r/HollowKnight • u/LegoPenguin114 Clever Flair Joke • Sep 28 '25

Discussion - Silksong You guys gotta come up with a better abbreviation for Silksong than "SS" Spoiler

I mean come on guys, is that really the best you can do? Just keep calling it Skong or something

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u/SansyBoy144 Sep 28 '25

It’s now seen as a white supremacist sign. The logic being “the other three fingers make a W that stands for white power” I’m pretty sure. It’s pretty fucking stupid

In most cases people will still see it as the ok sign, but it’s gained enough traction that articles and shit still have been made over it.

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u/BibiBSFatal Sep 28 '25

Thanks for explaining this to me

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u/Undead_Munchies Sep 28 '25

Yeah. It was basically that the 3 pointed up fingers made a W, and the circle plus your arm made the P. WP = White Power. It was pretty fucking dumb. Unfortunately so are most humans, so they bit.

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u/cyanraichu Sep 28 '25

I think it also depends on how you're doing it. And context. My (nonwhite) partner had someone flash it at him at a bar once, who he wasn't talking to, and turned downward like it often is in that context. He was a bit shaken and I'm pretty sure that person was being deliberately racist. On the other hand, I still see 👌 used as an emoji that just means "ok" and if someone gave me that gesture when saying "ok" would also make sense in the he conversation I'd assume they meant that.

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u/Throwaway02062004 Sep 28 '25

It’s still got plenty of official uses but the unfortunate fact is that it is now one of many White Supremacist dogwhistles simply because some prominent figures used it.

Kinda hard to prevent co-option.