• FiveOPA
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      5 months ago

      It probably means 0.99 - that is, the “We are the 99%” slogan that came out of Occupy Wall Street. It refers to the increased concentration of wealth since the 1970s among the top 1% by wealth in the United States.

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          I’m used to the punk scene where this kind of symbol is meant to be read top-bottom-left-right or left-right-top-bottom instead of clockwise, although the AFA at the bottom throws me off.

          New York Hardcore, Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman, NOFX

          I thought there was an intentional dot next to the first 9 to indicate a decimal, but it’s left over from the original graffiti. “909 AFA” does make sense. But 909 is not the only telephone area code for Coulton, 840 is also used. I think it’s possible they chose 909 over 840 and represented it this way so that a visual double-entendre exists.

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    5 months ago

    Lol…if this said “Fuck Trump, Free Black Lives Matter!” Everyone would love it…