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As me and my 12yr old were putting this together they noticed the bottom of the tree had a unique shape. We had a good conversation about how that symbol means other things to different groups and this is just happenstance and also points the opposite way.

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[–] tbe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I remember being a child and building a space station (it looked a bit like StarLab so I guess the station in general was on TV or in a book) with a solar array that shape, my parents were a little angry and asked where that shape came from. I didn’t have a clue so I basically just said I liked the symmetry. They told me that’s a "very bad shape and that I have to rebuild it. It ended up being 8-shaped, which was also nice.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I recall my parents giving me shit for making a Lego swastika. I made it after seeing it in what I guess was one of those weird propaganda episodes of looney tunes.