The Universal S

[@LEMMiNO]

[Credits, References, and More] www.lemmi.no/p/the-universal-s

[@bradleymarsh8583]

What keyboard are you using in this video?

[@zdean29]

Whaaaaat

[@entitydotexe6138]

@@bradleymarsh8583 I believe it's a Cooler Master SK650

[@matthewhopkins7042]

That is absolutely not the same thing and you know it, you just found the easy way out. Shame on you.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

you kinda late bro

[@GameBangStudios]

Like so he can see.... the symbol goes far back as 1533 where it can be seen in the painting “the ambassadors” by Hans Holbein the younger ... you can see the symbol if you zoom in to the table . The “S” appears sideways

[@ryanl3407]

I googled it, can confirm it is sideways on the table like OP said

[@marunero3]

so... cavemen probably figured it out first

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

Holy shit, HOLY FUCKING SHIT! that could explain why its in both europe an americas

[@marunero3]

@@TheEnabledDisabled who knows.. maybe in the old times when people from africa were killing snakes they measured their length xd

[@whitehatnetizen]

And everything in that painting is very carefully and deliberately chosen to be in it. It must mean something to them and not just be a cool pattern.

[@Frizzable]

I got suspended when I drew it at school because they said it was a gang sign

[@combine8269]

Frizzable Btfo

[@PinkENBlue]

Lmao why didn't u tell them it originated in the 1890's in a book made by Willson

[@Barasforlife]

probably It goes in many different meanings that people have a mixed reaction heck even I drew an S because in school term means a common sign made during classes I don't know I can't fathom the S, it's so satisfying to draw lmao

[@MsKilates]

Bro I relate but I got expelled when I was in elementary school lol

[@caolanfeely4317]

Frizzable I got suspended at catholic school because it was blasphemy

[@akyer8085]

This guy spent literally 5 years researching and uploading a single video about some symbol where no normal person even question its origin. Mad props to Lemmino

[@Krystamyth]

You need to stop using that word, normal. You mean stupid.

[@tobyfastjr]

Krystal Myth ???

[@Lucas-zd8hl]

@@Krystamyth???

[@LisaBowers]

I remember drawing it in school throughout the 70's and 80's and _never once_ wondered about its origins. If anyone can make the backstory of a symbol fascinating, it's Lemmino!

[@codekillerz5392]

Krystal Myth Fuck off

[@conradyork2178]

"But in my delusions of grandeur, i brushed it off as the failings of lesser men, and into the abyss I went." I had to stop the video and look up the long dead writer who I assumed you were quoting. But searches only return your video. Brilliant writing, truly.

[@alexrandall8557]

In his video "Bygone Visions of Cosmic Neighbours", referring to the fact that so many throughout history have searched for aliens only to turn up empty handed, he writes "Bygone visions of life asunder, long since quelled by newfound wonder". I was 100% certain this was a quote, but nope, it's an original line.

[@nakatadaddou]

If I'm ever framed for a crime, I want this guy to be the lead lawyer.

[@normalperson1130]

ikr. deadass I want him as my lawyer

[@parentheses4662]

@@normalperson1130 you have been convicted for existing

[@Playmylevel]

Sure but it will take 3 years to prove innocent

[@__nog642]

Just wait a few years then he'll have your defense ready

[@mister_salmon5693]

I would want Saul Goodman but if he’s not available then lemmino will do.

[@littlebigcomrade]

The “Univeral S” is definitely one of the questions that should be on a test for aliens about humans.

[@chrono9503]

You have 1k likes and no replies

[@BloodEventReal]

You have 1k likes and I am the second reply, months later

[@marikuma88]

Wee 3rd reply here for you to seeeeee

[@Reynnan123]

You have 1k likes and 3 replies

[@kiraishere69420]

congrats

[@Metaphizzle]

When you started mapping out what countries the S symbol showed up in, I was half expecting the distribution would form another S shape.

[@supasf]

Lmao that's actually a good prediction, I personally didn't think of it, but it would've made sense lol.

[@ProffesorNickCutter]

Me too, not for real though, I thought he would make a bit out of it haha

[@beccag2758]

I thought that too, if it had it would've scared the crap out of me😂

[@lolmeme69_]

That would be hella creepy...

[@magsapp4819]

really messed up how known this symbol is

[@dampierre99]

What shocked me the most is that everyone learned this at a young age, nobody I know has ever learnt this at an older age

[@hazenoki628]

I never learned about this as a kid, this video was the first time I became aware of this particular symbol. My guess is most people who don't recognise this just don't end up commenting or even watching a video like this. (I just became curious as to what could make an S "universal", the S itself just looking like some unknown logo to me.)

[@gamersedge891]

I first learned about it in 5th grade, but I had been homeschooled up until that point. I had completely forgotten about it until last year, when one of my friends started drawing it in physics.

[@Roddy556]

​@@hazenoki628very similar to survivor bias.

[@wladynoszhighlights5989]

First time I see this Symbol tbh

[@Jermo7899]

I learned about this symbol in 4th or 5th grade

[@yakeru3356]

my man actually spent a fuckton of time trying to find the origin of the universal s. proud of you

[@CosmicErrata]

Exactly! It's mind numbing just thinking about the process.

[@aeriushox4675]

He spent 5 years searching for it. 5 years

[@SkeletorOmega2]

Fucking legend

[@ParasiteHater]

many people have

[@campkira]

what a sad sad man...

[@cheekibreeki9739]

Can we pay respect to this man who browsed the internet heavily just to find the origin of this "S"?

[@rodencunanan2161]

@@khoanguyen9961 in the video he stated that he was on this topic for years

[@Sanjybob101]

that's the reason I clicked on this video lol

[@nicholaspeppas945]

CHEEKI BREEKI hello boris very blyatiful

[@hippios]

@@khoanguyen9961 tOoKeN

[@khoanguyen9961]

Sai Kiran idc

[@mikaxms]

Doesn't upload for months, then: here's this symbol that I've been researching for 5 years...

[@PlugSocketStudios]

2 months...

