“Xeepzorp, it’s not that complicated. The thumb-up is like crossing your eyestalks, and the middle-finger is like extruding your rectal tentacle.”
Ah yes the ass dick
This made me realize that if we encounter aliens there is a non-zero chance there will be alien weebs that become obsessed with our culture and think it is superior.
That’s how we beat the Zentradi.
Ah yes signs and symbols. Surely no alien ever has heard of those.
Humans vibrate the air in different and complicated ways. One vibration pattern humans like, another vibration pattern they don’t like. sure this “speech” thing is really complicated. also symbols squibbled on surfaces. language, am I right?
Instead of just using brain-to-brain radio waves like any civilized species would. Pathetic.
What are you? Some sort stelliferous era primitive? We of the degenerate/blackhole era use quantum entanglement for daily communication.
Shit’s regional, too, yo. For “fuck you”, the brits use a gesture that’s more akin to “eat my cunt”.
The human race is often thought of as communicating primarily on a vocal basis. however, they also possess an extremely complex and sophisticated language based on gestures. For example, the simple gesture of raising the index and middle finger with the palm inwards can convey the complete sentence: “up yours Frenchie, I still have all my fingers”
We do? Can you describe the gesture? Maybe it’s so ingrained I don’t even recognise it. Or I need to learn it. Then I can use it at everyone today.
I believe theyre referring to the usual two-finger-fuck-you. As in v for victory.
If you take that same sign and press it to your lips you get a gesture recognised as “eating pussy” when accompanied by some tongue action through the V of your fingers.
Ah, I see. We don’t tend to put it to the mouth. It’s more “fuck you”. Apparently comes from demonstrating to the French that you still have your bow-drawing fingers and intend to use them. British archers captured by the french would have their first two fingers removed to prevent them launching arrows.
My dog pisses on other dog’s piss as a show of dominance. We’re all weird.
At least that makes sense and has a logical reason
“The gesture is an invitation for the adversary to put their middle finger in their own excreting orifice”
“Wow it must be painful for them!”
“They seem to have rather pleasant experience instead”
“Interesting…”“We must facilitate this experience for them as a sign of good faith.”
And some humans don’t mind the middle finger at all and even react to it with bemusement!
But some humans think the ok gesture is as bad as or worse than the middle finger.
Others are offended by the index and middle finger being extended in a V shape with the palm facing inward…but never when it’s facing outward!
Let’s see how harmless it is when I jam it in your compound eye Mr. Kleezorp
Well, the middle finger use to represent the ability to draw a bow. Unless I’m making shit up.
According to Wikipedia, it originated in ancient Greece and has always meant the same thing as it does now.
That’s what I heard, but the fellah who told us both might have been making it up
That’s middle and index fingers, with the palm facing backwards. Just a backwards peace sign.
In the UK two fingers up is a rude gesture and it comes from battles with the french. If they caught a British archer they removed those fingers so they couldn’t fire a bow. So sticking them up at the enemy and gesturing was showing they had them and would use them to fire arrows at them. I am not an historian, though, and this could just be one of those tales that sounds so true everyone believes it and passes it on.
I did corporate training for an international company for about 20 years. Once when I was in Mexico something happened in class and I said something was okay and used my finger and thumb to make the okay sign. They kind of laughed and started talking among themselves. I guess the okay sign means asshole in Mexico so when they explained that I laughed with them and said I didn’t know that. One of the jokers in class said “yeah, okay we believe you” and gave me the okay sign. lol
If aliens exist (and they probably do,) they’d probably take one look at our incessant sat tv broadcasts and nope the fuck out.
Also, probably just stay away because they’d know we nuked ourselves. Multiple times. We’re psychopaths.
“You see, in france, the archers were getting their middle fingers cut off … and that’s why it’s offensive.”
“Is all that true?”
“Yes, the history is well documented. Billy from home room told Jessie in gym class…”
Maybe it evolved to be harmless. Maybe it used to be the poison finger and now we instinctively try to poison each other.
You may raise the index finger vertically, but not horizontally; unless you’re referring to the thing it is aimed at, so long as it’s not a person, unless you’re indicating that person directly or making an accusatory statement directed at them, unless the person you are accusing is in a superior tactical and/or strategic position.
The pinky (last) finger is mostly irrelevant.
