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WarGamer

(17,702 posts) Fri May 16, 2025, 07:44 PM May 2025

Intellectual Honesty Test. Would you have been offended by "86-46" jargon thrown around a year ago? [View all]

I hate it when hatred of Trump... which he deserves... twists the minds of intelligent, rational people.

45 votes, 20 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	I would have been fine with Steven Miller posting 86-46 memes
	15 (33%)
	I wouldn't like 86-46 memes a year ago but I'm fine with 86-47 jokes
	2 (4%)
	I straight up love 86-47 memes... Imma go buy the bumper sticker.
	15 (33%)
	They're both wrong.
	13 (29%)
	20 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Intellectual Honesty Test. Would you have been offended by "86-46" jargon thrown around a year ago? [View all] WarGamer May 2025 OP

86 meaning take them off the menu, not meaning murder. Clouds Passing May 2025 #1

so you're ok with it then? WarGamer May 2025 #2

Nah Clouds Passing May 2025 #6

Poke poke Hekate May 2025 #8

Everyone seems to know the original definition has restaurant roots... WarGamer May 2025 #10

So the fact that the majority of us in the modern era think it means to get sacked, canned, ... Hekate May 2025 #15

I thought it was sacked or canned... or slang for murder. WarGamer May 2025 #17

You thought ForgedCrank May 2025 #111

Why do you highlight that part and not other, more prominent portions of the same page? JHB May 2025 #110

Evereyone gets to choose their own definition. I know what mine is. Jack Valentino May 2025 #54

I know what mine is... "You're fired" Clouds Passing May 2025 #59

I'm fine with it considering the say so many other worse terrible things. And I understood what it meant Walleye May 2025 #3

What segment of the public thinks 86 means to "whack"? WarGamer May 2025 #4

The party of butt-hurt boys. They know damn well what it means they're just being drama queens Walleye May 2025 #5

What segment of the population threw baby fits when Amazon sold this merch? Hassin Bin Sober May 2025 #71

Probably more than think the ok hand gesture is a white supremist symbol ....nt kelly1mm May 2025 #81

Maybe 1%? Why are you buying into right wing propaganda? Wiz Imp May 2025 #89

If it's in the slang dictionary as linked above... then whatever. WarGamer May 2025 #91

Since when is something being in the slang dictionary Wiz Imp May 2025 #98

Having no familiarity with "86," I wouldn't have known enough to be offended. Sogo May 2025 #7

There was an 8646 bumper sticker in my neighborhood. I was tempted, but I never keyed the car. Scrivener7 May 2025 #9

Everyone who ever went into a music club or bar knows it means to get tossed out or banned blm May 2025 #11

apparently others think otherwise WarGamer May 2025 #12

Yes, it might also mean that, but it hasn't been a common use in my not so sheltered life Ilikepurple May 2025 #22

Well spotted Hekate May 2025 #113

Horzhit is still Horzhit. blm May 2025 #49

If youre so offended by it, why weren't you raising hell Wiz Imp May 2025 #95

Because I literally never heard it used... I don't pore over RWNJ websites. WarGamer May 2025 #96

I'm not buying into anything. But others... WarGamer May 2025 #97

Then why are you asking about? Wiz Imp May 2025 #101

Offended in what way? EarlG May 2025 #13

I'm troubled by the coarseness in politics. WarGamer May 2025 #16

There are loads of 8646 merch shops on Amazon EarlG May 2025 #30

What are the other dictionaries? dpibel May 2025 #47

'Fun to roil things up.' travelingthrulife May 2025 #61

As Revenge! What's good for the goose... Jack Valentino May 2025 #55

I'm generally not a fan of excessive violent imagery when discussing politics EarlG May 2025 #65

You are "troubled by the coarseness in politics" --yet you pass it along to us & demand we be accountable for it Hekate May 2025 #114

exactly correct proud patriot May 2025 #23

Fact: 8646 WAS tossed around B.See May 2025 #14

Then my response last year when Biden was 46 would have been... WarGamer May 2025 #18

idiots indeed... B.See May 2025 #25

Pretty easy to find examples of both 86-46 and 86-47. n/t Ms. Toad May 2025 #19

Yeah I guess the OP missed that. Kingofalldems May 2025 #38

Of course I would have been offended by 86-46 biophile May 2025 #20

while I dissagreed with 86ing46 proud patriot May 2025 #21

If i cared or not Mountainguy May 2025 #24

"Both-sidesm" imo has nothing to do... Dem4life1970 May 2025 #26

Yeah I'm not here JustAnotherGen May 2025 #33

No. I'm not habitually offended. n/t flvegan May 2025 #27

There should be an option for iemanja May 2025 #28

86 means gone. I'd like 47, 86'd. OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #29

