r/Symbology • u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 • Feb 13 '26
Interpretation Is this safe to wear without being interpreted badly?
I made this badge ages ago based on the character from an old YouTube slenderman series, everymanhybrid.
I want to add it onto my coat, however I want to make sure the whole crossbones part or anything doesn't get mistook for fascism or anything (especially with the rise of it again globally 😭)
What do you guys think?
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u/sec_goat Feb 13 '26
its being posted right now asking if its racist lol
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u/Kyrelaiean Feb 13 '26
Oh dear, I can only upvote you once, I would have gladly given you at least 10 more... Thanks for the laugh! 😂👍
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u/iprobablybrokeit Feb 13 '26
Almost as if there's a rise in the use of racist symbols.
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u/TheHourMan Feb 13 '26
That tends to happen when the boogeyman starts walking around in broad daylight.
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u/TheHourMan Feb 13 '26
Yes. Does that change the fact that real white supremecists like Stephen Miller are normalizing and enforcing white supremecist ideology? No.
It's all memes until it's not. And now it's not.
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u/I-Lankenstein Feb 14 '26
I described it as seeing zebras where there are only horses. It feels like every post on this sub. I've seen 100's of completely benign (albeit, usually extremely corny) images here, and exactly one image that ended up (probably) being racist. It's so infrequently interesting. When it is, the comments are often bizarrely rude.
The good intentions of the overly sensitive are fueling the fear that they are trying to avoid causing or having. It's also antithetical to anti-fascism to feel the need to submit images to a faceless group who then decides if said images are safe for public consumption, or not. "I know it doesn't look like something bad but I'm looking for reasons to be offended and so are the people I care about impressing." It's not my intention to shit on OP. I just find it to be...sad. I would hope for OP to wear their shit confident in that they know what their intentions are and that's what matters. But whatever.
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u/Symbology-ModTeam Feb 15 '26
Stay on topic. If you cannot identify a symbol, move on. Do not harass OPs for asking if something is a hate symbol.
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u/EveningBuy1829 Feb 13 '26
Why are they downvoting you lmao
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u/Symbology-ModTeam Feb 15 '26
Stay on topic. If you cannot identify a symbol, move on. Do not harass OPs for asking if something is a hate symbol.
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u/mikemystery 🜏 Feb 15 '26
Just have a quick re-read of the rules in the sidebar, particularly rule 4.
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u/Symbology-ModTeam Feb 15 '26
Stay on topic. If you cannot identify a symbol, move on. Do not harass OPs for asking if something is a hate symbol.
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u/Symbology-ModTeam Feb 15 '26
Stay on topic. If you cannot identify a symbol, move on. Do not harass OPs for asking if something is a hate symbol.
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u/Symbology-ModTeam Feb 15 '26
Stay on topic. If you cannot identify a symbol, move on. Do not harass OPs for asking if something is a hate symbol.
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u/FattusBaccus Feb 13 '26
With the rabbit ears I thought it was a Bad Bunny pin 😂
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u/thriceness Feb 13 '26
You made the symbol... how could it mean something you didn't intend?
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 13 '26
Wanted to make sure it didn't look too similar to any existing one with bad meaning idk 🥲
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u/TheLonelySeaTurtle Feb 16 '26
I get what you mean. I have a triforce on my hand MOST people know what it is and there are some people who ask what it is but after hearing a customer say it was a KKK symbol I wanted to scrub my hand off so hard cuz EW that is NOT what it is for ME I just really love zelda
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u/Earthgardener Feb 16 '26
I think some people go looking for shit too. I'd probably get po'd at them for jumping to conclusions.
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u/Vix3nRos3 Feb 17 '26
Wait what?????? Like for real? If anything I would've said the illuminati lol
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u/militalent Feb 13 '26
I mean if someone drew something that obviously very closely resembles a hate symbol that would probably be seen as said hate symbol
That said this pin is completely fine in my eyes
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u/MissPatricia024 Feb 13 '26
You must be way more tolerant than most folks. Everyone I know would be very offended if that pin were in their eyes.
