[enqk]

He also had a 88 for a long time in his twitch channel name

[jstimpfle]

I would be very surprised if this connotation was intentional of him. His name was "Naysayer88" for a long time, and I had wondered as well where that 88 came from -- maybe it was a rhyme on "Naysayer", which (ignoring the number) is an apt description of his ways and approaches. At some point he changed the name. I assumed the reason was he had gotten aware of the connotation.

[meheleventyone]

I agree that the number choice was probably unintentional but you'd have to really strain to make 'naysayer' and '88' rhyme so thats probably not it.

[bena]

I'm thinking he changed the name when too many people had gotten aware of the connotation.

You have to twist logic pretty fucking hard to find a reason for him to put 88 in his username. He's a guy who thinks he's way more clever than he is and gets upset when it gets pointed out to him.

[WesolyKubeczek]

88 means a lot of other things, so I wouldn't think right away that he chose that suffix because of 1488 specifically.

But we live in a world where the least charitable interpretation of anything comes first, so shrug