This was posted under the punch clock at work. I assume it’s some kind of occult symbol but that’s just a guess. Anyone know what it is or what it means?

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    3 days ago

    Thanks for the link, here is a quote:

    Throughout the Showtime original series Yellowjackets, a strange symbol appears. It resembles an impaled female figure, with a hook coming out of the bottom. As of the end of the program’s third season, the symbol’s exact significance remains unknown.

    So… Management at OP’s workplace are just making a fuss over nothing or they were really traumatized by the show? I never watched it

    • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      161·
      3 days ago

      I mean…I didn’t watch it either, but I can’t picture a workplace where it would be considered acceptable and professional behavior to draw pictures of impaled women all over the place.

      • Mothra@mander.xyz
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        2 days ago

        The drawings are very abstract.

        Because I didn’t watch Yellowjackets as already mentioned, I don’t know if the drawing is also supposed to represent an impaled female figure at all in the show. The quote says it’s unclear, but perhaps the characters at some point establish that’s what it represents. If that’s the case, I agree with you, yeah it’s offensive and inappropriate to draw something that most people know represents impaled women with hooks up their asses.

        However, personally, I have to do some intense mental gymnastics to see those scribbles as impaled women with hooks up their asses. To me they look like geometric symbols and without any context I would have thought it was something related to alchemy or astrology. Not murder.

        • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          2 days ago

          We can only speculate about the meaning to/intent of whoever drew it. The reality is that regardless of intent or personal interpretation, if anyone in the workplace recognizes those images as having that kind of meaning and is made uncomfortable by it, that constitutes workplace harassment, whether it’s intentional or not. If the company doesn’t take it seriously, they will be liable for legal action. At least in the US - I assume most other English-speaking countries have similar laws. So it’s not really an overreaction - they need to protect themselves as much as their employees.

          Whether you or I ascribe that meaning to the images or not is immaterial - clearly, someone does. Given that the images have nothing to do with work anyway, the only thing that matters is whether they genuinely bother people.