[@plexim1591]

@@PlugSocketStudios 2 months is literally "months".

[@jttekton]

@@plexim1591 well apparently, you've been hibernating

[@tamarazi]

Its quality>quantity

[@2Meows]

@@plexim1591 ö

[@polterghost_]

If you have a squared notebook and you are doodling during class, it just feels natural to make and combine lines in this way on those squares.

[@DarGViD]

Yeah, I'm surprised people expect there to be a common origin. It probably appeared independently ever since people started using squared paper. It's like trying to look for a common origin of the circle

[@jhaluska80]

I think independence is the most likely explanation. Bored kids and graph paper. Start with graph paper and try to draw a small rope or spiral with straight lines in the margin and everybody would come up with something similar.

[@alexvokasd]

YES! Near the end of the video, I remembered that maybe that was the first time I draw the 'S' and the most simple solution that came to my mind that it was just the most simple way to be creative in a sqauared nootbook during boring math classes. Or we live in a simulation.

[@lancepate]

@@alexvokasd S for simulation.

[@fahimaahmed3188]

​@@lancepate🧐😅💯

[@sam-by3wh]

Imagine being the person who created this s and no one believed you when you said it.

[@spyne.98]

Samuel yeah it is sad being me

[@purab9]

I created this s

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

My ancestor created the "S"...

[@baxterthebush6512]

Sam look the Illuminati is who made it

[@potatosmasher1072]

Like that Key and Peele sketch “High on pot-enus”

[@Kenshin599]

The dude who came up with that S must be either crying or laughing his ass off that no one found out it's true origin

[@Jay_ish]

he’s probably dead by now

[@jetstreamsam339]

@@Jay_ish true

[@Erra_Mortis]

Are you saying that the creator of this could not be a girl? THATS SEXIST

[@Jay_ish]

@@Erra_Mortis you sure that‘s what sexism means? Maybe that guy _was_ male. They‘re over 100 years old now, who cares?

[@JustAndyn]

@@Erra_Mortis bruh

[@duongao1873]

LEMMiNo spent 5 years researching the origin of an S shape. Truly a mad man

[@Triunity4]

Dương Đào got you that 100th like. youre now a mad man too

[@lucasiopp2197]

I'm sorry but it really bothers me. When you use true as an adverb you take out the E becoming "truly". Have a good day.

[@duongao1873]

@@lucasiopp2197 Thank you for your correction ! I'll fix it right away

[@RyanK...111]

Alex Jones knows the real secret of the S

[@clownymoosebean]

Absolute Madlad.

[@thomcollins3612]

I grew up in Hermosa Beach California in the late 60ies. That "S" I remember drawing as a skater/surfer in the DOG TOWN era. For me, it stood for just that. SKATER/SURFER in the SO CAL area. Skateboarding and surfing was a way of life. Although I did not skate with the DogTown crew, we did cross paths a number of times. That's where I got the symbol from.

[@dripdemon3401]

Deadass this dude spent 5 years looking at the graffiti S

[@prestobeats702]

“You could make a religion out of this!” -bill wurtz

[@dripdemon3401]

@@prestobeats702 praise the graffiti S

[@DizzyMapping]

@@prestobeats702 all hail graffiti s

[@josemanuelmurguia8970]

@@prestobeats702 WE ACTUALLY NEED A RELIGION AFTER THIS

[@velocity8874]

May the S save us from evil, ALL HAIL S!

[@Silver-ik9nl]

Imagine we land on mars and we find the S on a rock

[@doorstopper674]

Imagine if the s is a secret message left by interdimensional gods to solve everything

[@akih1738]

maybe they drew it in middle school

[@Lukas-hb5be]

That would be a big bruh moment

[@baxterthebush6512]

Silver369 it’s the illuminati how can people be so stupid

[@hiphyro]

Silver369 aliens cool as hell

[@beinerthchitivamachado9892]

In a 1500’s painting called “the ambassador”, you can see a small “s” on the middle. Saw this on another comment, re-posting it in case it gets buried under other comments.

[@Carina5707]

+

[@Xelaman13]

holy shit, it does resemble the universal S a lot

[@jonathanbrown2485]

Wow its almost exactly the same O_o

[@chikinnunget5231]

Nicw

[@luckymomo4799]

Woah

[@rockjock3]

This is the kind of mystery that the guys who collaborated on the SCP project would be right up their alley. A self-perpetuating idea/meme that germinates itself in others spontaneously and seemingly without rhyme or reason.

[@PressXForXavier]

Underrated comment of the year!!!

[@sophiewooloo]

i misread your comment at first and thought you were saying that those of SCP would be interested in Lemmino as an anomaly himself, which, honestly, i was not going to disagree with.

[@kobe5952]

It would probable be a Keter class, considering it is impossible to contain

[@rockjock3]

@kobe5952 but at the same time, pretty benign all things considered. At least nobody would have to call the antimemetics department. (Edit: I meant to say division)

[@brandonjasongrosso5080]

Lemmino has the perfect amount of time between videos where you forget about him then you get the notification and remember this amazing channel exists. Makes my day every time.

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

BRANDON JASON GROSSO you think he still makes music?

[@kenedi987]

I always binge watch for days after again and then forget about the channel, then the cycle repeats.

[@lootosgaming]

TTD

[@Crystal-58]

Oh my god same when i got this i was like "who the fuck is this?''

[@jv2thedon]

And it makes my year every time

[@poisonpotato1]

Imagine dying, going to heaven and asking about the S, and God said I used to draw that in middle school

[@lalremruatapachuau2448]

That'd be Epic!

[@nobodycares1249]

God and heaven is bs

[@sherlock7127]

@@nobodycares1249.

[@Revenant4k]

@@nobodycares1249.

[@vonparzival1078]

@@nobodycares1249 .

[@wakosoup3787]

At 5:05, I genuinely thought that the countries in red would allign to make an S symbol. The music made it so dramatic!

