12-18-2019, 04:33 PM
(12-18-2019, 03:50 PM)Dill Wrote: Well you learned me something then. I thought it was supposed to be upside down, as with the shooter in the picture in my earlier post.
The right side up "ok" is not universal. It means "you are an asshole" in Southern Europe, the Middle East, and South America. I once read a funny story about a balloonist who went to compete in a balloon race in Brazil. He hired four locals to hold down his balloon, waiting to begin the race. All the ropes were set, so he gave his holders the ok sign. They threw down the ropes and walked off. He was disqualified. lol
Your latter point about people wishing to exploit the ambiguity applies here. A person can throw the sign around now and sow anger and uncertainty.
Yea, the who thing has gotten insanely out of control
I guess I should say "universal" in terms of here (US). Obviously, cultural differences do create some differences. That said, it is used in this culture every day be celebrities and normal people alike. In this culture it is universally accepted to mean okay, or 3 point shot now with the rise of Steph Curry haha.
The only reason there is "anger and uncertainty" is the whole issue we are dealing now in the cancel/woke culture. Rather than assuming people don't have ill or devious intentions we go into every situation looking for someone to do something that could be taken the wrong way. It is a legitimate issue we are facing today and something we have to wrap our heads around before it's too late.
The guy at the Cubs game who threw the circle game out was judge/jury/ and executed by the media and they had no freaking clue what the intentions were. As I have pointed out the "sign" he did wasn't even the sign attributed to white supremacy. Essentially we have taken comment sections from Youtube videos and news articles and turned them into the drivers of news stories themselves.
