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[-] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 95 points 2 days ago

if anyone curious: swastika symbol is not exclusive to Nazis and more ancient culture have used it (and some still do).

English word swastika is originally of the Sanskrit language (स्वस्तिक, lit. 'conducive to well-being').[1][9] In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya, prosperity, and good luck; while the left-facing symbol (卍) is sometimes called sauvastika, symbolising night or tantric aspects of Kali

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

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It's such a simple symbol that most ancient cultures have used it at some point or another everywhere around the world.

[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 46 points 2 days ago

In this case it looks more like it's being used as some kind of ratchet than as a secret symbol

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Too uneven. On a video someone made it is like a bump that sticks out to push something behind the button.

Most likely it is just a hidden good luck symbol from whatever Asian country made the part.

[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

LG would be South Korea. Maybe it contacts tracks on PCB below and it's some kind of semi-conductive rubber

[-] Cypher@aussie.zone 25 points 2 days ago

Swastikas are quite common in South Korea particularly at religious sites.

[-] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

This, it's called a manja. You'll go hike to a Buddhist shrine in the mountains and the place is covered in swastikas.

[-] Eldritch@piefed.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Perhaps not. The company's full name isn't lg. It's Lucky Goldstar. It would fit with the name and Asian culture in general.

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Is that's the case then usually those are + symbol shaped. But adding additional fins in the end would distribute force more evenly, and make it slightly stronger and less prone to breaking. Easy and cheap fix if that part was breaking more than an acceptable amount.

[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 days ago

Okay but why is it in an LG washing machine?!?

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

LG is a South Korean company, so that might have something to do with it.

[-] kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Leben's Geil

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

I'm Jewish and my wife is Indian. For our wedding, we had to print literature for my family to understand the original meanings of swastik symbols. For her family, many visiting from India, we had to include a brief history lesson about the Holocaust and the Nazi's abuse of this symbol.

[-] teslekova@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

"Yes, even though he killed a lot of British people and was the enemy of history's greatest monster Winston Churchill, Hitler was still a very bad man because of... other stuff... and is really quite evil in the eyes of most Westerners. And especially Aunt Rachel who he personally tried to put in an oven."

That must have been a fun pamphlet to write.

[-] aeiou@piefed.social 26 points 2 days ago

I kinda hate it's still so strongly associated with the Nazis with no real attempt to reclaim it; it's one of humanity's oldest symbols, and they shouldn't have nice things

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago

I mean give it a short time - 500 years or so - I'm sure it'll be forgotten.

No one really associates roses with the Tudors and Stuarts any more, the Trikelion and the Triquetra aren't sacred symbols any more, people use the Cadeceus when they mean the Asclepius staff, depending on context some enemies of France would've seen the Fleur de Lys as an offensive symbol...

[-] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago

We have fortunately gotten rid of many kings and removed the social basis of feudalism. However, Neo-Nazis persist today and seem likely to persist for a while longer. Their symbolism will remain known as such until the destruction of the basis of fascism.

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[-] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 2 days ago

I'm still pissed about the Charlie Chaplin mustache being ruined.

[-] Kraiden@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

I had a misguided but well meaning friend who tried to reclaim it by putting a sticker on her bass. It was the inverted form to what the nazis used, and had some extra elements to it which should have differentiated it enough to know it was meant as a peace symbol... it was not enough. I don't think a single person that saw that sticker DIDN'T think it was a hate symbol.

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[-] prettybunnys@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago

The Nazis also famously rotated it and made it “bold”

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[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Prior to WWII, it was sometimes used in the US as a symbol of good luck. That's why, for example, there are those antique metal fobs in the shape of a swastika with the Coca-Cola logo embossed on them.

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[-] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, to be a swastika (Hakenkreuz) it needs to be surrounded by a circle. This is a manja, you see them all the time in Buddhism and the culture that the Nazis stole it from is over 6k years old.

That being said. Fuck Nazis. Fuck Fascists. And if you need to err on the side of caution, feel free to be suspicious every time you see a manja.

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[-] JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago

No, to be a swastika (Hakenkreuz) it needs to be surrounded by a circle. This is a manja, you see them all the time in Buddhism and the culture that the Nazis stole it from is over 6k years old.

No, the Nazis also used them without circles. And modern neonazis and edgy teenagers also are total fuckwits who don't really use the CI stylebook of the NSDAP for correct swastika usage. So you can only check this out of context: Some hidden symbol in a washing machine from Asia? Chances are good that this used as an asiatic lucky charm. Those graffiti in your local underpass in a western town? Chances are that they were not drawn by a rouge gang of buddists trying to with you luck.

[-] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 days ago

Nazis used them flat rather than rotated too

[-] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I stand corrected. The NSDAP party had flat swastikas however they were always surrounded by a circle. The official symbolism of the Nazi government of Germany however used an angled Hakenkreuz. Regional parties however did use the flat swastika. Always though, they were surrounded by a circle. Otherwise they were manja symbols. ::: spoiler Unless you're referring to the Broken Sun Cross. No they didn't. They used manja symbols. But no the "Swastika" which was referred to as the Hakenkreuz was only ever on an angle.
:::

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

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

There are some Nazi symbols that omit the circle on the page you linked. In heraldry, and the 1939 iron cross. But I think it's a very strong rule of thumb

[-] Aneb@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Still wondering what a manja is doing on the inside of a washing machine button

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Europe stole from

It was pretty popular before they ruined it.

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago

That, and the dots, but they're not always there

[-] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's from the The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), c. 2600–1900 BCE. If you break the seal, all those missing socks and underwear will reappear. It's kind of a metaphysical dust trap built into the machine as a way of maintaining balance in the universe.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

It sounds like a containment unit, like in Ghostbusters.

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[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 32 points 2 days ago

Your washing machines sort colors and whites? What kinda bougeouise stuff y'all got? I only ever hear about people sorting white from colors so the machine doesn't unify things

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 days ago

We are all just cogs in the proverbial washing machine

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[-] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

*dryer

It's interesting the reply mentioned washing machines when the OP was specifically talking about a dryer.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

This looks more like that Indian symbol I see around Diwali.

[-] ammonium@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

My washing machine doesn't participates in segregation

[-] bigboismith@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Since no one else is saying it, I would assume it's some reinforcing that they added late in the molding

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 2 days ago

It looks like the recycling symbol to me

[-] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

White only laundry

[-] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

You see these all over China at all the temples. Most Buddha's statues have them over his heart

[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

Okay but why is it in an LG washing machine?

[-] SuperApples@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You see them all of Korea where LG is headquartered, too. And all over Japan, and all over India, and all over Thailand, etc, etc. Any country with a historically large Buddhist or Hindu following, basically.

[-] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

What country was the part made in? My guess is china and the rune means good fortune in their culture. Whom ever made the injection mold added it to pass on good fortune would be my guess.

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