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A lot of the aesthetic and the "9" in a circle seems inspired by Death in June, who have similar Nazi-adjacent imagery, sans-serif text over reappropriate histo

A lot of the aesthetic and the "9" in a circle seems inspired by Death in June, who have similar Nazi-adjacent imagery, sans-serif text over reappropriate historical photos and use "6" as an icon similarly It seems really weird and misplaced for OSS

BSDobelix 2mo ago
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- moody__ 2mo ago
  When did you get the idea that we're trying to please anyone? The type of people to scream about "wokerism" are not the folks we want in our community, conversely the people who scream that we're not sufficiently sanitized for them to put on their corporate website are also not who we want. The system is working as designed, we take no pain in 9front not being for you.
  - BSDobelix 2mo ago
    >When did you get the idea that we're trying to please anyone? Ah, I see. Those footer flags and icons are there for ironic reasons, to poke fun at these ideas while also shining a critical spotlight on them? I see, that's the dark humor I like. >sufficiently sanitized for them to put on their corporate website are also not who we want. I'm pretty sure it's possible in Silicon Valley, but only for one month of the year. It's just performative AF. But at least you split the Ukrainian in half and exchange it with the US one, again....that's the really dark humor i like.
  - rf15 2mo ago
    Why 9front humor (and indifference) attracts so much confusion and hate on HN I'll never understand
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    - lproven 2mo ago
      The deadly combination of people on the autistic spectrum tending to miss humour, especially subtle humour, even more so when it references things outside their narrow cultural window... ... Combined with American dislike, and lack of comprehension, of sarcasm and irony.
- Arodex 2mo ago
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  - BSDobelix 2mo ago
    Coward's ;-)
- nozzlegear 2mo ago
  Being woke is being evidence-based.
serf 2mo ago
mentally I associate all that stuff with the punk/hardcore/post-punk thing rather than nazis anyway -- but all those groups were known for copying nazi aesthetic in a mocking tone. pil, 7 seconds, dead kennedies, black flag, husker du, bad religion, bad brains, off, crass -- everyone in the 70s and 80s had a band logo that would've looked just fine on a red arm band. thinking about it, kinda sucks the nazi got the branding and aesthetic permanently attributed to them , the punks have been employing it for way longer -- and I like them.
bitwize 2mo ago
The 9 in a circle was inspired by a meme about Cirno of Touhou fame; in the manual for Phantasmagoria of Flower Garden, she is labeled "⑨ バカ", hence the memes about her being kind of stupid and having the ⑨ as her personal symbol.

BSDobelix 2mo ago

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moody__ 2mo ago
When did you get the idea that we're trying to please anyone? The type of people to scream about "wokerism" are not the folks we want in our community, conversely the people who scream that we're not sufficiently sanitized for them to put on their corporate website are also not who we want. The system is working as designed, we take no pain in 9front not being for you.
- BSDobelix 2mo ago
  >When did you get the idea that we're trying to please anyone? Ah, I see. Those footer flags and icons are there for ironic reasons, to poke fun at these ideas while also shining a critical spotlight on them? I see, that's the dark humor I like. >sufficiently sanitized for them to put on their corporate website are also not who we want. I'm pretty sure it's possible in Silicon Valley, but only for one month of the year. It's just performative AF. But at least you split the Ukrainian in half and exchange it with the US one, again....that's the really dark humor i like.
- rf15 2mo ago
  Why 9front humor (and indifference) attracts so much confusion and hate on HN I'll never understand
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  - lproven 2mo ago
    The deadly combination of people on the autistic spectrum tending to miss humour, especially subtle humour, even more so when it references things outside their narrow cultural window... ... Combined with American dislike, and lack of comprehension, of sarcasm and irony.
Arodex 2mo ago
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- BSDobelix 2mo ago
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- BSDobelix 2mo ago
  Coward's ;-)
nozzlegear 2mo ago
Being woke is being evidence-based.

serf 2mo ago

mentally I associate all that stuff with the punk/hardcore/post-punk thing rather than nazis anyway -- but all those groups were known for copying nazi aesthetic in a mocking tone. pil, 7 seconds, dead kennedies, black flag, husker du, bad religion, bad brains, off, crass -- everyone in the 70s and 80s had a band logo that would've looked just fine on a red arm band. thinking about it, kinda sucks the nazi got the branding and aesthetic permanently attributed to them , the punks have been employing it for way longer -- and I like them.

bitwize 2mo ago

The 9 in a circle was inspired by a meme about Cirno of Touhou fame; in the manual for Phantasmagoria of Flower Garden, she is labeled "⑨ バカ", hence the memes about her being kind of stupid and having the ⑨ as her personal symbol.