Honest question - what's a tankie? I feel like I've seen them mentioned a ton on Lemmy but I'd never heard the term prior to a few days ago. From the image it looks like a maga/skinhead combo?
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I have always wondered why it always says "Kick _" when she is punching instead of kicking. Lol.
Literally just made an account and am just a Reddit pleb. What exactly are tankies and what is 196? Guessing it's a Lemmy server but otherwise unsure
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This post has literally 6 times the comments of the next most-comments post, jesus. Wonder what could have triggered this!