New York Times puts swastika in crossword puzzle

[85 East]

I wanted to say nah, but wtf? It must have been a random, computer generated puzzle that slipped through the cracks. Ol' racist AI back at it again lol.

Edit: it was actually designed by someone. How did the editor let this slide? SMH

 

[Fillerguy]

Grew up in a mostly Jewish town. Our old lunch room had swastikas carved into the wall designs. You couldnt tell unless up close and most of the other carvings were native american designs but many where swastikas. A few years later, a couple of us complained about how the computer room in the library was shaped in swastikas. You could tell unless you had a bird eye view.


And these weren't new designs. This shyt was this way for decades.

 

[staticshock]

The lines would be running through the blocks in the original picture This was a huge clout chasing reach. Look at the original puzzle

Don’t understand the concept of negative space brehs

 

[jwinfield]

It’s just a sign of well being, prosperity and good luck according to ancient times. Buddhism and Hinduism used to cherish the sign

 

[3rdWorld]

Saw this article yesterday..

Maga cacs making all sorts of excuses claiming its not a swastika and you only notice it once its pointed out, it was done by a computer blah blah blah

 

[voltronblack]

Grew up in a mostly Jewish town. Our old lunch room had swastikas carved into the wall designs. You couldnt tell unless up close and most of the other carvings were native american designs but many where swastikas. A few years later, a couple of us complained about how the computer room in the library was shaped in swastikas. You could tell unless you had a bird eye view.


And these weren't new designs. This shyt was this way for decades.

There is a reason for that

 

[WetinBeDat]

Weird considering NYT's controlled by a Jewish family

 

[melraH]

 

[NYChase718]

Yeah ok

 

[TripleAgent]

Let's wait until all the facts come out before calling this prejudice

 

[Contrefaire]

Maybe it's all the time I spent staring at Magic Eye puzzles as a kid but I saw the swastika immediately without even having it pointed out. It was the first and only shape I could see. Some of y'all are saying it's a reach but this isn't the first time this has happened with the NYT crossword. Hell it's not even the SECOND time.

 

[voltronblack]

Maybe it's all the time I spent staring at Magic Eye puzzles as a kid but I saw the swastika immediately without even having it point out. It was the first and only shape I could see. Some of y'all are saying it's a reach but this isn't the first time this has happened with the NYT crossword. Hell it's not even the SECOND time.

wait seriously

 

[Originalman]

Come on now. The New York Post is slipping. I expected them to do this first.

 

[Contrefaire]

wait seriously

It happened before in 2014 and 2017. Matter of fact in 2017 NYT thought it would be funny to post this in response to the backlash.



Which prompted people to post screenshots of the one from 2014

 

[Unknown Poster]

Crazy how these publications can get away with this though.

I wanted to say nah, but wtf? It must have been a random, computer generated puzzle that slipped through the cracks. Ol' racist AI back at it again lol.

Edit: it was actually designed by someone. How did the editor let this slide? SMH

Im not buying their excuse. This is too coincidental to be a coincidence. Somebody in the NYT games department deliberately did this


And for the black people saying "not my business" I mean, swastikas and nazi symbilism has been used alongside confederate flags as racist intimidation towards black people by white supremacists...so the racist NYT is sending a message here.


Either way I stopped subscribing to them and checking them out ages ago.