This has to be satire. You’re doing satire, right?
Comment on Gog Promotional E-Mail Containing Nazi Symbols Goes Out to Subscribers
lmmarsano@group.lt 1 week ago
I got that email. Symbols verbatim
𖥞 ꥟ ϟϟ
Let’s look those up.
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BAMUM LETTER PHASE-D MVOP
not a germanic rune
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REJANG SECTION MARK
not a germanic rune
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GREEK SMALL LETTER KOPPA
not a germanic rune
0/3 germanic/nazi runes. They resemble if you willfully go there.
verdict: reaction bait for reddit-grade pearl clutchers
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 week ago
A straight line isn’t a Nazi symbol either, but if you put 8 of them together in to a pinwheel shape, well now we have a problem.
Context matters.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Then why bother removing them for Germany
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
just look at these two innocent numbers
- 14 a factor of 7 and 2
- 88 a factor of 11 and 2^3^
Still think there is any malicious intent here??
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This explanation falls apart when it comes to the SS symbol.
Gog claims that they were using the sowilo rune, but as you found they were using the lower case koppa letter. The sowilo rune is included in unicode, there was no reason to use the greek letter koppa for it … unless they wanted to hint at something else. And the elephant in the room: why did they put 2 of the things next to eachother? Gog hasn’t found a suitable excuse for that so far.
It’s an obvious dog whistle and it’s rightfully being called out.