Historian Explains That Pepe The Frog Was Originally A Hindu Symbol
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Im guessing this parodies how Nazis defend the swastika with the same justification. That was good.
The history of the swastika is interesting, or I should say histories, because it's not that unique of a symbol and has been independently created in half a dozen cultures.
But yeah, the Nazis ruined it for everyone. There's actually a story about how a Native American tribe had used the symbol going back easily a thousand years, and after the Nazis ruined it, they officially retired their own version.
Not for everyone. Here in Nepal and India we don't care. We paint it everywhere.
Behind the Bastards recently did a pretty solid 2 episode pod on the subject. Worth a listen.
The "whirling log"
Not just Nazis. Sometimes Hindu, Buddhist and Jains, too. And then there are those like me, white, Western Dharmicish folks who will not use it, or defend it, but know about it's uses pretty intimately, and get nervous whenever the conversation comes up, because so not a Nazi
Fucking Nazis ruin everything they touch
Upvoted for that photo alone. So good
Why does the Onion have so many stories take place in Eugene, Oregon?
As someone from Oregon it totally makes sense to me. lol
Yeah, I'm in Eugene and it makes sense to me too. But why does it make sense in the Onion's writers room... and that one episode of Futurama
Portlandia fandom in exile is what it is
You ever been there bro?
Is it me or have the articles gotten seemingly non-existently short on The Onion when they don't just do the thing where they post pictures with satirical responses below?