Remember that stylized "S" you drew in school?

[Blackjack200]

For once, VICE is good for something.

http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/that-s-thing-everyone-drew-in-school-what-is-it

I had no idea this was so widespread. Their conclusion is that it doesn't actually mean anything, kids just draw it because it looks cool and it's easy to draw.

 

[Ruptga]

I heard a few different stories about what it meant, but they all contradicted each other and most kids I asked didn't even know, they just liked the look of it. It was a pre-internet meme, it existed because someone somewhere made a doodle and we collectively decided that we liked it.

 

[Ns1]

At the time, I do believe I was under the impression that it was the Stussy S .

 

[Zeze]

I thought it meant nothing of no particular origin. That's stylized S is very fun to draw as young'uns- how the lines connect each other then boom- sexy S.

Probably some artsy kid showed it to someone else and it spread from there, no particular significant story.

 

[Imp]

No, but I remember S Club 7.

https://youtu.be/-X0EjwF8o0g

 

[heymrdj]

No, but I remember S Club 7.

https://youtu.be/-X0EjwF8o0g

I saw just the picture in tapatalk and I thought "omg my childhood crush!" And I was right, S Club 7.


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[TallBill]

Worst payoff story ever.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Worst payoff story ever.

Yea. This story just made me mad and gave me nostalgia. Bad story is bad.

 

[IronWing]

Looks like a doubly terminated quartz crystal. I never drew that S as a child.

 

[smackababy]

No, but I remember S Club 7.

https://youtu.be/-X0EjwF8o0g

I couldn't even make it to the song. It was that bad.

 

[JujuFish]

Remember that stylized "S" you drew in school?

Uh, no?

 

[ControlD]

Uh, no?

Yeah. I think this might be the first time I have actually seen it. It's cool, but the old dickosaurus is still the king of adolescent doodles.

 

[IronWing]

Isn't it just the S from the Styx logo?

 

[Jeeebus]

Drew so many of those growing up. Good times.

 

[balloonshark]

Seems like I remember seeing it as graffiti in movies. Kind of thought it may be graffiti from a breakdance or rap album cover or movie.

 

[darkswordsman17]

For once, VICE is good for something.

http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/that-s-thing-everyone-drew-in-school-what-is-it

I had no idea this was so widespread. Their conclusion is that it doesn't actually mean anything, kids just draw it because it looks cool and it's easy to draw.

Er, what? You pick this shitty article to claim they're good for something?

 

[gorcorps]

I remember drawing that. I always assumed it was related to some skateboard company.

 

[KeithTalent]

I remember nothing of the sort.

KT

 

[twinrider1]

I was drawing it in the late 70s. I think drawing letters and words in different styles was just a thing back then. It's all we had to do. If class was slow I'd draw band logos in my comp book. You'd draw the original and then draw it in different styles. You'd make all the letters touch and figure out which letters were in front and which had to tuck in behind and you had to draw it so it looked right, kinda 3D. A lot of kids drew cars too, with flame jobs. Same thing, you decided which licks of flame were on top. So you had to plan ahead to stop one flame so another flame could lay on top. If your lines cut through and you had to erase it it never looked right.

Edit: lol, and now I'll be listening to old rock music for the rest of the night.

 

[SKORPI0]

At the time, I do believe I was under the impression that it was the Stussy S .

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/super-s-stussy

 

[waffleironhead]

I dont remember that at all. I do remember the Pen 15 club though.

 

[Zee]

i remember i was trying to draw graffiti style so that's how it came about for me

 

[Kyle]

At the time, I do believe I was under the impression that it was the Stussy S .

Same

 

[tortillasoup]

This was a popular thing in the very early 90s and late 80s, died off by the mid to late 90s. I remember my older siblings drawing this thing.