Signing on to Hexbear this morning and seeing dozens of “I’m curious” posts across every comm, realizing that we must have really gotten a live one while I was gone, and tracking down the Patient Zero post. It’s like a scavenger hunt for a dumb take. Good times, comrades, keep up the excellent work. 
This comment by Sabre363@sh.itjust.works was posted to the chaser lemmy 25 minutes before the WhiskeyOaks account on Hexbear was made, followed a few hours later by the Sabre363 clarifying that the controversial image they were thinking of posting here was “taken in 1989,” followed a few days later by WhiskeyOaks doing exactly what Sabre363 was proposing.
It’s not conclusive by any means, but the timing of it all suggests it’s probably the same dork.
edit: Also here’s another thread where Sabre363@sh.itjust.works defends AI, doesn’t appear to understand what Occam’s Razor is (just like WhiskeyOaks), and is just a huge debate pervert.
Oh… I see… that MFer…