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?
“Stop putting this symbol everywhere”
Proceeds to put posters with the three of the symbols on it everywhereAn interesting version of the Streisand Effect.
Before reading the other comments, I would have said that it’s probably a meaningless doodle, but it looks evil to people who are reflexively suspicious of anything unfamiliar.
That note under the punch clock is a hilarious overreaction, and I love it! Management isn’t just feeding the troll; they’re making the troll a full Thanksgiving dinner.
imagine having the mindset that an image has that much power over you. I still remember the Dungeon Masters manual from d&d making adults absolutely furious!
Iron Maiden cover art was pure evil energy
but you heard them actually learn what is behind those images and it’s just fuckin make believe nonsense turned up to max
Growing up in Christian Fundie Hell during the height of the Satanic Panic was certainly an experience.
My partner at the time loved Zelda: Wind Waker. They had the poster for it and all, but had blacked out with a sharpie a screenshot on it of one of the dungeons because it was called Temple of the Gods or something.
The 2000s were the height? You’re at least a decade off: https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/mcmartin-preschool and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic
I personally remember my brother being forced to destroy his gold cartridge Ocarina of Time when my mother heard/thought it was pagan witchcraft. She watched him do it and claimed she saw green fire/smoke blaze up from it and claimed that it was the devil that had been inside. So that was the later 90s, I guess.
You forget that the Midwest is always a few years behind, and that goes double for the heavily rural Midwest 😉
What’s more, the height of the moment was more of a plateau than a peak.
Would be hard to resist drawing the symbol on the flyer.
They already did thrice.
I’m generally highly suspicious of any picture of a piece of paper with writing on it posted on social media.
Looks like something from Gravity Falls
Just finished watching the last episode of Weidmageddon about 30 minutes ago and instantly had the same thought… Obviously that Bill Cipher right there!
Came here to say this too
lol reminds me of one of these from the ars goetia
Imagine thinking that someone wrote “don’t give up” when they meant to write “hobos arrested on sight”.
This is Dark Souls all over again… Though I wouldn’t mind a game using these (or similar) icons instead of messages in text form.
Unicode addition when?
It makes me wonder the origin of the 2/10 symbol for thieves is.
Keep your 2 eyes on everyone’s 10 fingers
Hobo code was my first thought too, but doesn’t seem to match any.
Might be a combo and hobo code was also regional, this is just a sample.
The “hook” on the YellowJackets symbol appears to be “Stop” from the top panel, left column, 4th one down.
My first thought was a self-made sigil, it even has a clue as to the creator in it.
But I’m not a narc, so if their HR is watching they can get fucked.
They have a lot of circuit patterns in there.
WTF did I just read.
Over a nonsense symbol?! People are just pathetic sometimes.
Yellowjackets has broken containment?
This is 100% the sigil from Yellow Jackets.
I only watched season 2 the one time when it was new so I might be misremembering, but iirc we don’t actually know what it means or what its origins are yet. It currently represents survival and, in some ways, a return to a simpler, harder kind of life. The inevitability of fate, even.
The management is probably upset about it because of its association with brutality and cannibalism. Even if the odds are like 99-1 that it’s just folks being fans of a show, I can def see how it might make some others a bit uncomfortable to find it getting tagged in this setting.
Edit: some words
Yup, here it is:
That’s the schematic symbol for an interocetor.
Use only genuine interocetor parts.
Are you boys making an interocetor up there??
It’s a long par 9 to our nation’s capital.
NO
If you were actually “escalated to HR” for this and terminated, wouldn’t you have a pretty strong wrongful termination case?
I don’t think so. If your boss tells you to cut it out and you don’t cut it out, that’s firing for cause. You might think it’s a first amendment thing, but that only protects you from the government telling you to cut it out
hanging up one paper sheet somewhere is not considered informing your personnell in a legal way, they could always argue to have never seen this paper
They could probably send out a mass email, and make an announcement in meetings that “unauthorized symbol drawings” are not allowed. Then they would be covered.
I mean if it was on a bulletin board in the corner of the break room you’d have a point, but this is right next to the punch clock with a big red ATTENTION written on it. Even if you assume there was no mass email or meeting about it, I’d say this qualifies as informing your employees
In most first world countries? Sure (even though it isn’t what it used to be, but it would still be a nicer severance than expected if you’re ready to spend a lot of money in legal fee or have an union providing you a lawyer).
But I guess that in the US not thanking your boss for letting you work is a valid reason to get fired
No dancing fairies with boots.
Looks like it was some sort of anti-free mason symbol
At least it’s not the deathly hallows.
Sigils are usually custom made and it’s pretty much impossible to figure out wtf it means by looking at it
my first thought was that this was a social science experiment lol
