• murmelade@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    First of all, fuck Larry Ellison.

    BUT: Apparently he’s a giant weeb and all his yachts are named after Japanese stuff. Izanami is a god from Japanese mythology. There is reasonable doubt here.

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      I cant find it now but there was this great photo of a dude dressed up in full SS attire surrounded by a ton of anime posters and figures lol.

      Also I’d suggest him a name from an IJN ship that met an untimely end. Plenty of options.

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      I mean, not just a god in that mythology but one of the most important ones since she created a lot of other gods. If he’s got another boat named Izanagi, I am pretty sure it’s just a very, very funny coincidence. Almost like the universe is trying to tell him something about his bullshit Zionist ways.

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      It is the name of a Japanese deity, so I think it is an actual accident. Funny as fuck though!

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        Yeah a tech billionaire being into Japanese culture is marginally more likely than a billionaire being a Nazi. Lots of over lap of course but I think the Japanese culture fascination is the more likely explanation

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      This particular shit bag is a huge weeb, and the name is of a Japanese goddess. It doesn’t mean he isnt a nazi, just that this is probably a coincidence.

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    I was gonna say surely you’d not be both so stupid and evil to actually do this intentionally

    … Then I read it was one of Larry Ellison’s kids

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      5 hours ago

      Isn’t one of Musk’s kids an awesome trans activist?

      Also, fuck my father. Children shouldn’t be tarnished by their parent’s crimes.

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    But the moniker didn’t stick after Ellison was informed that the name spelled something deeply embarrassing when reversed: “I’m a Nazi.”

    It’s the kind of joke the “Succession” writers’ room could only dream of coming up with. And it’s especially awkward given the family’s strong ties to Israel. His first wife described Ellison as “an ardent Zionist,” per Vulture, and he’s been known to be “close” with current prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

    Sounds pretty accurate…

    Support a genocidal ethnostate long enough, your subconscious stops trying to be subtle

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      12 hours ago

      “I’m not that kind of fascist, I’m this other kind of fascist!”

      • Larry Ellison
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    17 hours ago

    Seems to me like the head of a global media conglomerate should be more aware of the messages he sends. If he were an employee, this would probably have gotten him fired. But ownership is the best job security, isn’t it?

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    18 hours ago

    Yeah, another victory of the great good over the evil evilness: bad word eliminated! Hurray! And don’t you fucking dare to not “hurray” with us!