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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up114·edit-26 months agoThe triple parentheses are a racist dogwhistle to point out Jewish folks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses And I guess, because the person on the right is a racist, when they’re talking about themselves (a Jew), they use those triple parentheses…
minus-squareBarrelAgedBoredomlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·6 months agoAdditional context: when the triple parentheses first came into use it was used in the conspiracy theory sort of way so it was usually used for they and them Example: (((they))) are indoctrinating our children
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·6 months agoWow, there is far too many layers to this terrible joke…
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-26 months agoYeah it doesn’t quite land because they don’t specify they’re self hating so even when the reader is clued in they’re still left a bit perplexed. Absolutely should have been “I’m a non-binary Jewish anti-semite.”
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoI prefer excessive parentheses to be programmers’ jokes about LISP-like languages, thanks
minus-squareULS@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down29·6 months agoThat’s because it doesn’t make sense.
minus-squareTimewornTravelerlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·6 months agowould have been better if (((they))) said they’re a self-hating non-binary jew. I didn’t get that they were supposed to be racist against themselves like the joke is also stupid and bad but on top of that the execution is terrible
minus-squareFIST_FILLET@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months agoyeah, it seems like the author just forgot that the word “antisemite” exists and went with a more confusing route
Hate to be a pooper, but I don’t get it
The triple parentheses are a racist dogwhistle to point out Jewish folks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses
And I guess, because the person on the right is a racist, when they’re talking about themselves (a Jew), they use those triple parentheses…
Additional context: when the triple parentheses first came into use it was used in the conspiracy theory sort of way so it was usually used for they and them
Example: (((they))) are indoctrinating our children
Wow, there is far too many layers to this terrible joke…
Yeah it doesn’t quite land because they don’t specify they’re self hating so even when the reader is clued in they’re still left a bit perplexed.
Absolutely should have been “I’m a non-binary Jewish anti-semite.”
I prefer excessive parentheses to be programmers’ jokes about LISP-like languages, thanks
That’s because it doesn’t make sense.
would have been better if (((they))) said they’re a self-hating non-binary jew. I didn’t get that they were supposed to be racist against themselves
like the joke is also stupid and bad but on top of that the execution is terrible
yeah, it seems like the author just forgot that the word “antisemite” exists and went with a more confusing route