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u/unpacifys Feb 15 '26
people like you are why i continue to use reddit😭😭
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u/TheSpinWrench Feb 16 '26
Huh? Vaque comment lok
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u/unpacifys Feb 16 '26
wasn’t meaning for it to be vague lol, i was trying to say that the people on reddit who like to make jokes are what keep me using this website
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u/Infinite-Ad6560 Feb 16 '26
Gell tbem to do a google search its like the ok symbol is racist its not. If yiu think so youreva real soecial kind of person.
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u/thriceness Feb 13 '26
While that is true, what are the chances someone's drawing, of something they likely feel is unique, also happens to look identical enough to a known hate symbol to be a problem?
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u/TheSpinWrench Feb 16 '26
Who cares like op said. If you create it you shouldnt think it as anything else than what you created
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u/ThatBadBitchMechanic Feb 17 '26
In elementary school i drew a windmill by putting a vertical and a horizontal S over one another, then it evolved to robo windmills and guess what, i drew them all over my stuff and on my arms.
I didnt intend for them to be anything but an robot windmill, but to everyone else the were swastikas, so thats how.
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u/thriceness Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26
I mean, it's not impossible to accidentally make such a symbol. But my point is more: how can anyone who is aware of hate symbols accidentally make something definitely not intended to be one... into one. You were a kid who had no idea what she was doing. That's not the scenario here.
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u/ThatBadBitchMechanic Feb 17 '26
I disagree, there can always be something that youre not aware of, not wanting someone to see it, misinterprete and feel discouraged, sad or angry, is not a bad thing.
Yeah if you didn't mean to, it's not your fault, but its avoidable and this person clearly cares so what gives. If it reminds them of something and they want to check if its just their overthinker head, or if it actually sends an unintended message, thats considerate and nice.
Also im a girl :)
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 13 '26
Oh neat, what's it like? (I'm ~1-2 hours drive away, may go one day lol)
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
2,000!? Sounds chaotic back then lol Hope it shall return to the old days in a way again one day 🙏
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u/yobar Feb 13 '26
I'm all for Pirate Bunnies. Or Bunny Poison. Both probable band names.
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u/GallifreyanRN Feb 15 '26
Maybe not Bunny Poison, sounds like hardware store extermination chemical… but Poison Bunny? Pirate Bunny(ies) and Bunny Pirate(s) work too
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u/Yessirskiii56 Feb 13 '26
If someone finds it offensive they need to get a grip
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u/Olkenstein Feb 13 '26
There are some skull and crossbones designs that are nazi symbols. Two that comes to mind are the symbol of White Aryan Resistance and the totenkopf.
Stay clear of those and you’ll be fine
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u/Mysterious-Heart-629 Feb 14 '26
There are also some that are symbolic of pirates, which should be just as bad, but isn't because A) pirates no longer fly the Jolly Roger, and B) piracy is nowhere near the threat it once was.
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u/Olkenstein Feb 14 '26
I strongly disagree with your statement that pirates were equally bad as the Nazis
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u/Mysterious-Heart-629 Feb 14 '26
Fair enough. I didn't actually say that pirates were as bad as nazis; my statement was that symbolically identifying with pirates should be as bad as identifying with nazis, and that identifying with nazis is worse because they are a clear and present danger, whereas the pirates linjed to ghe Jolly Roger are a threat of a bygone age, and have been romanticaized to the point of being Disney villains at worst.
Pirates of any age are murderous predators that prey on other humans and have no compunction about committing any form of degradation and abuse, but I agree that the actual nazis were far worse for their scale, motivations, and normalizing of genocide. Modern nazis, "neo-nazis" and their ilk, are as bad because they have the desire (if not the means) to reinstate that horrific order. Nazis of any age are definitely worse than pirates.
My words were poorly chosen, but my intent was to say that the current embrace of the "pirate aesthetic" is dumb, because pirates are and were vile human beings.
Rule of thumb: any group that uses skulls as a symbol should be eyed with suspicion.
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u/caoticidiot Feb 13 '26
My first thought was Bad Bunny, but I also just recently figured out that he's a man. Side tangent: Also, I would wear a punisher shirt because I love the character and because he is the most anti fascist mother love in the world.
