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Posted April 14, 2021
i can't stand it when im talking to someone and they do that thing where they grab their pinky finger like on one hand with the index finger on the other hand like theyre going to start backwards counting off different points that theyre going to make, but they never actually do.

i swear, half the poeple i know do this but they dont even know theyre doing it. its so weird.
Posted April 14, 2021
Oh, an old slavic curse gesture? Hope you're feeding your Domovoi right, he's gonna have a lot of work in the near future.
Posted April 14, 2021
They probably do it on purpose to drive you insane. You should confront them about it.
Posted April 14, 2021
Flipping the birdie (as it's known in certain locations) can be quite provoking too... :p
Posted April 14, 2021
do something similar they dont like
Posted April 14, 2021
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Trooper1270: Flipping the birdie (as it's known in certain locations) can be quite provoking too... :p
Brits sure have a different way of showing it. First time I saw it I was seriously confused.
Posted April 14, 2021
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Trooper1270: Flipping the birdie (as it's known in certain locations) can be quite provoking too... :p
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patrikc: Brits sure have a different way of showing it. First time I saw it I was seriously confused.
I thought it was (physically) a universal gesture, just that it was known by various names. Unless the Brits you saw perform said gesture were stoned out of their heads (which are usually the type of people here to use such gestures...).
Posted April 14, 2021
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Trooper1270: I thought it was (physically) a universal gesture, just that it was known by various names. Unless the Brits you saw perform said gesture were stoned out of their heads (which are usually the type of people here to use such gestures...).
I meant the V sign. Isn't that something similar to giving the middle finger?
Posted April 14, 2021
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Trooper1270: I thought it was (physically) a universal gesture, just that it was known by various names. Unless the Brits you saw perform said gesture were stoned out of their heads (which are usually the type of people here to use such gestures...).
Brits, living on an isolated island, developed their own offshoot vernacular. So they use a reversed V for Victory; where instead of the fingers facing outward, they turn inwards, and often vertically elevate the hand; as a gesture of "Shove em up yours!", because the classy people they tend to be, to conflate self sodomy or masterbation as an insult.
Post edited April 14, 2021 by Darvond
Posted April 14, 2021
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Darvond: Brits, living on an isolated island, developed their own offshoot vernacular. So they use a reversed V for Victory; where instead of the fingers facing outward, they turn inwards, and often vertically elevate the hand; as a gesture of "Shove em up yours!", because the classy people they tend to be, to conflate self sodomy or masterbation as an insult.
My sides :))
Posted April 14, 2021
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Trooper1270: I thought it was (physically) a universal gesture, just that it was known by various names. Unless the Brits you saw perform said gesture were stoned out of their heads (which are usually the type of people here to use such gestures...).
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patrikc: I meant the V sign. Isn't that something similar to giving the middle finger?
We have and use both gestures, almost as much as each other. Though, from my experience, the old prefer to use the two finger gesture and the young the middle finger gesture. Me!, I have no preference...
Posted April 14, 2021
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Trooper1270: Though, from my experience, the old prefer to use the two finger gesture and the young the middle finger gesture.
That's what I noticed as well.
Posted April 14, 2021
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Trooper1270: I thought it was (physically) a universal gesture, just that it was known by various names. Unless the Brits you saw perform said gesture were stoned out of their heads (which are usually the type of people here to use such gestures...).
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Darvond: Brits, living on an isolated island, developed their own offshoot vernacular. So they use a reversed V for Victory; where instead of the fingers facing outward, they turn inwards, and often vertically elevate the hand; as a gesture of "Shove em up yours!", because the classy people they tend to be, to conflate self sodomy or masturbation as an insult.
Lol...
Posted April 14, 2021
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Darvond: Brits, living on an isolated island, developed their own offshoot vernacular. So they use a reversed V for Victory; where instead of the fingers facing outward, they turn inwards, and often vertically elevate the hand; as a gesture of "Shove em up yours!"
Entirely inaccurate.
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Darvond: because the classy people they tend to be, to conflate self sodomy or masterbation as an insult.
Also inaccurate. We just like to tell people to go fugg themselves.
Posted April 14, 2021
Funny, how cultures differ. I never noticed any special hand gestures when Germans talk. Instead some always try to touch you on your shoulder or arm when talking. I HATE that. I always want to scream: "Keep your hands away! You don´t need them for talking!"
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