r/dankmemes • u/themadkiller10 INFECTED • May 24 '25

OC Maymay ♨ The west has fallen

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u/ramror777 May 25 '25

Help! Can anyone please explain the caption??

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u/SpoonVian May 25 '25

In old English, the derogatory F word for gay people meant a bundle of sticks. A bundle of sticks is also some symbol fascists use, or used to.

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u/vanadous Purple Haze May 25 '25

Fasces means bundle of sticks in Latin, that was the root word for fascismo

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u/ramror777 May 25 '25

Thank you, fellow redditor.

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u/ramror777 May 25 '25

Thank you

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u/MadghastOfficial May 25 '25

I'm confused by the second sentence. Are you saying the word is used as a symbol by fascists, or a literal bundle of sticks?