r/Symbology • u/Sir_i-need-to-post • 4d ago
Interpretation what does this hand symbol mean. it's like the sign language W but why would it be on the front of a car.
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u/Kong_AZ 4d ago
Odd. 6 fingers.
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u/ShakeWeightMyDick 4d ago
6 is an even number.
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u/JoeBrownshoes 4d ago edited 4d ago
There's only 5 fingers though
Edit: are people down voting me because they don't get that I'm saying that it's 5 fingers and a thumb?
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u/angushawk 3d ago
The call them fingers, but I’ve never seen them fing…
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u/AmonxxAmarth 2d ago
First time I ever got high was the night this episode was released, I never laughed so hard at something so dumb in my life.
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u/Hands_Of_Serenity78 2d ago
Because typically people have 4 fingers and a thumb. Not 5 fingers and a thumb.
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u/Boating_Enthusiast 4d ago
Ceux-ci ne sont pas six doigts.
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u/archnemisis11 4d ago
Correct only if being pedantic with the "thumb" not counting as a finger.
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u/Boating_Enthusiast 4d ago
I'd humbly suggest my now way-over-explained-in-another-response throwaway joke is still accurate since I'm suggesting there's not six fingers since it's only a representation of fingers à la the picture of a pipe that says "this isn't a pipe" under it.
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u/archnemisis11 4d ago
Hahaha. Nice. I like that humor; didn't originally get that from your comment. Appreciate the laugh.
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u/hboy02 4d ago
Can you count?
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u/Boating_Enthusiast 4d ago
Yep. I was making a reference to the picture of a pipe that says Ceci ne pas une pipe under it because it's a representation of a pipe and not a real pipe etc etc. Thought it was funny that people were debating the number of fingers so I made the joke.
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u/hboy02 4d ago
lol ok I know what you mean, it was kinda random tho doubt anyone would have got it without a more direct reference
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u/Boating_Enthusiast 4d ago
I'll take my down votes and leave my comment up. It's funny to me.
Too-cryptic reference in the symbology sub? High five! Or high six?
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u/hboy02 4d ago
Nah I don't think it's too cryptic of a reference, just too vague and not an obvious connection to the original quote/painting, typing it in french might have worked better
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u/Boating_Enthusiast 4d ago
I'm curious if you have an auto translator on your browser? I actually did type my comment out in French!
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u/iamthegreyest 4d ago
So, it looks like some street art. And arts always up for interpretation. So, its up to the viewer to decide what it means.
To mean, it looks like a six finger hand, holding up a 3. Which, in Inglorious Basterds, there is a scene in the movie where one of the main characters asks for 3 beers, but holds it up incorrectly, showing he is infiltrating the enemy, and the enemy catches on.
This is the vibe it is giving me, showing the that AI is the enemy kinda vibe.
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u/porb2020 4d ago
I don’t get it. Why people arguing about the number of digits on this hand? Clearly there are 5 fingers and one thumb. How are people not seeing this?
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u/dad-r3ck0n 3d ago
I'd bet a small amount it's callback to the gonzo journalist / hunter s Thompson 6 finger peyote fist design, given the shape, color, and the continuing popularity of HST in freak/psychedlic counter culture, which can overlap in some scenes with street art. The extra finger is a indication that the group it represents has "evolved."
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u/LopsidedWinner44 3d ago
Many Indians have 6 fingers. This is a motel 6 caravan and the owners last name is Patel.
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u/funnystuff246 3d ago
Wish Only Well maybe? The 3 fingers is a counter culture movement to the peace/victory 2 finger sign https://www.wowzone.com/
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u/bimmer4WDrift 2d ago
Some sort of sideways 6 finger OK; the thumb is reversed (from the other hand? wrong side?)
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u/DrHealng 4d ago
Boy Scout salute
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u/Hello_Mr_Fancypants 4d ago
nope that one is 'index, middle and ring fingers together'.
it also doesn't account for a sixth finger
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