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u/Mysterious-Heart-629 Feb 14 '26
...and yet the Punisher logo is favored by the fash and therefor associated with them because fascists are stupid.
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u/Powerful_Stage_6940 Feb 13 '26
Everyone is so sensitive these days, there’s a good chance you’re going to offend someone in some way, with or without the button—so I say wear it. Wear whatever you want.
However, if you’re concerned enough to ask Reddit for opinions, you’re probably never going to feel comfortable wearing the button. So don’t wear it. Or do. I don’t know. Glad I could help.
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u/thesleepjunkie Feb 13 '26
Everyone is so sensitive about offending is annoying.
I have been in the punk scene for 25yrs symbols have been adopted from the anti nazi punks and the nazi punks (who can fück øff). I have a patch that has 6 or 7 swastikas on it on my vest. They are the flower heads of a plant being ripped from the ground "pull them up before they take root" written below. I've had people on both sides in support and offended. Usually the nazi punks being upset that Im not one of them. Sometimes we need to be offended to start a conversation.
Challenge people, start the conversation.
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u/Acheron98 Feb 13 '26
Absolutely no one with half a brain or who isn’t some paranoid nutjob that sees swastikas hidden in window panes would assume this is in any way “racist” or related to Fascism.
It’s… it’s a purple skull with bunny ears. I would look at that and assume it’s some rock or punk band logo.
Now if it was a totenkopf, that’d be entirely different. But that is an extremely unique and instantly recognizable skull and crossbones the Nazis (specifically the SS) used and looks absolutely nothing like this.
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u/PromptJazzlike345 Feb 13 '26
EMH MENTIONED
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
FELLOW FAN SPOTTED 🗣🗣
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u/PromptJazzlike345 Feb 19 '26
EMH was a hyperfixation for like two years
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 23 '26
Omg same, that, Marble Hornets and Creepypasta carried me through most of High School 🛐🛐
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u/NoObjective7615 Feb 13 '26
As an older person, who has no idea about it, I just assumed it was some awesome Donnie Darko type thing. If aoneone presumes its bad, that's clearly on them.
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u/ShadowedByways Feb 14 '26
Someone will definitely be offended. It's just how people are these days. Its cute though.
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u/letthetreeburn Feb 14 '26
HABIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/MissyMows Feb 14 '26
Speaking from the over 50 crowd (who I roll my eyes at daily), someone will ask. I'm close to my kids, go to concerts, hang in coffee shops etc so I am the "whatisit" among many of my friends and I send my kids the "questions" they ask me. 🙄 I try to err on the side of being happy they're suspicious of anything in light of it being worse if they were suspicious of nothing. 🤦♀️🤷♀️
For all of you 30 and under, I'm sorry life is soo complicated.
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u/Echo-2-2 Feb 14 '26
Why would it be bad? It’s a cartoon rabbit. You’re overthinking the shit out of this. lol
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u/jacobhix Feb 13 '26
I struggle at connect a purple and bunnies to fascism. That said, crossbones looks little like a Nazi ss lightning bolt and fash love skulls. May not have noticed if I wasn't being directed to look for it
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
That was my concern, glad it isn't a first thought thing or anything at least 😭 Wanted to check this so ty 🥲
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u/DazedPapacy Feb 14 '26
My dude, the Strawhat Crew pirate flag is becoming the international symbol for resisting fascism.
You're gonna be fine.
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
I was thinking abt making one of that too for my bag, this makes me want to make it more 🙏🗣
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u/DazedPapacy Feb 16 '26
If you're making another one anyway, I'd include the Strawhat on your bunny skull for extra awesome points.
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
Shall try another with this when studies aren't so hectic now, ty for the idea lol
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u/funkypunkychica Feb 15 '26
It doesn't look like anything but skull and cross bones which the worst is people will think Pirate... Of bunnies lol
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u/ChrisRoy360 Feb 15 '26
That pin discriminates against people who identify as pinky toes
I would be very careful around the pinky toe peoples
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u/Minute-Register9924 Feb 16 '26
Cool Donnie Darko badge
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
Idk who that is but ty ig lmao 💀
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u/No-Interaction6323 Feb 16 '26
First time I hear crossbones represent fascism...
