In case this is genuine asking, here’s the coded logic dogwhistle:
H is the 8th letter of the alphabet
So 88 = HH, which was used in WW2 communications by the Nazis for Heil Hitler.
So people who just so happen to randomly put 88 into a random thought online are signaling to the people in the know that they’re also in the know.
Before you say “but thats stupid and childish, why would anyone go through that much effort to hide their shitty beliefs that way?” that’s exactly the purpose of dogwhistles. It’ high effort enough that normal people wouldn’t expect anyone to put that much childish effort into it, and anyone who points out the dog whistle looks crazy to the normies because of how childish it the dogwhistle is and the dogwhistlers get to feign innocence being attacked by the twitter mob over a number.
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hmm I wonder why muscilunge said 88 million in this tweet? It could have been any number, right? Why 88?
twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1596439328338890752
What do you think, dog?
Just a dog: bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark
r4venw@kbin.social 11 months ago
Erhm... Could you explain what that means?
blackbelt352@lemmy.world 11 months ago
In case this is genuine asking, here’s the coded logic dogwhistle:
H is the 8th letter of the alphabet So 88 = HH, which was used in WW2 communications by the Nazis for Heil Hitler.
So people who just so happen to randomly put 88 into a random thought online are signaling to the people in the know that they’re also in the know.
Before you say “but thats stupid and childish, why would anyone go through that much effort to hide their shitty beliefs that way?” that’s exactly the purpose of dogwhistles. It’ high effort enough that normal people wouldn’t expect anyone to put that much childish effort into it, and anyone who points out the dog whistle looks crazy to the normies because of how childish it the dogwhistle is and the dogwhistlers get to feign innocence being attacked by the twitter mob over a number.
r4venw@kbin.social 11 months ago
I appreciate the actual explanation. I was genuinely asking, although I thought the commenter's reply was much funnier.
What a world we live in.
Random thought; a twitter nazi decoder ring could be a really funny novelty item
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Bark bark bark bark bark bark
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Great. Now I’m going to have to name my next dog Half_Built_Pyramids and explain that he barks at dog whistles.