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Elon Musk salute controversy (en.wikipedia.org)
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[+] -27 points 1 year ago (14 children)

A part of me suspects that he tried to do that thing the cool kids do, "dabbing or something like that", but couldnt remember exactly how; then saw that everyone mistook it for something even "cooler", the nazi dab, and went with it.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    This was roughly my interpretation too. Ignore the mob self-righteously downvoting you, they don't know any better than you do.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I mean, it clearly was a nazi salute though

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What's most clear to me is that a lot of people want it to be one.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    It's not a matter of want. It was.

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