Anyone Remember That Weird "S" Thing From Middle School?

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
08/05/2016 at 19:30 • Filed to: Random

Where you were the lamest kid in class if you didn’t know how to draw it? Apparently everyone wasnt just into Suzuki. The thing that’s messing me up is how this doodle was so widespread before the internet and doesn’t have any real backstory of origin. Thought came up because I’m mini-hnnging over Suzuki Equators right now.

There was another variation of it as an infinite knot which may have been the original design but little kids turned it into an S, then tried to make it a fictional gang sign because 90's kids were ruff and tuff with their afro puffs, homeslice.

*The Lady of Rage (explaining the afro puffs reference).

OMG Snoop Dogg looks so young!!!

(Sorry, here’s the version with the “correct” backing samples that I bump on my drives).

DISCUSSION (18)

Spaceball-Two > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 19:34

Kinja'd!!!

S65 > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 19:35

That was cool in like 3rd grade....

LongbowMkII > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 19:40

I remember it back from about 97 or so.

Wobbles the Mind > Spaceball-Two
08/05/2016 at 19:41

Damn, I forgot how logos were back when Japanese cars made 276 hp.

Kinja'd!!!

Spaceball-Two > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 19:43

The late 90's early 2000's were a dark time.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Spaceball-Two
08/05/2016 at 20:03

Stussy is coming back strong at the moment.

JRapp: now as good as new again > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
08/05/2016 at 20:06

JNCO is also apparently attempting a comeback..

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > JRapp: now as good as new again
08/05/2016 at 20:09

We never had JNCO in the UK. Looking at Google Image search, I’m very very glad.

JRapp: now as good as new again > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
08/05/2016 at 20:23

Yea that was the craze of the skater and raver culture in the US in the 90s. At least in Oregon.

And while I don’t think these are exactly JNCOs in the video, it was this general crowd.

(And I didn’t realize the JNCO post above wasn’t part of this thread of comments.)

Jack Does Cars > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 20:36

People always drew comparisons to the NC State logo in middle school, at least where I am.

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 21:10

oh fuck yeah I remember those too

RT > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 21:15

I remember it too. Then I did a bit of Googling and found this video:

Nothing amazing, but it’s not too long and lists a few possible answers.

NJAnon > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 21:34

Not sure if its an S. more like a “random simple design that almost looks like a letter but people think everything can be explained and now we assume its a letter. :P” Which is fine cuz graffiti is awesome.

Tom McParland > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 21:45

I once had a set of JNCO jeans with 32 in leg openings...I was also into “aggressive inline skating” for a period of about 3 months until I almost broke my hip. Man...I was a dumb teenager.

Wobbles the Mind > Tom McParland
08/05/2016 at 21:48

Wait, did you have the jeans at the same time as the inline skating phase?! I’m surprised “almost” was an available outcome!

Tom McParland > Wobbles the Mind
08/05/2016 at 22:01

Yes inline skating and ridiculously big jeans were a thing for a bit in the 90's.

LoudmouthOne > Wobbles the Mind
08/06/2016 at 09:17

I had to reply only because of how awesome the subject of this post is. Here's to getting old!

LoudmouthOne > Spaceball-Two
08/06/2016 at 09:21

Yet such a great time for car culture. Sure we had the terrible rice thing, but more people got into working on and being involved with cars than seems possible now. As I got my license in 2002, the explosion of lower end car modifications made it the perfect time for high schoolers and college kids with part time jobs to get into cars and working on them. We may be getting older now, getting married, and having families, but I’m sure that once our kids go off to college the rush for Type R’s, RX-7's, and the like will explode again... Just much less rice next time