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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ve had to explain to so many people that “No they don’t have Nazi symbols in their yards because of Halloween”. And I’m atheist and not even Hindu.

[–] odium@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Lol, good luck with that.

Side note: you would imagine that those are mutually incompatible, but I found out in a college elective course about religions that it's surprisingly not. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_atheism

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well that’s interesting for sure. But I’m white and not even Indian. I just have a lot of Indian/Hindu friends and wanted to learn more about their culture. I knew the symbol existed for much longer than Nazi’s even though it’s not even really the same symbol. But to a bunch of let’s just say less educated rural Americans it looks exactly the same.

[–] odium@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, I figured you probably were based on the demographics of lemmy.

More interesting facts: The same symbol also exists in a bunch of native American tribes https://moabmuseum.org/moab-history-the-history-of-the-whirling-log-motif/.