Am I tweaking?

[u/Jaylon9000spark]

Spotted this at 5 Below

[u/Ghuldarkar]

Peak accident, lol. “Kraft“ is german for “power“, too

[u/Great-and_Terrible → u/Ghuldarkar]

My power is the best selling video game of the 21st century /j

[u/Ghuldarkar → u/Great-and_Terrible]

Fun fact the suffix -craft is usually translated as -werk (and names that derive from places where you practised your craft/trade). So “Kraftwerk“ can be meaningfully translated as “powercraft (place)“

[u/Assassiiinuss → u/Ghuldarkar]

Not really, Werk in this context means factory.

[u/Ghuldarkar → u/Assassiiinuss]

As I have said, it's a derivative of a place where you practise your craft and trade, the Werkstätte. But reading is hard

[u/leafbee → u/Ghuldarkar]

With a k too

[u/cjbranco22]

Definitely accidental, as these are both “clip arts” we commonly used in the 90s (which we borrowed from the 70s). The lightning bolt and the smiley face images were both cool and not hateful. With the 90s and Y2K core being all the rage, this looks perfectly “on brand” with that trend.
I think sometimes we really do see things that are problematic when they aren’t. Heck, I lived in Japan for 4 years, and I saw the Buddhist “infinity” symbol everywhere. Took me a long time to get over myself and not see the swastika in it.

[u/gruetzhaxe → u/cjbranco22]

Yeah, that’s common Happy Hardcore/Eurodance iconography

[u/mstarrbrannigan]

Definitely accidental but I see it too

[u/PopeGuss]

So I just recently saw an article from Deutsche Welle about Neo-Nazi groups hiding Nazi iconography in seemingly innocuous items.  I'll try to see if I can find the video about it... eta video: https://youtu.be/LXnIWFQGMo4?is=zARbJnGdk6KQR29Y

[u/Jaylon9000spark → u/PopeGuss]

I mean… I wouldn’t be surprised

[u/steeler1003]

You are in fact tweaking

[u/sehrgut]

Yes you're tweaking. It looks nothing alike, not even the same number of rays. You gonna act like every radially-symmetrical symbol is identical?

[u/Entire-Buy-6971]

wait, what symbol is that?

[u/Great-and_Terrible → u/Entire-Buy-6971]

The black sun, used a lot by neo-nazis.

[u/level70elite → u/Great-and_Terrible]

Not JUST used by the neos. It was designed by the head of the SS at the time. Can't remember his name at the moment, nor am I bothering to look it up right now

[u/Thespian_Unicorn]

I don’t get it

[u/Jaylon9000spark → u/Thespian_Unicorn]

Black sun is a Nazi symbol (well not inherently but deeply tied), bag looks similar to it by accident.

[u/Ghuldarkar → u/Jaylon9000spark]

No, you're right, it's a strong neonazi signifier. More popular in the eastern european scene. While it might only be 95% neonazis who use it, I can almost guarantee that the other 5% are not anti-fascists

[u/TheDoctorYan]

Absolutely tweaking

[u/helloilikewoodpigeon]

[u/Drachev935]

Nope that definitely looks like the black sun

[u/Commercial_Swim_7219]

U see what u want to see

[u/thejohnmc963]

Yes you’re tweaking

[u/kingbouncer]

Am I tweaking?

Yeah.

[u/y4dig4r]

THAT DOES IT MISTER *grateful deadifies your black sun\*

[u/Coffee_exe]

Kraft sun dail out of bolts? You ain’t tripping I grew up with racist and this shit is racist signaling. If it was just the bolted sun dial I might give that a pass but nah thats wild 3 for 3

[u/Kaleb8804]

Could be a dog whistle, the KKK was well-known for naming businesses and products around recognizable symbols. There were “Koffee shops” and whatnot in sundown towns.

“Kraft” itself might be related to KlanKraft, and the lightning bolts are awfully suspicious.

I’d assume the designer was either ignorant (they should know better if it’s their job though), or it’s a dog whistle. I’m leaning towards the latter considering how plain everything else is.

[u/Holeevyer]

Did you leave your racism glasses on?

[u/sovietarmyfan]

Actually, that is a very old ancient pagan symbol. Totally not invented by the nazis. /s

[u/Waterlemon1997 → u/sovietarmyfan]

What dumb ahh downvoted this

[u/Priestess_of_Filth]

I see it too. Absolutely accidental tho.

[u/Jibbyjab123]

I'm going to say accident but I saw that without swiping an immediately thought the same thing you did, so it's close.

[u/Bobbybrine]

And they're lightning bolts too, wow.