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A massive cloud with doge on it labeled "196" descending on a city labeled "lemmy"

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Sooo, what is 196? I don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just a shitposting community where the rule is that you have to post something if you visit the community. Notably, the 196 community is disproportionately queer and/or trans, for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Disproportionately anti communism/fascism too.

Just an observation

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very anti fascist. Tends to be Anti capitalist and pro socialism/communism. Just really hates imperialism and totalitarian countries/regimes which puts the community at odds with any community groups that are particularly pro Russia/China

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ya thats the vibe ive always gotten too

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really? I always assumed there were a lot of anti-authoritarian communists.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

some people think that being anti-authoritarian implies being anti-communist

and by some people I mean liberals and tankies

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

196 is the apartment of awesome

Share a meme when you're here, it's the rule

Welcome to the party, we've got blajah, memes, LGBTQ+, and no tankies

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The less you try to understand it, the better it is.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No offense, but that sounds like some cult stuff.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a cult. Who told you it was a cult? Whoever told you that is clearly problematic and you should cut them out of your life.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, that doesn’t sound like a cult at all! Sign me up!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

All you have to do is give me $1000 (it's not a pyramid scheme either)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely, just need to email this Nigerian prince back real quick

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Technically, we're not organised enough to be one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

The rule is, when you view the 196 sub, you must post before leaving. Anything.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

it is (was?) a post anything subreddit with a lot of queer people

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guys apartment number who made sub reddit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't it his neighbor because r/195 was the original but fell off?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure? There's a 195 on here as well so I'm confused.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I have no idea why someone made a c/195 but it's not really relevant to the topic of where c/196 came from.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They were originally c/196 and renamed after this 196 became wildly more popular to avoid confusion.