Comey knew it was wrong. He just wanted attention. This fool is not on our side. He sabotaged Hillary. Pisces May 2025 #31

I saw bumper stickers JustAnotherGen May 2025 #32

How I've always understood the term 86 it is to eject someone or cut off contact Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 #34

Trump is ok with violence against anyone he hates. JI7 May 2025 #35

I thought Sarah Palin's poster of bullet holes during the 2008 campaign CrispyQ May 2025 #36

Bad Things About DU and Democrats. Kingofalldems May 2025 #37

Are you offended? W_HAMILTON May 2025 #39

I had never seen the 86 46 stuff... probably because I don't digest RWNJ content... WarGamer May 2025 #58

I knew from JustAnotherGen May 2025 #63

I take that is a "yes"? /nt UniqueUserName May 2025 #66

I didn't know about it because there were far worse things being said by MAGAts about Biden at the time. W_HAMILTON May 2025 #72

I clarified in #16 WarGamer May 2025 #73

The rise of political violence in our country has been primarily due to ever-increasing Republican extremism. W_HAMILTON May 2025 #75

Post removed Post removed May 2025 #88

Remind me how many have died in the attacks by the Left dpibel May 2025 #103

Always blaming the left, even after the crimes were tracked to rightwingers blm May 2025 #105

Good luck with that BannonsLiver May 2025 #80

And BeerBarrelPolka May 2025 #82

I've been away so I must have missed that one. BannonsLiver May 2025 #83

I BeerBarrelPolka May 2025 #85

So does the OP support the parade? BannonsLiver May 2025 #86

Yes BeerBarrelPolka May 2025 #87

"It's not about Trump it's about celebrating the Army." BannonsLiver May 2025 #90

Perfect!! BeerBarrelPolka May 2025 #93

A mind is a terrible thing to twist Blues Heron May 2025 #40

They were out there a year ago... stillcool May 2025 #41

8646 was tame compared to their *actual* threats of violence unblock May 2025 #42

You don't need to ask "would" because RW influencers and trolls DID use it. RockRaven May 2025 #43

I'm old, hence H2O Man May 2025 #44

Imho markodochartaigh May 2025 #45

How about when the president threatens someone's life? Kingofalldems May 2025 #46

So was that in his "official capacity", or no ? Jack Valentino May 2025 #56

The OP is only concerned about the hate going in one direction. BannonsLiver May 2025 #79

They literally 86'd 46 last year . . . Johonny May 2025 #48

It was. No one cared because it's stupid to get upset over. Self Esteem May 2025 #50

I would be offended because they would've meant violence against Joe edbermac May 2025 #51

I reject the "moral equivalence" of such. One is a decent human being, Jack Valentino May 2025 #52

They have said worse. Blue Full Moon May 2025 #53

It wouldn't have bothered me Kaleva May 2025 #57

no because it means to get rid of eShirl May 2025 #60

Just because you have a right to say something doesn't mean it's right to say it. DemocratSinceBirth May 2025 #62

Intellectual honesty you say? Kingofalldems May 2025 #64

Poll Is Too Pushy ProfessorGAC May 2025 #67

You know, to be honest, I didn't like it when they did it senseandsensibility May 2025 #68

I would have been offended Bluesaph May 2025 #69

They have been par for the course for at least the past decade. Tommy Carcetti May 2025 #70

What i 86 46 js code mean? msfiddlestix May 2025 #74

It WAS all over the right wingosphere. Wiz Imp May 2025 #76

I wouldn't have thought much about it, either way. Political talk. Buns_of_Fire May 2025 #77

Agree. It was minor drivel until Dotard and his cult got his panties twisted in a wad. Norrrm May 2025 #84

"Intellectual honesty" BannonsLiver May 2025 #78

This might help if you don't have a dictionary handy. WarGamer May 2025 #94

But your accusation isn't on that color wheel dpibel May 2025 #102

The dictionary isn't the problem. BannonsLiver May 2025 #106

86-46 would have been one of the least offensive things MAGA said or posted publically. mackdaddy May 2025 #92

You mean against Biden? Yes. I would be offended ismnotwasm May 2025 #99

I only knew the term in the speakeasy sense and to generally mean "to get rid of". lapucelle May 2025 #100

They said worse Bettie May 2025 #104

I'm saw it back then. Happy Hoosier May 2025 #107

Never occurred to me this was alluding to violence or death still-prayin4rain May 2025 #108

When the kitchen tells a waiter to "86" the roast chicken, it doesn't mean... LudwigPastorius May 2025 #109

Meh. "8646" would have been pretty tame compared to much of the anti-Biden stuff I saw online 0rganism May 2025 #112