The Hand Peace Sign, Ever notice... |
 Dec 23 2004, 11:37 PM
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 白人看不懂 !!!!  Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824  |
You know the sign we make when we want to symbolize peace? The one where you have your pointing and middle fingers up and the rest down.
I noticed that if you do the sign with the palm facing away from your body, it's fobbish [not fob, theres a difference], HK, trademark Asian, and tourist style (I add all these bcuz ppl wanna bitch so much about the terms of use) and then when you do the sign with the palm facing towaards your body, it's gangstish (im not gonna say gangster cuz i doubt gangsters do it) Hmm..after typing this it doesn't seem to make sense. So bear with me. |
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Dec 23 2004, 11:39 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 4,357 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,115 |
rofl.
That's kinda true... if you think about it....? I see that you have a lot of time on your hands... |
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Dec 23 2004, 11:40 PM
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lol I never realized that
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Dec 23 2004, 11:40 PM
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白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
QUOTE(AzNxJenny91 @ Dec 23 2004, 8:39 PM) rofl. That's kinda true... if you think about it....? I see that you have a lot of time on your hands... i am procrastinating currently. What else would i do while procrastinating, but to think? =] |
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Dec 23 2004, 11:43 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 4,750 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,581 |
That's true, how odd.
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Dec 24 2004, 12:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 76 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 23,444 |
in i think europe countries if u do it wif the back of ur hand facing ppl.. its like a middle finger o_O =P well my frd is in england and sed its tru.. i dunno =P worth a try
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Dec 24 2004, 12:11 AM
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 Change Gon Come Group: Member Posts: 2,286 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,822 |
i do the peace sign mainland asian cuz i love that place. =] fobbish? meh, i got off the boat 10 years ago. i throw up two peace signs with my fingers facing towards each other in my gangstah stance. w00t.
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Dec 24 2004, 12:14 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 840 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 73,927 |
Um........not realli.....
The peace sign is like a trademark for asians, especially when its photo time. Its not really fobbish style, and its not only HK ppls who do it, you see Japs, Koreans, Indonesians all doing it!! I'm a HK person myself, and I don't think its fobbish at all, since the majority of asians do it.  Gangsters are the ones that do the East side(pointing, middle, ring finger on the side to look like an E), west side(pointing, middle and ring finger crossed, pinky to look like a W) thingos...........that sort of stuff.........<= dun ask ppls, I see those signs heaps of times each day.....=_=".....either gangsters AND just wannabe gangsters..........  One other thing a frd told me, that the reason the middle finger's rude is coz it looks like a guys genital, whereas the peace sign with the palm facing towards the body is the girls genital. I never thought it was true until recently when I saw ppls sticking the middle finger up at others....... and NO! I'm not being a sicko!
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Dec 24 2004, 12:15 AM
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 .h o p e l e s s. Group: Member Posts: 327 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 67,137 |
I just noticed that. How true
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Dec 24 2004, 12:17 AM
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白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
QUOTE(lil_nat_cat @ Dec 23 2004, 9:14 PM) Um........not realli..... The peace sign is like a trademark for asians, especially when its photo time. Its not really fobbish style, and its not only HK ppls who do it, you see Japs, Koreans, Indonesians all doing it!! I'm a HK person myself, and I don't think its fobbish at all, since the majority of asians do it. Gangsters are the ones that do the East side(pointing, middle, ring finger on the side to look like an E), west side(pointing, middle and ring finger crossed, pinky to look like a W) thingos...........that sort of stuff.........<= dun ask ppls, I see those signs heaps of times each day.....=_=".....either gangsters AND just wannabe gangsters.......... One other thing a frd told me, that the reason the middle finger's rude is coz it looks like a guys genital, whereas the peace sign with the palm facing towards the body is the girls genital. I never thought it was true until recently when I saw ppls sticking the middle finger up at others....... and NO! I'm not being a sicko!pffft I was talking STEREOTYPICALLY!  So my observation in fact still holds true! So yea..realli. =] [edit] Why I'm allowed to make this stereotypical observation is because you get to say the peace sign is the trademark of asians, when I doubt ppl in west China do the peace sign. WEEEEE! |
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Dec 24 2004, 12:35 AM
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Sure, other ppls do it too, but in majority wise I'm talking here!
Yes,your observation is partly correct but not entirely correct! So don't be so stereotypical to us HK ppls! |
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Dec 24 2004, 12:35 AM
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白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
QUOTE(lil_nat_cat @ Dec 23 2004, 9:35 PM) Heyz, I'm talking about majority wise! stereotype is a stereotype is a stereotype My observation still works!
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Dec 24 2004, 12:39 AM
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Change Gon Come Group: Member Posts: 2,286 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,822 |
I throw up West coast cuz i live in california. I throw up east side to be stupid. xP There are much worse signs that west coast and east side.
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Dec 24 2004, 12:40 AM
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Haha, true
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Dec 24 2004, 12:43 AM
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i never thought of that.
 but it's kind of true.
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Dec 24 2004, 12:43 AM
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and I don't plan on mentioning those other signs..........
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Dec 24 2004, 12:45 AM
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白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
I can make an SF sign wit my hands. =] So kewl.
South side is a nice hand form too. |
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Dec 24 2004, 12:46 AM
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 ohBrian Group: Member Posts: 556 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 44,625 |
no its not FOBBISH...
its tourist style... |
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Dec 24 2004, 01:09 AM
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 Yawn Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,530 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,772 |
lol....um...cool?
