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Am I Seeing Things? Overreacting? I mean WTF? (Original Post) blue-wave Sep 2020 OP
A more descriptive thread title would have been nice. Towlie Sep 2020 #1
The only people who would wear "skull rings" not made of plastic (trick or treaters) Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #2
And rock and rollers onenote Sep 2020 #6
Jawless skulls? Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #17
Keith Richards' ring is jawless - don't know about those others William Seger Sep 2020 #31
And now you've seen them.. onenote Sep 2020 #35
johnny cash sings about it. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #21
"bikers and Nazis" - yip. At a flea market I leant over a showcase of doo-dads UTUSN Sep 2020 #12
imho, it is about spitting in death's eye. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #22
You got it, I should have figured it out since I've got a Death-skull challenge coin/Navy UTUSN Sep 2020 #24
omg that's great. i love it. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #33
"everything in working order now" - good on that. You talk in Eternal language! UTUSN Sep 2020 #37
Or rockers greblach Sep 2020 #30
Good grief! Lars39 Sep 2020 #3
Nope. Rock and roll wannabe onenote Sep 2020 #8
He bears more resemblance to an Illinois nazi, Cracklin Charlie Sep 2020 #11
What does Rock and Roll have to do with a jawless (bottom jaw) skull ring? blue-wave Sep 2020 #13
Ask the many rockers who wear them. onenote Sep 2020 #36
Not buying that! Lars39 Sep 2020 #15
LOL! Spazito Sep 2020 #19
He is a White supremacy spokesmodel. Baked Potato Sep 2020 #4
K&R for visibility lillypaddle Sep 2020 #5
Is that a big samovar the Russian asset has too? soothsayer Sep 2020 #7
I might watch this later. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2020 #9
Certainly the clear view of it was intentional. But whose intent? gristy Sep 2020 #10
Ironic given how the Russians treated nearly all SS captured in WWII. BSdetect Sep 2020 #14
And don't forget blue-wave Sep 2020 #16
Yes they did. Never thought otherwise. Worse really. BSdetect Sep 2020 #38
Las Vegas Raiders? redstateblues Sep 2020 #18
🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ And Pirates voteearlyvoteoften Sep 2020 #20
Keith Richards has been wearing one for decades. progressoid Sep 2020 #23
I know Keith Richards.... SergeStorms Sep 2020 #26
Trump's Reichsfhrer of the SS.... SergeStorms Sep 2020 #25
Some people just like skulls. Dios Mio Sep 2020 #27
Looks like an emblem worn by those in charge of death camps in WWII. appleannie1 Sep 2020 #28
Still awaiting bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #29
It is you Caputo w/the Russian connections Botany Sep 2020 #32
You too can have this skull as a Biden/Harris sticker progressoid Sep 2020 #34

Towlie

(5,324 posts)
1. A more descriptive thread title would have been nice.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 02:07 PM
Sep 2020

Virtually everything in the news these days is WTF.

Miguelito Loveless

(4,460 posts)
2. The only people who would wear "skull rings" not made of plastic (trick or treaters)
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 02:09 PM
Sep 2020

would be bikers and Nazis.

onenote

(42,694 posts)
6. And rock and rollers
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 02:16 PM
Sep 2020

Some folks known for wearing skull rings: Keith Richards, Billy Gibbons, Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Billy Idol. Caputo thinks of himself as a rebellious rock and roll type guy. Of course, he’s pretty clearly just a poseur.

UTUSN

(70,683 posts)
12. "bikers and Nazis" - yip. At a flea market I leant over a showcase of doo-dads
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 02:24 PM
Sep 2020

and upon seeing they were Nazi paraphernalia, I literally *RECOILED* and immediately turned to get away. I was then and now aware that others, such as bikers, who might not be Nazis collect and wear such stuff, although I have never been clear on why beyond a niche aesthetic feature. I once asked for explanation of a biker and just got a if-you-have-to-ask- dismissive response.

The seller called at me, earnestly as though to "explain" and mitigate. I just shook my head no no and left his corner.

That said, this particular SHITLER nutcase, I pre-judge, has no mitigating motives.






UTUSN

(70,683 posts)
24. You got it, I should have figured it out since I've got a Death-skull challenge coin/Navy
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 04:35 PM
Sep 2020


I stopped showing it because some people thought it was cartel-related!1






 

ihas2stinkyfeet

(1,400 posts)
33. omg that's great. i love it.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 05:27 PM
Sep 2020

i know about this, cuz that explains me smoking even tho i have asthma.
i think that is why a lot of ppl are maskholes, too. just fucking pretending that they are not afraid of death and pissed that you brought it up.

i'm actually not afraid of death, cuz i was already dead when i was 6. only for a few minutes. f'ed up a bit from it for 6 decades. but everything is in working order now.
and i'm a good buddhist who is ready to be one w everything any time. tho the ppl i would have to be one w are giving me pause these days.

greblach

(257 posts)
30. Or rockers
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 04:53 PM
Sep 2020

I am definitely not a biker or a Nazi...always wanted a real silver skull ring like the plastic ones we used to get at elementary school carnivals, the ones with sapphire eyes...(and they had a jaw)...I wouldn't want anyone to misinterpret the ring if I got one...

onenote

(42,694 posts)
36. Ask the many rockers who wear them.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 07:25 PM
Sep 2020

Ask Deadheads. Caputo considers himself a Deadhead (you can look it up). Maybe its a fanboy thing on his part.

gristy

(10,667 posts)
10. Certainly the clear view of it was intentional. But whose intent?
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 02:20 PM
Sep 2020

Who made sure to get that into the clip for CNN?

progressoid

(49,978 posts)
23. Keith Richards has been wearing one for decades.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 04:33 PM
Sep 2020

You can buy them on Amazon and Etsy etc.

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SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
26. I know Keith Richards....
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 04:41 PM
Sep 2020

and Mike Caputo is no Keith Richards!


No, I don't really know Keith Richards. I do know a John Richards though, if that counts for anything.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
25. Trump's Reichsfhrer of the SS....
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 04:38 PM
Sep 2020

A Himler wannbe. I can see it. The guy clearly doesn't have both oars in the water.

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)
28. Looks like an emblem worn by those in charge of death camps in WWII.
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 04:44 PM
Sep 2020

It consists usually of the human skull with or without the mandible and often includes two crossed long-bones (femurs), most often depicted with the crossbones being behind some part of the skull. The term Totenkopf is commonly associated with 19th- and 20th-century German military use. Mainly by SS troops. https://www.gunauction.com/buy/14959689

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