Simply ages ago, on a long car trip with the kids, it occurred to me that rude hand signs formed a pattern, and that many are effectively free to be used, perhaps to convey new offensivenesses.

Five fingers, each a binary folded /unfolded. Hold right palm facing you, other side facing protagonist. Thumb is the least significant bit.

We could go in order, but why not start at the start instead:
00100 (4) 'I do not like you at all, you should go away. now.'
00011 (3) 'I am slightly old fashioned and slightly more polite, though the meaning of this is very much (4)'
10000 (16) 'you have a teeny tiny penis'
10010 (18) horns - too many meanings to count, depending on culture, music preferences and the patriarchy.

Some are not at all rude:
00000 (0) means 'I, as a member of this large protest group, have a thing to say about privilege and power'
00001 (1) 'can I ride in your car?'
00010 (2) 'look up there'
00111 (5) 'pew pew pew'
11000 (24) 'about this much alcohol in the tumbler please'
10001 (17) 'hang loose' the shaka
10011 (19) Gene Simmons trademark-applied-for horn sign and/or #ILoveYou #ILY

I particularly like 10101 (21) and think it should be 'I have slavishly considered hand gestures, I believe that you are such a very bad person that I am flashing the most difficult one at you, you unutterable bastard.'

#hoons #shaka #flipTheBird #handGestures #boganSignLanguage

Sometimes little mishaps happen. Momentary upset (middle finger at the page in the photo), and then didn't let it stop me. I filled up the page with colour marker sketches using a collection of "colours of the year" from handful of places. Lovely blues and peachy colours.

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#PublicPatreonPost #ColoursOfTheYear #Sketch #Marker #Copic #Ohuhu #Silly #FlipTheBird #MastoArt #CreativeToots

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I submit that future occasions of billionaires effing around and finding out be called:

"Running Amusk"

#elon #musk #FlipTheBird #birdsite #FAFO

Today felt like a turning point on the that other site. Seeing a lot of new traffic over here from folks deciding to #FlipTheBird.

Found elsewhere, and damn I cannot remember...

But...

#FlipTheBird

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Calvinball is a game invented by Calvin and Hobbes. It is used recurringly in several strips. The game may involve wickets, mallets, volleyballs, and additional sports-related equipment, but a mask is always required. There is only one permanent rule in Calvinball: players cannot play it the same way twice. For example, in one game of Calvinball, the goal was to capture the opponent's flag, whereas in a different game of Calvinball, the goal was to score points by hitting badminton birdies...

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@dangillmor Exactly This.

#FlipTheBird

I've not been back since Elon was so keen to demonstrate his megalomania on the staff. I don't want to be a part of his world or his 'products'.

How long before he designed and built his social media site, by the way? 🤪