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Obligatory "not today" disclaimer: actually fucked up over two decades ago, but found out today.

At the dawn of theinternet, I made an account on imgur. I figured (correctly) that I wasn't going to use it often enough for the username to matter much, so I just went with the first part of my email adress and a number four times.

Turns out that there is such a thing as nazi number code and it's never a good idea to use an even number of 8s for usernames when you're not a nazi.

TL;DR: Didn't know about nazi code, accidentally selected an imgur username ending with the equivalent of a double Hitler salute

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[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 95 points 1 year ago

At the dawn of the internet

imgur

Hmmm

[-] Spacebar@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

The internet first went online in 1983.

I may have t-shirts older than OP.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Tbf, having a shirt for over 40 years and not have it completely disintegrate is pretty impressive!

But yeah, for a minor history buff, I'm TERRIBLE with dates 😂

[-] Spacebar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Thank you for taking good natured ribbing... good...naturely. Cheers.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

No worries lol, laughing at yourself is one of the funniest things you can do 😁

[-] PrimaCora@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

My modern clothes get shredded, but I have a pair of pants handed down from 1967 that still hold up today. Even after being pounded into concrete 12 hours a day (only 4 days a week). I wish I had more.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Let me guess: corduroy flare leg ones? 😛

[-] PrimaCora@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds about right. Can zip and unzip them for that 70s style.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I'm not very good at judging how long ago things were 🤷

[-] onepinksheep@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure 1990 was ten years ago.

[-] wagesj45@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

It’s true. I know because I looked it up in my gut.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Always will be.

[-] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

People born after 9/11 can drink.

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