When is a seashell arrangement of 86'ing someone/a number threatening violence?

When is this threatening violence (retweeted by James Comey, former Director of FBI):

And this isn't (retweeted by Cry-Baby-trump):

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Technically 86 is by threat of force. And 47 is the president specifically. Although it should be 47th.

Bouncers do the force part sometimes.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@DeWayfarer "86 it" is commonly used as shorthand for, "trash it." And, I suspect most people don't think of a president in terms of a number. And, these were seashells. And, how about Cry-Baby-trump threatening (outright), The Boss, Bruce Springsteen and being critical of his skin?

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@MarkPaul It started out long before I was born as a bouncer term.

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The term "86" originated in the 1930s, primarily within the restaurant industry, to indicate that an item was sold out or that a customer should be ejected. One theory suggests it comes from a Prohibition-era bar at 86 Bedford Street in New York City, where police would instruct bartenders to "86" customers before a raid.

Prohibition was between the 1920 -1933.

My mother in-law was a bar flpper then! She would know and was the one that told me about bouncers and being 86ed.

BTW I used 45 throughout Trump's first term! I didn't even want to say his name.

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