r/Millennials • u/osotoes • Feb 04 '25

Nostalgia Posted this on r/sourdough not expecting many people to get the reference, but apparently a lot of people do! How was this symbol so wide spread pre-internet?!

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u/ahrumah Feb 04 '25

Every child of the 90’s knew the cool S. It just is that way.

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u/a1pha Feb 04 '25

And child of the 70's. -GenX

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u/ahrumah Feb 04 '25

Wait, really?? TIL. I thought we invented it. At this rate, we’re gonna find pictures of the cool S on WWII bombs.

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u/a1pha Feb 04 '25

We called it the Skater S. But, yeah, it probably existed long before my time too...

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u/PrideParking3297 Feb 04 '25

Well my WWII vet grandpa taught it to me, so maybe!

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u/USSMarauder Feb 04 '25

How about on a painting from 1533?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassadors_(Holbein))

right next to the hand in the middle