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I can't believe i used the word doge to describe a government agency. I hate the internet.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 126 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I'm still fucking bitter that the meme Elon latched onto was Doge. I fucking loved that meme and hate that it now has ties to fucking fascism.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 18 hours ago

The swastika was a sign of positivity until the 1920s

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago

Kabosu does not deserve to have her legacy tainted by Elon Musk. She was a good girl.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Par for the course. Nazis have done the same thing to everything from Pepe the frog to the swastika itself.

Yeah, the point of dog whistles is to fly under the radar. Which means they steal popular symbols to use, so they can have the plausible deniability of “lol we were just posting memes about a comic frog” if anyone confronts them for their nazi shit.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago

Do I remember correctly that Pepe dies in the comic because the author didn't want to keep producing material for them to hijack?

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

To me, it's ok, because the people behind it pronounce it dōj and I always pronounced it doggy. So now we know the evil pronunciation is dōj.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 4 points 12 hours ago

How about “dodgy”, so that describes the department and their behaviour?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's from Homestar Runner originally and unfortunately the Nazis picked the correct pronunciation

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s from Homestar Runner originally and unfortunately the Nazis picked the ~~correct~~ evil pronunciation

Of course they did, they are evil.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

;_; but I pronounce it that way - like the old Venetian head of state.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The power of doggy compels you

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Doggy is a pretty damn cute name for the meme

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I pronounce it like doge. You know, like dog but with a long o, since that's normally what happens when you add an e at the end of a word.

Con, cone.

Dog, doge!

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

... You didn't have a problem with it when it was a memecoin? Doge jumped the shark YEARS before that even happened

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nope, dogecoin was a memecoin not a scam oriented shitcoin.

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Wasn't it massively pre-mined, i.e. scam?

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

But it never seemed worth caring or worrying about

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

But he knew what it was and it was fun. Now? It's fascism tearing apart this country from the inside, run by two racist ass holes, one a rapist and sexual predator that acts like he's 6

[–] Reyali@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

Sadly wasn’t sure which one you were referring to with your last statement. I guess there aren’t public allegations of rape against Musk, just sexual harassment. Fuck this timeline.