• Nate Cox@programming.dev
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      5 months ago

      Yeah the “86 means murder” thing is wild to me. I grew up in the 90’s when that term was weirdly common and it never meant to kill someone; just to kick them out.

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      5 months ago

      These people are lying. They will say anything means whatever they want it to mean if it furthers their goals of amassing power and influence.

      They say tattoos are indication of gang affiliation. Even when they don’t have the real tattoos, they’ll just Photoshop it and make it say what they want anyways.

      They have no credibility and no one should take anything they say as honest. But you should absolutely take their threats and accusations deadly seriously because they are making justifications for greater atrocities.

      Comey needs to be prepared to be taken to jail as a spectacle. He needs to be prepared to fight this stupid fight in court. They will absolutely do everything they can now that they’re in charge and all serving the orange king.

      Edit: just to reinforce my point, the secret service is now investigating Comey. https://youtu.be/INbARfysPy0

      Exactly like I said he’d do. Trump will take anything you throw at him and call it a weapon and say he’s a victim. Even if it’s a picture of sea shells, clearly protected by the first amendment. Trump claims the only definition of ‘86’ is ‘assassinate’. And that everyone knows that’s what it means. He will force this to court and eventually use it to attack judges when they rule against him too.

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          I think the latter is also where we get the term to “deep 6” something, as in “the Mac and cheese cooked in cola was a terrible mistake, let’s deep six it and move on”.