# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/1642 "2022-11-27T23:34:54Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> “HH” as in “heil Hitler.” “H” being the 8th letter of the English alphabet. This is, like, old news, as in decades. Maybe you had to be in the right place at the right time, but I remember it from the late 90s, at least.

It’s been brought up a number of times here on the SDMB, as well, even in the relatively recent past.

> [@Nazi Rune As CPAC Stage- Coincidence Or Not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-rune-as-cpac-stage-coincidence-or-not/933927/62):
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> For those unfamiliar- the eighth letter of the English alphabet is H. 88=HH= Heil Hitler. 14 is a reference to the Fourteen Words “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children” OTTOMH The Magic The Gathering card “Prejudice” was actually the 1,488th card in the line. The company that makes MTG has since repudiated racism in general, that card in particular and the racist artist who painted the art for that card.

> [@Does the cancel culture need to extend this far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-cancel-culture-need-to-extend-this-far/969311/167):
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> Now people, stop teasing poor Novelty\_Bobble. The significance of [the number 88](https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/88) in this context, of course, is that it is the number of keys on a standard piano keyboard.

> [@Trivia Dominoes II — Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia — continued!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-ii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia-continued/846950/3374):
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> For those who don’t get it, the eighth letter of the alphabet is ‘H’ … 88 = HH = “Heil Hitler”. In play … The easiest way to differentiate the Nazi swastika from the Hindu swastika by observing in which direction the arms are bent. The arms on Nazi swastikas bend to the right; the original swastika of the Hindus and other Eurasian cultures bend to the left. -“BB”-

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