PraiseTheKangaroo
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Mar 8, 2022 2:23 PM
PraiseTheKangaroo
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TicklishOwl
Z for Zorro and Zelensky. Take it back!
geogaddi37
lmao rip
WesVulcan
Why do we hand over our peace-loving and cool symbols over to these hateful assholes? Take them back! ! ! Zorro / Zelda rules, fuck Putin.
chillstepx
CheddarDreams
They don't have a monopoly on the letter Z, keep rocking the zelda tattoo!
ProLicks
As long as Zelenskyy holds the sword that seals the darkness, Calamity Putin can not win. We should unleash the Divine Beast NATOris.
arock133
darkomen203
ah yes, the infamous Zelda army invading Ukraine
YayItsMillerTime
Zelda in his green tunic swinging around his master dagger
8v45p4tjm611
My homie named his daughter Isis 20 years ago and later did 2 tours. His email has her name and he’s been investigated by the FBI and HS
HCBailly
Zaruzen
Princess Putin
GTimgur
I can hear it so clearly
YarnsNbarns
TheRimOfTheSky
So like why the fuck was there an animated legend of Zelda cartoon?
malbec
There was one part of the Super Mario Bros TV show
GTimgur
Why not? More seriously, cartoon adaptations were a HUGE market strategy at the time.
MidoryMoon
Syko73
I have a friend with a beautiful husky named Isis
geogaddi37
Yeah that one bummed me out. Isis is also a really kickass progressive metal band.
gir2195
No, you're fine, you're stabbing it with the sword that seals the darkness...
Wraid
Zerod
MidoryMoon
Ah hah, it was secretly Princess Zelda invading Ukraine all along!
Hardstylelover
Putindorf
DiscountOneLiners
Princess Zelda??! When did they gender bend our favorite green tights wearing sword wielding mascot?!?
Eomund521
Wait. Is princess Zelda dio now?
Jt68686
No, Zelda is the boy
JustBoone
Blond hair, unspeaking servant capable of insane feats, likes to give speeches. Yup Zelda is Dio. Better call the Jojos.
FabulouslyTiti
Evillairforrent
*stardust crusaders playing in background*
RisingPhoenix92
Nice Legend of Zelensky tattoo!
giordanom
Oooof.
BeardedWonder82
slyvic
Well it does have a sword going through it
skylardarkfox
What piece of military hardware will Farmer Georgiy steal now? Find out next time on Draggin' All Z!
gitguuud
Reminds me of when ISIS happened when Archer was still a thing
DaMummy
It gets worse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis
Yizelin
Or people with the band tattoos >.>
MisterCrowbar
We used to have a group called Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services. They renamed themselves lol
cjandstuff
MelodiousDissonance
Ya I worked tech support at a college the system was called ISIS I had a shirt and jacket that said ISIS support on it.....ya
SaturnineCult
ISIS (the band) is great! I guess they were spared a lot of explaining when they disbanded before the other ISIS became famous.
EvilBilbo
Also the band. https://imgur.com/svDQJx2
wtforero
Worked as a cab driver in a neighborhood that had the name “Isis salon” prior to them being a thing
SofaH3ro
I love how they quietly just dumped the ISIS sign in the trash and renamed without making it a huge thing
AnonOmis1000
I saw a Zelda sticker on a car and thought this. I think it's different enough to not be wrongly associated yet
niooes
Zelda stickers on cars is so common, I’d never assume it to be the Russian “Victory” insignia first.
ValidGirthCertificate
Well.... i mean, that is clearly from Legend of Zelda
MrNobodyLivesHere
Did Nazi that coming.
MrFatz
Maybe get it colored? The Master Sword is pretty synonymous not just with Zelda but gaming and pop culture in general.
TheRealFireFrenzy
@OP my ringtone has been the soviet anthem since the early aughts, which became sketchy when putin made it the RUSSIAN anthem again, and now
TheRealFireFrenzy
Well... I might have to change if my phone ever rings
Zerod
its a fracking shame... its a catchy anthem..And iv alweys loved the Russians in media, like games.. omfg Metro! oorah Charges.. etc
TheRealFireFrenzy
Yeah i love it because you can hear it in the middle of ANYTHING, and if people are calling me it tends to be important
Lemmingofdarkestnight
Maybe should have gone for the triforce instead
Sauroctonus
And anger the Hojo clan?
JAPONfan
isn't that the sign on incels on 4chan? /s
filben7
Nah, I bet they have forgotten the old ways.
