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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up115·edit-210 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-up28·10 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-up34arrow-down1·10 months agoWow, there is far too many layers to this terrible joke…
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 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-up8·10 months agoI prefer excessive parentheses to be programmers’ jokes about LISP-like languages, thanks
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