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Whats this symbol mean -> 🔯 (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by skunk@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Wikipedia links it to Fortune-telling for some reason? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%9F%94%AF but doesn't elaborate?

emojis wiki says it's something to do with buddhism? https://emojis.wiki/dotted-six-pointed-star/

It's a really weird symbol

Also found this reddit thread with explanations all over the place https://www.reddit.com/r/Emoji/comments/16buwk0/meaning_of_dotted_sixpointed_star/

The unicode explanation simply says "SIX POINTED STAR WITH MIDDLE DOT" (very helpful) (not)

and the official chart has an arrow to the star of david and that's it https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F300.pdf

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[–] Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

A combination of man, woman and sperm:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatkona

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindu_(symbol)

[–] PointlessLifePersonified@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

A combination of man, woman and sperm

So... a porno?

[–] skunk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

ah that makes sense

[–] RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I thought the but there is a dot in the middle of the star.

[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

It's an ancient symbol used in a number of religions with varied meanings. In uni-code it follows the crystal ball emoji 🔮 so I think it was likely just included as a common spiritual symbol many people might want to use.

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Frickin Torx security bit. Hate those things.

[–] skunk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

🤨🤨🤨 you love stripped out screws or???

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I hate companies going out of their way to try to keep me for modifying/repairing hardware I BOUGHT. 😛

The problem is right there in the name - "Oh shit, everyone has a set of Torx bits now... let's fuck with them so they don't work anymore! evil laughter" ... even using Torx to try to "keep people out" though (which is by far the most common purpose I've seen and now of course we have companies like Nintendo and BMW trying to go even further and more proprietary to do it) can get fucked. I bought the hardware, it is mine.