[@pixboy4502]

Sunghyun Yoo that would belong to a Nigahiga video haha

[@ecogreen123]

LMAO THAT WOULD MAKE IT SUCH A BIGGER DEAL THEN WE COULD TRIANGULATE AND FIND THE TRUEE ORIGIN OF THE S!!! but alas.. that was not the case XD OR IS IT!? yea probably not XD

[@Ccv768]

Ngl it was played like it was a nazi takeover

[@navneeth3053]

Me too lol

[@jondycz]

Im from Czech republic and I remember drawing this symbol in elementary school as well.

[@objectjon9015]

I’m still getting flashbacks to my elementary school years, where you’d see this symbol on every other persons notebooks, binders, and backpacks, and someone actually took the time to try to show me how to draw it. That was a weird experience

[@fahimaahmed3188]

😳🤣💯

[@kennarajora6532]

I remember a teacher showing me how to draw it all the way back then as well.

[@scarletpachyderm]

I don’t know how to feel about the fact that I learned about it like two years ago through a streamer who talked about drawing it as a kid and had never heard of it prior. Maybe I’m a weirdo

[@kennarajora6532]

@@scarletpachyderm not really. Most people in the world probably never saw this symbol before but the one's who have are more vocal in places discussing it, which makes it seem like more people know what it is than actually do.

[@througheverything]

*The S stands for simulation and it’s the logo for the company who made the simulation that we live in*

[@elijah7242]

Lucas genius

[@heheheiamasuperstarwarrior9281]

And we are in the simulation

[@merlinarthur1386]

can you don't

[@Shotgunrain_AP]

Woah

[@pieceofpumpkin1144]

fuck

[@TotallyRiffed]

"I brushed it off as failed attempts of lesser men". The self awareness is humorous to say the least.

[@pegasBaO23]

To be fair he got further down the rabbithole than most

[@AlfonsusAC]

i quite not understand what it really means

[@MrWillemann007]

I swear, if time travel is ever possible, I'm gonna go back to the stone age and teach early humans to draw The S in caves just for the lols

[@redpencil1409]

I thought you were gonna say when it was origanally founded and why it was made but nvm LOL

[@heikkiaho6605]

so thats how it all started

[@cherryslide5475]

Holy shit, if time travel is possible thats mean your the founder of the universal S

[@randomfur4202]

Same here

[@MadPrestonian]

if time travel could ever exist {which it cant} then we would have already seen it on cave walls from ancient times because guess what thats how TIME TRAVLE WORKS . there is a spot in space you can theoretically go back in time, its only one part of space and that certain part of space is the moment two black holes are in the middle of colliding

[@rosethunder3820]

Seeing it as a chain made me think of one thing: tablet weaving. Tablet weaving is a very ancient way of weaving trim using cards (or tablets) with holes in each corner which the warp thread is passed through. The pattern is created by turning the cards as you weave. All those long strips of interlacing patterns likely have some anchor in tablet weaving, and the interlocking S is one of the simplest designs to make. I believe it’s even a twist neutral pattern (which basically just means you can repeat it over and over without getting a tangled mess).

[@mateuszzimon8216]

Pattern's, it's evolution..... It's like kids yearn to mine, now mine-craft

[@watermelonsocks7275]

The symbol of my people What does it mean It means we're bored in math

[@souvikmitra6161]

Why did I read math as meth?

[@alzhanvoid]

@@souvikmitra6161 I dont know. Why did you?

[@souvikmitra6161]

@@alzhanvoid umm... well you see...it is very complicated subject matter... So I cannot explain the reasons as of now...

[@JorgetePanete]

You forgot the question mark.

[@Lol-zj1kl]

@@souvikmitra6161 bruh

[@JM-mr6lv]

You enter a Paleolithic cave. You shine your lantern to the walls. You see a buffalo, a handprint, and then, written as clear as day: “sk8 or die” with both the s and the 8 written with the universal S.

[@BixbyConsequence]

You are in a twisty little maze of tunnels, all alike.

[@djscuffedjays5155]

name2 my baby momma is a alien

[@Medbread]

I roll for perception.

[@adityaarijit5126]

It could be sks or die

[@arleneazurin]

so the writing said skate or die?

[@lucas182512]

Just watched a 20 minute video on the letter S. Mom would be so proud

[@somejellykid]

Lucas Olivieri brought to you by Sesame Street

[@FreeThePorgs]

Mom: honey, let's talk... Lucas: ok, what's up???? Mom: speaking of waiting 20 minutes, you were a accident, your dad and I had a extra 20 minutes and you were made, but we still love you!!! Lucas: ok....

[@cr0w342]

What is this, Sesame Street? What today's episode brought by the letter S?

[@jefflol7345]

my name leg

[@Jawz366]

At least you didn’t spend 5 years researching it...

[@positivelysimful1283]

Interesting. I remember seeing this a lot on graffiti back in the 70s in NYC and in my family we'd doodle it a lot because our last name starts with S. I used to make similar block letters to write out the rest of my name sometimes, making signs with my Crayolas on construction paper to hang around my room. I feel like since it even spread through countries that don't use the Latin alphabet, it was probably just a geometric symbol that's been around for ages.

[@Smack23Boxing]

wow

[@ClemensAlive]

This guy knows how to research...

[@TheArtis4n]

Its a rare skill

[@gezbit]

Yeah

[@felixw19]

Es ist immer wieder interessant, wenn man unten den Kommentaren von (englischsprachigen) Videos Kommentare von deutschen KZbinrn findet, die man selbst abonniert hat

[@ClemensAlive]

@@felixw19 Kann ich mir vorstellen :D Ich schaue sehr viel englische Videos

[@aregulargamer4144]

He uses the second google page

[@garfieldhub]

*Aliens show up on our planet* “Hey we know that symbol!”

[@jordan_ojl]

Quite literally "universal"

[@dirrdevil]

They don't remember why they started drawing it either.

[@galihprabasidi8498]

@@dirrdevil And then the pursuit of finding the origin of this symbol continue to the other galaxy

[@bigzed7908]

We must liberate Area 51!

[@minh5044]

Lemmino: Ah shit here we go again

[@kapaa2k]

Never heard a youtuber finish the video with "I'm so fcking done with this topic." Great video man!

