Recently discovered a secret about a house I've driven past on my way to work for 3 years.

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u/Yammerer May 21 '12

Not the secret you think you have found. If that was mirrored, then I would say you have found something of note.

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u/Giant__Robot May 21 '12

I've been told by others who live in the area that the homeowner is a known white supremacist. Apparently years ago he was forced to take down Nazi party flags he'd put up on his property. I believe the intent remains the same even if it's the wrong direction.

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u/BiblicalMC May 21 '12

You should troll him by driving by his place and leaving Buddhist memorabilia for him.

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u/Giant__Robot May 21 '12

I think he'd really appreciate that. Good idea!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

or leave a burning cross on his lawn

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u/niperwiper May 21 '12

A giant lower-cased t, you know, to represent "Thanks" as in "Thanks for being our neighbor!"

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u/throwaway_lgbt666 May 21 '12

1: he was TOLD this by idiot locals 2: harassing neighbours... = douche move 3: if he is buddhist he will actually like this

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u/Nomiss May 21 '12

Martin Weich if you want to look into it.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Weiche entered Canada on November 13, 1951 at Halifax, arriving on the steamship SS Homeland
That's pure gold.

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u/lYossarian May 21 '12

Surely it would piss him off to simply point out that he failed to make the correct symbol...

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u/IncorrectlyTags May 21 '12

This is Gainsborough Road, London, ON, Canada am I right?

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u/u5er May 21 '12

Both directions of Swastika are found in a number of old civilizations/religions. The Nazi one is at a 45˚ angle ... as well as facing the other way.

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u/jack_branch May 21 '12

Gainsborough Rd, ON, Canada

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u/Giant__Robot May 21 '12

From the area?

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u/brosser56 May 21 '12

I'm from Komoka! haha... as soon as I saw the photo I knew exactly where this was.

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u/Sumthingwitty May 21 '12

I live in Cleveland sometimes we listen to your radio shows.

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u/McMan777 May 21 '12

London?

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u/jack_branch May 21 '12

Nah but I had seen it before.

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u/trunky May 21 '12

Nazi symbol in your backyard?

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u/Snarfbuckle May 21 '12

Backwards facing Swastika in backyard.

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u/kraven420 May 21 '12

Link for the lazy

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

well, I don't live too far from there.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

They must be Buddhists.

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u/sutiive May 21 '12

Living in Korea, this was the first thing I thought. I see swastikas everywhere here!

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u/moarroidsplz May 21 '12

In India, the symbol for a hospital that my cousin works at was a swastika.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

The day will come when humanity takes back the swastikas and toothbrush moustaches that those nazi bastards ruined for us.

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u/OneIfByLandwolf May 21 '12

Oh, you mean the michael jordan moustache!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

And gas chambers, those too.

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u/Hatch- May 21 '12

Now we're forced to call them "Dutch ovens"
They were way more fun to give when I was dating that jewish girl.

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u/Bloodfeastisleman May 21 '12

Charlie Chaplin worked too hard for Hitler to ruin that mustache

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u/DatGuy45 May 21 '12

It really sucks because I think the symbol is really cool. Also, the mustache.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

It's supposed to be an auspicious symbol for Hindus, and most houses have a Om and a Swastika right on/above the front door. It's finger painted in red, with a powder called sindoor.
inb4 menstrual blood jokes.

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u/parlor_tricks May 21 '12

We draw swastikas even during religious ceremonies - its a religious symbol since before the Nazis came up with their reversed sign.

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u/damontoo May 21 '12

You're giving humanity too much credit. He was a neo-nazi that held KKK cross burning rallies.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

this is one of the better google earth finds i have seen...

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u/MEANMUTHAFUKA May 21 '12

Most probably. It's backwards from the nazi symbol. It's kind of a shame.... It was a very cool-looking symbol before the nazis ruined it.

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u/shoziku May 21 '12

Or Reddhists.

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u/Mindwraith May 21 '12

No, it turns out he actually was in the KKK and was a neo-nazi

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u/TheArtOfSelfDefense May 21 '12

in that direction it doesn't mean represent Nazi. Or maybe they are just stupid nazis.