ReaperCDN
This is like Trumpers trying to make the colour red racist. It doesn't work the same way as it does for a narrowly used symbol like the /1
ReaperCDN
swastika, which didn't have language applications or generic usage across a spectrum. 2/2
LittleRobot71
Maybe, but I've got an old reg hat I permanently retired because of them. Logo was of an old local race track, but still.
FelixG
There are a lot of drooling idiots that are trying to say Z is the new swastika.
Someshithead241
The same idiots who did the same for PePe, the okay sign, milk, being bald etc.
tocfanke4
A scientific instrument company named their sample introduction system "ISIS" back in like 2009. Unfortunate timing
unsolicitedadvice
I still think the all-time winner was the Ayds Diet Plan back in the '70s/early '80s.
DameDePiques
I think that poor Egyptian goddess is getting a lot of hate.
Utouto
Imagine the big three telco’s reaction when this happened
LuvableZombie
Maybe I've missed this entirely, what's with the "Z" painted on those vehicles for?
mmmoser35712
Have you been in a coma? /s
EugeneEff
It represents where in the Russian military they are from. Check out this wiki link:
Snooj
You know how restaurants are rated for quality, like A is good and D means health hazard? Same scale.
EugeneEff
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_(military_symbol)#:~:text=%22Z%22%20is%20one%20of%20several,of%20support%20for%20the%20invasion
TardigradeTheDestroyer
They are HUGE Zelda fans
codenameRadical
Military segmentation and identification, but also, the Russian propagandists and supporters are starting to use it as a symbol.
TheMightyFloofer
russia is to good at camoflage and they are adding a handicap
Nightsky101
Zelenski
gersondiplo
Zelensky will kick my ass!
verukt89
Z Indicates what region those tanks are from, there are other letters painted on other tanks from other places. It's not like a swastika.
varesya
Except that's exactly what it's being used like internally in Russia now, because it's become a symbol of being pro-invasion. See here:
verukt89
But why not the other letters they are using? I've seen a few different ones. I wouldn't compare this to a swastika. I mean fuck them tho
DdCno1
Z appears to be the most commonly photographed one and has become an symbol of the invasion, that's why Russian fascists have adopted it.
verukt89
In that case, the media created this symbol. The Russians didn't intend on it. Again, not like the swastika
varesya
https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1500495309595725831
fraktlzzz
Quick search: it literally means, "for victory." But some nazi symps adopted, but that is not direct correlation.......But there are those.
DennisDoesStuff
They're Russias form of "invasion stripes" they help identify their own troops, to lower chance of friendly fire.
faultysage
Couldn't they just avoid shooting at Russian tanks since Ukraine won't.... oh wait... never mind.
andstabitdead
The ones they steal would have Zs on them also right haha
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DennisDoesStuff
I thought the same thing, would deff be chaos
BishlamekGurpgork
Very low, considering I haven't seen them committing war crimes yet.
zerosumhappiness
Impersonating enemy soldiers has its own issues. Generally that is avoided.
Onsvaltti
I mean what war crimes HAVEN'T been broken already, but nukes?
Sauroctonus
The problem with impersonating the enemy is that your allies will shoot you.
PraiseTheKangaroo
New russian swastika
PutItInNeutral
Nah. Z is for Zelenskyy! SLAVA UKRAINII!!!
zigbigidorlu
Which sucks for me because I've used "Z" in a lot of my branding.
unsolicitedadvice
Only if you make it that. If they painted a daisy, would flowers be forever evil? Reject intellectual cootie-ism of innocuous objects.
burntcustard
Dunno why you're getting downvotes - it's kind true. There are people painting it on their cars back in Russia
Sauroctonus
That's a retroactive thing, in this case. It's used purely as an identifier to avoid friendly fire.
lrateyourrig
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn too.
UsernameDoesNotCheckOutAtAll
Revnis
I mean fuck this unprovoked war in every way, but at least currently you can't really call it the same as the holocaust/nazis.
DdCno1
That's a low bar, isn't it? Not to mention, the atrocities are just starting to ramp up, with lots of video evidence for them.
DdCno1
We have footage of Russian soldiers killing families in cold blood, shooting machine guns and grenades into unarmed crowds, bombing ...
DdCno1
... and mining areas that were previously designated as civilian evacuation corridors, using civilian evacuation corridors for attacks, etc.
chine
If you look at the nazi regime, it didn't start with the holocaust, there was a warm up period.
