Mike Lindell, the controversial founder of MyPillow and vocal ally to Donald Trump, is claiming ignorance over the neo-Nazi symbolism in his pillow prices.
Lindell’s pillow company, which he founded in 2009, is currently offering customers the “Standard Classic MyPillow” for $14.88 reduced from $49.98.
But the discount has got critics pointing out a popular neo-Nazi symbol lurking behind the price.
The numbers 14 and 88 are two popular white supremacist numeric symbols, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
The first is a nod to the “14 words” slogan, “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children,” coined by David Lane – a member of the white supremacist terrorist group known as The Order.
Meanwhile, 88 is a common code meaning “Heil Hitler”, because H is the eighth letter in the alphabet.
had to do it. it’s all I could see from the photo in the article.
Ah yes, the completely normal 70.23% discount.
Crazy thing is he has to give a 70.23% discount for people to even think about buying a pillow
50 dollars for the world’s best pillow is a steal
Something you use every night that can actually help with sleep and health. You shouldn’t be skimping on your pillow.
That’s because his pillows, like him, are garbage.
You know he couldn’t math that himself.
math that
I’m sad that you Englished that.
“Verbing words weirds them”
Let’s history that, and see what you did yesterday.
How fast is that bird falling? I’ll physics that on my calculator.
You’re really on a roll with all of this pedanting.
THAT’S the one I was looking for!
Watterson created a masterpiece with that series, that’s for sure.
Sold it to no one, and left. What a guy.
Shakespeare verbed nouns all the time. Language should be enjoyed, not bound.
Yes, you can enjoy language by making it shit. I’ll be dead eventually, so I’ll stop caring.
Just learn and speak Latin or Klingon or something. Those are much less likely to change.
True, languages change through use.
why aren’t you speaking Old English?
Because I’m speaking the English I learned as a child, and I wasn’t alive then.
but how can you stomach this disgusting, bastardized version that barely resembles the original language? surely as someone who cares about the language so much, you would make an effort to speak proper English, not this enshittified version.
you can enjoy language by making it shit.
Language, especially the English language, has been changing since its inception. Every generation of youth is another generation that uses new words, abandons old words, changes the meaning and/or pronunciation of recognized words, and so on. It’s the nature of a living language - its usage adapts through time.
It’s crucial to remember that just because something is “different” from what you’re used to, that doesn’t make it “worse.”
To be fair, I see all kinds of $14.88 or $7.86 or other random prices at Walmart. Problem is, I know a person didn’t necessarily set those prices because it’s every product, seemingly at random.
One dude decides what His Pillow costs, and he had to have chosen $14.88 for a reason. Maybe not because he’s a Nazi sympathizer, but maybe just to get in the headlines again. Either way, he knew the connection and what would happen, which is sell a bunch of pillows.
The prices at Walmart aren’t random. The cents portion indicates things like limited buy, no longer stocking, temporary sale, etc. It has been over a decade since I’ve worked retail, buy they are indicators for employees.
Wait can you explain more? I’ve never heard of that, feel like I’m asking for a dirty trade secret
This is only for discounted items, not regular priced items. There are a couple of different methods that can be used, but I’ll use the .8 that is being discussed. Basically, they will intentially price certain types of sale items and have all the prices of that type end the same way. So xx.89 indicates a regularly stocked item that is on sale, xx.88 indicates an item the store will no longer carry, xx.87 indicates an item that is not usually stocked and can not be ordered again, etc. This is just an example. The assigned meanings may be different, it has been a long time.
Gotcha, thank you! I’m gonna start paying attention for it and see if I can figure it out
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but maybe just to get in the headlines again…
…because he knew it is a Nazi dog whistle.
So he’s either a Nazi, or he knows enough about Nazis to know how to appeal directly to them, and is happy to do so for publicity (so, an enthusiastic collaborator with Nazis at the very fucking least).
You really should examine with yourself why you feel the need to jump to the defence of a Nazi.
You basically paraphrased what I said. Maybe I’m not saying it in a way you parse as unsympathetic, but I’m definitely not defending Pillow Man. Most people seem to get that, or else I’d be absolutely demolished by negative votes.
There are a lot of valid reasons to detest the guy. Going out on a limb with weird conspiratorial accusations isn’t really necessary. Already enough of that weird nonsense out there. Just sayin.
You think that was just a random coincidence on that specific price? Have you ever seen any sale end in 88 cents? 🤔
just looked at Amazon, found a bunch of sales that ended in weird numbers .21 .84 .58 .74 .89 .44
oh and I found this one too
Surely the fact that he’s sticking up for an Epstein friend is more than enough to hate him already.
Okay but if something for sale for $420.69 we would all agree that was intentional, right?
He might as well be walking around with a Hitler mustache claiming ignorance. I could totally see him doing that.
Mike Lindell claims ignorance
over neo-Nazi symbolism in MyPillow pricesTo be fair, he’s ignorant AF.
But yeah of course he knew.
He knows what he’s doing. It got him free advertising.
Why is he still in the news?
People cant stop looking at an on going train wreck
the Jimmy Kimmel Mike is pretty funny
Makes sense, he’s a couple of quick razor swipes from a Hitler stache.
It’s amazing how this guy managed to basically throw away everything he had accomplished for a grifter who doesn’t even give two shits about him.
Very on script for an addict
Maybe though I don’t like using someone’s addiction to poke fun. He did a really good job of overcoming it originally and then pissed it all away like so many other’s left in Trump’s wake.
Doesn’t Walmart often price things at xx.88?
Hmm. Maybe maybe not. See #2 here: https://thekrazycouponlady.com/tips/store-hacks/walmart-price-tags
That was my first instinct, but no… The specific inclusion of 14 & 88, together and in that order?
Walmart just did it to be noticeably less than competitors, who often would price items ending in .99, .98, or .97.
I thought that those were levels of price reduction.
.99 is normal
.98 is on sale
.97 is deep sale, never going to be cheaper
That’s how my buddy who worked at WallyWorld 20 years ago explained it.
#2 literally shows an item priced at $14.88
Just shown us the damn pictures.
14 zuckabucks
Mike Lindell did a Nazi dog whistle, not surprised.
Mike Lindell claimed he had no idea about how super Nazi it was: not surprised.
Of course he is, they always do.
