• @[email protected]
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    548 months ago

    Wait until they learn that the thumbs-up in some countries means what the middle finger does in the US…

    • @mycodesucks
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      288 months ago

      I’m still trying to wrap my head around the Czech Republic, where apparently holding up a single index finger means 2.

      • @reinei
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        8 months ago

        Not a Czech but now that you mentioned it I want this here too!

        I mean have you tried counting from either end using all your fingers i.e. thumb == 1? That dexterous shit is hard so making a single index finger two instantly makes it nice and smooth!

        (Instant edit: this obviously only holds if index finger+ middle finger counts as 3, otherwise there really only seems to be an advantage in calling out 2 and my argument collapses)

      • @angrystego
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        18 months ago

        I do have some experience with the Czech Republic and I’m pretty sure this isn’t the case.

        • @mycodesucks
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          68 months ago

          I was only there a month. I can’t claim to be any kind of expert. But I do know I wound up eating two sausages.

          • @angrystego
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            38 months ago

            Sausages are often sold as a pair there, just like socks - you won’t get just one :) Even the czech word párek (sausage) means also “a pair”.

            • @mycodesucks
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              18 months ago

              Fascinating. Didn’t know that!