Fuck.
And to think people on Lemmy advised me to switch to it.
If I’d done my research I could’ve seen it coming.
Yen’s personal u/ on Reddit being “andy1011000,” which is binary for “andy88”.
It was considered paranoid to read something into that.
But then what would the reason be for usinfg this binary?
While they already used 88 as an obfuscation for HH(heil Hitler)
This is a similar step obfuscating the 88.
And there are precedents of it being used by fascist scum
Fuck.
And to think people on Lemmy advised me to switch to it.
If I’d done my research I could’ve seen it coming.
Yen’s personal u/ on Reddit being “andy1011000,” which is binary for “andy88”.
It was considered paranoid to read something into that.
But then what would the reason be for usinfg this binary?
While they already used 88 as an obfuscation for HH(heil Hitler)
This is a similar step obfuscating the 88.
And there are precedents of it being used by fascist scum
He’s Chinese enthinicity and multiple 8s are a lucky number in that culture. I think that’s more likely than a reference to Hitler.
That is a valid explanation.