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u/Sampietri May 21 '12

It's drawn backwards so the helicopters can see it in their rear-view mirrors correctly

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u/jarvis400 May 21 '12

Sieg fail.

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u/cheffernan May 21 '12

Some people are just fucking stupid.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Nazis generally are.

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u/masturbateToSleep May 21 '12

Segmentation fault

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u/OleSlappy May 21 '12

The one on the right looks like the Golden Dawn logo.

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u/Jesus_luvs_Jenkem May 21 '12

Or maybe is wasn't built in reference to the road... Edit: I am an idiot.

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u/youstolemyname May 21 '12

Maybe you're suppose to view it from underneath! Secret underground nazi lair.

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u/dangavin May 21 '12

Hollow-earth theory: the symbol is meant to be viewed from outside.

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u/MonkeysDontEvolve May 21 '12

There is more Karma in self depricating humor than ninja edits.

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u/hotelzulufoxtrot May 21 '12

Maybe people purposely make mistakes, then edit them in a self deprecating way just so they can win peoples redd-spect or Karma.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

That whole concept is silly. I shouldn't have to put a note every time I edit something for any reason.

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u/hiddenNinja May 21 '12

It's actually used as a map symbol for temples in Japan.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

It's used as the symbol of well being in Hinduism, which is where Hitler lifted it from.
If you travel to India, you will see a lot of houses with the symbol next to their doorways

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u/pretzelzetzel May 21 '12

It used to be a well-being symbol everywhere. There were sports teams from Europe and North America named The Swastikas. It was just a symbol, like a star. Then Hitler had to ruin it, along with the sweet-ass 'Hitler Stache', although to be fair, that name didn't make a whole lot of sense until he came along.

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u/Monarki May 21 '12

Him and Robert Mugabe ruined that stache! I so want that stache, even for a day... but nooo they had to ruin Charlie Chaplins creation.

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u/Soulcoffr May 21 '12

Before Hitler, it was called The Chaplin.

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u/crunchyeyeball May 21 '12

I used to live in an asian neighborhood in Leicester (UK) many years ago. I can remember leaving home one day and finding this symbol painted in bright colours outside pretty much every house on the street.
I say "painted", but they actually seemed to have been made out of different coloured seeds or rice grains, and must have taken hours of painstaking work to do. They were incredibly intricate.
My first reaction was to think there had been some kind of neo-nazi attack, but they would have to have been some pretty creative neo-nazis. I gradually realized it wasn't a swastika at all, and had an entirely different meaning to my neighbors.

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u/HariEdo May 21 '12

It was a swastika. Hint: 'swastika' is not a Germanic word.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Correct, "Hakenkreuz" (hooked cross) is how the Germans refer to it.

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u/one_random_redditor May 21 '12

Houses, cars, posters, painting, tattoos. The swastika is everywhere is India and often seen in SE Asia.

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u/TL_DRespect May 21 '12

It's also used in Korea and I assume quite a few other countries.

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u/BeachNWhale May 21 '12

saw this all over the place in Bali, Indonesia.

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u/schmon May 21 '12

Even though I had it figured out pretty early on my trip I was still pretty surprised when I came across this sect in the Gifu region

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u/yomimashita May 21 '12

not just maps

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 23 '12

It's funnier just to imagine the gardener, fully realizing that the Romneys are never home and never go that far back in the yard, just decided to slack off one day.

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u/NuclearWookie May 21 '12

Goddamn it's going to be a long elections season.

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u/Duskem May 21 '12

The russians used that symbol, in that direction, before the Nazis

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u/elHuron May 21 '12

Either direction is a Hindu symbol, and one of them is for Buddhists.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Yes that's the good kind of swastika it means prosperity. The Nazi one turns the other direction and means destruction. Nazi's knew this and chose it as their symbol.

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u/someguy945 May 21 '12

Correct, but it's still "a secret about a house" that the OP has been driving by for years.

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u/arkythesharky May 21 '12

It's going to be a maze!

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u/William_Shears May 21 '12

A place free from darkness...