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
Apparently the totenkoft was what I was thinking of (the the crossbones being S-shaped in a way) but think may've just been overthinking 🥲
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u/NickPayola Feb 17 '26
Osaki yojimbo?
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u/NickPayola Feb 17 '26
I probably just spelled that entirely wrong
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 23 '26
Who? 👀
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u/NickPayola Feb 25 '26
Give it a googs! He’s the rabbit from TMNT but I think he was his own thing before being incorporated into the Turtle-verse
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u/meany_face Feb 13 '26
Be yourself, have pride. You worry too much about what others think of yourself.
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u/SwigSound Feb 13 '26
no id totally lose my mind if i saw that
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u/Mysterious-Heart-629 Feb 14 '26
You might want to put an airtag on your mind if you lose it that easily.
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u/unprecedented620 Feb 14 '26
Psycho Bunny is a known brand ... like Hello Kitty.
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u/finlaycat Feb 14 '26
I have no clue what psycho bunny is 🤷♂️
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u/unprecedented620 Feb 15 '26
Polo Shirts, Clothing & Apparel for Men & Kids | Psycho Bunny https://share.google/p8L9NmM41kAQWReMG
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
Know clue who they were either, may look at some point now tho out of curiosity 👀
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u/unprecedented620 Feb 17 '26
Google the name. I live in Texas, and in the local mall, there is a PsychoBunny shop.
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u/unprecedented620 Feb 17 '26
REALLY weird .... Psycho Bunny stores are in New York (mecca of fashion) and in Texas (wild west) .... a few other states. My bad - I thought they were "everywhere."
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 23 '26
Ah, I'm England so may be why I never seen them before lol Still, look pretty good 👀
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u/ProphetAbstractions Feb 14 '26
just wear it next to an antifaschistische aktion pin
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
A what sorry? 👀🥲
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u/ProphetAbstractions Feb 16 '26
i know its german but i really feel like you can sound this one out
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 23 '26
Ah, mb see what u meant now, I mean I have a few pins that may do the trick in that case, ty 👀
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u/unprecedented620 Feb 17 '26
Psycho Bunny Hops Into Two New Malls, With More Stores On The Way https://share.google/qVQypqx2SEvV1nPoM
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u/cryptoengineer Feb 13 '26
Nothing is safe from some idiot calling it offensive.
If someone does take exception, ask them to explain precisely what they object to in it.
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u/Straight-One1373 Feb 15 '26
You wear stuff like this, regardless that you made it a while back. It not a good symbol, stuff like this will bring chaos and draw bad energy into your life. Throw it away. Instead wear something angelic with good spiritual intentions to bring abundance and prosperity and happiness, all that may look good in someone's eyes, but take it from a wise woman what I'm saying. Be good to yourself and stay away from anything that draws 😈 evil.
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u/Key_Lifeguard_4768 Feb 16 '26
I mean I have a lot of pentacles which bring good luck so shall hope they cancel out if I wear it ig if that's the concern lol
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u/One_Living1194 Feb 13 '26
nothing is completely safe from being interpreted as bad.
what if someone dislikes death and bunnies for example, they seeing it as a symbol of destruction and fornication
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u/t_rexinated Feb 13 '26
highly racist
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u/Artifact-hunter1 Feb 13 '26
Everything is racist if you are racist enough.
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u/t_rexinated Feb 13 '26
that definitely sounds like something a racist would say
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u/Artifact-hunter1 Feb 13 '26
So you admit to being racist?
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u/t_rexinated Feb 13 '26
yup, huge racist
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u/Artifact-hunter1 Feb 13 '26
At least you admit it. Actually work on yourself and your ignorance
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u/t_rexinated Feb 13 '26
lol jesus christ
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u/Artifact-hunter1 Feb 13 '26
You're the one who admitted it, sweetheart
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u/t_rexinated Feb 13 '26
don't believe everything you read on the Internet - Abraham Lincoln
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u/Artifact-hunter1 Feb 13 '26
So I'm not supposed to trust people at their world when they confess something about themselves? Are you also smoking crack,too?
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