Right, everything is somehow going to offend someone. Honestly. I had no idea of 88 being offensive until a few years ago, and it was on Reddit/Lemmy echo chambers; I have never heard or seen 88 being used intentionally offensively IRL; I have never been made aware of it, anyway.
Yes, I’ve used 88. I was born in 88.
I think in Greek culture it’s offensive to “show your palms”/an open hand, they treat it like a middle finger. Americans accidentally do that all the time.
I want to say maybe 8 years ago now they tried to sound the alarm about the OK symbol (👌) being a dogwhistle for “White Power”, and they listed off a number of weak examples. And I think everyone collectively said shut the fuck up, nobody cares, the OK symbol is used everywhere & the great majority of people don’t use it to express “White Power”. How ridiculous.
Don’t ask for permission to do painfully basic things. They’ll take everything from you, they’ll take your 88s, your OK symbols, and idk anything else they feel like being offended about. I hear Nazis breathe oxygen & drink water. Damn, guess we need to stop that, too. Or maybe, just maybe…just don’t be a Nazi & live your life. ¯\(°_o)/¯
Right, everything is somehow going to offend someone. Honestly. I had no idea of 88 being offensive until a few years ago, and it was on Reddit/Lemmy echo chambers; I have never heard or seen 88 being used intentionally offensively IRL; I have never been made aware of it, anyway.
Yes, I’ve used 88. I was born in 88.
I think in Greek culture it’s offensive to “show your palms”/an open hand, they treat it like a middle finger. Americans accidentally do that all the time.
I want to say maybe 8 years ago now they tried to sound the alarm about the OK symbol (👌) being a dogwhistle for “White Power”, and they listed off a number of weak examples. And I think everyone collectively said shut the fuck up, nobody cares, the OK symbol is used everywhere & the great majority of people don’t use it to express “White Power”. How ridiculous.
Don’t ask for permission to do painfully basic things. They’ll take everything from you, they’ll take your 88s, your OK symbols, and idk anything else they feel like being offended about. I hear Nazis breathe oxygen & drink water. Damn, guess we need to stop that, too. Or maybe, just maybe…just don’t be a Nazi & live your life. ¯\(°_o)/¯
88 is not offensive. It’s a nazi dogwhistle. There’s a big difference.
I also assure you that Americans don’t do the Greek “mountza” all the time.