I don't understand today's young people

[siberian khatru]

Help me out, youth generation (and aging hipsters like Jim and Skip):

Why, in so many pictures of people under 30, do folks flash the "two-finger" sign? Either the index and middle finger together, or the index and pinkie?

What does that symbolize or refer to?

To me, it's a cliche. So are these folks making an ironic statement in flashing it? Or do they really believe they're being cool?

Forgive me, for I am 40 and I sometimes feel like I'm 60.

[hitching waist band of pants up to his nipples]

[Rain Man]

I admit that I'm a 65 year-old in a 43 year-old body, but that whole 'making signs with the fingers in photographs' thing is second only to tattoos in terms of things that the 20-somethings will be embarrassed about when they get older.

[leviw]

99% of the time, they don't know what it means and are just trying to be cool.

Try it. You'll feel cool, too. I promise.

[siberian khatru]

99% of the time, they don't know what it means and are just trying to be cool.

Try it. You'll feel cool, too. I promise.

My arthritis won't let my fingers move like that.

Plus, I've never been able to do the Vulcan "live long and prosper" symbol. :huh:

[kepp]

leviw is right. I just did it...sitting here in my cubicle.

[Bowser]

"Wait. You guys are posers, right?"

[Saulbadguy]

Peace, and Rock On. Or in Texas, Hook 'Em.

[FAX]

I thought it meant "I just farted."

Whillikers, am I am out of touch.

FAX

[BIG_DADDY]

Hail Satan

[siberian khatru]

Peace, and Rock On. Or in Texas, Hook 'Em.

I don't think it's peace, unless they've changed the classic upright "V" to a sideways two fingers together. And most folks I see aren't UT fans.

Maybe it's "rock on." Which makes me laugh.

[Braincase]

Hang loose, brah! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_sign)

[leviw]

leviw is right. I just did it...sitting here in my cubicle.

Now stand up and flash it at some co-workers and yell something like, "What up, Yo," or "Just chillin'".

Trust me, your day will only get better.

[Phobia]

It always makes me feel like I'm the man. Without the hand signal, I'm not the man.

http://www.virtualservices.com.au/images/thumbs%20up.jpg

[BIG_DADDY]

It always makes me feel like I'm the man. Without the hand signal, I'm not the man.

http://www.virtualservices.com.au/images/thumbs%20up.jpg

What do you become without the hand signal? :hmmm:

[Donger]

99% of the time, they don't know what it means and are just trying to be cool.

Try it. You'll feel cool, too. I promise.

I remember once in high school when a group of kids thought it would be cool to hold a peace-in rally. This was during the mid-1980s when the we were all going to die from nuclear war. Anyway, I went and observed the rally. They were all singing "Give peace a chance," wearing tye-die and so on. But the best part was the signage. Some genious made a mistake on the signs, and instead of the peace symbol, they were holding Mercedes signs. Rather ironic, considering it was Johnson County.

[KC-TBB]

You gotta give em the 'shocker' sign!
Women LOVE IT!

[siberian khatru]

Hang loose, brah! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_sign)

Thanks, that clears up one.

But these douches are more what I'm talking about:

http://pixels.savannahnow.com/images/photos/12/2006/11/26/gallery/1584922.jpg

[KC-TBB]

So I take it the BB upgraded to the new version???? it might take a bit to get used to this...

[Redrum_69]

Its the west coast version of the "shocker"

Two in the goo...one in the poo

Two in the pink...one in the stink

Two in the funk...one in the junk

Two in the pink-eye....one in the brown-eye

Two in the flutter....one in the gutter

Two in the snitch...one in the ditch

Two in the flap...one in the crap

[siberian khatru]

I remember once in high school when a group of kids thought it would be cool to hold a peace-in rally. This was during the mid-1980s when the we were all going to die from nuclear war. Anyway, I went and observed the rally. They were all singing "Give peace a chance," wearing tye-die and so on. But the best part was the signage. Some genious made a mistake on the signs, and instead of the peace symbol, they were holding Mercedes signs. Rather ironic, considering it was Johnson County.

I just saw that same faux-pas a couple of weeks ago on the Internet, pics of some peace rally somewhere.

