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[analog_future]

Unfortunately, this is all we'll hear for the next 4 years.

Well, maybe if they didn't have sweeping support from neo nazi's and didn't literally do nazi salutes at their rallies, we wouldn't have to hear the accusations.

 

[Rush2112]

People still haven’t realized that their internet shaming days are gone. no one cares anymore about your outrage. Might as well just stick to your safe space reddit and pretend the outside world doesn’t exist like you have been doing for the last 4 years.

 

[analog_future]

"Its just a joke guys, Elon isnt a nazi so he can't possibly do a nazi salute!!!!!!, it was awkward!!!!!"

Proceeds to do it twice in a row.

Very gamer of him. No idea why @EviLore would be ok with this shit and the people defending this, but whatever im out.

Because this is what these boards have been slowly becoming for a long time now.

 

[kevboard]

like, I can see that a gesture like this can be harmless, but the thing that makes this very much a Hitler salut is the speed at which he does it.
in what world does anyone make a gesture like "my heart goes out to everyone" etc. and just throws his hand into that position at a speed and with a sense of aggression that would make Hitler himself blush.

like... dude...

 

[ValiantInstance]

Well, maybe if they didn't have sweeping support from neo nazi's and didn't literally do nazi salutes at their rallies, we wouldn't have to hear the accusations.

77 million votes. Progressivism is dead. If you don't like it, maybe move to a South American country who are still susceptible to left wing nonsense.

 

[delirium trigger]

like, I can see that a gesture like this can be harmless, but the thing that makes this very much a Hitler salut is the speed at which he does it.
in what world does anyone make a gesture like "my heart goes out to everyone" etc. and just throws his hand into that position at a speed and with a sense of aggression that would make Hitler himself blush.

like... dude...

Only a literal nazi would be so well versed in the form, physics, and intricacies of the salute.

 

[FullMetalx117]

People still haven’t realized that their internet shaming days are gone. no one cares anymore about your outrage. Might as well just stick to your safe space reddit and pretend the outside world doesn’t exist like you have been doing for the last 4 years.

Oh but it’s just beginning - Just imagine the surprise pikachu faces when the loyal constituents themselves will only have internet shaming to go to when they get replaced by a cheaper, smarter, more efficient H1B (already saw a nice preview). Our equities will go up so all we’ll have to do is be rich and internet shame

 

[kevboard]

Only a literal nazi would be so well versed in the form, physics, and intricacies of the salute.

so you agree he has experience?

 

[fran.fernandez]

Nazi? Lol

If feels more like a fornite action .

 

[Mortisfacio]

Only a literal nazi would be so well versed in the form, physics, and intricacies of the salute.

I keep seeing this comment. Why are historians Nazis?

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

This is proof that Elon is a real gamer.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Nazi? Lol

If feels more like a fornite action .

Care to show me this 'Fortnite action" lol

 

[Mr Reasonable]

The clever people in the room don't tend to do Nazi salutes, or things that could be really easily construed as a nazi salute.

So, is Musk an idiot, or was he doing a nazi salute?

 

[MikeM]

Guy on the spectrum has his awkward mannerisms taken out of context by people of ill repute?

No way! Impossible!

Can’t wait to see the excuses once he starts making “awkward” decisions in his new position.

Fuck that guy.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Is this a picture of one of our former president's also doing it??!!

The answer is - no. I don't think O was a Naz. Nor do I think Elon is. People do awkward things sometimes, and a lot of people need confirmation bias with their politics. Ridiculous.

 

[March Climber]

People still haven’t realized that their internet shaming days are gone. no one cares anymore about your outrage. Might as well just stick to your safe space reddit and pretend the outside world doesn’t exist like you have been doing for the last 4 years.

Whoa Rush, you finally posted twice in one thread

Never thought I’d see the day.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Is this a picture of one of our former president's also doing it??!!

The answer is - no. I don't think O was a Naz. Nor do I think Elon is. People do awkward things sometimes, and a lot of people need confirmation bias with their politics. Ridiculous.

