Is there something dodgy in this iPhone ad?

[dermot]

Or is it just me. Check out the third name in the friends list (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO0cMFLBL6k&feature=player_detailpage#t=15s).

[Creole Ned]

racegirl_88?

A girl who likes racing games and was born in 1988 (23 years old). Since the ad shows off a racing game being played, I...don't see the problem. Unless the number 88 is some cool underground term for something naughty that I'm unaware of. I already missed a Goodfellas reference today so I am clearly out of the loop on pop culture and such.

[Canuck]

race girl heil hitler? I think you're reading too much into things. How do you even read the name of something that only pops up for a fraction of a second anyways?

[chet]

Or is it just me. Check out the third name in the friends list (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO0cMFLBL6k&feature=player_detailpage#t=15s).


OMG you should boycott Apple.

[chet]

OMG you should boycott Apple.

LOL LOL

[dermot]

race girl heil hitler? I think you're reading too much into things. How do you even read the name of something that only pops up for a fraction of a second anyways?
I've seen the ad a few times now and it always jumps out at me for some reason.

Also, I don't *really* think that there's anything dodgy about this, it just tickles the juvenile part of my brain that finds unfortunate word (and number in this case) combinations amusing. Hence posting in EE instead of P&R.

[Zepo1a]

#88 is Dale Jr.s number in NASCAR. She's apparently a fan, how you jump to prussian blue nazi from that is beyond me.

[hong]

Maybe she's azn and has a thing for the number 8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Eight).

[dermot]

#88 is Dale Jr.s number in NASCAR. She's apparently a fan, how you jump to prussian blue nazi from that is beyond me.
Well, I'm Irish so NASCAR is meaningless to me, though I did figure that it was something along those lines.

Anyway, it's clearly not as amusing as I thought it was so never mind.

[datter]

I think the skinhead math goes like this...

8th letter of the alphabet = H
thus
88 = HH
and
HH = Heil Hitler

I'm not saying it's good math.

[kaosfere]

I think the skinhead math goes like this...

Yeah, that's about right. 88 is a fairly common Neo-Nazi signifier. You also see it in a lot of prison tattoos.

Not likely to be what it is here, but it does tickle the same demented part of my brain that it does yours, dermot.

[dermot]

Yeah, that's about right. 88 is a fairly common Neo-Nazi signifier. You also see it in a lot of prison tattoos.

Not likely to be what it is here, but it does tickle the same demented part of my brain that it does yours, dermot.
Exactly. It's like when you read about the 23 Enigma in 'The Illuminati Trilogy' and forever after you can't help but notice whenever you see the number 23 on something. Like earlier in the thread when Creole Ned pointed out that racegirl_88 is possibly 23 years old.

[Slainte Mhath]

I can't believe all of you missed the fact that "speedy tom" is urban slang in the same vein as "dirty sanchez".


;-)

[Nathan Phoenix]

Having any sort of 88 in your name if you play World of Tanks gets you banned, so some cultures are sensitive to the obscure Hitler/SS reference. I imagine this is pretty innocuous though.

[rei]

Shit, superstitious Chinese people are gonna get banned!

[caesarbear]

88 used to be a really popular number back in the Fifties. Like the use of 2000 during the Eighties or 360 now.

[Nathan]

Exactly. It's like when you read about the 23 Enigma in 'The Illuminati Trilogy' and forever after you can't help but notice whenever you see the number 23 on something. Like earlier in the thread when Creole Ned pointed out that racegirl_88 is possibly 23 years old.

Also, 8 = 2^3, and racegirl has 8 letters. Y'know, since we're going this route.

[dermot]

Also, 8 = 2^3, and racegirl has 8 letters. Y'know, since we're going this route.
We're not. I'm not espousing a belief in numerology - I'm just saying that when someone points out the 'significance' of certain numbers I tend to notice them more. I'm well aware that it's selection bias.

[Nathan]

We're not. I'm not espousing a belief in numerology - I'm just saying that when someone points out the 'significance' of certain numbers I tend to notice them more. I'm well aware that it's selection bias.

Oh, that wasn't a dig: I think it's fun, like seeing shapes in clouds.

"I find the Law of Fives to be more and more manifest the harder I look"