• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    It’s a fucking totenkopf, it’s like the third most popular Nazi symbol after the swastika and the lightning bolt.

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      1 day ago

      Well, a death’s head is no good, I completely agree. I’m European, though, and so saw these in school relatively early on. I’m just playing the devil’s advocate here, but would he have had access to the same level of knowledge?

      I’m genuinely curious since I have no (or less, at least) skin in the game.

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        17 hours ago

        Maybe my opinion here is twisted because I grew up watching shows on the History Channel (back when it did history) about Nazis and WW2.

        That said, I’m pretty sure I learned about Nazi symbols in high school, but I could be misremembering

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      2 days ago

      Sorry we didn’t all grow up as enthralled by nazi symbology as you apparently did.

      I’d say the mustache is higher on that list than an otherwise generic looking skull and crossbones.

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        15 hours ago

        Today I learned that knowing something means that I’m in its thrall.

        Good to know!

        Otherwise generic looking skull and crossbones

        So disingenuous. It does not look generic at all. This is a generic skull and crossbones ☠️

        The death skull is a very specific design

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      2 days ago

      Sorry, to me it just looks like a pirate flag. That’s the exact kind of tattoo I would expect a marine to get.