[jidar]

You might not know but this dirty girl right here knows for sure.

http://czabe.com/daily/archives/picoday_shocker.jpg

[siberian khatru]

You might not know but this dirty girl right here knows for sure.

http://czabe.com/daily/archives/picoday_shocker.jpg

Definitely the shocker. That one I recognize and understand.

[Redrum_69]

Two in the slit....one in the pit

[KC-TBB]

I'd shock her alright...shes lean and green and not to far inbetween....

[HemiEd]

Thanks, that clears up one.

But these douches are more what I'm talking about:

http://pixels.savannahnow.com/images/photos/12/2006/11/26/gallery/1584922.jpg

Way back when I was in High School that was just another way of saying **** you.

[KC-TBB]

that guy on the right looks like Andy Dick with long black hair.

[FAX]

What is that girl doing with those guys?

I need to practice my hand signals.

FAX

[Saulbadguy]

Its the west coast version of the "shocker"

Two in the goo...one in the poo

Two in the pink...one in the stink

Two in the funk...one in the junk

Two in the pink-eye....one in the brown-eye

Two in the flutter....one in the gutter

Two in the snitch...one in the ditch

Two in the flap...one in the crap
Two in the blood, one in the mud.

[jidar]

They guys are freaking metal.

[Braincase]

Thanks, that clears up one.

But these douches are more what I'm talking about:

http://pixels.savannahnow.com/images/photos/12/2006/11/26/gallery/1584922.jpg


Well, then, we need to talk about Ronnie James Dio... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio)

[HemiEd]

They guys are freaking metal.

Drinking PBR is good?

[siberian khatru]

Well, then, we need to talk about Ronnie James Dio... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio)

:rockon:

I like Dio. I'm a fan of Rainbow.

[Redrum_69]

Two in the pud...one in the dud

Two in the pink-gap...one in the mud-flap

Two in the leak...one in the freak

Two in the tasty....one in the chocolate pastry

Two in the cooter...one in the tooter

[Rain Man]

I don't think it's peace, unless they've changed the classic upright "V" to a sideways two fingers together. And most folks I see aren't UT fans.

Maybe it's "rock on." Which makes me laugh.

You're wrong about that.

[UL Washington]

http://www.geocities.com/icyhotstuntazz/ichstun.jpg

http://www.straightballin.gq.nu/media/library.jpg

http://www.johnberman.com/pics/funny/pierce_bush_icy_hot_stuntaz_freeze.jpg

[KChiefer]

two in the caviar, one in the star.

[siberian khatru]

You're wrong about that.

Huh?

[jidar]

This thread is even more cool than Screeches sex tape.

[StcChief]

Hook 'em horns.

[Rain Man]

Huh?

Everyone is a UT fan. Sometimes they just don't show it, or even know it, but they are.

[BIG_DADDY]

Hook 'em horns.

It's funny I was at Ozzfest and the vocalist for Disturbed started lecturing the crowd about how the one signal meant Hook em Horns and not Hail Satan. The crowd all booed him when he said that.

[siberian khatru]

Everyone is a UT fan. Sometimes they just don't show it, or even know it, but they are.

You lived in Austin too long. Either that, or you need to dig that chip out of the nape of your neck.

[Saulbadguy]

Scoreboard, Whorens!

[wutamess]

Thanks, that clears up one.

But these douches are more what I'm talking about:

http://pixels.savannahnow.com/images/photos/12/2006/11/26/gallery/1584922.jpg

Black people always thought that was a white persons hand signal for "rock on dude". Am I wrong on that one?

[Rain Man]

You lived in Austin too long. Either that, or you need to dig that chip out of the nape of your neck.

I'm pretty sure I'm right. When I lived in Austin, everyone wore burnt orange, and now here in Denver, I see a lot of orange too, but it's lighter because of the altitude.

[wutamess]

The index & middle means peace, what's up, Hey how you doing, etc (all in one).

[4th and Long]

Black people always thought that was a white persons hand signal for "rock on dude". Am I wrong on that one?
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs10/300W/i/2006/096/9/4/I_Love_Max_by_Mylehyena.jpg

[Rain Man]

Black people always thought that was a white persons hand signal for "rock on dude". Am I wrong on that one?

