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[–] tlmcleod@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah those are 8s. The S has flat ends

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the 90s the "s" symbol was a gay hook up call.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] nanoswarm9k@lemmus.org 1 points 6 days ago

Gay in the time period. Pointy S was drawn by everyone on everything.

If it was ever a hookup symbol, which i haven't heard a wit of before this momemt 20+ years later, most of it's life was lived after escaping containment.