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> DAVES88,2,DAVES 1988 TOYOTA,88 HITLER REFRENCE,N Don't get me wrong, I know some weird parts of the internet use 88 that way. But c'mon, this is pretty wea

> DAVES88,2,DAVES 1988 TOYOTA,88 HITLER REFRENCE,N Don't get me wrong, I know some weird parts of the internet use 88 that way. But c'mon, this is pretty weak, I'd venture 95% of people (if not more) don't even know that reference. Is everyone born in 1988 prevented from using their birth year these days, too?

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
…dare I ask what the 88 means?
- gnabgib 1y ago
  H is the 8th letter of the alphabet.. the initials of a former greeting.
  - cheschire 1y ago
    It is also coincidentally the prefix for all license plates in the city of/region around Hamburg, as HH stands for Hansestadt Hamburg.
    - _blk 1y ago
      Haha, good one. So in California you can say whatever neonazi shizz you like and buy Hitler's books because of the 1st ammendent but you can't have an 88 on your state issued vanity license plate (what about randomly issued ones?) But in Germany where all that is forbidden by law you have the short form of the hitler salute on a whole city's plates. Looks like no one died from those in German so can we just reinstate the 1st on license plates California and save a few millions in review costs? It's not like things were fast at the DMV anyways..
- nkurz 1y ago
  Most of the time it means that they are putting the plate on a 1988 vehicle or that they were born in 1988. But it's being denied because H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, and thus 88 might be construed as HH, which might be construed as Heil Hitler: https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/88 https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/88. In some rare cases it might even be intended to have this meaning.
  - adzm 1y ago
    > In some rare cases it might even be intended to have this meaning. From experience moderating large Internet communities, I'd say that is much less rare than I wish it was.
- everybodyknows 1y ago
  Others: American auto in production whole last half of 20th Century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_88 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_88 Wehrmacht 88mm tank artillery round: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_the_German_Army https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_the_German_Army
- sillystuff 1y ago
  88 = "Heil Hitler" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#In_neo-Nazism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#In_neo-Nazism Possibly a coincidence, but with Musk's politics, it seems, at least as likely, this may be a recent, intentional, example of 88 as Heil Hitler (August 8 = 8/8): https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/business/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi-august-8 https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/business/elon-musk-tesla-robo...
josephcsible 1y ago
> Is everyone born in 1988 prevented from using their birth year these days, too? Yes, they are: > BLK88BZ,2,NICKNAME AND BIRTH YEAR,88-HITLER. BIRTH YEAR VERIFIED AS '88,N > 28GSV88,2,IMPORTANT DATE.,"88=HATE SYMBOL, NO 88 CAR ON ANI. 28 IS BIRTHDATE AND 1988 IS YEAR",N > AMK 88,2,INITIALS AND YEAR OF BIRTH,"88=hate symbol, no 88 car. was born in 88",N > 88DURAN,2,YEAR OF MY BIRTH AND LAST NAME.,88-HITLER. BIRTH YEAR CONFIRMED AS 1988,N > 6TTT88,2,BIRTHDAY AND INITIALS,88-HITLER. BIRTH YEAR CONFIRMED AS 1988,N > 88 MAR,7,MY BIRTH YEAR AND MONTH,88-HITLER. BIRTH MONTH AND YEAR CONFIRMED.,N > 88HENRY,7,YEAR OF BIRTH AND LAST NAME,88-HITLER. BIRTH YEAR CONFIRMED,N In case it's not clear, in all of the above applications, the DMV confirmed the person was really born in 1988 and denied the plate anyway.
- NewJazz 1y ago
  Must be some blanket policy they have to follow.
ziml77 1y ago
I think they're likely being very conservative about what they issue, lest someone see the plate, be offended from misunderstanding it, and then get people riled up about how the state is supporting hate or obscenities.
- silisili 1y ago
  Then I'm immediately curious if they issue randomized plates containing these things, like '88'. It feels like they would, but maybe I'm wrong. But it would be hilarious if they did.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago

…dare I ask what the 88 means?

gnabgib 1y ago
H is the 8th letter of the alphabet.. the initials of a former greeting.
- cheschire 1y ago
  It is also coincidentally the prefix for all license plates in the city of/region around Hamburg, as HH stands for Hansestadt Hamburg.
  - _blk 1y ago
    Haha, good one. So in California you can say whatever neonazi shizz you like and buy Hitler's books because of the 1st ammendent but you can't have an 88 on your state issued vanity license plate (what about randomly issued ones?) But in Germany where all that is forbidden by law you have the short form of the hitler salute on a whole city's plates. Looks like no one died from those in German so can we just reinstate the 1st on license plates California and save a few millions in review costs? It's not like things were fast at the DMV anyways..
nkurz 1y ago
Most of the time it means that they are putting the plate on a 1988 vehicle or that they were born in 1988. But it's being denied because H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, and thus 88 might be construed as HH, which might be construed as Heil Hitler: https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/88 https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/88. In some rare cases it might even be intended to have this meaning.
- adzm 1y ago
  > In some rare cases it might even be intended to have this meaning. From experience moderating large Internet communities, I'd say that is much less rare than I wish it was.
everybodyknows 1y ago
Others: American auto in production whole last half of 20th Century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_88 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_88 Wehrmacht 88mm tank artillery round: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_the_German_Army https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_the_German_Army
sillystuff 1y ago
88 = "Heil Hitler" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#In_neo-Nazism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#In_neo-Nazism Possibly a coincidence, but with Musk's politics, it seems, at least as likely, this may be a recent, intentional, example of 88 as Heil Hitler (August 8 = 8/8): https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/business/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi-august-8 https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/business/elon-musk-tesla-robo...

josephcsible 1y ago

> Is everyone born in 1988 prevented from using their birth year these days, too? Yes, they are: > BLK88BZ,2,NICKNAME AND BIRTH YEAR,88-HITLER. BIRTH YEAR VERIFIED AS '88,N > 28GSV88,2,IMPORTANT DATE.,"88=HATE SYMBOL, NO 88 CAR ON ANI. 28 IS BIRTHDATE AND 1988 IS YEAR",N > AMK 88,2,INITIALS AND YEAR OF BIRTH,"88=hate symbol, no 88 car. was born in 88",N > 88DURAN,2,YEAR OF MY BIRTH AND LAST NAME.,88-HITLER. BIRTH YEAR CONFIRMED AS 1988,N > 6TTT88,2,BIRTHDAY AND INITIALS,88-HITLER. BIRTH YEAR CONFIRMED AS 1988,N > 88 MAR,7,MY BIRTH YEAR AND MONTH,88-HITLER. BIRTH MONTH AND YEAR CONFIRMED.,N > 88HENRY,7,YEAR OF BIRTH AND LAST NAME,88-HITLER. BIRTH YEAR CONFIRMED,N In case it's not clear, in all of the above applications, the DMV confirmed the person was really born in 1988 and denied the plate anyway.

NewJazz 1y ago
Must be some blanket policy they have to follow.

ziml77 1y ago

I think they're likely being very conservative about what they issue, lest someone see the plate, be offended from misunderstanding it, and then get people riled up about how the state is supporting hate or obscenities.

silisili 1y ago
Then I'm immediately curious if they issue randomized plates containing these things, like '88'. It feels like they would, but maybe I'm wrong. But it would be hilarious if they did.