I'll start with one that doesn't seem directly related but correlates so closely that I can't help seeing the "tell" as a warning: putting "kappa" in a sentence like a punctuation mark. I've never seen an online conversation that started with that tell and didn't wander into final solutions and 14 words if it went on long enough. I know it's a :freeze-gamer: thing but it's not like there isn't already a wide overlap between :freeze-gamer: and :frothingfash: .

  • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Rule of thumb for anime pfp's:

    Character in pfp is trans/gay (basically :stfu-terf: ) = Comrade

    Character in pfp is cute girl (especially K-On! or Girls und Panzer) = Nazi

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Some chud culture warriors sometimes take a trans character (Bridget being the most recent and high profile example), go :awooga: with the avatar, and then deliberately misgender the character as if that'll magically make the trans identity go away.

      • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Right but that makes them really obvious. In terms of dogwhistling only terminally online people would know that a K-On! pfp means Nazi lol.

      • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        We really can't let them claim cool things without a fight.

        But also identifying with BtR kinda undermines a lot of their self-identities right?