[@mandalorianmanic9525]

Once in a while, people ask that "if you could go back in time and do something, what would it be?" I now know that I would go back in time and etch the universal S on a rock wall just to mess with Lemmino a bit.

[@buddyboris8279]

"What was your thesis on for your phd?" LEMMiNO: "The Universal S"

[@Freddis]

OH MY GOD. He's freaking crazy! This symbol is just what you doodle in your notebook. I don't understand how he did not get it It does explain it's popularity, because most of the world uses notebooks with grid throughout 20-th century. Even when he animates the "S" symbol you can see the grid. Next video, let's discuss swastika, which is popular for the same reason and don't lie that you don't draw swastikas on squares when you're bored in school.

[@nitsuki2229]

@@Freddis that's it tho. It's just a doodle kids draw to look cool. But who started it? And when? How did it spread across the world? Back then, the internet is a rarity that even adults barely use. Yet, no one seems to have any explanation how it's originally created.

[@Freddis]

​@@nitsuki2229 I've meant that the square grid the reason for this doodle. It 'comes naturally after you draw 6 lines in 2 rows. With the same pattern you can also create a braid in a notebook. There's no origin because this symbol probably has been invented by thousands of people all over the world independently, like the wheel.

[@nitsuki2229]

@@Freddis He did say in the video that art could have been the origin, pottery and decoration stuffs. Most kids doodled it on notebook because it looks cool, but where did they first saw it? How did it become natural to them? Just like the swastika, kids also sees them as a cool symbol that they can doodle easily. But what they didn't know is that the swastika is originally a religious symbol (indian/hindu religion i think) but was made famous by the nazi. But then again, most kids probably didn't know that so just draw it anywhere because it's cool, just like the universal s

[@amanul_2474]

Illuminati: we WILL take over the world S: _TOO LATE_

[@yinyang1217]

丂

[@StarryxNight5]

Maybe the s IS the Illuminati mind control device. I mean, you can make two triangles easily.

[@wiratamadean5994]

maybe the Illuminati is responsible for the creation of this symbol lol

[@Helium_Flash12]

Bro the KZbin play button it is mi d controlling kids

[@TiberianFiend]

Illuminati: the kosher boogeymen. Why can't anyone admit who's really trying to take over the world? They admit their affiliation openly.

[@frankdrebin7949]

*LEMMiNO always answers the questions I never knew I wanted to ask*

[@MikeIce4SG]

Agreed

[@johnchukwudum673]

Word!

[@campkira]

that what made internet...

[@Ferraday]

Except I’ve always had the same question and I’d done a lot of the same research too

[@AJGoldbooks]

Summer 23, my two sons and I see the ‘universal S’ drawn in the sand at Banff harbour, Scotland. Newly 62, it means nothing to me but both in their early 40’s, they discuss it. They know it, call it ‘The Pointy S.’ Hence we arrive home and watch your post. Stunning research, amazing determination on your part to find the origin!

[@l..l9912]

"dOn'T dRaW tHaT, tHaT iS Is A gAnG sIgHn" says every 3rd grade teacher ever

[@IvanTorres-qq5uu]

Fr

[@ivyswhatever2869]

I was told that it was a symbol for the "south side," even by my friends who taught me about it

[@manuelpenalva9278]

It is actually. Here in Honduras resembles the S from MS-13. I welcome you to Google them

[@vpr1]

ikr

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

Fun fact: They never actually thought it was a gang sign, they just wanted you to stop drawing it and pay attention. Just like how having the light on while driving is “illegal.” It’s not illegal, just annoying.

[@Julien_Flowers]

Any of y’all also had that one kid in school who claimed he came up with the symbol himself ? 😂

[@devinmcdevinchat7254]

Yes. That would be me. *I don't want to remember that.*

[@Ramix09]

It's not really that hard to came up with it

[@incesteagle1212]

Oh yes

[@NoName-wy9lz]

I did came up with it

[@remilafleur540]

That kid was the son of the director at my school and he actually got his dad to believe him.

[@Vienna3080]

This channel went from 2009 memes, to M rated Top 10s, and now finding Aliens and Symbols I'm glad to have been here since the beginning

[@augustusschrader6693]

Vienna The Grill you claim to have been here since the beginning like everyone else aye? Well then why does your channel page say you joined in 2018? Just curious.

[@happysh_t4202]

Vienna The Grill shut the fuck up weeb

[@happysh_t4202]

Augustus Schrader exposed

[@firstnamelastname442]

Or she might not have bothered to make a KZbin account for years, kinda like me

[@sofar2218]

truth

[@alexhenderson6038]

If you google Celtic braid one of the images contains this pattern. Perhaps you already knew this, but worth a shot. A lot of the Celtic knots are simplistic, so I could see this as a potential for easy weaving

[@alvarodavid9566]

*5 years later* *Sees an universal S* "And I took it personally."

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Mikel.Montalat]

Good joke

[@chrisblahblahh4468]

... MJ ?

[@zinthos2059]

DANG IT AGAIN I AM LATE😅😅 Ok so let me unlock a forgotten memory, back in 2013 or some date like that, this symbol used to be a symbol which was used for tricks and such. The tourtials were so easy that it is too hard to forget too. This symbol was also used by the famous youtuber "Ryan higa" which was the most famous youtuber at that time. He made a short movie named "agents of the secret stuff" in his yt channel back in year 2010 which currently has around 36 million views, he specially used this symbol for the Sins gang. Check it out😁😁

[@mikado_m]

1k

[@walidfakhfakh3660]

@@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Mikel.Montalat dbbsvhvsh jf jfsfg hfgx hsfhgvtfghdghj chgjchgjchg

[@hamishdeshaun921]

I found this S carved into a vase when I was sacking Rome in 410 AD

[@dairop3220]

You are pretty old bro

[@brockpeters1410]

Duuuuuude were you the one with the weird looking axe?

[@hamishdeshaun921]

Brock Peters Yes actually. Sorry about murdering your wife by the way.

