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[–] 66 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Um, the most important one: 🖕

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    This, it came in so many variations: three fingers read between the lines, slot machine, jack in the box, slow wind etc

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Slamming your left wrist across the inside of your right elbow while giving the finger with your right hand.

    Always a fan favorite.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Also

    • the "peekaboo fuck you" one hand covering the other, then moving the first hand for a middle finger reveal,
    • the one above, but you don't move the hand. The middle finger plays shy and peeks over the covering hand.
    • the "pick a finger" while madly wriggling every finger,
    • the "I've got something for you in my pocket" reveal,
    • blowing your thumb to inflate the middle finger,
    • like above, but you make trumpet noises to imitate playing a fanfare for the middle finger.
    • the ordinary extended middle finger, but pronating the hand to insinuate erectile dysfunction in the recipient
    • adjusting your glasses, this worked even better if you didn't wear glasses
    • picking or wiping your nose, or cleaning the outer ear, with the middle finger.
    • pointing out something in a book or other written or graphical material
    • after teaching people to count in binary on their fingers, you could just refer to 4
    • caressing a nipple with the middle finger. This one could be made even more inappropriate if you used an accomplish for the nipple.
    • the ordinary middle finger, but moving it in a "come here" motion. Only do this if you're sure that you're not about to get attacked or can defend yourself.

    Tbh I kinda feel like Bubba from Forrest Gump right now, listing all the things you can do with shrimp.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    I grew up in the 90s so we also had ‘talk to the hand’ and ‘whatever loser’.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    The using our fingers to create an L and putting above your fourhead to call someone a loser. Also she forgot the all time old school middle finger!

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    She was looking kinda dumb
    With her finger and her thumb
    In the shape of an L on her forehead

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  • [–] 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    When did the "simulated blowjob poking your cheek with your tongue" come out? That was advanced technology

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The eye roll has entered the chat...

    Also, fingers down the throat and the classic raspberry.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    The Gag Me move is 80s. The eye roll is just a basic human characteristic. Cave Teens were rolling their eyes at Cave Moms and Cave Dads. The Raspberry, too. I'm sure fart jokes have always been funny.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    An Austin Powers quote/ impression...

    A commercial quote or impressions or tagline..

    Some weird turn of phrase that existed in your friend group but no one knew why..

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Cross arms over crotch "suck it"

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago
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    Off the top of my head I can think of wanker gesture, two fingers, belm face and jimmy hill/chinny reckon to express doubt (X).

    And the French have loads!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    We had so many more. The air quotes was a big one.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Who tf even asks that?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Meanwhile there's an entire CATALOGUE of Humor from having watched PBS as a kid that the world is now only just waking up too. "Red Green", "Red Dwarf", "Black Adder", "Are you being served?", "Allo, Allo!", "Faulty Towers," "Monty Python." that shit was a reference GOLDMINE.

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