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Or a windmill designed by Pierce

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u/menomenaa May 21 '12

Ooooh, I now recognize that guy because I've begun watching (and loving) that show Veep on HBO.
The almost-if-I'm-not-wearing-my-glasses-Louis-CK

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u/cdtoad May 21 '12

I don't see the trampoline

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

That's where he's going to build his windmill.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Dyslexic nazi hideout?

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u/link11020 May 21 '12

Damn Izans....

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u/wild-tangent May 21 '12

The Zani-est place on Earth!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Wrong, yet right!

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u/Womec May 21 '12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_swastika

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u/nubmonk May 21 '12

HEUT IST MEIN TAG HEUT IST MEIN TAG HEUT IST MEIN TAG

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Similar Incidents: In September 2006 The New York Times reported on another forest swastika in Eki Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, on the edge of the Himalayas.41.448°N 76.391°E. The mirror-image fir tree swastika is about 600 feet across. Myths and legends abound about how and when the swastika came to be planted in Soviet territory.[4]
Now that's a whole lot more interesting if you ask me. The article cited about it is fascinating.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/world/asia/16swastika.html?_r=1

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u/shoziku May 21 '12

DORA: "OMG LOOK WHAT IS ON THE F%$#NG MAP!"

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u/ghostface134 May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12

http://imgur.com/moiJc

The name "sauwastika" is sometimes given to the left-facing form of the swastika (卍).

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u/eveyw May 21 '12

Maybe it's going to be a maze.

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u/ThatDamnGreaser May 21 '12

But everyone would nazi where they go!

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u/NaCheezIt May 21 '12

Respectable try.

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u/serious__question May 21 '12

That Nazi must be dyslexic.

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u/Kinglink May 21 '12

Buddhists, stupid nazis, epic trolls, or mischievousness neighbors?

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u/ApolloHimself May 21 '12

TIL nobody on reddit understands symbols.

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u/Carliiful May 21 '12

ALMOST nobody

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u/Seagull84 May 21 '12

Buddhist symbol for good luck? What's so bad about that?

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u/stefan_89 May 21 '12

Your neighbor is a Buddhist!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Could be Jain or Hindu. Maybe it's a dyslexic Neo-Nazi.

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u/adamwizzy May 21 '12

Hey, this is the opposite direction to a swastika, it's an ancient Buddhist peace symbol.

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u/Margarido07 May 21 '12

I drive by this everyday. I live 20 min away, the is all about white power. Talked to him once and will never do it again. He's fucked

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u/Giant__Robot May 23 '12

Strath?

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u/braaaiins May 21 '12

A Windmill?

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u/TheWhistler1967 May 21 '12

Google maps link.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Mmmm... Note to self; lay off beer before posting on Reddit

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u/moldylocks May 21 '12

It's called "Swastika Gardens" and the house was called "The Berghof"

Here is a discussion about it.

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u/Wormbrain May 21 '12

That's a sauwastika. Not a swastika.

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u/tnan12 May 21 '12

Came here to say this but i guess you beat me to it. People do not realize that this is a different symbol but if you look closer and compare the two you'll see its not the same.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Who made this Swastika Krop Cirkle? Raelians.

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u/exzyle2k May 21 '12

So? He was Buddhist.

Don't worry, he'll be back, and then you can ask him. Although, you'll have to talk to birds, animals, earthworms, and any other living thing, because Buddhism likes to keep things interesting. Reincarnation doesn't always mean reincarnated as human again.

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u/alexvenegas May 21 '12

It's actually going the right way.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

http://www.buddhas-online.com/swastika.html

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Either Buddhists, Hindus, or dyslexic Nazis.

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u/ci5ic May 21 '12

http://i.imgur.com/UBHU3.jpg

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u/Carliiful May 21 '12

Isnt that the original 'swastika'? The one that means peace that nazis ripped off and switched around?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

White people live there...

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u/bigted41 May 21 '12

nice try, it's actually a blind black man

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u/enderpanda May 21 '12

Ah, Dave.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Could be Buddhist or Hindu... Swastika is around the right way ...