[@brockpeters1410]

@@hamishdeshaun921 you're confusing me for my friend, I was the one that broke down the statue in the middle of the square

[@hamishdeshaun921]

Brock Peters my bad, wrong person. I always hated that statue, so thanks anyway.

I used to draw that on my notebooks, and my mother would say "I did that too when I was young" She was born in 1949 in France. So it's definitely from before the graffiti things; maybe that old book is the answer. I don't think we'll ever know.

[@spaghettigum]

She was born in 1949 she did not go to school then... wait... did you say france? By any chance did your mom use to be in a cult?

[@spaghettigum]

Bruh

[@flanbenflen9069]

@@spaghettigum schools did exist in France in 1955 u know

[@spaghettigum]

@@flanbenflen9069 not what im talking about. In france in the 60s there was a cult heavily linked to the universal S

[@flanbenflen9069]

@@spaghettigum oh ok I see

[@ChiliSainz]

“board of keys” “alphabet shovel” “dexterity trampoline” my dude just gave me some of the sickest name ideas for a band

[@kornsuwin]

yes

[@alejandrososa2016]

dexterity trampoline's new album really slaps

[@joechen6096]

1st would be a piano/digital keyboard group 2nd would be a rapper group who wield shovels 3rd is a dance group with trampolines

[@bigl6218]

Angelo C chemical toilet

[@auntiecarol]

/r/mechanicalkeyboards would love this

[@EldrakeOng]

Now everytime this guy sees the Universal S he’s gonna get some PTSD

[@ManojKxp]

@Fy. A lmao

[@b1iink249]

Post Traumatic S Disorder

[@sideswipe147]

Possably some truth to that. Well it's not a lie.

[@C003]

True

[@CrimsonFox36]

You shouldn't be meddling in affairs you do not understand. You already know too much. We will be there shortly.

[@metanumia]

Do not overstep your granted authorities, Red Fox! We will be there shortly....

[@supasf]

@@metanumia no, HQ has sent strict orders against anyone but me and my bravo bois to arrive there shortly. We will be there shortly...

[@KingAgniKai]

*We're on our way*

[@godslayer9000]

*WE ARE HERE*

[@hydrationboi8861]

@@godslayer9000 oh gott oh fuck

[@faca994]

The work you put in the investigation is incredible, congratulations. And the editing is excelent.

[@pennypeddler]

"I am so done with this topic ....but then, in 2021, someone made an interesting discovery."

[@TheLoneRailrider]

Jake From StateFarm annnnnd you would know this, how exactly?

[@fowlish202]

@@TheLoneRailrider He's making a joke about how many times lemmino was done with this topic but kept finding newer stuff about every few years...

[@user-yp7ke4et7o]

@@TheLoneRailrider r/woooosh

[@tayu1416]

r/woooosh

[@sukiratgrewal]

You got 420 likee

[@Jungy_Mungerson]

the symbol goes as far back as 1533. Search for the painting _"The Ambassadors",_ by Holbein. The symbol is in the middle of the table cloth.

[@prismancy7182]

_my god_

[@stacystupid4083]

holy shit...

[@stephenodom3431]

This is really turning into assassins Creed level shit

[@070279381]

Holly shit, I thought you're joking

[@michaelazaria6185]

Man, its real

[@thetaai8262]

If humanity ever establishes a stellar empire this should be our symbol

[@ANWRocketMan]

The OG meme.

[@Red_Lanterns_Rage]

why not?? S representing Sol, our sun, makes perfect sense the Sol Empire with the pointy S as the logo, I like it lolz

[@dylan_not_dillon]

True

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

@@Red_Lanterns_Rage that.... Makes a good name of an empire in a 4x game....

[@HsHe-Yelads]

The S should be like this design

[@heathercurry898]

When I drew this in the 90’s, I associated it in my head with skaters. Loved drawing it!

[@myleonisd]

We used to call it "american S"..!

[@forgiveness999]

I love how he took time to vandalise the Danish flag on the pixel board.

[@user-nj9ll6em8k]

Uh

[@frejo1931]

as a fellow swede I personally vandalised the norwegian flag, but i commend his effort

[@forgiveness999]

Frejo oh my god I didn’t realise

[@Nafinafnaf]

Lol

[@KillDxze]

Is this dude a Swede?

[@danieldavies3092]

You're such a genuinely incredible researcher. The amount of time and effort you invested into something so... strangely mundane and ordinary, just because you noticed an interesting phenomenon surrounding it, it's astounding. Keep up this incredible content!

[@lorettabes4553]

Ikr! I have mad respect for him

[@BSIII]

Mindblowing stuff. I am floored

[@timfrolov7891]

I think it's called boredom ^^

[@sharas3180]

@@timfrolov7891 Its his job and not boredom. If you are bored you don't do a video project for 3 years

[@dooverox]

It honestly is really impressive. Love this dudes channel.

[@pedrodeeg3893]

yeah, i remember carving this on the foreheads of my enemies in the great space war of 4021-4

[@squarehead6452]

So it means *S* kull

[@tishaflorence1009]

Oh yeah I remember forming this out of pig bones in the year 91*2889^x

[@isobellyrocks]

Just highlander tings

[@LeoLegit]

Llmao same dude!!!!

[@wgstormer5990]

The good ol’days...

[@fufaev]

This was actually the first video of yours that I found in my KZbin recommendations and I immediately recognized this symbol with a deep-deep nostalgia, saying to myself «oh, I used to draw this thing a lot when I was in school». These are the memories from early to mid 2000's, I'm from Russia and I have absolutely no idea where did I first see The Universal S. Feels like one day it just popped up in my head out of nowhere while I was doodling. Cool vid!

[@suzukisamurai1430]

LEMMiNO's search history after this: ÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖ

[@erlangga1953]

оооооооооооoooo

[@googoogaga8566]

Lol

[@kwitmeh3]

nah he uses duckduckgo his search history:

[@JMunny]

I love how this "S" associated with teenage rebellion/graffiti possibly originated from the victorian era.

[@jonnypballin]

DrTheKay 🧂🧂🧂

[@quasicroissant]

@DrTheKay Princeton university is in New Jersey...