Revnis
Sure, but they did start by blaming the people, this is started primarily by fears of nato/historical claims to the lad
Revnis
If Russia has Ukraine it has a much more defensive land control from Europe if it believes a war with nato is coming.
chine
jeez, if we're using the aggressor's justifications then the invasion of Poland was just to protect ethnic Germans.
bladderinfection
Context is everything.
AnOceanOfStars
Wasn't the hindu one rotating the opposite way? Anyway, unfortunately once a symbol is ruined, it's ruined. You'll never know if someone >>
AnOceanOfStars
who uses it genuinely means the clean one or if there's a concealed intention of using the filthy one.
HassyWan
Saw one of these the other day. Initial reaction was “wtf!”, but saw a Buddha sitting there too and figured I was missing context!
Tigersterne
My AP US History teach hung a Buddhist swastika in his classroom for illustrative purposes
Dondarian
It was also a native american symbol for all 4 seasons that are all part of the same ecosystem. It was beautiful. Damn nazis!
Zetor
This makes me annoyed every time
JensGespenst
If you flash a hindu swatzika here in germany you get fucked up as well. we take no chances...
PerpetuityPhoto
I mean, context is everything, but even Japan has started scaling back the manjis and replacing them.
AMBM2
I saw so many people try to insist the nazi flags at the trucker convoy were Hindu symbols. Annoying af
W0lfsbl00d
Anyone who claims that can't even convince themselves that that is true. That's an exceedingly bad lie.
AMBM2
Exactly. It’s bs told to defend actual Nazis
PackardGoose
Try showing the Hindu swastika anywhere and explain context
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
You do realize India, Tibet, etc are real places, right?
PackardGoose
Uh, yea, but don't be flippant. You know what I meant.
IAmTheEarlyEvening
Apparently by "anywhere" you meant "white places"
Joylove
Ok but hear me out. Let the Hindu one go. It’s not worth trying to explain. Also the Hindu one is usually mirrored.
sortofkindamadbutnotreally
This. The Nazi one has an "S" hidden in it. Stands for "shitbag"
PatrikLilja
Just like the "OK"-hand sign. If your buddy falls over and you asks if he is okay, he uses the sign and says "ok!" vs. some nazis are 1/2
PatrikLilja
are doing it while marching on the street with nazi flags in order to "own the libs", its not going to be hard to tell the difference. 2/2
Wikipedo
All those racist scuba divers!
BustyInnocent
It's a matter of understanding existing cultures. This image suggests that there was only one type of swastika which is false.
SteamingTheCat
Didn't one version go in the opposite direction?
Tyanet
The Hindu version can be either left or right handed. The right facing one (above) symbolizes the sun/good luck while the left handed one …
Tyanet
… symbolizes night and while it doesn’t necessarily symbolize bad luck, it can represent change/destruction.
beastlysunismyname
This reminds me how Japan was recommended to change icon for temple on Japanese maps for Olympic games
MrZev
Majin spins the other direction. Funny enough it's also the layout for a dungeon in Zelda.
Canofminus
As a Jew who's visited Japan 6x's & counting. I *know* what the symbol means, but it still takes me a sec to process when looking at maps1/?
Canofminus
it's like opening up a school text book to a picture of a spider. "Oh! Oh... right, right. Okay." 2/2
Salpinus
Wait, what did it look like before?
gandraw
Still does
beastlysunismyname
yes, it was just recommended. They had it changed on some of those pamphlet maps for tourists.
beastlysunismyname
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BladeTurMoiL
Is it just me, or does the font make the bottom left arm appear closer?
faultysage
"Hey, check out this sweet Hindu tattoo I just got" -Some poor sap in 1933
DeeDoubleYu
batmanbumantics
My great granny has a romance novel from late 1800s with a swastika on the front. I was very concerned when I first saw it
pritolus
Having spent time in India, Rudyard Kipling (author of the Jungle Book) liked to put swastikas on the spines of his books. Didn't age well
pareidoliaperson
- Nazis
pocketmeat
I have Chinese symbols from 90s that apparently do not mean what they’re supposed to. Instead of initials they’re some animals?
MarkySpaceMagnet
That's supposedly big in the tourist trade, some newb comes in wanting the symbol for power, love, ect. Tattooist gives them some BS, newb
MarkySpaceMagnet
2/2 finds out later, that the vender gave them a sucker punch
5555252545
Lot of poor saps still there sporting a swastika. Ww2 is just a blip in the history of its usage
LurkerOfDarkness
One day the nazi usage will slip to 2nd place again.
5555252545
Errmm.. i think it already is. I think it prolly was 2nd at the peak. Just that people choose to ignore everything else
GenesisNynja
God I hope so