The dollar bill has some weird shit plastered on it. This we know. But even more weird are the outlandish interpretations people extract from the seemingly cryptic symbols (most of which are just old and christian and zzzzzz…zzzzzzz…zzzzzz). But if you’re conspiracy-minded, well, take your pick from these five ridiculous one dollar delusions:
Freemasons
Everyone is convinced that the pyramid is some sort of reference to the Order of Freemasons. And weird decodings — like this hexagram — are creative, but also ridiculous. The eye in the triangle was a pretty common symbol for the Holy Trinity at the time, and the Freemasons didn’t even begin using a similar symbol for at least 10 years after the first Washington was printed. Sorry!
The Antichrist
Apparently this is a reference to the whore mentioned in the Bible’s Book of Revelation, which itself was a allegorical exploration of evil. I don’t even think Picasso could support this one.
Nintendo
ZELDA IS REALLY A FRONT FOR A CENTURIES-OLD SECRET SOCIETY AND SHIGERU MIYAMOTO IS IMMORTAL. Either that, or he sent Eiji Aounma back in his secret time-machine to have the Triforce worked into the dollar bill design.
Pirates
Spider? Owl? Nah man, Skull and bones! America was secretly founded by a shadow organisation of pirates! Duh.
Hippies
The hippies of the 1960s have nothing on the hippies of the 1760s, who were able to force their will onto the dollar bill. Being able to fold George Washington into some form of a fungus is not only proof that he enjoyed himself some psychedelics, but it’s also the best argument for the decriminalization of drugs yet. Amiright?
Jack
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 1:39 PMConspiracies are fun :D
james_whatsit
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 2:17 PMindependance hall…… independance day… ALIENS!!!
warcroft
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 4:24 PMI can fold the Australian $5 note to make the queens head look like a penis going into a vagina.
dil
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 9:27 PMpreeeeety sure is a whale sucking a dick
SkinHead
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 8:48 PMIf this truly can be done you have to show us
Post a link
gdo
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 10:55 PMits true.on the side with the queen fold the note in half horizontally, the fold again vertically in half, looking at the side that has the transparent window on it, the chin looks like the balls, her neck like the shaft and her shirt like the vagina that the penis is going into, as always some imagination is required
warcroft
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 11:49 PMI just photoshopped it to show the important bit.
You can work out how to fold it yourself.
http://users.tpg.com.au/warcroft//5dollar.jpg
Shenry
Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 3:25 AMDammit Gizmodo, now I’m going to be up all night researching conspiracy theories.
morgs
Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 4:17 AMobviously australian money doesnt have conspiracy crap surrounding it cause we’re not idiots :)
Masonic Historian
Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 11:13 AMYou might want to check your facts on the pentagram and its symbolism in freemasonry as this symbol is much older than that. First writings about it can be found in the book Versuch über die Beschuldigungen welche dem Tempelherrenorden gemacht worden prinited in 1782 which links it to pentagram of Pythagoras