I always thought that white people were just copying something that black people were doing.

[Rain Man]

Is anyone else wondering why the very cute chick in that picture is hanging out with four of the dorkiest guys on the planet? Is she perhaps their social-skills counselor or something?

[Nightfyre]

I always thought that white people were just copying something that black people were doing.
ROFL rep

[Redrum_69]

Is anyone else wondering why the very cute chick in that picture is hanging out with four of the dorkiest guys on the planet? Is she perhaps their social-skills counselor or something?


beauty and geek audition?

[siberian khatru]

Is anyone else wondering why the very cute chick in that picture is hanging out with four of the dorkiest guys on the planet? Is she perhaps their social-skills counselor or something?

I dunno, ask Zach.






:p

[BagoobaChief]

Thanks, that clears up one.

But these douches are more what I'm talking about:

http://pixels.savannahnow.com/images/photos/12/2006/11/26/gallery/1584922.jpg
Notice the Douche on the far right - his fingers make kind of a bucket shape....he is making the symbol for puke bucket since he's drinking a PBR!

[FAX]

Notice the Douche on the far right - his fingers make kind of a bucket shape....he is making the symbol for puke bucket since he's drinking a PBR!

Actually, I think that's the symbol for the divine feminine, Mr. BagoobaChief. That guy may well be a member of the Def Priory of Sion.

FAX

[Easy 6]

You might not know but this dirty girl right here knows for sure.

http://czabe.com/daily/archives/picoday_shocker.jpg


She is making me QUITE horny, talk about bedroom eyes...

[Easy 6]

http://www.geocities.com/icyhotstuntazz/ichstun.jpg

http://www.straightballin.gq.nu/media/library.jpg

http://www.johnberman.com/pics/funny/pierce_bush_icy_hot_stuntaz_freeze.jpg


My IQ just dropped a solid 20 points from looking at these living, breathing jokes.

[Joe Seahawk]

Two in the pud...one in the dud

Two in the pink-gap...one in the mud-flap

Two in the leak...one in the freak

Two in the tasty....one in the chocolate pastry

Two in the cooter...one in the tooter

Two in the cake...One in the puddin

[StcChief]

I always thought that white people were just copying something that black people were doing.

That'll be the day, when I have to get in touch with my 'black self'.
:huh:

[RealSNR]

We need someone like Slayer to come by and explain these things to us

[underEJ]

I remember once in high school when a group of kids thought it would be cool to hold a peace-in rally. This was during the mid-1980s when the we were all going to die from nuclear war. Anyway, I went and observed the rally. They were all singing "Give peace a chance," wearing tye-die and so on. But the best part was the signage. Some genious made a mistake on the signs, and instead of the peace symbol, they were holding Mercedes signs. Rather ironic, considering it was Johnson County.


I remember that. It made national news. The rally was after the Mercedes signs which were made by cheerleaders for pep week or whatever it was called. A bunch of students wanted to prove they knew the difference by having a rally, but they really were just as stupid as the cheerleaders. Don't know why I went to so much trouble to cross state lines and go to that school!

I know which cheerleaders made the sign, and worse I know which one was on Who wants to Marry a Millionaire years later.

I'm evil, and I never forget.

[Predarat]

You might not know but this dirty girl right here knows for sure.

http://czabe.com/daily/archives/picoday_shocker.jpg
Dayum, love that shocker cheerleader flashing the shocker!

[RNR]

I feel ya bro (old redneck trying to be hip on the internet) this reminds me of something that happened a few years back. I kept seeing 420 shirts and bumper stickers. I saw one with my kids in the truck and asked do you guys know what the heck that means?

They both laughed and told me it is the international time to smoke pot. I didnt really get it and still dont. While on my way to work sometime later I saw a sticker that read "it is 419 anyone got a minute?" I laughed and felt hip because I got the joke.

[StcChief]

I feel ya bro (old redneck trying to be hip on the internet) this reminds me of something that happened a few years back. I kept seeing 420 shirts and bumper stickers. I saw one with my kids in the truck and asked do you guys know what the heck that means?