Comparing stills of people holding their hands in the air to Elon's salute. He may not be a Nazi, but he'd know what he was doing (even if he is high as fuck on Ket).

Sure, it might just be him being an edgelord, but it was Nazi salute.

 

[DeafTourette]

Each one of those others (Harris, Clinton, Bush and Obama) were waving high... Not putting hand to chest with rigid fingers and thumb and saluting like Musk did. You know this! Look at his fingers in the salute!

Looks similar to this...

 

[ManaByte]

Looks similar to this...

So you’re ignoring the real video with context. Got it. We’re in a post-truth world now where an edited defaming video on social media is true and the real unedited video is false.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Comparing stills of people holding their hands in the air to Elon's salute. He may not be a Nazi, but he'd know what he was doing (even if he is high as fuck on Ket).

Sure, it might just be him being an edgelord, but it was Nazi salute.

My issue is not a single person here truly knows what ANY of them are personally thinking in any moment. Nobody here knows any of these people personally.

To say, out of a few seconds of imagery, that *insert person* was doing something heinous on purpose, is nothing but people wishing such to be true.

I don't like that. I wouldn't like that for myself, my neighbor, the politicians I like OR dislike, or anybody else.

I was in a sign language group once, and a beginner nervously told the group that yesterday he went and forced sex on somebody. What he meant was work. He worked. But just by moving his wrist the wrong direction by 90 degrees, the entire meaning changed. We know the actual meaning, because he apologized profusely and corrected what he INTENDED it to be.

People do things that look bad all the time. When assuming such vile things of a stranger, I think that's more of a self reflection than a needed reflection of them.

 

[DeafTourette]

So you’re ignoring the real video with context. Got it. We’re in a post-truth world now where an edited defaming video on social media is true and the real unedited video is false.

He didn't say "my heart goes out to you WHEN he did the action. He did it BEFORE he said it. And he did the action twice.

 

[analog_future]

Is this a picture of one of our former president's also doing it??!!

The answer is - no. I don't think O was a Naz. Nor do I think Elon is. People do awkward things sometimes, and a lot of people need confirmation bias with their politics. Ridiculous.

This argument is so fucking ridiculous it's not even funny. It's easy to find out-of-context photos of people extending their right arms to the sky. No one is arguing otherwise.

What is NOT easy to find is fucking this:




Now compare this to the Nazi Salute being performed by actual neo-nazi's last year:

Unbury your heads out of the fucking sand.

 

[DeafTourette]

My issue is not a single person here truly knows what ANY of them are personally thinking in any moment. Nobody here knows any of these people personally.

To say, out of a few seconds of imagery, that *insert person* was doing something heinous on purpose, is nothing but people wishing such to be true.

I don't like that. I wouldn't like that for myself, my neighbor, the politicians I like OR dislike, or anybody else.

I was in a sign language group once, and a beginner nervously told the group that yesterday he went and forced sex on somebody. What he meant was work. He worked. But just by moving his wrist the wrong direction by 90 degrees, the entire meaning changed. We know the actual meaning, because he apologized profusely and corrected what he INTENDED it to be.

People do things that look bad all the time. When assuming such vile things of a stranger, I think that's more of a self reflection than a needed reflection of them.

Wait... Was that American Sign Language? Because the signs for sex and work are WAY different and not a matter of 90°.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

My issue is not a single person here truly knows what ANY of them are personally thinking in any moment. Nobody here knows any of these people personally.

To say, out of a few seconds of imagery, that *insert person* was doing something heinous on purpose, is nothing but people wishing such to be true.

I don't like that. I wouldn't like that for myself, my neighbor, the politicians I like OR dislike, or anybody else.

I was in a sign language group once, and a beginner nervously told the group that yesterday he went and forced sex on somebody. What he meant was work. He worked. But just by moving his wrist the wrong direction by 90 degrees, the entire meaning changed. We know the actual meaning, because he apologized profusely and corrected what he INTENDED it to be.

