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Musk would call it Beavis and Butt-Head department if Doge doesn't exist.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The Nazis are taking our memes...

PepeHands (Pepe the frog crying into his hands.)

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All Nazi symbols are appropriated 👌

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought this was exaggerated, but are there any original well-known nazi symbols? The nazi salute is inspired by fascist Italy, the swastika was stolen from a bunch of religions and cultures

[–] jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 hours ago

lmfao this comment under a literal image of pepe is peek fucking zeitgeist of the age holy shiiiit

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, I some reason get unreasonably annoyed by the idea that people tie the dog meme into the organization musk chose to use it for. Musks shitty plans... are musk related, blame paypal, or emerald buyers or something else... if the doge meme never existed we'd be dealing with the same shit... just under a different name.

[–] ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's not the meme's fault it was used by awful people

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Same with the swastika and a bunch of other symbols. Yet what can you do

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

The pictures aren't the reason, the nazi is.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

It's bad enough when a meme gets driven into the ground, but it's even worse when it's being driven into the ground by such incredibly shitty and cringey people. It's gross seeing such an iconic image used in association with garbage like "the department of government efficiency".

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like the Nazi coopted a tiny puppy.

A stupid billionaire is obsessed with an extremely small dog.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Like the Nazi coopted a tiny puppy.

I mean... the last major nazi takeover co-opted a symbol of good fortune, that seems to go back 4000-12000 years.