They both laughed and told me it is the international time to smoke pot. I didnt really get it and still dont. While on my way to work sometime later I saw a sticker that read "it is 419 anyone got a minute?" I laughed and felt hip because I got the joke.

That's the way to do it and be cool, as you will be pulled over by cops
looking for a reason to bust you.

Right there with KSHE bumper stickers Pig smokin' a joint.

inspiration by
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blodwyn_Pig

[greg63]

Help me out, youth generation (and aging hipsters like Jim and Skip):

Why, in so many pictures of people under 30, do folks flash the "two-finger" sign? Either the index and middle finger together, or the index and pinkie?

What does that symbolize or refer to?

To me, it's a cliche. So are these folks making an ironic statement in flashing it? Or do they really believe they're being cool?

Forgive me, for I am 40 and I sometimes feel like I'm 60.

[hitching waist band of pants up to his nipples]
I'm still trying to figure out why they wear their pants so that the crotch hits them below their knees. :shrug:

[Calcountry]

I always thought that white people were just copying something that black people were doing.Word.

[NewChief]

They both laughed and told me it is the international time to smoke pot. I didnt really get it and still dont.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29

[NewChief]

Black people always thought that was a white persons hand signal for "rock on dude". Am I wrong on that one?


You'd be correct. At one time it was sort of a controversial thing because it was equated with the Devil's Horns. Now, it's just a general "ROCK ON!" thing. On the few occasions I find myself doing it, it's usually done mockingly.

[siberian khatru]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29

Man, you learn something new every day.

[Coach]

Thanks, that clears up one.

But these douches are more what I'm talking about:

http://pixels.savannahnow.com/images/photos/12/2006/11/26/gallery/1584922.jpg

Ah, well that's the sign of bullshit.

For example, we all know the Mile High salute that Jake Plummer gives out, or Ron Mexico's high solo falcon symbol.

This one is like the Longhorns symbol, only it's more of "bullshit".

[sedated]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29

"H. P. Lovecraft's short story, In the Walls of Eryx, which contains the line, "My route must have been far from straight, for it seemed hours before I was free of the mirage-plant's pervasive influence... When I did get wholly clear I looked at my watch and was astonished to find that the time was only 4:20." This theory for the origin of 4:20 was postulated on the official website for the band Tool."

:hmmm: pretty f*cking cool

[Hammock Parties]

Black people always thought that was a white persons hand signal for "rock on dude". Am I wrong on that one?

that is the rockon sign. Hang loose is with the thumb and pinkey isnt it?

[RJ]

The index & middle means peace, what's up, Hey how you doing, etc (all in one).



Back in my day we would actually say (using spoken words) "what's up?' or "How you doin" because scientists hadn't yet developed symbols for those words. Usually, though, we'd just nod or grunt. This was way back in the early 70's, even before the peace sign looked like the Mercedes symbol.

[Adept Havelock]

Actually, I think that's the symbol for the divine feminine, Mr. BagoobaChief. That guy may well be a member of the Def Priory of Sion.

FAX

ROFL

"H. P. Lovecraft's short story, In the Walls of Eryx, which contains the line, "My route must have been far from straight, for it seemed hours before I was free of the mirage-plant's pervasive influence... When I did get wholly clear I looked at my watch and was astonished to find that the time was only 4:20." This theory for the origin of 4:20 was postulated on the official website for the band Tool."

:hmmm: pretty f*cking cool

Huh. I've been a Lovecraft fan for many years and never would have made that association. Interesting.

[Reaper16]

I support going back in time and murdering the guys who co-opted the devil horns for general rock purposes. What was once a tool to recognize the Dark Lord while listening to blasphemic Heavy Metal music is now just a sign for acknowledging one's rocktitude. Disgusting.

[stevieray]

I'm hugging ya, but I'm hittin ya....

[FAX]

I support going back in time and murdering the guys who co-opted the devil horns for general rock purposes. What was once a tool to recognize the Dark Lord while listening to blasphemic Heavy Metal music is now just a sign for acknowledging one's rocktitude. Disgusting.