People do things that look bad all the time. When assuming such vile things of a stranger, I think that's more of a self reflection than a needed reflection of them.

I think you're extending him a lot of benefit of the doubt, given the Nazi salute is probably one of if not the most infamous and well known salutes around the entire world.

As I said, it's probably more likely him doing it to be an edgelord and show that there's no limitation on what you can do / say anymore than him being an out and out Nazi, but he fucking knew what he was doing without a doubt.

 

[MayauMiao]

We are allowed to within context in contained threads if the issue is serious enough (say, child rape gangs).

I assume this thread is being allowed to let off steam and will be locked once it's deemed it has died down.

What about Trump inauguration? It kind of blows my mind if that is not allowed.

 

[AJUMP23]

I am sure he will tell us what he was doing on twitter.

 

[MikeM]

"Its just a joke guys, Elon isnt a nazi so he can't possibly do a nazi salute!!!!!!, it was awkward!!!!!"

Proceeds to do it twice in a row.

Very gamer of him. No idea why @EviLore would be ok with this shit and the people defending this, but whatever im out.

Each one of those others (Harris, Clinton, Bush and Obama) were waving high... Not putting hand to chest with rigid fingers and thumb and saluting like Musk did. You know this! Look at his fingers in the salute!

Looks similar to this...

I can’t believe i’m in this timeline. Imagine being a war veteran and seeing this…

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Wait... Was that American Sign Language? Because the signs for sex and work are WAY different and not a matter of 90°.

Yes. Rough sex and work are extremely similar.

Edit for clarity: I'm using work as a place (job), not the verb.

Edit (again), it's 180 degrees, to be fair. Whoops.

 

[DeafTourette]

I can’t believe i’m in this timeline. Imagine being a war veteran and seeing this…

I remember watching a documentary and there was a lot of Nazi sympathizers back then just before and during world war II

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Accidental double post.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

This argument is so fucking ridiculous it's not even funny. It's easy to find out-of-context photos of people extending their right arms to the sky. No one is arguing otherwise.

What is NOT easy to find is fucking this:




Now compare this to the Nazi Salute being performed by actual neo-nazi's last year:

Unbury your heads out of the fucking sand.

I would argue it is more ridiculous to assume you know someone's thoughts based on a 2 second movement. Those people are clearly DISPLAYING their thoughts, makes the context easy to gather.

Do you think the ADL is also stupid?

 

[Richard Packer]

So you’re ignoring the real video with context. Got it. We’re in a post-truth world now where an edited defaming video on social media is true and the real unedited video is false.

 

[Revolutionary]

Far left be like

 

[0neAnd0nly]

I can’t believe i’m in this timeline. Imagine being a war veteran and seeing this…

I mean, ask the veterans what they think.

Exit polling showed 65% of veterans voted for Trump.

Wierd argument to make, honestly.

 

[DeafTourette]

Yes. Rough sex and work are extremely similar.

There are two signs for sex... And "x" on the cheek and jaw OR the sign for "fuck" which is the sign for "v" on both hands positioned to look like two pairs of legs facing each other slapping together. Neither of those look like "work" which is two fists touching at the wrists ... Like so...

"work" American Sign Language (ASL)

What is the sign for "work" in American Sign Language (ASL)?

www.lifeprint.com

But are you talking about this?

In context, there's no way to mistake either of these signs for the other. That would be a complete rookie mistake... Like it's your first time signing anything!

 

[0neAnd0nly]

There are two signs for sex... And "x" on the cheek and jaw OR the sign for "fuck" which is the sign for "v" on both hands positioned to look like two pairs of legs facing each other slapping together. Neither of those look like "work" which is two fists touching at the wrists ... Like so...

"work" American Sign Language (ASL)

What is the sign for "work" in American Sign Language (ASL)?

www.lifeprint.com

But are you talking about this?