[@fletcherlitera9581]

Bruh i just like your username and pfp

[@ChristopherKelley100]

What's old is new

[@nahtatroll]

@DrTheKay You can't even pronounce your own name right "Bri-ish" lmaoooo

[@sunnyd9921]

This S may be the most successful meme ever.

[@Alisha-yz6nd]

OK was probably more successful

[@parchmentpaper-t7c]

maybe the first meme

[@waloba]

@@Alisha-yz6nd ok

[@Catclub0402]

Sator square: I was made in 79 BCE. Am I a joke to you?

[@2verysnowyyy]

It’s not a meme it’s a way of life

[@biscuitsalive]

Great vid. My dad has shown me examples of this S he drew in the late 50’s. (UK, West Country) He doesn’t know where he got the inspiration from. But it is exactly like your one (but with the both ends of S with horizontal, not diagonal. But with 6 parallel vertical lines the same etc.) He is an artist, (mainly oils/landscapes), and is well read on artists. So I’ve asked him to search through his huge library of art books. He even did a fair amount of sign painting in his early career. So he really is a good contender to have an obscure book/reference that may contain a more accurate origin. Certainly the S is not a child of the 60’s 70’s 80’s or 90’s. (Like it appears on first viewing) It really maybe much older and have Celtic origins possibly.

[@elijahmedrano9217]

“After five years of searching” reminds me of waiting for Lemmino videos

[@emigdiogreen7439]

She said nothing but the truth.

[@TylerLikesToYap]

I drew this back in the 5th grade in art class and I got in trouble because the art teacher said it was a “gang sign” lmao

[@TheBaegislash]

That happened a lot to me too. I did go to school in the ghetto though, so nobody was really all that educated

[@yinyang1217]

America 100

[@z-beeblebrox]

haha my high school English teacher was convinced it was a gang sign too. We even went through the Stussy debunk in real time, because the kids who were caught drawing said it was just the Stussy S, but the teacher pointed to a kid actually wearing Stussy clothing and was like "Uh no it's not" lol That was a great mess actually, because we had an art teacher who was well versed in 90s graffiti, and she got into an argument with the English teacher over it, since no modern gangs at the time used it as a tag. ...Now I wonder if she knew about its usage in 60s graffiti

[@karlcorrz]

@@z-beeblebrox the interesting part is, why do the teachers get mad over a stylish S? is there something compelling about it that irritates them? does the symbol resonate something else?

[@gabrielcarmine69]

@@karlcorrz It's something that people do a lot that people don't understand. Just a thing younger generations do that the teachers and older generations don't understand the origin or reasoning of. Keep in mind most of these people probably came from generations that believed in the Satanic Panic and probably believe, in some way, that children are susceptible to subliminal messages or at least peer pressure originating from media. Kind of like how people think kids who play violent video games are gonna shoot up the school. They'll fill in the blanks for a thing they don't like, even if it means making a scapegoat of things they barely understand. Sort of a sociological pareidolia.

[@royland9157]

I seriously love the thought that, this teacher over 100 years ago taught his students a neat trick thinking nothing of it... and over the years it grew and changed with the times and became one of the most famous symbols ever... awesome

[@Mark_badas]

It also appeared in an Painting from 1500.

[@robosergTV]

@@Mark_badas source?

[@Dokujas]

@@robosergTV hans Holbein the youngers painting called "the ambassadors"

[@Tornado2D]

The painting doesn't feature the three lines connected by four others so i don't know if it's the correct symbol, but perhaps it evolved from that symbol

[@ausernameiguess7058]

is it supposed to be an s though? it looks to me like a link of a chain when it's on its side like that

[@WTheW_gaming]

LEGEND. I'm grateful that someone did ridiculously exactly the right amount of research on this topic. Bravo.

[@sample.text.]

Impressive research Lemmino. This is the closest i've seen anyone come to the actual origin of the S

[@CroissantMoon]

You can't possibly know how close he got because you don't know the origin, it's possible that non of his leads were even remotely close.

[@sonz-ina]

B O I you talk like you know the actual origin of the S

[@Michael-yu2yk]

@@CroissantMoon he does know what the acutal origin of the "S" is, he's waiting for enough likes to reveal it

[@MaddieBwah]

I love how people are like "you have to know the actual origin to say that" like wtf if it's the oldest dated evidence ever presented to this him, it's the closest he's seen anyone come to the actual origin of the S. Like, I've never seen anything from anyone trying to find the origin, so if someone presented evidence to me that it existed the day before I started first grade, that would have been the closet I've seen anyone come to the actual origin of the S.

[@4ndy123]

Someone made the ‘s symbol’ others copied. Research done 🤙

[@boostmotions]

I was waiting for someone to make a video about this. Now im happy that this video comes from this amazing channel.

[@wescador]

austinmcconnell made a similar video a while back

[@itriedtochangemynamebutitd5019]

I'm really surprised how people don't know where it comes from. I thought everyone knew about Sparta and the 300, but I guess I was wrong.

[@wirelessbluestone5983]

Pseudiom also made a pretty insightful video a while back

[@boostmotions]

Did he? I mean i remember watching something about it but it certainly wasn't an exhaustion of the topic like here. Maybe it was austin idk

[@loldd4kusuma165]

700 in not 1 hour

[@insaneflame11]

I swear every primary school thought they invented it

[@lolyankovic6952]

InsaneFlame11 lol it's true

[@pbgoof]

For real 😂

[@YupDasMe]

We just pretended to invent it

[@atismoo168]

My old primary schools logo 😂

[@xkumanekox]

Ikr

[@ReverendTed]

I do have to wonder if the "Cool S" (as those in my circle called it in the late 80s) is simple enough to arise spontaneously. I'm pretty sure that I saw it drawn before I drew it myself, so it was certainly a "meme" in my case, but how many times and places might it have originated, independently of one another?

[@ryclemo4942]

Yeah the whole thing he said at the end about it being simple and practical also makes it perfect to just come about from doodling. And then over time people found a clever technique for it and then that probably spread as a "second wave"

[@thetopol8534]

If we one day create interstellar human empire, I wish for universal S to be symbol of humanity.

