Is the double peace sign an Asian created pose?

[Anonymous]

Hear me out, so I've noticed it's mostly Asians that use this pose and others use it too but not as much, it's used the most by Asian women, it also seems to fit better with Asian women, not trying to make it sound like a race thing but it seems to kinda be, is it like a weeaboo thing and it's popular within the Asian community or something? ☻

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

We've been doing it here in Japan since we were kids in the 80s and I think long before that as well. I never thought to look into it until now.

I was trying to search to see if people from any other cultures did it widely as we do here and I can't find any.

That said, the peace sign originated in favor of the disarmament of nuclear weapons. Maybe Japanese doubled down on the peace sign since they'd be especially interested in that after the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[Asker]

That is actually quite interesting, that is some fascinating background on the possibilities of how it maybe have formed 🤔

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

That and Japanese tend to strike poses quite flamboyantly, especially girls. Maybe it's just that. 😅

[Asker]

Yea for the most part double peace sign seems to be their go to pose lmao

[Anonymous]

Supposedly the peace sign originated during the battle of Agincourt in 1415. The English Longbowman were so feared by the French that when they captured one they would cut off his fingers so he couldn't pull a bow anymore. So as a result the English bowman would put 2 fingers up to taunt the French to show they had thier fingers

But there's also another story to that. I guess longbow's were made largely from the wood of the Yew tree. So there's a story that they would also show thier middle finger and say "I still got my finger I can still PLUCK YEW". And that is today where we get the middle finger today when we flip someone off to say "F*** You"!

I don't know if that story is complete b. s. but I always like telling it.🤣

[4ngelic]

i think i heard americans created it and was trendy with young people in western countries in like the 80s or something. japanese people adopted it late and kept using it way way after the trend died (and still use it to this day) and they where the ones who spread it to other Asian countries

[4ngelic]

i know that was popular with normal people (not at all just Asians and weebs) in the 2000s & early 2010s. but now i think it's just something millenials who aren't with the times, weaboos, kpop stans & Asian people do

[rachel776]

[Asker]

Lol.

[OlderAndWiser]

I think they are all imitating Mr. Ringo Starr!

[DryGermanGuy]

Or Dr. Evil! :-D

[FunkyMonkee]

What's wrong with it? We've been doing it here since at least the `60's! Even Pres. Nixon did it a lot! I seem to recall Jimmy Carter doing it, too.

[DryGermanGuy]

The only time I have seeing girls use that (one-handed) sign, it was to indicate "vagina". :-)

[bobalife]

I don't know but I just like doing it to be cute ✌🏻☺️✌🏻

[zagor]

I don't know WTF is up with that. When I went to Disneyland with my friend from Japan he was embarrassed by the Japanese tourists all posing like that.

[laly520]

no they didn't create it

they just started to use it

[QuietRunner]

I believe Winston Churchill only did the Victory Sign with one hand

[Asker]

Victory? Lol

[QuietRunner]

yes V for Victory

[Asker]

Mindblown

[OtterMan68]

I'm sure a Roman at one time wanted ten of something and did that

[NathanDavis]

it does have a name too... lol

[NathanDavis]

kawaii or something... I think there's an even more specific word for it

[Asker]

There is? I found it by putting double peace sign pose on Google 💀

[NathanDavis]

I just remembered it...

Aegyo... for Korean
Kawaii... for Japanese

[Asker]

And it means the same thing?

[NathanDavis]

yes... both mean "cute shit"

[Asker]

Well it ain't lying I guess lol

[PrettyCrumblBb]

@NathanDavis
Ewww aegyo 🤢🤮

[NathanDavis]

@PrettyCrumblBb lol... what is so wrong with aegyo... is just a hand V sing, lol

[PrettyCrumblBb]

@NathanDavis
Aegyo takes many retarded forms not just a V sign

[NathanDavis]

@PrettyCrumblBb like what?

[PrettyCrumblBb]

I don't wanna look it up. It's so cringey. You can go to YouTube and search kpop stars aegyo

[NathanDavis]

@PrettyCrumblBb link me to the madness...

DM me

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Nope.

[NathanDavis]

@PrettyCrumblBb tease...

[PrettyCrumblBb]

@NathanDavis you're creepy...

[NathanDavis]

@PrettyCrumblBb now me... lmao

you're the one who knows this creepy secretive stuff you won't tell me about...

[StudyingAuthor]

Good question, I don't know though.

[Asker]

Lmao

[StudyingAuthor]

Hey... I'm just a bored kid, gotta find something to talk about.

[Asker]

Yea that's true, nothing wrong with that youngin 🤣

[StudyingAuthor]

Yep! I have the world to explore, yet I sit here, chasing boredom.

[Asker]

Why chase boredom when you can slay it 🤺

[StudyingAuthor]

LOL... I love boredom. I learn new things because of boredom.

[Asker]

Well that's a good way to look at it, very positive of you, I hate boredom 😂

[StudyingAuthor]

Thanks, I got church tomorrow, I gotta go to sleep, so I'm gonna log off. Nice talking to you though.

[Asker]

Likewise youngin, gotta be well rested to worship whooo 🎉

Rest well 💯

[lil_will_12]

fr fr

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Americans created the bunny ears.

[Asker]

🙃🙃🙃

[PrettyCrumblBb]

And the British created the backwards peace sign which means "up yours".

[Asker]

I don't think I've ever seen one of those lol

[PrettyCrumblBb]

www.alamy.com/...m-gallagher-v-sign-106069256.html

[Asker]

Lol.

[BlissfullyCurSed]

She is probably an adult man.

[A_Bell]

It was patented by the "air quotes" lady.

[Miah04]

I use it

[shortster]

V is for victory