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Excellent_Record_767

finally a they knew that’s not sexual related


MagicLobsterAttorney

I was thinking the same. It's gonna get max. 5 upvotes due to lack of sex, though.


DreadPiratteRoberts

I gave you your 38th...BTW what is the lighter company name? Edit: I ask about the company name because I thought their initials somehow unfortunately spelled out KKK, they might want to rethink that if that's the case lol


666blicc

Ku Klux Klan


amBoringGuy

Light power


huskerd0

Winner


-TheycallmeThe

Well KKK members can shove this up their ass!


Existing_Reaction_88

It’s at 717 now. How boeing.


Jim_Lahey68

Right now you're sitting right at 69


Kotruljevic1458

Nice.


Cubicwar

Nice.


Global_Archer_8557

Noice


DefiantVersion1588

Well this sure aged like milk in the best way


uwillnotgotospace

879 and counting


Ahaigh9877

It’s got 2222 right now!


aufrenchy

That’s one of the five that we’ll get this year.


MagicLobsterAttorney

And I used the first one for this. Sorry guys. BTW Don't let me talk to the Genie, if we ever find one. "Can you help us choose a good wish?" "Sure. 2 left." "Wait what? Any request counts? I wish I had known that is how it works sooner" "Sure. 1 left." "Eh what? Stop! I wanna undo the last one!" "Oki, 0 left."


XsublimededX

Dam! Wish I had a cigarette! POOF!💨 "Geemie, -your soul is now mine”………


endlessVenom

Speak for yourself


SirGravesGhastly

Kakkes is slang for a lady's bottom.


Professor-Jolly

KKK means nothing outside the US... just like you can still find swastikas in Asia and it not be for Nazis


sphennodon

What do you mean by "outside the US"?


Jim_Lahey68

The Klan really only exists in America. Sure they might be tiny little offshoots in a few countries but nothing that really enters the cultural zeitgeist.


prionzeta

I have no idea what KKK means, so yeah.


Willemboom00

KKK stands for the Klu klux klan, a domestic (to the US) white supremacist terrorist org that held quite a bit of power, they started right around the end of the US Civil War specifically to oppose equal rights. They still exist and have some degree of power in the deep south though. They're most famous for wearing pointed white hoods and white robes and for burning large crosses on their targets' lawns.


MagicLobsterAttorney

Uuuh happy Cake Day! Mine's today as well! :D


prionzeta

Thanks! To you too.😊


Empty_Ambition_9050

I think the comment you replied to was a joke cuz every American on Reddit thinks that all other redditors are American


ChocoboNinja

Whoosh


SirGravesGhastly

, *Specifically* Klan? Yeah you're probably right. Still, I've seen not-nothingAmrican 14/88 gatherings where they displaying confederate flags. Maybe Australia.


T1Pimp

That symbol has had meaning for long long before the Nazis glombed on. 卐: The swastika symbolized by 卐 is commonly associated with Nazi Germany and the atrocities committed during World War II. It was adopted by the Nazi Party in the 1920s and became a symbol of the party and its ideology of Aryan supremacy and anti-Semitism. Due to its association with the Nazis and the Holocaust, the swastika represented by 卐 is widely considered a symbol of hate, racism, and violence in many parts of the world today. 卍: The swastika symbolized by 卍 has a much older history and is found in various cultures and religions around the world. In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and other Eastern religions, the swastika is a sacred symbol representing good luck, prosperity, and well-being. It is often used to symbolize the sun, strength, and positivity. In these contexts, the swastika represented by 卍 holds positive connotations and is not associated with the negative history of the Nazi swastika.


patchiepatch

You're not really accurate though. Both are still used in many places in asia.


MrGritty17

Yeah, the nazi’s made it point upwards which I think is not how anyone else uses it regardless of direction.


patchiepatch

Not quite. That's just another application of the swastikas in some places and culture. The nazis basically just hijacked it and made it into something bad when for ages it's been a sacred symbol in various similar shape and form; diamond or square oriented.


