this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023
889 points (98.2% liked)
> Greentext
7440 readers
6 users here now
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I think people joked about taboo subjects then actual Nazis didn't get the joke and called it home.
Maybe less "didn't get the joke" and more "started saying nazi stuff while pretending it's still jokes"
This makes sense to me.
I'm pretty sure bronies have the same origin story.