This was posted under the punch clock at work. I assume it’s some kind of occult symbol but that’s just a guess. Anyone know what it is or what it means?
This is 100% the sigil from Yellow Jackets.
I only watched season 2 the one time when it was new so I might be misremembering, but iirc we don’t actually know what it means or what its origins are yet. It currently represents survival and, in some ways, a return to a simpler, harder kind of life. The inevitability of fate, even.
The management is probably upset about it because of its association with brutality and cannibalism. Even if the odds are like 99-1 that it’s just folks being fans of a show, I can def see how it might make some others a bit uncomfortable to find it getting tagged in this setting.
Edit: some words
Yup, here it is:
That’s the schematic symbol for an interocetor.
Use only genuine interocetor parts.
Are you boys making an interocetor up there??
NO
It’s a long par 9 to our nation’s capital.
Sigils are usually custom made and it’s pretty much impossible to figure out wtf it means by looking at it
“Stop putting this symbol everywhere”
Proceeds to put posters with the three of the symbols on it everywhereAn interesting version of the Streisand Effect.
Looks like a hodgepodge of hobo code.
Looks like it’s from a show called Yellowjackets.
You beat me to it, just from a TV show.
But I bet Nancy in HR thinks it’s satanic and is reacting as such.
Honestly, this tracks with where I work. I thought it was something cooler.
Sad reality is that this is probably the coolest likely outcome. Coin toss between regular graffiti and some nazi shit the rest of the time.
Do you know who put the signs up?
It’s a little too on the nose for the show the symbol is from.
Like, I’d believe a fan of the show made the sign, than a fan was randomly drawing the symbol and then someone made a not reacting the same way the characters in the show do.
I have no idea. I work in a large department and I don’t know who 3/4 of my coworkers are. I’ve never even seen the symbols in person, this was the first time I was made aware of them.
Yeah, the sign is likely the joke then
Never watched the show but it looks to be pretty obviously based on alchemical symbols, style-wise.
Either that, or by some strange twist of fate is a fan of that show. Either theory sounds easily plausible to me, though.
Thanks for the link, here is a quote:
Throughout the Showtime original series Yellowjackets, a strange symbol appears. It resembles an impaled female figure, with a hook coming out of the bottom. As of the end of the program’s third season, the symbol’s exact significance remains unknown.
So… Management at OP’s workplace are just making a fuss over nothing or they were really traumatized by the show? I never watched it
Is this Lost
From the one episode I saw - yes.
Im personally very wary of getting invested in it cause I’m afraid it will just keep upping the ante without answering anything, but my friends who have watched it said that it does seem to have a direction and does actual address things.
HR got $5 from showtime to put up flyers advertising their little show
my first thought was that this was a social science experiment lol
That post from HR is almost asking for more trouble. There would no more work being done because now everyone would be busy trying to figure out what that symbol meant, as well as copy-cats doing the same symbol elsewhere in the company.
Over a nonsense symbol?! People are just pathetic sometimes.
Looks like something from Gravity Falls
Just finished watching the last episode of Weidmageddon about 30 minutes ago and instantly had the same thought… Obviously that Bill Cipher right there!
Came here to say this too
I’m generally highly suspicious of any picture of a piece of paper with writing on it posted on social media.
Before reading the other comments, I would have said that it’s probably a meaningless doodle, but it looks evil to people who are reflexively suspicious of anything unfamiliar.
That note under the punch clock is a hilarious overreaction, and I love it! Management isn’t just feeding the troll; they’re making the troll a full Thanksgiving dinner.
imagine having the mindset that an image has that much power over you. I still remember the Dungeon Masters manual from d&d making adults absolutely furious!
Iron Maiden cover art was pure evil energy
but you heard them actually learn what is behind those images and it’s just fuckin make believe nonsense turned up to max
Growing up in Christian Fundie Hell during the height of the Satanic Panic was certainly an experience.
My partner at the time loved Zelda: Wind Waker. They had the poster for it and all, but had blacked out with a sharpie a screenshot on it of one of the dungeons because it was called Temple of the Gods or something.
The 2000s were the height? You’re at least a decade off: https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/mcmartin-preschool and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic
I personally remember my brother being forced to destroy his gold cartridge Ocarina of Time when my mother heard/thought it was pagan witchcraft. She watched him do it and claimed she saw green fire/smoke blaze up from it and claimed that it was the devil that had been inside. So that was the later 90s, I guess.
You forget that the Midwest is always a few years behind, and that goes double for the heavily rural Midwest 😉
What’s more, the height of the moment was more of a plateau than a peak.
Would be hard to resist drawing the symbol on the flyer.
They already did thrice.
Boston Police Department stated in its defense that the ad devices shared some similarities with improvised explosive devices
Anything can look like a bomb if you’re stupid
Never forget.
Seriously, that might have been the best guerilla marketing campaign ever. So many people were utterly clueless (and needlessly terrified), but fans of the show knew immediately what they were.
Yeah, I remember that! this is very reminiscent of that incident judging from the rest of the comments.
Well, I’m hot-blooded, check it and see I’ve got a fever of a hundred and three Come on, baby, do you do more than dance?
Carl, you are striped with radiation.
Something tells me the person who drew the symbols also posted the HR notice.
That’s the symbol from Yellowjackets. If you are curious about the show, only the first season is good
That’s being kind. 🥲
It could have been really good though
Pretty on-brand for this timeline, though. 🤷🏼♂️
No one has replied that you’re wrong so have an upvote!
Damn, thank you! I’ve been curious about this show for ages and it’s good to get some indication as to where to start and stop. Anyone else want to chime in with opinions on this? I’d love to hear thoughts on it before I spend any time watching
Christina Ricci.
Seconded. Really, I thought all of the casting was really well done.
Sold!
I’ll step in with a dif perspective. I enjoyed all seasons so far. Shit does get wild and there are Def some out of pocket decisions that were made that makes the show a bit campy at times, but I’m down for it and enjoyed the journey. I can see where the “only first season is good” crowd is coming from, but I don’t regret sticking with it. Carbon monoxide is a bitch.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first season. Part of the fun was the mystery, which is why I don’t think the second season was as good. The show tried too hard to explain and it got a little bit too mired down in its own metaphysics for my taste.
I’m not sure I’ll watch any more of it.
