r/mildyinteresting • u/AlternativeWhich2947 • Jul 02 '26

humankind hiccups 😅 The way this German bakery writes their S.

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Is this a common way to write S for Germans?

UPDATE: I reached out to the bakery, it's in a large US city, it was opened in 2011 and owned by a couple who immigrated from Germany many years ago. The sign was written by one of their workers who is not German, and does their community outreach/participation in Farmer's markets. This was the first time it was brought to their attention. Looks to be innocent, but not well thought out.

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u/Vedfolnir5 Jul 02 '26

They know what they are doing

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u/Brief-Equal4676 Jul 02 '26

You can't write these Ss and think it's reich

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u/ImFeelinBotty Jul 02 '26

Dog whistle for sure.

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u/DonutChickenBurg Jul 08 '26

More like an airhorn

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u/GlitterPirateKiki58 Jul 03 '26

Yep, that is a *choice*.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '26

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u/MetalJucro Jul 03 '26

That style the S is written in resembles the Sowilo rune and was used as a symbol from the Schutzstaffel (SS) which at the beginning were a kind of bodyguards and paramilitary force for the nazis up to being one of the main organs organizing the holocaust

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u/NextChef8179 Jul 02 '26

Being hilarious

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u/zoosha2curtaincall Jul 02 '26

This was a plausible (if dumb) take in 2015. At this point if you’re defending it, you just like Nazis.

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u/NextChef8179 Jul 03 '26

Lmao what?

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u/adamdoesmusic Jul 02 '26

You may think it’s hitlerious, but it’s not Reich. I do Nazi why it’s even funny.

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u/TactualTransAm Jul 02 '26

Anne Frankly I don't care