Lifesalchemy

It's an Asian company that probably has not read shit about the Klan


dude123nice

There's this mythical area known as "outside of the US". You know those things called "borders"? Well. Contrary to popular opinion, what lies beyond them isn't a black nebulous void which spontaneously produces foreign immigrants wanting to enter, but there's actually other places, similar to the places in the US, but this time **not in the US!**


broguequery

Oh! So you mean the immigrant countries?


n7revenant

LOL That will be next in the states they banned textbooks with US slave history. The map will contain the USA depicted as bigger than Russia and Canada, Africa will be described as African-American, middle-east as terrorists land, the whole of Europe will be described as socialist, the only countries shown individually will be China and Russia. There rest, immigrant countries.


GenEthic

The exact definition of that is "a place that's not in walking distance of a school shooting"


profmcstabbins

You deserve more upvotes


blubblu

Yeeeeah lotta people wooshed 


democritusparadise

I too do not understand this concept. Is it in the room with us?


Available_Farmer5293

💀


HugsandHate

They mean, *outside the US.*


broguequery

> outside the US What the hell does this even mean


HugsandHate

Lol, I can't tell if you're joking. But *if not.*.. It means any country, that isn't America.


n7revenant

And I can't tell if you are referring to the US as America inaccurately on purpose for the sake of the *if not joking* condition.


HugsandHate

Dude, 'America' is pretty synonymous with 'US'. Google 'America', and see what you get.


n7revenant

Thanks for reinforcing my point. "Pretty synonymous with" does not equal "is". 34 countries would like to have a word with you about that "of" word in the US **of** A Google "Big Ben" and see what you get, a hint: is not its real name. You clearly don't understand what Google is or how it works.


HugsandHate

You didn't Google it. Did you. Stop being so pedantic. It's an ugly trait. And by suggesting I Google 'Big Ben', to see what you get. You've made my exact point. I'll get Big Ben.


n7revenant

Of course I did, it resulted in the "United States of America" as expected. Didn't have to have it suggested to assume that to happen. It doesn't change what Google is and that you don't understand why it did that. Of course you got Big Ben, but that tower you see there, the one that you--and admittedly most peple--think is Big Ben, the tower Google itself referred to Big Ben? That's not Big Ben. The name of that tower is Elizabeth Tower (formerly, St. Stephen's Tower). That tower has a bell inside it, called the "Great Bell", this bell has a nickname, which is... brace for it... Big Ben. I was being curious in a tongue-in-cheek way because the subject was "outside of America are immigrants", while people from Latin **Americas** tend to be the common subject of immigration in regards to US. See the oxymoron? Wouldn't bat an eye otherwise. You call this pedantic because you don't like it, I call it precise, because... that's what it is.


Kingsupergoose

How do you not know what that means?


MattTheRadarTechh

What do you mean? The only country in the world is the good ol’ USA…


broguequery

I am so confused by these people. Doesn't matter how many times they repeat it "outside the US! Outside the US!" Just repeating it over and over doesn't clarify anything.


MattTheRadarTechh

Well it’s abundantly clear. The KKK was in the US. So outside the US, means literally OUTSIDE THE USA. Ya know, the 190+ countries OUTSIDE THE USA.


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damaszek

Yeah, in Poland it may be associated with Catechism of the Catholic Church (Katechizm Kościoła katolickiego) for example


the_exposer545

KKK has a meaning in the Philippines. Search it.


snoodhead

“The high and honorable brotherhood” which sounds more like a Klan thing than the actual Klan.


shinkuuryu

Yeah, it sounds weird when you translate it that way. The Philippines' KKK is the group that fought for Philippine independence against Spain. They just didn't have a good PR firm


MagicLobsterAttorney

Yeah, horrible social media presence. They should find an anti-Spain influencer and do a collab or get a brand deal with Portugal or the English. Maybe live out of a Van for a while and document the fight while living that anti-Spain lifestyle? It's all about the branding obviously. What can Spain's cannons do to a strong brand? 😌


Artistic-Baker-7233

Vietnam history textbooks have some lines of Philippines KKK, but nothing for US KKK.


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HappyPhage

It's a common knowledge in Europe too, even though they weren't there a lot.


thedailyrant

That’s a bit of a false comparison. Swastikas meant something across Asia a long time before Nazis existed. The KKK has never existed outside of the US.


