This or That, Day 4
8While Gilligan characters did not incite nearly as much passionate discussion as either Mad Max or Glen and Irk, there was a clear revelation that preferences lie stronger with the practical, down-home and real-life virtues of Mary Ann rather than the more idealistic, decorative, and invariably high-maintenance fantasy of Ginger. Good for you, though you shop on Meh, so I guess that tracks.
For today’s choice, we turn from people to actions, from external preferences regarding others to internal propensities of affect.
We all know what you prefer when you want to express your disapproval of something
You know it’s true. You said it today already.
But today we ask how you prefer to express your approval:
Thumbs up
or OK sign
Don’t worry, just because your choice reveals a lot about your personality, your childhood and your psychological profile doesn’t mean that it will in any way be used against you. Really, trust me.
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/giphy thumbs up
My thumbs are OK.
/giphy OK thumbs
PS, I’m sorry for missing day 3, I’ll go vote now.
@UncleVinny I promise I won’t hold it against you.
In today’s world anyone who says the OK sign is a racist, right? I mean, it stands for White Power and all.
Hold on. Let’s all stop and think about how stupid that sounds. Everyone should give a thumbs up for the OK sign!
/giphy OKay
@Mehrocco_Mole
@Mehrocco_Mole Okay!
Thumbs up - when your hands start getting arthritic, the OK sign
can be hurtful, which sort of defeats it’s purpose.
@stolicat Nopers- that hurts nowhere near as much as having to extend my 1st metacarpophalangeal joint whilst flexing all of my other metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints.
@PhysAssist @stolicat That even sounds painful
And I’ve never considered Meh to mean outright disapproval, but more of an ambiguity, an ambivalence, a sort of oh I don’t know or particularly care …
@stolicat True - except that here it means “no, I don’t want that, at least not at that price” which I would contend is a technical disapproval of the current offer.
@stolicat Exactly, it’s more just kinda like not really committing either way…
@ybmuG But surely, Meh.com is not the final arbiter of the term’s actual intent/meaning.
Description: Meh is an interjection used as an expression of indifference or boredom. It is often regarded as a verbal equivalent of a shrug of the shoulders. The use of the term “meh” shows that the speaker is apathetic, uninterested, or indifferent to the question or subject at hand. Wikipedia
@PhysAssist @ybmuG well, whichever you want, he said indifferently
@PhysAssist No argument from a purely definitional perspective, but that wasn’t my purpose. It was mostly a snarky reference to a specific people (Mehtizens) on a specific forum (meh.com) who invoke the term for a specific purpose (don’t want this deal).
Although I suppose even that might be construed only as the initial intent of the Meh button
It has become, however, just something to collect (meh clicks) and even pushing Meh doesn’t mean you actually don’t want it. So whatever.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@ybmuG Yup, and now, I click it even when I intend to buy whatever is on sale…
@stolicat Meh
Thumbs up means good.
Ok means agree yup that’s ok
So both depending on what I wish to say
@CaptAmehrican
Mee too. Depends in the situation and mood. Or else it’s random w me.
I’m giving a thumbs up to thumbs up.
Though OK really is OK.
It’s funny that sadass little Nazi cosplayers tried to take
, since NOBODY USES IT.
Thumbs up to
.
Jazz hands or Wallace “we’ll go where there’s cheese” fists work better for the rare occasion when one wants to silently express excitement.
@whogots
@daveinwarsh I don’t get it…
Oh Wait…
Tick-tick-tick…
NOW I see it!
(sorry… I am easily distracted…)
As a scuba diver, the thumbs up sign means “go to the surface”.
and the “OK” sign means… OK
@thismyusername Was it the Buddah that invented the OK sign?
@ybmuG good question… I think the current understanding is that they did the hand gesture first… but it doesn’t really mean “okay” like it does in the western world.
@thismyusername Still, pretty cool, though!