Australians doing the country proud again...
2d 11h ago by lemmy.world/u/robomuffin79 in lemmyshitpost
From weird break dancing dance moves at the Olympics to weird hand gestures whilst smirking, Australians sure know how to create social media storms
He gets to punch everyone in the arm
Thems the rules... but how will it work with him being upside down and all
Our arms end up where your balls are, and vice-versa. It makes for rather awkward boxing matches between the hemispheres.
Aim for the knee
That was my first thought as well. Like hell some fucktards with delusions are going to take my okay symbol, my weird mask on the face symbol, and my punch game symbol!
He just won the whole game. Nobody will ever beat that. How many billions of people did he get?
Oh give it a break. He was just caught trying to flick a booger he picked from his nose. I have the same embarrassed look in my face when someone sees me trying to do the same.
Before I'd say that, I'd really want to see the footage, not just a picture of a very particular moment. Sort of like how when you watch the video of musk, it is absolutely clear what he is doing.
That weird hand gesture is the white power symbol
I have not heard of that association for a long time. Mostly it's just a lmaooo gotem -type of thing. For proof, read the other comments here.
But sure, do give the nazis more ammo by giving ownership of such symbols to them.
Edit: I recommend you read the parts about "the circle" game and White power symbol on this Wikipedia article.
We're taking it back!
The wiki explains really well how it's not a white power symbol. It requires fingers pointing up and even in that case it's ambiguous.
No, bro, this is a variant of the game. The symbol you're looking for is held upward. The white power symbol needs context that the douche using it is a white supremacist. Don't call out a potential dogwhistle unless you have evidence that it is the dogwhistle. Otherwise, you're barking at nothing (something the neo-nazi fucks want you to do, so they can label you crazy)
Even if you interpret it that way it's the wrong way up then. Your fingers have to point up to be a white power symbol
That's just the ok-sign.
Edit: Ok sure it can be used and interpreted as a white power thing, but I would prefer for that not to be the case. The alt-right co-opting of the sign is one of the most stupid things in recent memory.
I know it is. Some people choose to interpret it as a WP symbol. But it's still upside down in this case so it's clearly not one as well as this particular style being widely used as a meme a while back anyway.
That’s palm outward, this is inward
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/what-ok-hand-signal-means-militia-movement/
He's doing it like that.
The association of the gesture with white supremacy derived from the assertion that the three upheld fingers resemble a W and the circle made with the thumb and forefinger resemble the head of a P, together standing for "White Power". While some members of the alt-right started using the symbol after the launch of the 4chan campaign, it initially remained ambiguous whether or not it was being used to communicate genuine adherence to white supremacy, or with deliberately ironic motives.
Bonus that of they ever accuse you of being racist for doing it, you can prove them wrong by punching them.
I's trying to be funny in my previous comment, but re-reading it I think I completely missed the mark. Sorry, I've deleted it.
I was trying to continue the joke.
don't delete it please?
Sorry, nothing about what you said, thats why i commented to let you know. I just re-read my comment and felt it didn't come across in the same way I thought it did last night.
Eh, I disagree. Either the w or the p are going to be upside down.
The nazis stole the "ok" symbol a few years ago.
We can pretend it doesn't mean it if you want
Pepe was also stolen back in 2016 or so, but that one got reclaimed by people "pretending" that it wasn't a symbol of hate. The ok-sign shouldn't even need to be reclaimed since it has such strong previous connotations. But if you do think that it is, and that every cheff doing the chefs kiss or a scuba diver saying "I'm ok" with their hand is actually doing a nazi hate symbol, then it too should be reclaimed.
Yeah, I heard about this and completely ignored it. Until someone pulls me aside and tells me I’m flashing a hate symbol, I’m giving the okay. And even then, I’d only change my behavior for that one person. No way am I changing a 25+-year habit for some fascist culturally appropriating fucks.
Nah, he’s just winning the game, racists angle the hand/fingers up and the palm facing out for that. I didn’t think it was a common thing until I started buzzing my head (because I don’t have hair worth having) and then these fuckers popped up everywhere with their little signals treating me like one of them because I happen to be bald. It was a jarring revelation.
Coincidentally, that was around about the same time I learned how quickly racists fold when you start loudly calling them out at a crowded train station.
Our it curiosity are you Aussie? I've heard of the game thing but never the nazi thing here in Australia. I'm also considering going bald and was already worried about the skin head association
In the UK we have the circle game, or had in the 90s and 00s, the kids these days dont seem to know it.
Ive heard of it being the symbol for white power because the circle makes the P and the fingers make the W, but the only times I've heard it were now and about 20 years ago on some schizo blog pointing out how Goerge Dubya did it one time.
I wish. Nah, I’m one of those scum fuck americans.