Awkward internet ettiquite problems
Jan. 2nd, 2018 01:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyHere I was, about to upvote a funny comment in response to something totally innocuous when I glanced at the username. Blondeangel88.
Huh. Was I about to... upvote a comment by a NeoNazi? Or was this somebody who simply has blond hair, likes to be thought of as a nice/sweet/innocent person, and was born in 1988? There was no racist or fascist undertone to this particular comment... but did I really want to dredge into their comment history to find out for sure?
I didn't upvote her. I mean, the comment wasn't that funny, so it was all a non-event... but I still feel weird and awkward about it. I really wish I didn't know that NeoNazis have a thing about numerical symbolism where 88 = "Hi, I'm a Nazi!". Then I could be blissfully ignorant and not overthink this sort of thing.
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Huh. Was I about to... upvote a comment by a NeoNazi? Or was this somebody who simply has blond hair, likes to be thought of as a nice/sweet/innocent person, and was born in 1988? There was no racist or fascist undertone to this particular comment... but did I really want to dredge into their comment history to find out for sure?
I didn't upvote her. I mean, the comment wasn't that funny, so it was all a non-event... but I still feel weird and awkward about it. I really wish I didn't know that NeoNazis have a thing about numerical symbolism where 88 = "Hi, I'm a Nazi!". Then I could be blissfully ignorant and not overthink this sort of thing.
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Urinals of the Justice League
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New Zealand Is Tired of Being Left Off World Maps—Including Its Own Government's
In Brazil, soccer has been mainly a straight guy’s sport. A new gay league is changing that.
The case against library fines—according to the head of The New York Public Library
FDA approves first shock wave device made to heal wounds
Alarmed by fake news, states push media literacy in schools
The Women Photographers of World War I (Note: One picture shows a dead soldier, though not in great detail.)
U.S. Military To Allow Transgender Recruits After Trump Administration Drops Appeal
Could Ukrainian prisoner exchange signal progress toward peace?
The latest 2018 election-hacking threat: 9-month wait for government help
Barbuda fears land rights loss in bid to spread tourism from Antigua
Ruling but no resolution on which teen killers merit parole
Some Afghan Children Find an Alternative to Jail — for Now
Donald Trump's jobs promise just about holding up but trouble may lie ahead
Analysis: Congress Attacked Endangered Species Act Every Six Days in 2017
Losing Conner’s Mind (I don't want their kid to die, and I am glad there's a treatment for him now, but this is another case where they should not have had personal tragedy in order to have compassion for others.)
In strife-torn Myanmar, love trumps hate for a rare couple
United States health care facilities face an intravenous bag shortage because of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Maria in September 2017.
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Nonprofits are the unintended victims of the new tax bill (Is it really the case that people won't donate to charity if they have no incentive to itemize their taxes? How shitty are some people?)
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The GOP tax plan creates one of the largest new loopholes in decades
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