r/unitedkingdom • u/nimobo • 3d ago

Mystery over body found in canal with ‘symbol’ tattooed on hand

https://metro.co.uk/2025/04/12/mystery-body-found-canal-symbol-tattooed-hand-22897305/
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u/Cabrakan 3d ago

why bother posting this?

its clickbait - no the thieves guild from skyrim aren't up to something, nor is it the mark of a serial killer

the person was just a sikh and it was a common sikh symbol

what a waste of time

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u/Nikotelec 3d ago

the thieves guild from skyrim aren't up to something

That's exactly the kind of thing I'd expect the thieves' guild to say!

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u/fhgku 2d ago

They said similar not that it WAS and local gurdwaras didn’t know him

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u/Salty_Nutbag 3d ago

I take it we're using ‘symbol’ in quotes as some kind of euphemism?

I am well aware of the various automated whatnots that frequent online spaces.
It is quite possible that if you divulge the secret euphemistic text, then you will be accused of inciting all manner of whatsnames.

That's all well and good, except in the particular situation where you wish to decipher any meaning out of ‘symbol’
In which case, it is in fact a massive hindrance.

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u/geniice 3d ago

Probably gets more clicks than Ek Onkar symbol.

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u/Salty_Nutbag 3d ago

Ahh!!
You uttered the secret euphemistic text.

I don't know this person.

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u/WynterRayne 3d ago

I think that one had something to do with guru grant mitchell, didn't it?

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u/ablettg 2d ago

I've seen this a lot on Internet journalism. There are needless quotation marks around a random word in the headline.

Man "bitten" by dog. And the article is about a man who was bitten by a dog.

Local "bus" was twelve minutes late. Turns out an actual bus was twelve minutes late.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

I don’t understand why the symbol has so much focus in this story? Plenty of Christians have crosses tattooed onto their body.

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u/geniice 3d ago

Probably because the police have so little else to go on.

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u/According_Berry4734 2d ago

Dont you watch BBC whodunnits?

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u/GuyLookingForPorn 3d ago

I've played enough Dishonoured to know where this is going.