|I found most of these photos browsing in mySpace for all of 20 minutes. They feature the typical poses most people1 make when a camera is in their face. Instead of just smiling and keeping their arms on their side, they pull out these ridiculous hand symbols to designate some sort of message; this message being that they are complete and utter clown shoes.
Now mind you… I’m not here to give you tips on how to look better in photos, since I look like I have mental disabilities2 in all of my photos on my Facebook and MySpace page, and I’m working on it, but still, I don’t do stupid hand gestures and the purpose of this site for you to be more like me!
Thus, follow my advice.
And the fun begins…
The point
Avoiding the obvious humor toward his headband, a lot of guys do the point for some reason and I always wonder what exactly people are pointing at. The camera? A flaw in the cameraman’s appearance? I have no idea, but the point looks to be a bad attempt to be smooth, as this Asian fellow demonstrates.
Clown love
This one is rare to the northeast, so I don’t know too much about it, but I am familiar with Juggalos and they are some of the biggest poseurs in the universe. This is their hand-signal, denoting “clown love” (notice the C and the L in the gesture).
I don’t understand “clown love”. I guess poseurs need a hand signal to tell each other to communicate with one another?
Whatever the case, unless you are trying to attract a 200-pound 17-year old from the middle of nowhere who shops at Hot Topic, I don’t recommend flashing the “clown love”3.
The middle finger
As much as I love wrestling, I blame “Stone Cold” Steve Austin for the middle finger thing. He flashed it every two minutes during the WWF Attitude era and soon every human in the world began thinking it was a cool thing to do in photos.
Women do this one a lot as well. It’s very common to see a bunch of co-ed assholes all giving the finger in their Facebook photos. If the parents only knew what their asshole kids were doing in college!
The shocker
A lot of guys do this one at parties and clubs. I consider myself to be a very sexual person, but maybe I’m just not kinky enough to handle the shocker. The thought of sticking my pinky finger in a woman’s anus doesn’t turn me on.
When an old dude like bike repair guy starts flashing a hand gesture, you know it’s time to retire it for good. I’m going to take the initiative to retire it right now. This very moment. It’s done. Say goodbye.
Westside
As a fan of early 90s West Coast gangsta rap, I know the Westside. I understand the Westside. Still, almost 15 years since end of this era of great music and lyrics, using the hand gesture is just stupid.
I don’t care if you live on the Westside, you still shouldn’t flash the Westside. The Westside died when Snoop Doggy Dogg dropped the Doggy4.
The V-Sign
The V-sign might be the most overused hand gesture of them all and for no good reason whatsoever.
It was originally used to signify “peace” across the entire world. Like the Westside, it was a staple of early 90s hip-hop culture. Its usage is so widespread that many people forgot the meaning of it across the way.
At this point, people use the V-sign as a default hand gesture. Camera in their face, put up the V. It no longer has any meaning or value, simply due to over usage. Do not contribute to its demise; stop using it in your photos.
The corna
Obviously, I didn’t get this photo from mySpace. I couldn’t find a good Corna in the 20 minutes of searching, so instead, I went with the Dubya. Can’t hate on that what so ever.
The corna, also known as the “sign of the horns”, is used in many, many different arenas of life. It is the official hand gesture of many sport teams, including the University of Texas. It has been used for decades in rock music to signify the devil. In some European countries, the corna is used to point out a man who cheats on his wife. Tons of different meanings for one simple gesture.
Most people use the corna to show how “rock star” they are. If you want to be a rock star, learn how to play music, make some music, sell out to a major label, and get rich. Until that moment in time, leave the corna for aging heavy metal drummers and President Bush.
6 responses so far ↓
1 isa // Jun 14, 2008 at 4:44 am
Anal play is ‘kinky’ now? Wow, I’m sure glad I’m not fucking you.
2 juggalo 4 lyfe // Aug 24, 2009 at 8:34 pm
fuck u punk bitch whoop whoop mothafucka
3 ej // Nov 5, 2009 at 1:05 am
so what’s the best thing to do?
4 Heath Christopher // Nov 20, 2009 at 5:08 pm
How old are you? Apparently to old to be living as life was intended, which is living open. Close-minded idiots like you are a plague in this world and should be handled as such. Personally I love my middle finger flashing. I flash it often to friends and cameras alike, and I don’t watch wrestling so I don’t know much about Steve Austin, I’ve been doing that since I was a wee one. Also, if you’re calling people “poseurs” because you’re too OLD to understand a youth’s culture then I suggest killing yourself immediately, because you were, in fact, young once as well and I’m quite sure adults back then thought of you in the same fashion, though using different terms. Unless of course you were a “good little boy”, which would explain why you are presently such an intolerant loser. I’m a juggalo and I fucking love ICP and I would dare you to EVER say something like this to ANY of our faces in real life you pathetic eThug. One last thing on my little stint of making you look dumb, the “V-Sign” did not “originally used to signify “peace” across the entire world” as you say. It was officially “peace” starting in the Vietnam era, the “V” stood for VICTORY starting in World War II coming from Winston Churchill as a way to insult Hitler. WINSTON got it from historical accounts of English archers in the Hundred Years War holding up their bow-drawing fingers to the French as a “ha! ha!” when then French would try to raid the English and cut their hands of or disable them to keep them from using their superior long bows. In conclusion, before you ever try to insult peoples’ cultures that you obviously will not even put the effort in to understand, learn what the hell you’re talking about first. People like you should keep your mouths shut and keep your opinions to yourselves, because most of you keyboard commanders would NEVER EVER EVER EVER speak your mind to these people in real life, because you would probably find your face eating concrete and/or dirt really fast. I left my real name, mail and site in the fields so you know who I am. Good luck being an old, close-minded, mental sloth for the rest of your life. You have fun with that.
5 SomeDude // Jul 27, 2010 at 6:51 am
Heath Christopher stop being a punk bitch on the internet. You call this guy an E-thug for giving his fucking opinion? Seriously? So what are you.. an asshole for giving yours in such a rude manner. Shut the fuck up homo and go somewhere else with your bullshit.
6 grind time // Aug 14, 2010 at 2:43 pm
westside hiphop is dead? Boy you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. Check youtube bitch
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