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This needs to be pinned at the top: only a Nazi goes out of their way to put an 88 in their username. He thinks heโs clever by putting it in binary so people donโt immediately call him out. Nazis get off on that kind of โcleverโ dogwhistle.
Yeah, I'm gonna need a citation for that. I was born in 1988.
When was he born? Not everyone knows all the "secret" signs for stuff. How 18 is A.H or how 81 is H.A (Hells Angels) 1% biker clubs have surprisingly much of such codes. 8 is also the number of Khorne in the Warhammer fantasy/sci-fi setting. And before we start with that there are surprisingly few Nazis who play, but the few are very vocal.
Years ago I saw a guy in a crocery store in Norway wearing a "Combat18 Bรถhmen" hoodie. Buying ingredients for tex-mex taco incidentally. And when I pointed him out to my wife, she said that you are probably the only one in here to know this, and spot him for what he is.
So if Andy was born in 1988 I hope it's why he has 88 in his username.
Here's all I could find about his age in a few minutes:
https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/the-ceo-of-protonmail-andy-yen-says-apple-cares-about-profit-more-than-privacy.html
He was actually born in 1988, according to the author's article. If anyone can find a more reliable resource, please, post it here๐
Yeah, birth years are super common in usernames (and password, don't use it there). Bob Smith finds his preferred username is taken so becomes BobSmith79 or BobSmith88 or whatever because it's easy an easy enough variation to remember.
You can find patterns/relations in almost anything if you reach for something, kinda like the "six degrees of separation" thing even if there's a more reasonable answer
He's apparently said he was born in 1988. In another thread others mentioned that would make him 21 when he started his PhD, which checks out.
So he can dogwhistle with impunity. Lucky guy.
But he is swiss, and here we know that 88 is for prising Hitler
But that's how dogwhistles work: they can hide behind a veil of plausible deniability.
Holy shit. That is indeed 88 in binary...
He was born in 1988...
That doesn't mean he needed to put it in his username.
looks at own username
It's a bit more plausible when it's all 4 digits.
Fair, but I have other variants with just "88".
Maybe you shouldn't be doing that. Maybe your birthday is not so special that you should use it when it's a well and widely known symbol of Nazism. Frankly it's a little hard for me to buy these days.
How did we all miss that ๐ฎ