The Trump Presidency 2.0

[AWP]

Comey needs to be in prison and his assets seized.

Pepperidge Farm remembers the time you were still in the Army and called for Hillary Clinton's assassination while she was still SecState. The forum staff, of which I was a member at the time, deleted the post because we didn't want the board caught up in that mess.

Slow your roll.

This is the part where you want receipts and I don't blame you. Again, we deleted the post because the last thing we wanted was Federal LEOs crawling all over this board. I won't call on the other staff at the time to support this, they can do that of their own accord, but I think I've proved over the years my memory for such details is rather solid.

 

[Marauder06]

I don't like Comey and I think there's a lot he needs to be held accountable for. But I worked in the restaurant industry in college, and we used "86" all the time. None of us servers were calling for the assassination of the Grilled Chicken on the Barbie appetizer when we were talking to the cooks.

 

[Marauder06]

 

[amlove21]

I’m super excited to see all my ‘muh standards and norms’ folks come out to explicitly condemn threats against a sitting president.

I’m REALLY good at holding my breath, too. Cause indoc.

 

[AWP]

I’m super excited to see all my ‘muh standards and norms’ folks come out to explicitly condemn threats against a sitting president.

I’m REALLY good at holding my breath, too. Cause indoc.

I want to know why that color scheme was used. I'm outraged at the lack of symmetry and inconsistent materials. You bet your ass a crime was committed.

Against art.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

This is the part where you want receipts and I don't blame you. Again, we deleted the post because the last thing we wanted was Federal LEOs crawling all over this board.

You might be surprised by what your friendly neighborhood mod may or may not have archived.

 

[Marauder06]

You might be surprised by what your friendly neighborhood mod may or may not have archived.

<thinks about all of the f'd up things I've said on the site over the years>

"Haha yeah! Archives! Good thing I'm not worried about that kind of thing."

 

[amlove21]

<thinks about all of the f'd up things I've said on the site over the years>

"Haha yeah! Archives! Good thing I'm not worried about that kind of thing."

I’m here for it baby!

 

[RackMaster]

As the kid's say these days... "we got receipts"

 

[Marauder06]

I think a lot of people have done a lot of growing and maturing on our site over the years. I know I have.

 

[Devildoc]

Don't you EVER talk about those threads like that ever again. #DeadBirdGang

Wait, I thought you were a Beyond guy now. It's like we hardly know you.

I think we're all guilty of knee-jerk calls for insert-action-here-on-the-other guy, but hopefully most of us don't post them.

I think a lot of people have done a lot of growing and maturing on our site over the years. I know I have.

I have as well, but I like to think it's been parallel to a lot of 'life' and not necessarily concomitant to being on the site. Not to get all metaphysical, but once I found out I had metastatic cancer without a whole lot of options context and meaning to a lot of things changed, especially politics. Shit like what we are seeing has been going on since 1776, and will go on so long as we have a union.

 

[TLDR20]

Does “86” mean murder, I’m not up on boomer slang. If it does then fuck him. If it means cancel or throw out? That is not really deserving of my ire imo. Is Comey relevant?

 

[Totentanz]

I want to know why that color scheme was used. I'm outraged at the lack of symmetry and inconsistent materials. You bet your ass a crime was committed.

Against art.

Tread with caution when criticizing artists. They have occasionally turned toward less wholesome pursuits when they are angered and ideologically impassioned…

 

[Devildoc]

"Adolph...poor son, rejected by art school again! Whatever will you do?"

"IDK, ma, maybe get a job, go for more walks...start an ultra-nationalist, pseudo-fascist racist movement and have a war...."

 

[Totentanz]

Does “86” mean murder, I’m not up on boomer slang. If it does then fuck him. If it means cancel or throw out? That is not really deserving of my ire imo. Is Comey relevant?

I’ve always heard the term used fairly unambiguously in reference to the removal of a person from a place with no significant harm done.

 

[Marauder06]

I’ve always heard the term used fairly unambiguously in reference to the removal of a person from a place with no significant harm done.

In recent days I've heard it explained as taking someone 8 miles out of town and putting them 6 feet in the ground. So a murder. But again the only context I've heard it used in before literally this week is "cancelled" or "removed."

 

[Devildoc]

So....we've moved on from 'terminating with (extreme) prejudice' to '86'?

Like @Marauder06 my only knowledge of it was from working in restaurants growing up and we were out of something.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

In recent days I've heard it explained as taking someone 8 miles out of town and putting them 6 feet in the ground. So a murder.

That seems like a stretch … but who knows. Growing up in restaurants I’ve always known it to mean “taken off the menu”. Which I guess could have an alternate meaning in this context?

 

[AWP]

I've heard of 86 as a stand in for murder as in "to take out" or throw out. "86 this guy and let's move on" kind of thing.
Widely used in that context? Don't know, don't care.

Had he photographed 187, there's no mistaking that for anything but murder.

Tread with caution when criticizing artists. They have occasionally turned toward less wholesome pursuits when they are angered and ideologically impassioned…

What up, Godwin?

 

[Marauder06]

This is what ChatGPT had to say:
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The exact origin of the term "86" is debated, and multiple theories have been proposed. While its slang usage meaning to cancel, reject, eliminate, or be out of something is well known—especially in restaurant, bar, and military contexts—its etymology remains uncertain. Here are the most widely accepted theories:

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• Chumley’s Bar in New York City: One of the most popular theories traces "86" to Chumley’s, a historic speakeasy at 86 Bedford Street in NYC. During Prohibition, when police were about to raid the bar, staff allegedly told customers to "86 it" — meaning to leave through the back exit (on 86 Bedford).
• Diner and Soda Jerk Code: In the early to mid-20th century, soda jerks and short-order cooks used number codes to communicate orders quickly. "86" became code for "we're out of it" or "don't serve this."

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• In military lingo, especially during WWII and later, "86" was sometimes used to mean "throw away" or "eliminate" something or someone.
• Some claim it originated from military field forms, where form #86 was used to document the disposal of materiel.

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• One theory is that "86" rhymes with “nix”, a word meaning to cancel or veto.
• In old bartending code books, numbers were used to communicate across noisy environments. "86" may have signified refusing service or running out of a menu item.

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• The term became more widespread in the 1950s–70s, popularized in novels, crime fiction, and movies, often to mean "get rid of" or "kill" someone.

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Summary​

While no single origin is definitive, "86" most likely originated from restaurant/bar shorthand in the early 20th century and evolved through Prohibition, military usage, and pop culture to take on broader meanings like eliminate, ban, or discard.