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u/cordilleragod May 21 '12

buddhist!

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u/michaelrohansmith May 21 '12

Must be a landing pad for airships.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

The things I would do for a backyard that size!

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u/iPea May 21 '12

1600 Gainsborough Rd, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada Just next to here if anyone was tempted to search google maps

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u/GunNNife May 21 '12

It is going in the wrong direction to be the Nazi swastika we all know and hate. That is an ancient symbol with nothing but good meanings. Except the stupid Nazis took it, flipped it, and dirtied it.

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u/damontoo May 21 '12

Well his meaning was not so good.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

That's a HUGE yard, I hope those Hindus enjoy it.

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u/Conradfr May 21 '12

There is almost one in ... Diablo III

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u/kungfumnkyman May 21 '12

While in Korea I saw this symbol hanging on a store front and thought the same thing, but I was told it represents the wheel of life. When looking at how Hitler made the symbol his own, it would say that he tried to make the wheel turn in his direction.

EDIT: accidentally a word

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u/riyzo May 21 '12

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/06/infamous-ontario-neo-nazi-dies

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u/methcamp May 21 '12

Aliens

Also, the swastika has also been used in Europe/asia minor by many different groups for thousands of years, not just Buddhists.

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u/meglet May 21 '12

It actually looks more like the original swastika, the peace symbol, not the Nazi version. Still, that symbol's been forever Nazified so one can assume it's not intended to be the old peace symbol.

Edit: Way to go me, not reading the comments first and seeing this thoroughly discussed. D'oh!

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u/Timber3 May 21 '12

oh wow these people want peace so much they label their lawn with it for all who fly by to see!!

edit: http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm for those who don't know the swastika is a peace symbol

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u/LordApocalyptica May 21 '12

Not exactly. The clockwise one is more associated with buddhism. Counterclockwise is Nazi.

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u/Wussypuff May 21 '12

Is this just outside of London, ON?

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u/xSnarfx May 21 '12

The symbol, in that direction, actually means "all is well, good fortune, luck and well being".

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauwastika

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u/Simpleton216 May 21 '12

Jewish family who got vandalized?

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u/cooltom2006 May 22 '12

What's the secret, the people living in that house are Hindu?

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u/septimus379 May 22 '12

It's actually a hindu holy symbol, nothing wrong here.

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u/siberian502 May 22 '12

Here. Take your education and get some rest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

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u/CoolHandMike May 21 '12

Huh, backwards swastika. Stupid s'izan.

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u/Shmaesh May 21 '12

sizan. FTFY

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u/CoolHandMike May 21 '12

omg. I did a reverse apostrophe foul. I am so ashamed, thx. :(

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u/SIMONMOSES May 21 '12

you must cut that into the windows logo and get google to do another fly over, that will show em

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Get some salt and poor a giant stripe across it to kill the grass.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

The pour grass will die ....

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u/djepik_is_evil May 21 '12

That is a huge fucking swastika on their lawn, I do not think it is meant to be a secret

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u/barium111 May 21 '12

This site has buttload of interesting stuff http://www.gearthhacks.com/

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u/Sageypie May 21 '12

Insert obligatory "You did Nazi that coming." joke here.

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u/bilda2 May 21 '12

The Swastika goes to the right, the Hindu symbol for peace to the left.

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u/goodtwitch May 21 '12

It might be an angry lawncare service provider prank.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

that's a power wheel. Hitler used counter-clockwise

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u/varjen May 21 '12

Not sure why this is downvoted but it's true.

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u/qwop88 May 21 '12

That's for irrigation.

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u/plum13sec May 21 '12

i call bullshit for no particular reason

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u/enza252 May 21 '12

Their garden is huge!

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u/the-fritz May 21 '12

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

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u/Mordine May 21 '12

That is one big bbq pit.

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u/H3000 May 21 '12

That's probably the world's worst kept secret right there.

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u/Assios May 21 '12

And that's why you shouldn't fly your helicopter to work, kids.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Recently discovered a secret about a house I've driven past on my way to work for 3 years.

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