07 Jul 20
@joe-shmo saidYou could get a snapshot. I would only include the obvious.
To do something comprehensive would be a massive undertaking, and it still wouldn't prove anything. Here is a Black Friday list from Walmart in Arkansas 2014
https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2014/11/12/the-new-black-friday-exclusively-at-walmart
"Smart TV sold for $688."
"Disney “Frozen” Snow Glow Elsa Doll for $28.88"
"Sony Bluetooth Sound Bar with Wi ...[text shortened]... t is the probability of neo-Nazi "dogwhistle pricing" in the remainder of items in that Trump store?
$88 or 88c or maybe strange pricing like $100.88
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07 Jul 20
@wolfgang59 said"$88 or 88c or maybe strange pricing like $100.88"
You could get a snapshot. I would only include the obvious.
$88 or 88c or maybe strange pricing like $100.88
Strange pricing? That's not objective.
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07 Jul 20
@wolfgang59 saidYou seem pretty competent yourself in the arena of mathematics. Go to the Trump Store. How may "dogwhistle pricings" do you find among the items for sale? I will not be wasting my time indulging in this fantasy looking for obscure patterns in numbers (which is much more "your" thing than my own).
You could get a snapshot. I would only include the obvious.
$88 or 88c or maybe strange pricing like $100.88
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08 Jul 20
@earl-of-trumps saidUhhhm...actually, "88" is a Neo-Nazi hate symbol.
I've reported you, AGAIN.
If you want to accuse me of defending Neo-Nazis, first prove to me these
retailers are Neo-Nazis. So far, all you have done is draw numbers out of a hat.
If you want to converse with me, do not do so by flinging lies and insults.
Why did the DHS use the turn of phrase "out of 88"?
How can I answer when I don't even know what ...[text shortened]... zed conspiracy theories.
"admit your mistake"... lololol, sure, kaz. As soon as you prove it to me.
It stands for the pair of first letters in "Heil Hitler".
"H" is the 8th letter in alphabet.
Those Nazis are just so damned clever! 🙄
08 Jul 20
@soothfast saidWhy would I have to believe it, Sooth?
I think all you'd have to believe is that someone with neo-Nazi inclinations running the website, or a group of such someones, had a hand in putting an $88 price tag on a baseball as a wink-wink, nudge-nudge joke. I doubt it was a directive from the Trump administration or Trump campaign.
Would I have to believe it if K-Mart had a baseball glove priced at $88??
I don't think so. Nobody should.
08 Jul 20
@joe-shmo saidLOL excellent.
To do something comprehensive would be a massive undertaking, and it still wouldn't prove anything. Here is a Black Friday list from Walmart in Arkansas 2014
https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2014/11/12/the-new-black-friday-exclusively-at-walmart
"Smart TV sold for $688."
"Disney “Frozen” Snow Glow Elsa Doll for $28.88"
"Sony Bluetooth Sound Bar with Wi ...[text shortened]... t is the probability of neo-Nazi "dogwhistle pricing" in the remainder of items in that Trump store?
Sony Bluetooth Sound Bar $88.
Blue light White Supremist Special, aisle five!!!!!
08 Jul 20
@wolfe63 saidClever, yes.
Uhhhm...actually, "88" is a Neo-Nazi hate symbol.
It stands for the pair of first letters in "Heil Hitler".
"H" is the 8th letter in alphabet.
Those Nazis are just so damned clever! 🙄
But they are not so clever as to go undetected by the watchdogs that look for their dog whistles!
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"Number 88 symbolizes fortune and good luck in Chinese culture"
"The atomic number of the element radium." - Radium...now forever known as elemental neo-Nazism!
"In amateur radio, 88 is used as shorthand for "love and kisses""
"the number of constellations in the sky as defined by the International Astronomical Union."
"the number of keys on a typical piano (36 black and 52 white); a piano is sometimes called an "eighty eight""
Even the piano is racist!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)
08 Jul 20
@joe-shmo saidWhen the Japanese mention 88 they mean Yakuza. That number wasn't random...
Japanese neo-Nazis!
!Warning! Graphic Violence Depicted.
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@kazetnagorra saidThis is a total & complete conspiracy theory based off of picking random instances of the occurrence of 88 -- not just in reference to Trump, but just even in the government.
Eyebrows were raised earlier this week when the Trump campaign offered a baseball for sale on the website TrumpStore.com selling a baseball for $88 dollars.
https://www.truthorfiction.com/the-trump-stores-88-baseball/
Expensive, right? Curious too, as the number "88" is a well-known neo-Nazi dogwhistle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words
[quote]Fourte ...[text shortened]... ave deeply infiltrated the upper ranks of the U.S. government and its most powerful political party.
You are honestly suggesting that Pres. Trump is not content with his policies... he needs to throw in crazy numerological references to Hitler.
But he doesn't need to dump his Jewish daughter, son-in-law, or grandchild, nor does he need to dump his close relationship with Israel.
How is this not a conspiracy theory?
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@philokalia said
This is a total & complete conspiracy theory based off of picking random instances of the occurrence of 88 -- not just in reference to Trump, but just even in the government.
You are honestly suggesting that Pres. Trump is not content with his policies... he needs to throw in crazy numerological references to Hitler.
But [i]he doesn't need to dump his Jewish daught ...[text shortened]... nor does he need to dump his close relationship with Israel.
How is this not a conspiracy theory?
Daniel Balint in The Believer:
"[Israelis] aren't Jews".
Of course Ivanka and Jerod aren't Israelis...