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

  • Blamemeta@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • immibis@social.immibis.com
      4·
      1 year ago

      @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?

      • Blamemeta@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • immibis@social.immibis.com
          2·
          1 year ago

          @Blamemeta Maybe having membership of the NSDAP should not be seen as the proper criterion for being a Nazi. Maybe we should instead say that people with the ideology of the NSDAP are Nazis, no matter whether they’re officially registered or not.

        • immibis@social.immibis.com
          1·
          1 year ago

          @Blamemeta and I am using a Twitter-style server, which links you when replying. I am not sure if the link is required, but Twitter wouldn’t show you the reply if it wasn’t linked.

          • Blamemeta@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            Maybe Im wong, but you’ve seen my replys right? And I haven’t been linking. I think lemmy is its own thing at the moment.

            • immibis@social.immibis.com
              1·
              1 year ago

              @Blamemeta I am talking to you from a Twitter interface called Pleroma. I can see your replies to me because Lemmy will send them to me simply because they are replies. I am not sure if Pleroma wil send replies back to Lemmy if they don’t link.