• Triple_B@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      Is there a culture in the world where flippin the bird at someone isn’t disrespectful? Genuine question.

      • teft@startrek.website
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        In Japanese Sign Language, this same gesture (with all fingers curled inward except the middle one) means the following: elder brother (hand moving up), younger brother (hand moving down), and siblings in general (one hand moving up, one moving down).

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      (sorry, if that offends you. I suppose I should have put a /j tag on that. though apparently some things are more broadly universal than others. Like shushing people with a finger.)