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submitted 1 week ago by Aremel@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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?

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[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago
[-] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 31 points 1 week ago

You beat me to it, just from a TV show.

But I bet Nancy in HR thinks it's satanic and is reacting as such.

[-] Aremel@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Honestly, this tracks with where I work. I thought it was something cooler.

Sad reality is that this is probably the coolest likely outcome. Coin toss between regular graffiti and some nazi shit the rest of the time.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Do you know who put the signs up?

It's a little too on the nose for the show the symbol is from.

Like, I'd believe a fan of the show made the sign, than a fan was randomly drawing the symbol and then someone made a not reacting the same way the characters in the show do.

[-] Aremel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I have no idea. I work in a large department and I don't know who 3/4 of my coworkers are. I've never even seen the symbols in person, this was the first time I was made aware of them.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, the sign is likely the joke then

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Never watched the show but it looks to be pretty obviously based on alchemical symbols, style-wise.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Either that, or by some strange twist of fate is a fan of that show. Either theory sounds easily plausible to me, though.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 21 points 1 week 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

HR got $5 from showtime to put up flyers advertising their little show

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Is this Lost

[-] Oaksey@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“Stop putting this symbol everywhere”
Proceeds to put posters with the three of the symbols on it everywhere

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

An interesting version of the Streisand Effect.

[-] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago
[-] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago

Boston Police Department stated in its defense that the ad devices shared some similarities with improvised explosive devices

Anything can look like a bomb if you're stupid

[-] Aremel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I remember that! this is very reminiscent of that incident judging from the rest of the comments.

[-] nickiwest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Never forget.

Seriously, that might have been the best guerilla marketing campaign ever. So many people were utterly clueless (and needlessly terrified), but fans of the show knew immediately what they were.

[-] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Well, I'm hot-blooded, check it and see I've got a fever of a hundred and three Come on, baby, do you do more than dance?

[-] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Carl, you are striped with radiation.

[-] last_philosopher@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

I'm generally highly suspicious of any picture of a piece of paper with writing on it posted on social media.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 24 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 week ago

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

[-] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Would be hard to resist drawing the symbol on the flyer.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

They already did thrice.

[-] yessikg@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago

That's the symbol from Yellowjackets. If you are curious about the show, only the first season is good

[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Damn, thank you! I've been curious about this show for ages and it's good to get some indication as to where to start and stop. Anyone else want to chime in with opinions on this? I'd love to hear thoughts on it before I spend any time watching

[-] terry_jerry@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I'll step in with a dif perspective. I enjoyed all seasons so far. Shit does get wild and there are Def some out of pocket decisions that were made that makes the show a bit campy at times, but I'm down for it and enjoyed the journey. I can see where the "only first season is good" crowd is coming from, but I don't regret sticking with it. Carbon monoxide is a bitch.

[-] murmelade@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago
[-] Bongles@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago
[-] nickiwest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Seconded. Really, I thought all of the casting was really well done.

[-] nickiwest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I thoroughly enjoyed the first season. Part of the fun was the mystery, which is why I don't think the second season was as good. The show tried too hard to explain and it got a little bit too mired down in its own metaphysics for my taste.

I'm not sure I'll watch any more of it.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago
[-] MML@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

It could have been really good though

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Pretty on-brand for this timeline, though. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

looks like someone is going through a power trip flair up over not being able to catch a benign prankster

[-] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Looks like something from Gravity Falls

[-] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Just finished watching the last episode of Weidmageddon about 30 minutes ago and instantly had the same thought... Obviously that Bill Cipher right there!

[-] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Came here to say this too

[-] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

If you were actually "escalated to HR" for this and terminated, wouldn't you have a pretty strong wrongful termination case?

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

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

[-] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

lol reminds me of one of these from the ars goetia

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Lol I thought it was some SCP stuff before I read comments.

[-] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

I thought it's from Harry Potter, these three artifacts from the latter books.

[-] folekaule@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I legit thought this was a Wagner poster until I read the comments.

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[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

At least it's not the deathly hallows.

[-] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That post from HR is almost asking for more trouble. There would no more work being done because now everyone would be busy trying to figure out what that symbol meant, as well as copy-cats doing the same symbol elsewhere in the company.

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