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He also had a 88 for a long time in his twitch channel name
by enqk 9mo ago
He also had a 88 for a long time in his twitch channel name
- jstimpfle 9mo agoI would be very surprised if this connotation was intentional of him. His name was "Naysayer88" for a long time, and I had wondered as well where that 88 came from -- maybe it was a rhyme on "Naysayer", which (ignoring the number) is an apt description of his ways and approaches. At some point he changed the name. I assumed the reason was he had gotten aware of the connotation.
- meheleventyone 9mo agoI agree that the number choice was probably unintentional but you'd have to really strain to make 'naysayer' and '88' rhyme so thats probably not it.
- wahnfrieden 9mo agoWhy give him the benefit of the doubt? He also fervently defends giving sieg heils in public
- meheleventyone 9mo agoBlow is an odd duck and clearly following a political descent into fascism after his SV tech bro heroes. Just that his political descent occurred after he started Twitch streaming and as much as he boot licks Musk so I can see him defending that (if that’s what you’re referring to) I don’t think it’s credible that he would support Hitler.
- bena 9mo agoI'm thinking he changed the name when too many people had gotten aware of the connotation. You have to twist logic pretty fucking hard to find a reason for him to put 88 in his username. He's a guy who thinks he's way more clever than he is and gets upset when it gets pointed out to him.
- WesolyKubeczek 9mo ago88 means a lot of other things, so I wouldn't think right away that he chose that suffix because of 1488 specifically. But we live in a world where the least charitable interpretation of anything comes first, so shrug