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TIL that the origins of the “universal S” are unknown. Even a youtuber who spent 5 years researching it couldn’t come to a conclusion. The symbol appeared in some places as far as a century ago, and is belived to have spread worldwide before the internet, but it is unclear how or why.
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Well, if a youtoober searching for 5 years cant solve it…must be like the Sphinx or Jack the Ripper.
It’s easy to doodle on graph paper. That was how I started doing it in the early 90s
Suzuki logo
It looks like it could stem from these Nordic knot-drawings – they have these braid-patterns, so y knot?
Everyone in class at one point would doodle this on their notebooks and such… I always wondered what the big deal was like did it just look cool or represent something for them? Now it turns out no one knows….
3d image it and rotate it and you find it’s not a S but a simplified Mobius strip (infinity symbol). 😜
Stussy! Brings me back to 3rd grade
I know I’ve done more than my fair share of leaving this image behind on school desks for future generations to discover…
Figure 8? Eternity symbol squarified
Stussy, and later I learned, Suzuki.
Stussy, baby
The youtuber who made the video was Lemmino. You can watch the video here:
https://youtu.be/RQdxHi4_Pvc
Yeah, how could any picture spread worldwide before the internet?
Stüssy
Illuminati
I’m pretty sure it just sprung up filly realized one day drawn on some Chuck Taylors in ballpoint.
On my planet it means hope
Its almost like its some kind of… meme or something.
I thought it meant “stoner” but maybe my friends just said that because they were stoners