in 1932, before Hitler was elected?
Maybe. Lots of things had to happen before the Nazis went full Nazi, but there were some warning signs. Lots of Jew hate, talk about the “Jewish problem” (their words, not mine) and they were an actual German party at the time. Hard to tell with an alternate reality.
@Blamemeta You mean like the Republican party is doing about transgender people right now?
Children are not able to consent a tattoo, let alone hormones that can sterilize them. Do you not understand consent, because I think you don’t.
@Blamemeta You avoided the second question: what do you think a Nazi is?
A member of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei? Charitably, you can include wannabe members in that, like the kids that were in the German Youth program. At best, all Nazis are a 100 years old at tgis point. They are not a threat.
I thought it was a rhetorical question, tone is lost through text.
@Blamemeta If a man stands in the public square and yells “Gas the Jews!” and “Heil Hitler!” and does the Nazi salute and has swastika tattoos all over, is it fair to call him a Nazi, even though he is not on the party list of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei?
Well, he isn’t. He wants to be, so he’s just a wannabe Nazi. Not sure if that makes him lower than a Nazi, or if that’s even possible. Further more, he doesn’t really pose a threat, he’s just some asshole, and assholes are not really worth worrying about. What’s one guy gonna do? Shout at people and make them uncomfortable? He’s not exactly going to get a following.
@Blamemeta Seems like a useless way to talk about the world. Maybe we should count him as a Nazi since the only way in which he’s not a Nazi is that he’s not enrolled in the NSDAP party membership?
Maybe we shouldn’t because having membership is literally the only requirement. By that measure, Lincoln, Einstein, and Dolly Parton are all Nazis.
Also if you’re replying to me, I don’t think you need to link me.