Universal S?

[Ssynicil]

I remember this weird 'S' Symbol I used to draw in school (Picture attached) I randomly remembered it today and want to know if anyone has any idea where it came from? I badly want to figure out its origins

 

[Crunchy Oats]

I always thought black people made it up, I dunno

 

[break these cuffs]

>weird s
>not cool s
Shiggy digg my nig

 

[Syntaxion]

It has a wikipedia page, a vice article and a knowyourmeme page

Even here in Europe we drew that thing in school. Honestly, no idea what the exact origin is. Even the aforementioned article and wikipedo/KYM pages are unclear about its origin.

Apparantly called the Stussy S because it was said the company Stussy used it as its logo in the 90s and 2000s, which is where it supposedly started, but the company has denied ever using the symbol. Others said it started as an 'S' for Superman, but that too, is doubted.

 

[Ssynicil]

It has a wikipedia page

Cool S - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And a vice article

https://www.vice.com/en/article/gqkj5j/that-s-thing-everyone-drew-in-school-what-is-it

Even here in Europe we drew that thing in school. Honestly, no idea what the exact origin is. Even the aforementioned article and wikipedo page are unclear about its origin.

Apparantly called the Stussy S because it was said the company Stussy used it as its logo in the 90s and 2000s, which is where it started, but the company has denied ever using the symbol

I found about this too from a discord gc and actually investigated there clothing. For the life of me I couldnt find a single piece of merchandise Stussy produced which actually featured the infamous 'S' If you can find some type of clothing from them which has the logo it would be much appreaciated

 

[Clint Torez]

This video does a good job of explaining the "S" symbol and possible origins.

 

[Least Concern]

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[Mojo Thief]

I heard this is one of the oldest known photographs of the Cool S.

 

[Ssynicil]

I heard this is one of the oldest known photographs of the Cool S.

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Can you site the source/article?

 

[Medulseur]

If you look close enough you will see that it is also an 8.

 

[Red Hood]

I heard this is one of the oldest known photographs of the Cool S.

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I insist that it must be spelled as "kewl"

 

[The Spice boi]

Being so easy to draw, I would guess it's just some intrinsic symbol in our conciousness we've been drawing or carving for tens of thousands of years, and probably has no real meaning or origin. It's just art in general. Looks cool and makes us feel good

 

[Ssynicil]

Being so easy to draw, I would guess it's just some intrinsic symbol in our conciousness we've been drawing or carving for tens of thousands of years, and probably has no real meaning or origin. It's just art in general. Looks cool and makes us feel good

True. But I want to know if there is an 'official' connection. Like a date we can trace in the human calendar to when the 'kewl s' started

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

Being so easy to draw, I would guess it's just some intrinsic symbol in our conciousness we've been drawing or carving for tens of thousands of years, and probably has no real meaning or origin. It's just art in general. Looks cool and makes us feel good

Like the swastika?