In context, there's no way to mistake either of these signs for the other. That would be a complete rookie mistake... Like it's your first time signing anything!

I literally just said the dude was a beginner. First year asl student at his first public meeting with the ASL group I was in. I did 4 years, as well as some interpreting.

I can give you the deets and the professors name if you'd like to contact to confirm my story from a decade ago, I guess. It was a memorable chuckle. It's 180 degrees of difference.

Sentence "yesterday, I go, to work/ job."

He said "yesterday, I go, to force sex"

Really not a difficult mix up. He was responding to "what did you do yesterday?"

 

[DeafTourette]

I literally just said the dude was a beginner. First year asl student at his first public meeting with the ASL group I was in. I did 4 years, as well as some interpreting.

I can give you the deers and the professors name if you'd like to contact to confirm my story from a decade ago, I guess. It was a memorable chuckle. It's 180 degrees of difference.

I'm just saying, if after a year someone gets "work" THAT wrong, that's either a Freudian slip or he wasn't really paying attention in class.

 

[badblue]

 

[Ovek]

Nazi salute or not I bet he thought he looked cool as fuck doing it, he did not.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

I'm just saying, if after a year someone gets "work" THAT wrong, that's either a Freudian slip or he wasn't really paying attention in class.

No.

No, no, no. Not a year in. First year. I was year 3 at the time, iirc. This was a first year coming to a monthly meet up, as in - he was in class for... Idk a few weeks at that point? It was fall semester for them, because I remember the meet up being cold weather.

 

[DeafTourette]

No.

No, no, no. Not a year in. First year. I was year 3 at the time, iirc. This was a first year coming to a monthly meet up, as in - he was in class for... Idk a few weeks at that point? It was fall semester for them, because I remember the meet up being cold weather.

Oh ok. Well, it's nice to see someone else on here knows ASL.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Oh ok. Well, it's nice to see someone else on here knows ASL.

Haha, I am rusty now. Stopped going to a lot of meetups when my mom got cancer and my job load increased.

My wife still does random interpretation for people, but I could never these days. I would be a mess.

Was, at one point, pretty good though! I did 5 total years in class settings, as well as plenty of extra non-education related ASL. Good times.

 

[AJUMP23]

Full context. A nothing burger.
His heart goes out to you in a socially awkward way.

 

[DeafTourette]

Haha, I am rusty now. Stopped going to a lot of meetups when my mom got cancer and my job load increased.

My wife still does random interpretation for people, but I could never these days. I would be a mess.

Was, at one point, pretty good though! I did 5 total years in class settings, as well as plenty of extra non-education related ASL. Good times.

I have a deaf cousin and her oldest daughter is fluent in ASL (my daughter is too) and I was a video call with her today and spoke exclusively in ASL.

My attention span isn't suited to the super fast signers. Never has been. My brain really can't keep up (yet I can catch a really fast fist)

I'm sorry about your mom. You have my condolences.

 

[Valedix]

Cant wait for gaf to defend this one

 

[DeafTourette]

Cant wait for gaf to defend this one

They already are.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Cant wait for gaf to defend this one

I'd say it's been pretty 50/50. Lot of people have different feelings here.

But I don't understand the growing recent sentiment that GAF sucks by posters always drive-bying comments like this. Just leave the forum if you hate it. Simple.

 

[HoodWinked]

Cant wait for gaf to defend this one

this post right here is precisely what's wrong with people. already 3 pages talking about it on both sides, then comes in with a drive by post without reading any of the responses. amazing job.

 

[DeafTourette]

I'd say it's been pretty 50/50. Lot of people have different feelings here.

But I don't understand the growing recent sentiment that GAF sucks by posters always drive-bying comments like this. Just leave the forum if you hate it. Simple.

GAF is pretty dope. Yeah, I am often in the minority on my views and some are (I feel) twisting themselves into pretzels defending Musk but this place is a HAVEN from the far left/right. I hate drive by posters but I think he was just showing his frustration on this