LMAO

You are a purist, Mr. Reaper16.

FAX

[siberian khatru]

I support going back in time and murdering the guys who co-opted the devil horns for general rock purposes. What was once a tool to recognize the Dark Lord while listening to blasphemic Heavy Metal music is now just a sign for acknowledging one's rocktitude. Disgusting.

"Hello, Kansas CITY!! Are ... YOU ... ready ... TO ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!"

:rockon:

[sedated]

"Hello, Kansas CITY!! Are ... YOU ... ready ... TO ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!"

:rockon:


um...kansas city was last night

[siberian khatru]

um...kansas city was last night

LMAO

Glad you got it.

[greg63]

Bump for the night crew.

[Easy 6]

Kids, whats a matta with kids today??? Noisy, crazy, sloppy, lazy loafers
and while were on the subject kids...

[rad]

I heard 4:20 came from Grateful Dead fans. Dead concerts would start at 4:30, so everyone would blaze up at 4:20 before the show started. Since I've never been to a Dead concert, I have no idea what to believe.

[Dunit35]

Dueces up.

Don't know if anybody said it already or not.

[Skip Towne]

The Zero U. kids like to flash the "Hook 'em Horns" sign.............upside down.

[2112]

I heard 4:20 came from Grateful Dead fans. Dead concerts would start at 4:30, so everyone would blaze up at 4:20 before the show started. Since I've never been to a Dead concert, I have no idea what to believe.
I have been to several Dead shows..the last time in the late 80's..and I have no clue what you are talking about

[J Diddy]

I have been to several Dead shows..the last time in the late 80's..and I have no clue what you are talking about

that's cause you were too high, man

[Jenson71]

Most young people understand that those young people are a type of young people that are better to avoid.

[SPchief]

Most young people understand that those young people are a type of young people that are better to avoid.

Thanks for the info John Madden

[rad]

I have been to several Dead shows..the last time in the late 80's..and I have no clue what you are talking about

Well then...........that settles that.

[Jenson71]

Thanks for the info John Madden

http://www.adorinareyes.com/peanutlucy.jpg

[2112]

that's cause you were too high, man
I used to do ''whip it's'' crossing the street from the blarney stone to madison square garden..the drinking age in New York in 1982 was 18

AAAHHH..Those were the days :hmmm: :clap:

[plbrdude]

I heard 4:20 came from Grateful Dead fans. Dead concerts would start at 4:30, so everyone would blaze up at 4:20 before the show started. Since I've never been to a Dead concert, I have no idea what to believe.



i'm neither hip nor cool, so i would have to say that 15 yr ago i would've said 4:20 is just 10 min before beer thirty.

[plbrdude]

now, i just don't know

[rad]

Two in the pud...one in the dud

Two in the pink-gap...one in the mud-flap

Two in the leak...one in the freak

Two in the tasty....one in the chocolate pastry

Two in the cooter...one in the tooter



Two in the Oakland...One in the Denver

[Easy 6]

Two in the Oakland...One in the Denver


Excellent. :thumb: Rep.

[StcChief]

Two in the Oakland...One in the Denver
or vise-versa.

[rad]

or vise-versa.


No way. Oakland's a bunch of pu551e5......Denver's a bunch of cheatin' a-holes.

[NewChief]

I heard 4:20 came from Grateful Dead fans. Dead concerts would start at 4:30, so everyone would blaze up at 4:20 before the show started. Since I've never been to a Dead concert, I have no idea what to believe.

4:20 definitely got popularized on Dead tour, just like much of druggie lexicon did (dank, schwag, kind, dose, liquid, etc...etc..), but that idea for the origins is wrong and silly. Dead shows didn't start at 4:30.

[rad]

4:20 definitely got popularized on Dead tour, just like much of druggie lexicon did (dank, schwag, kind, dose, liquid, etc...etc..), but that idea for the origins is wrong and silly. Dead shows didn't start at 4:30.

Yeah I figured that. I just heard it a while ago and figured I'd throw it out there hoping some of you guys would confirm my skeptism. My belief is that if you're at a Dead show, it's time to smoke weed throughout the entire show....