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[–] nbailey@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ll never participate in one of the “master race” communities because of the chronically icky association with fash shit. I get it, it’s an old reddit-ey joke from like 2011, but it’s undeniable that the name has a very strong undertone of white supremacy.

Moving away from the incumbent social networks is our chance to create a new culture without that baggage.

[–] ourob@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus, jokingly using fash shit tends to attract people who aren’t really joking but want plausible deniability.

[–] 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In your head.

Calling insignificant and nerdy things like os choice a trait of the master race is openly mocking the concept of a master race by making it ridiculous

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Suite yourself I guess. What ever floats your boat