[@sebastiansebastian5270]

That is an awesome idea! I agree 100% with you

[@LadyViscera]

Maybe someone will go back in time and place it throughout history. Like Bad Wolf.

[@harrisondorn7091]

TheIronAntelope If that we’re too happen it already did. Woah.

[@sebastiansebastian5270]

Damn...

[@seannotconnery8191]

S for Superiority. We will conquer the stars.

[@issacfryer3525]

Just think, some random guy was the first to ever do this now tradition

[@iilwy]

tradition??

[@dresdi]

@@iilwy yes it is a tradition to draw this

[@dylannmattywo29]

krysppy at least one person in your elementary school drew this which started a wide spread of everyone else drawing it.

[@bsku0765]

I mean ofc, many things start like that. But like he wanted to see how close he can get to it

[@fukcoffdood2515]

@@dylannmattywo29 ive never seen star wars

[@wanpokke]

Video ends with the concept of memes. Top10Memes have come full circle

[@dogz7506]

Huge 180

[@NicitoStaAna]

Btw On the documentary video with the S graffiti on 13:48 There's a Jojo in the picture. Jojos bizarre adventure started in the 70s So yes. This is now a jojo reference

[@maartenstriepe6893]

One of my favourite lemminos videos. So effortlessly funny written, love it

[@ladyViviaen]

guy from iran here, even tho our language's script is vastly different from latin-based languages we started to draw this when we began learning english

[@rubenduran9910]

Why?

[@gery8218]

@@rubenduran9910 literally everyone did it

[@rubenduran9910]

@@gery8218 I know I’m just fascinated how people with a different alphabet would even draw an s like why would the Chinese or Russians randomly be drawing letter from the English alphabet?

[@BeautifullyBalanced-MAIN]

Because the S is that powerful.

[@tarathevernid]

@@rubenduran9910 I'm russian. I drew this S as a kid (mid-00s). This symbol is very convenient to draw in school notebooks which are lined into 5mm squares, you know, it just made sense to us.

[@TheFoolishSamurai]

This was why Lemmino was gone for at least 2 months... *an S*

[@pyrofestimo]

He said he's also doing research for other video.

[@innacrisis6991]

_the spicy s_

[@soulfreaz]

I drew that S all the time during the revolutionary war.

[@BhudhaLovesBudlight]

which one?

[@MickeyMouse-lx3nw]

Tan B. The gamer one.

[@PvtPopper]

@@MickeyMouse-lx3nw a truly great war

[@CrewElite]

Someone’s gonna get whooosed i feel it

[@anonnymous1312]

I remember the great king Gilgamesh insribing this sacred symbol upon the great gate of Uruk.

[@retroboi128thegamedev]

This video got me interested in r/place in 2022 (this was before April Fools 2022), and my eventual involvement in the "rolace" alliance. Thank you for creating this video, I found the whole thing to be very interesting.

[@Gabriel2.0]

please like so LEMMINO will see: the symbol firstly appears in the ancient Dacian culture (on the territory of current Romania). It's at least 2200 years old. It is a part of the Solar Cult and it's actually a spiral most commonly known as Carligul Ciobanului (The Shepard's Hook) and it represents the idea of bringing back something that was lost. You can google this: "cultul solar" in google images. You can still find it on embroideries on some clothes in Romania.

[@arminkuburas1696]

Holy fucking shit. This symbol and similar seem to just pop out of the woodworks from so many countries!

[@cbennetts2746]

The modern version looks just like a bastardised version of this religious symbol wtf :O

[@__rikaisuru]

Holy shit

[@Snardvark25]

Youmu Konpaku you showed them. Great use of your time. Keep it up!

[@Snardvark25]

Bran Koenig he says in the comment what to google.

[@iloveplasticbottles]

The universal S is also in the ambassador painting, which was drawn in the 1500s.

[@FateDarkess]

Holy S, you're right

[@Shiivex_]

holy fuck right in the midle table towel

[@kooklife1052]

It's almost the same S the centre lines are out.

[@Anyting9OnTopGrrr]

Bro what the fuck, whats more surprising is how the hell u noticed that. I've never seen anyone point that out, that is actually bizarre

[@elicarlson7682]

wtf

[@keitoucreations2727]

Actually the "S" has appeared in a painting made in 1533 called "The Ambassadors" made by Hans Holbein the Younger. Now this would be the earliest sighting of the "S".

[@ellis7622]

holy shit i just checked and you’re actually right. impressive

[@cycazen]

Crazy 🤯

[@zekion.]

What the actual shit

[@rohanjha4691]

@LEMMiNO !!!!!!

[@edwardpotts4576]

Right in the middle of the painting sideways!

[@ladywunderkind9390]

i always forget how funny this video is, then i'll come back to it a while later and reminisce

[@Subjectively]

That’s a cool looking “S”

[@iamalexwolf]

Mark might sue your ass!

[@nipron3938]

THE UNIVERSAL S HAS A YOOTOBE ACCOUNT?!?!!?😱😱😱😱

[@judestewman3400]

Oh hi, nice to see that my interests are continuously connected in a frightfully large scope of the internet, and seeing that you too were either recommended this video by the algorithm or a fan I can conclude that I am in the matrix or the truman show. love your vids btw, keep it up, the moment your guy's youtube channel dies my childhood ends as well :)

[@lucakoddsy3000]

Thats subjective lol

[@candicejoesugoma8410]

@@iamalexwolf pokemon gun next???

[@ricochade3842]

cavemen: "i created a wheel!" "I made fire!" ..... "Hey guys I made this cool S"

[@rashhd1497]

3rd guy is what led us to this day and age

[@cimex7492]

Ug ug zug zug that ooga boonga S cool !

[@CesarGpe]

None of the other cavemen's frases had an S, but the S caveman did. So did he create the letter S?

[@spwan10]

Id believe that haha

[@James-pf9mn]

The wheel was invented by the mesopotamians.

