• socsa@piefed.social
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    7 months ago

    There’s a very simple way to tell if this was a simple error.

    Normal person/simple error: “holy shit I had no idea what that meant, wow this is embarrassing I am so sorry.”

    Neonazi/dog whistle: literally any other response.

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          7 months ago

          88 is also a Chinese good luck thing. It’s the 1488 that makes this suspicious. 8 is a lucky number in many cultures

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          7 months ago

          I had never heard of that before, but I’ve seen several crazy 8 style things over the years - I did know that 8 was a lucky number in Chinese numerology.

          So the idea here is that people think some Trumper is subtly telling everyone he likes Nazis, and chose to do that by discounting the stuff he sells in his store? That seems weird, but at least I understand. Thanks

          Honestly I feel like food prices kind of are a hate crime anymore. Cost me 45 dollars yesterday to get a 12" pizza, 6" sub, and 3 drinks yesterday!

          Are we great enough yet? I don’t think I can afford to make America any greater . . .