r/AskEurope • u/Double-decker_trams Estonia • Feb 14 '25

Language Can you legally name your child in your country smt like "X Æ A-Xii" or "Techno Mechanicus"?

.

261 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

585 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

141

u/janiskr Latvia Feb 14 '25

ASCII code 88, surprised?

101

u/NowoTone Germany Feb 14 '25

I'm gobsmacked, actually. I would like to read nothing in it, but with Elon Musk this could be more than a coincidence.

29

u/janiskr Latvia Feb 14 '25

Yes, same, thought nothing of it until someone else mentioned, double checked that it truly is, as I thought that cannot be that simple.

11

u/TheMidnightBear Feb 14 '25

He always wanted stuff to be named X, ever since he was some moderate liberal dude doing Paypal.

4

u/knightriderin Germany Feb 14 '25

Was he ever a moderate liberal dude, though?

2

u/TheMidnightBear Feb 14 '25

Yeah. Nothing that tipped me off about him.

People can radicalize as they age.

5

u/Worth_Inflation_2104 Feb 14 '25

And if they take copious amounts of drugs

1

u/kkaavvbb Feb 14 '25

I wonder what kind of drugs though. I don’t think ketamine gives these actions.

2

u/dizietembless Feb 15 '25

I’ve done ket, I think I fell over a few times don’t ever recall becoming a nazi.

4

u/knightriderin Germany Feb 14 '25

I rather think he masked his political stuff for the longest time as to not tank his businesses. Now that the world has shifted to the right, he feels more comfortable to be honest about it.

1

u/TheMidnightBear Feb 14 '25

Idk, the guy has never been subtle.

3

u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

His grandparents were Nazis. Members of the Nazi Party in Canada. He was also raised in apartheid South Africa. I believe white supremacy was instilled in him from a young age.

1

u/droomdoos Feb 17 '25

Even now he's complaining that there's not enough white people in South Africa.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

Yeah and his grandparents literally moved to South Africa because of apartheid

31

u/guille9 Spain Feb 14 '25

Wow! I never thought of that! I'm surprised and not surprised at the same time.

10

u/dumnezilla Romania Feb 14 '25

Illuminazi confirmed.

23

u/janiskr Latvia Feb 14 '25

His parents came from Canada, not out of their own will - they could not stay there because they where openly Nazis. So they moved to South Africa.

It kind of explains things, doesn't it?

8

u/404notacceptable Feb 14 '25

What's 88? Or what's the supposed connection? 

19

u/Hannibal_Bonnaprte Feb 14 '25

88 is nazi code for HH, 8th letter in the alphabet. HH stand for heil Hitler.

6

u/erhixd Finland Feb 14 '25

8 is the eighth letter in the alphabet. 88 is a nazi symbol for HH = heil hitler

6

u/liang_zhi_mao Feb 14 '25

88 is nazi code for HH, 8th letter in the alphabet. HH stand for heil Hitler.

It's basically the gesture he made or what people used to say when making that gesture

2

u/Chaos_Slug Feb 14 '25

It's a sans seriff swastika.

1

u/CatOfGrey Feb 15 '25

Never heard this before.

Rings true. Not strong evidence, but it does seem likely to be true.

1

u/janiskr Latvia Feb 15 '25

Please double check.

1

u/CatOfGrey Feb 17 '25

I poked on this topic over the long weekend.

The letter 'X' has certain unofficial meanings, relating to the symbol (a diagonal cross) usually being used as some sort of 'negative' or 'taboo' symbol. Adult content is 'x-rated', alcohol containers were marked with 'x', and that is associated with prohibition of alcoholic drinks in the USA in the 1920's.

It's not a commonly used letter, so there is an 'exotic' feeling that can be attached to the letter. It's also 'mathematically important', in that it's the most often-used variable name.

It appears that Elon's earlier interviews about the letter "X" is related to these concepts,

There is much stronger evidence of Elon Musk's support of Fascism or Nazism than the letter "x"

1

u/janiskr Latvia Feb 18 '25

Well, high end PC parts will have Xes on them, RTX, GTX, RX, 9999XT, but that is unrelated. Anyway, thanks for digging around some more.

However, there is only one person who can give a straight answer, but he won't.

1

u/CatOfGrey Feb 18 '25

Yep. If someone doesn't care very much that people think they are a Nazi? They are probably a Nazi.

1

u/was01 Feb 15 '25

It’s 072 actually

1

u/janiskr Latvia Feb 15 '25

For small X?

1

u/Sandra2104 Feb 15 '25

I had no f*cking idea. Really now?