[@creathechiboi]

Someone should go to Antarctica and draw a small S in the snow.

[@thomasagra856]

Better be made of giant pieces of stone or else it might just disappear....just like the origin os that damn S

[@logan6034]

Small? Why not make it big enough to be seen from orbit?

[@matthews4436]

@Big Steve its not, you just need permission from the countries that signed the antarctic treaty's protocol on environment protection

[@derpsterio2917]

Bet

[@jttekton]

Antartica An tart ica tart tarter sauce

[@realmeemzo]

this was such a cool video! love the music choice and editing style!!

[@matanza942]

In 5th grade if you could draw this without flaw you got instant access to the cool kids table at lunch.

[@alextejeda4560]

In California it was used as a gang symbol.. Meant you repped Southside... Shit was all over my town

[@Macception]

The cool kids at your school had low standards

[@lcdream4213]

You and I are too old I'm the only one in my class who draws this Also 5th grade

[@Wangdoodle444]

Wasem Zahr you both are not alone lol

[@drag_611]

@@d0gfl3sh lol

[@MauricioJara]

Remember back when our teachers would get upset when kids drew this because they said it was a “gang sign”

[@AndyWGaming]

was my school the only one that didn't think that (thinking about there are like 0 'Gangs' where i live)

[@volt3091]

@@AndyWGaming nah my school never thought that either lol they were fine with it

[@mehpainter]

Yep

[@entername9179]

No

[@Sammy-bt2nf]

lol this comment is copied

[@richardmoore609]

Never thought much about it though I'm pretty sure it's mandatory to draw it at least once before you can leave school.

[@gregoryaldous2165]

What's even better is that as mandatory as it might be, no one will ever get to the point where they are told they have to do it and haven't already done it.

[@andreyleonel255]

On my way

[@teopazdrijan1008]

@@gregoryaldous2165 Really? I have literally never heard about this symbol since like, maybe, 5 months ago and I have never drawn it and the clock is ticking, I have to draw it.

[@DonkeyKickingMC]

Never drew it.

[@despacitodaniel801]

Or life

[@somerandomgamer8504]

I will add, even my mother and grandmother know these symbols, and the former grew up in the Soviet Union, while the latter never left a tiny Russian village. This thing is truly universal.

[@EL-ISS]

It's insane that you've never disapointed us with the quality of your vids. Great work as always.

[@loganc6501]

Well, there's always next time! 😀

[@Patrick-te3cr]

yea i'd say this video was a bit of a step-down in quality. at least it can only go up from here in about half a years time.

[@EL-ISS]

@@Patrick-te3cr I'll be dead of old age by the time he uploads his next vid 😂

[@commenturthegreat2915]

You know, this really isn't that complicated of a symbol. I can definitely see this being reinvented many times throughout history.

[@filipwolffs]

Agreed. The question of where this symbol comes from seems fundamentally flawed because it's based on the assumption that there is a single point of origin, when it really looks like the kind of symbol people just periodically come up with. That said I always enjoy Lemmino's videos so I definitely don't mind him trying to research it.

[@SloopYGO]

yep, i agree with this. The graffiti origin seems to be the main one that ended up spreading out to america and then the world, but it was likely invented in some way multiple times

[@sebastiansebastian5270]

@@SloopYGO yeah and it's also fun to know where something first originated from

[@robbson2390]

I think he's well aware. I think the point is rather finding the furthest back point where the symbol is definitively displayed - or perhaps how impossible it is to find the point of origin.

[@francookie9353]

I thought that right at the beginning. In no way are school children around the globe united in their interest of what that "S" represents, apart from it being visually and graphically interesting and also a fun little exercise in geometry.

[@prettypointlessvideo]

Can I just take a moment to say... your production and animation quality is truly remarkable.

[@Rw.M240]

Ehh it’s decent nothing special

[@obnoxiousknight1586]

@@Rw.M240 Nah man, it's definitely top notch. He even goes as far as buying some old books for the sake of research.

[@georgesracingcar7701]

I just really enjoy his voice Swedes are good voice actors

[@youtya]

In Russia we have something similar, but not actually S. We were making "kosichka's" (braids) at school. It was same drawn but across all sheet, like actual braid

[@Aguynamed_Kage]

It’s just crazy how... 1 symbol.. was drawn all over the world by billions of people for decades... possibly even centuries.

[@BruneSixtine]

"billions" no

[@greeffinfule]

Millions YES

[@elnico5623]

1533 supposedly so around 5 centuries

[@mcmillitint]

I mean i can think of another symbol, the period lol

[@annecameron4787]

Yes billions

[@gluk8838]

“You could make a religion out of this!” -bill wurtz

[@nope69q]

no don't

[@ahmedaiman4687]

Here are the twelve commandments 1)draw first line 2)draw second line 3)draw third line 4)draw fourth line 5)draw fifth line 6)draw sixth line 7)connect line 1st & 3rd 8)connect line 4th & 6th 9)connect line 2nd & 6th 10)connect line 1st & 5th 11)connect line 3rd & 4th 12)worship the almighty "S"

[@suraya_]

yesss haha i love that vid

[@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888]

Mind Fudge lolll

[@kidyomu89]

All hail the mighty S, for it' beyond our human understanding of time and space.

[@bryaanrazo]

Evacuate KZbin Engage all defenses and Get this man a Netflix show

[@Vuvulumon]

I'n sorry, we broke

[@thespokenwriter8778]

holy fuck yes pls spamm netflix

[@ellahinton8385]

This is the best comment in all of KZbin

[@ric2976]

But then we wont be able to watch it for free.

[@phatyoshi1655]

Riv I could literally pay for the Netflix subscription because of this and a few other shows

[@Azmeroth1370]

my mother had never told us about anything like this because it’s simply not something that is brought up in normal discourse, but as I was watching this video, she asked what it meant in the west (where we live now) and out family is from Afghanistan, and a remote village at that. It’s crazy how we both knew the same thing, and learned it from extremely different sources, and we never new what it really meant.

[@ShadowDemon_4]

The universe is giving us a sign. We just don't know what it means yet.