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Japanese and the peace sign

Started by kiyometa mizu · 6 Jul 2004 · 47 replies

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21 Jul 2004, 04:45 #41
lovelessemotion wrote:... just guessing from thin air here... but if i had to guess.. i dunno... cuz er.. they're GAY?.... just a friendly noobservatorial guess there not meant to diss anyone in anyway way possible... especialy not hairy okinawans in any way shape or form.... =X


so, you meant "Gay" as in homosexual but not in a "bad way", Mr. Moderator?
21 Jul 2004, 11:08 #42
Ushiroyubi wrote:so, you meant "Gay" as in homosexual but not in a "bad way", Mr. Moderator?

He's not a mod anymore, Genma apparently just forgot to turn off the highlighting on his name.
21 Jul 2004, 11:25 #43
lovelessemotion wrote:... just guessing from thin air here... but if i had to guess.. i dunno... cuz er.. they're GAY?....


What if Takky doing the same pose? Not too diss your idol here since I like Takky too but, I'm just saying what if he does that pose?


just a friendly noobservatorial guess there not meant to diss anyone in anyway way possible... especialy not hairy okinawans in any way shape or form.... =X


Oh, well at least Okinawans are well shaped..

how about yourself?
22 Jul 2004, 05:53 #44
:sweat: i tend to make it often, most likely as a striking pose when i just made a point in an argument or ended something good... must be coming from all the anime i watch :P it started to make its way around, so a couple more ppl use it. I guess we're a bit :crazy: !
17 Oct 2007, 23:11 #45
[image][/list:u] Kirin ichiban desu
18 Oct 2007, 01:41 #47
I've seen hand signs in use in Japan that would be considered offensive in other countries.

Heck, "flipping the bird" in America is a completely different gesture in Germany and Austria.

And please don't call it "peace sign". It's the V for Victory. The dumbass hippies in the 60s and the worthless and unjustly overhyped "68er generation" turned it into some sort of idiotic peace sign, but that's not it's original meaning.

BTW... "gay" has a different meaning than "homosexual" as well.
18 Oct 2007, 03:09 #48
Crazy Penguin wrote: The dumbass hippies in the 60s and the worthless and unjustly overhyped "68er generation" turned it into some sort of idiotic peace sign, but that's not it's original meaning.

Careful.

There's a number of us here from that generation.... :sweat:

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