Anime avatars are often a coin toss between (potential) comrade and chud, so it may be fun and maybe helpful to think about and share those in the place of that old hentai-free bellwether for chuddery.

Mine is anyone with ".eth" as a suffix in their online name. I have yet to see a single person that does that that isn't a chud. cryptocurrency

It may even be cheating, but seeing an actual cryptofascist cartoon "original NFT do not steal" is a pretty reliable red flag too. monke-beepboop

EDIT: Oh yeah, I almost forgot. blue-check farquaad-point

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Marble bust avatar is a more accurate indicator of fash than anime avatar imho. With an anime avatar you're rolling the dice between fash or transgender communist whereas 100% of marble bust guys are fascist.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      1 year ago

      anime can also be a kid or someone else who just isn't online in a mature capacity. Like, they're being silly and here's their goofy anime girl. If you really like antiquity online enough that you're presenting with it, you probably are being serious/mature enough to know about the general image marble busts mean, and you can instead use ancient paintings, mosaics, designs, even bronze figures to avoid the connotation.

    • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Can confirm. I have only seen one exception to this rule, The Cultural Tutor. He seems like a well-meaning guy but almost everyone else are almost always mindless psychos.

      • SuperNovaCouchGuy2 [any]
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        1 year ago

        The Cultural Tutor

        fucking soy, that name alone pisses me off, lets look it up on google

        has a website promoting a book jacking off the narrative of "Western Civilization" as the epitome of a "beautiful" education

        :agony-immense:

        • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          To be fair, his book as excerpts from Gramsci and the communist manifesto, and Evola nor Gentile is nowhere to be found.