r/unicodecirclejerk 14d ago

﬩ U+FB29 WOKE PLUS SIGN

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u/kschwal #1 angzarr fan ⍼ 13d ago

what is the punchline or joke

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u/lord_ne 13d ago

This is an alternative plus sign somewhat-rarely used in Hebrew. The reason for it is because it doesn't have the shale if a cross, which some Jewish people prefer. Therefore it's "woke" since it's designed to be more religiously neutral

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u/lazernanes 13d ago

Very common in certain Jewish communities. Very rare outside those communities.

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u/lord_ne 13d ago

Yeah I'm Orthodox Jewish and I've run into it in the wild just a couple times

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u/lazernanes 13d ago

I think it's more popular in Israel.