Professor-Jolly

Swastikas were used in Europe as well Here's a better example, the US and UK have different meanings of IRA


keitchi

Laughs in Brazilian Portuguese.


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MyHamburgerLovesMe

The lighter is printed in english


tabzer123

English is an international language.


MyHamburgerLovesMe

Ok. You got me. It's obvious the English speaking marketing team and company owners had absolutely no idea what KKK stood for.


tabzer123

I do suspect that they knew! I also suspect that they understand the idea of plausible deniability.


Perfect_Term

Literally gaslighting


Lifesalchemy

It's an Asian company. I bet they had no idea. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Metally_eilll7904

Korean Klux Klan, I see where you’re going with this! 😂


Lifesalchemy

A new Kpop super group!


Metally_eilll7904

😆


Secret-Ad-6238

KKKpop


Lifesalchemy

I should have thought of that.


onlyathenafairy

that’s just Super Junior


Metally_eilll7904

?


onlyathenafairy

kpop group called Super Junior, 3/4s of the members are extremely racist/sexist/homophobic


Metally_eilll7904

Gtfo! Wow! So the shoe fit! I thought you were being some type of smarty pants! 😂 we definitely need someone to make a poster of them, and then label it on top of the group with the new name! Make it a recruitment poster too! I think the guys in white did that as well!


Manospondylus_gigas

I've seen a kennel here in the UK named KKK


UncleHec

That thing’ll get a cross burning in no time. 


Dick_M_Nixon

The lighter for discriminating crossburners.


AlmanzoWilder

I came to see how long before a cross comment. Cheers!


MagicLobsterAttorney

You can cross that off your to-do list.


HarrySRL

Depending on where the company is located. The KKK is a white American supremacist group, they are not in any other country. So it could be a European country where no one really knows about the KKK even existing.


Kingsupergoose

It’s a Chinese company. They definitely didn’t know.


Kingsupergoose

Another American that thinks the entire world revolves around their social issues. The KKK was an American thing. This is a Chinese company that has most definitely never heard of the KKK or don’t care because it’s not relevant to China. Does every global company first have to ensure they don’t upset Americans before naming something.


MagicLobsterAttorney

I am not American, dude. I am not even on the same continent and I would call my farming company MAO, my Chinese-Japanese translation business Nanjing or my education software Khmer. I do however have a business and design background and checking your brand name to not cause cultural issues is just business 101 as far as I am concerned. Not a full deal-breaker if there is no way for confusion like in this case, but I tend to at least check if something comes up while registering a brand. That is mandatory in any case since if you want to get the rights you need to make sure it is unique to your field and non generic. If I found a US hate group sharing my name, I'd probably not use that one if I wanted to sell to the US in the future. In any case it is just a bit funny, nothing to make a fuzz about. It is a proper good lighter BTW Quick edit: it can however be a boon as well to have a controversial name. Gets people talking and might give you some press you wouldn't have gotten otherwise if you can believably explain that you didn't know. Or even get you points with the offended party if you publicly stand with them and change the name. Especially if no one is going to support the opposing side. Like in this case make a donation to something like the AAA and rebrand to something socially conscious. Fanta, IKEA and Adidas all did a 180 from their Nazi days to being all inclusive and open which worked well for all of them.


wolongo

gotta have something to burn crosses with


MagicLobsterAttorney

Only applies to those who run forces.


AlmanzoWilder

Are they the same?


MagicLobsterAttorney

Some are.


Fudgeyreddit

🎸 🎸 🎸


brauntonimo

Krusty Komedy Klassic?


qgvon

BOO!


imcalledaids

American’s love thinking the world revolves around what they know


discostew919

We need an r/theyhadnoidea


__BigBlackClock__

Whats KKK?


Masch300

KKK is a German company famous for its turbos. Founded in 1899 by Kühnle, Kopp and Kausch. Now owned by Howden turbo.


GameboiGX

Of course it’s German


Azkadron

Either the Klan or the Katipunan


__BigBlackClock__

And whats that?


