From weird break dancing dance moves at the Olympics to weird hand gestures whilst smirking, Australians sure know how to create social media storms
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
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That weird hand gesture is the white power symbol
Nah, he’s just winning the game, racists angle the hand/dingers up for that. I didn’t think it was a common thing until I started buzzing my head (because I don’t have hair worth having) and then these fuckers popped up everywhere with their little signals treating me like one of them because I happen to be bald. It was a jarring revelation.
Coincidentally, that was around about the same time I learned how quickly racists fold when you start loudly calling them out at a crowded train station.
Our it curiosity are you Aussie? I've heard of the game thing but never the nazi thing here in Australia. I'm also considering going bald and was already worried about the skin head association
In the UK we have the circle game, or had in the 90s and 00s, the kids these days dont seem to know it.
Ive heard of it being the symbol for white power because the circle makes the P and the fingers make the W, but the only times I've heard it were now and about 20 years ago on some schizo blog pointing out how Goerge Dubya did it one time.
I wish. Nah, I’m one of those scum fuck americans.
I have not heard of that association for a long time. Mostly it's just a lmaooo gotem -type of thing. For proof, read the other comments here.
But sure, do give the nazis more ammo by giving ownership of such symbols to them.
The wiki explains really well how it's not a white power symbol. It requires fingers pointing up and even in that case it's ambiguous.
We're taking it back!
No, bro, this is a variant of the game. The symbol you're looking for is held upward. The white power symbol needs context that the douche using it is a white supremacist. Don't call out a potential dogwhistle unless you have evidence that it is the dogwhistle. Otherwise, you're barking at nothing (something the neo-nazi fucks want you to do, so they can label you crazy)
Even if you interpret it that way it's the wrong way up then. Your fingers have to point up to be a white power symbol
That's just the ok-sign.
Edit: Ok sure it can be used and interpreted as a white power thing, but I would prefer for that not to be the case. The alt-right co-opting of the sign is one of the most stupid things in recent memory.
I know it is. Some people choose to interpret it as a WP symbol. But it's still upside down in this case so it's clearly not one as well as this particular style being widely used as a meme a while back anyway.
That’s palm outward, this is inward
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/what-ok-hand-signal-means-militia-movement/
He's doing it like that.
Bonus that of they ever accuse you of being racist for doing it, you can prove them wrong by punching them.
I's trying to be funny in my previous comment, but re-reading it I think I completely missed the mark. Sorry, I've deleted it.
I was trying to continue the joke.
don't delete it please?
Sorry, nothing about what you said, thats why i commented to let you know. I just re-read my comment and felt it didn't come across in the same way I thought it did last night.
Eh, I disagree. Either the w or the p are going to be upside down.
The nazis stole the "ok" symbol a few years ago.
We can pretend it doesn't mean it if you want
Pepe was also stolen back in 2016 or so, but that one got reclaimed by people "pretending" that it wasn't a symbol of hate. The ok-sign shouldn't even need to be reclaimed since it has such strong previous connotations. But if you do think that it is, and that every cheff doing the chefs kiss or a scuba diver saying "I'm ok" with their hand is actually doing a nazi hate symbol, then it too should be reclaimed.
Yeah, I heard about this and completely ignored it. Until someone pulls me aside and tells me I’m flashing a hate symbol, I’m giving the okay. And even then, I’d only change my behavior for that one person. No way am I changing a 25+-year habit for some fascist culturally appropriating fucks.