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Dec 24 2004, 01:39 AM
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 ...and this is me.. Group: Member Posts: 3,518 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 57,899 |
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Dec 24 2004, 02:16 AM
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 Oh you'd be surprised Group: Member Posts: 2,406 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,886 |
i only do the peace sign when im joking around.
try this guys! put yur middlefinger, ringfinger, and thumb down. what do you got?? lol ROCK ON! |
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Dec 24 2004, 02:19 AM
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^^
haha rock on!! damn straight. but yeah you kinda have a point...the fobbish thing is so true at my school though.. |
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Dec 24 2004, 03:04 AM
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Hmm.............I'm guessing it depends which place you're observing it from.......thats why you strongly agree with ur observation..........coz with where I live, peace signs are everywhere!
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Dec 24 2004, 04:54 AM
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 Your love is a razorblade kiss ♥ Group: Member Posts: 1,794 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 9,959 |
everyone here in japan does the peace sign all the time, both with the palm facing in and out. mainly all of the young ppl do the peace sign with their palms facing in
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Dec 24 2004, 05:04 AM
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 "I'm bringing nasty back!" - JACKnasty Group: Member Posts: 450 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 59,457 |
The peace sign was made popular in the 70's with hippies....not asians. Later asians started doing it to imitate american culture.....u don't think so? Find a picture with the peace sign before the 70's :)
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Dec 24 2004, 06:28 AM
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I don't think I've ever done the peace sign... lol
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Dec 24 2004, 07:22 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 255 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,764 |
Lol that's kind of true and I just realized that.
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Dec 24 2004, 09:58 AM
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 I'm not mean; You're just a sissy. Group: Member Posts: 796 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,520 |
i agreee!
 and then there's that thingie where you do the peace sign and then put it like .. sideways.. like.. beside your eyes! its mostly asians that do that tho but yah. you get my point |
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Dec 24 2004, 12:35 PM
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白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
QUOTE(MAXpowers1023 @ Dec 24 2004, 2:04 AM) The peace sign was made popular in the 70's with hippies....not asians. Later asians started doing it to imitate american culture.....u don't think so? Find a picture with the peace sign before the 70's :) haha good point you |
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Dec 24 2004, 12:43 PM
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doesnt it also mean victory?
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Dec 24 2004, 06:41 PM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
Mostly all asian people who born in Asia...do the peace sign. I do that just to look cute^__^;; i only do that when i take pictures =] and then i say kimchee!
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Dec 24 2004, 06:54 PM
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I said that a few days ago to a friend at school.
Eh, I do it either way...I think. |
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Dec 24 2004, 07:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 4,357 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,115 |
When you do the middle finger, the "gangster" way looks like it's with the palm in..
who even does it with the palm out??? |
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Dec 24 2004, 08:20 PM
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yea, thats true ... its wierd ..
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Dec 24 2004, 08:50 PM
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 kristin Group: Member Posts: 5,705 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,985 |
ahah interesting
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Dec 24 2004, 11:19 PM
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Wow, this is interesting!
The peace sign has tonnes of meanings! And yes, the peace sign was also the hippy sign~ Victory sign~ Tonnes of meanings. |
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Dec 24 2004, 11:22 PM
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 WWMD?! - i am from the age of BM 2 Group: Member Posts: 5,308 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,848 |
peace up, a town
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Dec 25 2004, 12:54 AM
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 je suis une noix de coco <33 Group: Member Posts: 1,242 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 62,768 |
i guess its true in some sense
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Dec 25 2004, 01:59 AM
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yeah, i just noticed that. sometimes, people jsut do the peace sign, for being cool, or something else. i don't know. But at my school, they do it alot, and now i'm annoyed.
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Dec 26 2004, 01:20 AM
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This is true.
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Dec 26 2004, 06:10 AM
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wassup wassup wasssup!!!! peace MAN!!!! HELLO kitty!!! now lets get some chow fan
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Dec 26 2004, 01:38 PM
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白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
QUOTE(AzNbUbZ @ Dec 26 2004, 3:10 AM) wassup wassup wasssup!!!! peace MAN!!!! HELLO kitty!!! now lets get some chow fan OHMAHGAWD1!!! I love chow fun! I like chow fan! I dislike chow mien! ;O |
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Dec 26 2004, 07:16 PM
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 ::i love jesus ramirez:: Group: Member Posts: 286 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 62,957 |
 lol ive noticed that tooo ...... dont worry it makes sence 
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Dec 26 2004, 07:19 PM
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 I have 6 blue blocks :3 Group: Member Posts: 2,248 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 14,959 |
Oh and they hit there chest like 2 times. Yup i don't really see it that much no more.
You know when i was a kid i really thought how aliens had done it with 3 finguers.  i still think about it right now. ::jerry:: |
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Dec 26 2004, 09:05 PM
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 didnt notice that before.  lol
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Dec 26 2004, 09:14 PM
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I think the peace sign originated for the 70's....you know, when they went crazy with peace and such.
Tourists use the peace sign all the time...so it's not just asians. but i guess you could say that it's mainly asians if you're being stereotypical. The peace sign that's " gangsterish" is either from the south side of the east side...or maybe both? I don't know. But everyone down in georgia uses it xD you know, " peace up, atown down" i personally think it's a little weird...
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Dec 26 2004, 09:45 PM
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 Prez of Student Council 04/05 Group: Member Posts: 2,888 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 851 |
i realized it longgggg ago.... its lame... only gangster "wannabe's" do that... you know that thing you said...
and around where i am, everything does that fobby finger thing, except me... its' tooo fooby -_______-" its like your a immigrent when you LIVE in canada and you do that... maybe if i was a tourist it'd be okay... |
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Dec 28 2004, 04:30 PM
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hahah all my friends are asian, and we do both in pictures
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Dec 28 2004, 04:59 PM
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 hello : ) Group: Official Member Posts: 4,227 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,139 |
haha i know what you are talking about. but i do it both ways but i'm not sure why i do it in the first place. haha. also when it's the "gangstish" way or whatever, it's usually tilted to the side
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