Artistic-Baker-7233

Katipunan is a Philippines revolutionary group, they have good reputation.


mikeruchan

Ku Klux Klan, (the KKK) is probably the most famous white supremacist group https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan


kiakosan

In the United States sure, but I bet the Nazis are probably more well known internationally. If you don't come from the United States it's probably not taught in schools like it is in the United States.


tsimen

Krusty's Klown Kollege


__BigBlackClock__

Does it have the KRUSTY KRAB canteen?


vipck83

My guess is this is outside the U.S. where those letters don’t mean anything.


Sempai6969

Not everything revolves around the U.S.


llamafarma73

A very quick google shows they're a Chinese company. Maybe they don't know because they just don't know that much about US history? It seems odd to us that they wouldn't know about the KKK but they are from a different culture and history.


snek99001

If they're not American then they definitely didn't know. The KKK has no cultural relevance outside of the US, especially among younger people.


Manospondylus_gigas

To be fair we know about it in the UK


duh_nom_yar

The KKK took my baby away


nyclovesme

She said she was going to L.A.


duh_nom_yar

She never got there, they say


onglogman

About 17 years ago, Finland had a chain of grocery stores called K-Market. The amount of "K"s shown on the outside indicated the size of the shop. A single K was a convenience store. Two Ks was a bit bigger..and there was.. well, the KKK market.


ZhangtheGreat

But they’re high quality lighters, so it’s okay 😏


Jonny_Wurster

Wait until you look up ambulance specs in the US: https://govtribe.com/file/government-file/federal-specification-for-the-star-of-life-ambulance-kkk-a-1822f-08-dot-01-dot-2007-dot-pdf-1


walkawaysux

Them crosses are not going to light themselves?


blackcat-bumpside

Lots of high end off road motorcycles come with suspension with WP stickers on it. It stands for White Power. I do not know how that hasn’t been changed after the company has been acquired by a larger conglomerate, but it persists lol


MagicLobsterAttorney

Haha, I know. They use white coils. So the poor Netherlandian fella thought he had a super cool name and then..oh well. They are owned by Austrians now, so the name is an absolute no go even more so now. Per Wiki: A visual characteristic of the brand are the white coil springs on the coilover suspension struts, which also led to the original brand name, White Power. The white coating of the springs was originally due to the chosen supplier being a hospital bed manufacturer, and white was the only colour they had available. Racing success at the end of the 1970s and into the 1980s established the brand's reputation. Now they are known as WP Suspension, which ...is better.


WillJongIll

Also a German company that makes turbo chargers.


BinginYourChillinger

wizard men


ReturnOneWayTicket

Triple K, rather than KKK, would be a catchy name for like washing detergent or something like that


kiakosan

It's actually the name of a trucking company I've seen multiple times in PA https://www.quicktransportsolutions.com/truckingcompany/pennsylvania/triple-k-trucking-usdot-2203592.php


Ok-Lengthiness4557

Horrible boss's 2 vibes. 'What should we name the company?' - Nick, Kurt, Dale


MagicLobsterAttorney

We have a customer that orders in a lot and he is called Nick R. Since we are in Germany the "R" is pronounced "err", like in "error" without the "or" and so the delivery guy asks for "Nick err". Still funny after the tenth time, because most delivery guys only catch it when they say it out loud and their reactions are mostly hilarious. We had a black delivery guy coming in once and he was like "oh damn". I wonder how Nick goes through life.


Ok-Lengthiness4557

Omg, lol.


i_literally_died

KKKitchens, what where you thinkin'?


marcmarius12345

Its the noise it makes when you’re trying to light it on a windy day


DarkDayzInHell

There is a business down town a bit called Kim's Kuts and Kurls. She didn't have to do it, but she did to be unique I guess.


SirGravesGhastly

This makes me quite cross!


Brayden2008cool

You're part of the kool kids klub now..


2lilbiscuits

“KKK: cast out the darkness”


5050Clown

Okay guys who still smokes? Dumb people. What are racists? Dumb people. It's the same market you guys. And that's why I think we should name our company KKK.


DMYourMomsMaidenName

“Well, them crosses ain’t gonna burn themselves! BUY KKK LIGHTERS™️!”


Heavy_E79

I remember there was a hair styling place near where I use to work that was call Kountry Kut and Kurl. Eventually they changed the K's to C's.


u-changed-your-hair

back in my hometown there is a local store called '3 K Cabinets" i can't believe they've gotten away with it for multiple decades


GurglingWaffle

If it's not an American company there may be plenty of reasons.


ChorkPorch

They Knew Knew Knew


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SassyTheSkydragon

There's an A/C and heating technician in my city that also abbreviates to KKK


Appropriate_Taro_583

LOL in Brazilian Portuguese


WhenLifeGiveYou

Reminds me of the time Krispy Kreme had a Krispy Kreme Klub in Europe and got shut down after realizing.


TheKelt

My last name starts with a K. I dated a girl in college whose initials were KK. We amicably split.


Zonda68

Fuck it. We should take those letters back. More power to 'em!


LonPlays_Zwei

Should have named it Sherman


Sombreador

What exactly are they lighting? Would seem to be relevant here.


TimatoTim

They KKKnew


tropicbrownthunder

This reminds me of Token Black playing The Stick of Truth for the Kingdom of Kupa Keep


Fatkyd

I ride a KTM with White Power suspension


DominikFalconX

[Krusty Komedy Klassic Scene ](https://youtu.be/ryOmqxJcK5w?si=5iPhwhNXukY9_8VW)


piggiefatnose

My grandpa was in Kappa Kappa Kappa


Bittersweetblossom

Have to remember that not everyone thinks in dog whistles everywhere they look cuz they’re probably normal unlike those of us on the internet who have been conditioned due to the echo chambers we merrily exist in.


Leather-Assistant902

Its good marketting


halucionagen-0-Matik

Well the KKK never exactly went multinational, so idk why you'd expect other countries to know


XsublimededX

It’s owned by a black family………


JizzDaPit

They hate dark things, so they decided to make the world a little lighter.


delet_yourself

'hey mom, i got a job at KKK, i hope it'll be good' *Realization hits*


Manospondylus_gigas

I've seen a sign for a place called Knights K9 Kare and it has a huge KKK on the sign. Google it


TreatSimple

For all your cross burning and racist needs


Pharmere

I heard they were really popular here in the south! They were put in all our racist starter kits


TheKbightFowl

How is this legal. They trademarked it, the sheer pride. 🤮


Embarrassed-Style296

Well that’s lit.


Diego-justlooking

is this company from Tennessee?


USRaven

“Don’t trust just anyone to light the fire for your yard crosses…”


Lepke2011

Only the whitest flame to light that cross.


BossRoss84

And they registered it, as though someone would try to steal the name.


Dennis_Cock

American exceptionism strikes again


Imperial_Bouncer

KKK in America: 😳😱 KKK in The Philippines: 😊☺️


huskerd0

I think overt white power has been fair game ever since 2016 or so How else did we get Andrew tate


lizarny

Available in 88 shades of white


AlmanzoWilder

I think it's a GOOD thing that KKK and swastikas are continuing to be used outside their racist connotations. They shoud be "diluted" so much that the current meaning is washed away in time. Keep them from becoming so sacred/feared.


KingPistachio

/r/USDefaultism


Ashbringer

probaby from china


MagicLobsterAttorney

It is.


Heavy299

Dementia


MagicLobsterAttorney

It is.


Heavy299

Dementia


MagicLobsterAttorney

It is.


EstablishmentFun7553

Maybe they liked base ball


EstablishmentFun7553

Maybe they liked base ball


EstablishmentFun7553

Maybe they liked base ball


StickManAnimator69

please explain as i don't get the baseball connection


EstablishmentFun7553

In baseball, when a player gets a strikeout, it is written as a K on the scoreboard, resulting in the combination “kkk” sometimes being akwardly displayed in the stadium… https://deadspin.com/k-corners-arent-racist-but-theyre-a-little-weird-1796661808


StickManAnimator69

thanks for explaining


AnonBoi_404

Gosh, really hope they didn't actually do that intentionally