r/funny • u/Ok_Concentrate_9713 • 3h ago

"Scream, nobody can hear you!"

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u/WTFnoAvailableNames 3h ago

Flipping the bird is usually inappropriate, especially as a child. This time it's 100% appropriate and golden comedic timing.

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u/nuevacuentanueva 35m ago

To be fair, for (at least some) non native English speakers, the middle finger doesn't have the same strong connotation as it does for native English speakers. We (again, some, not all) don't have the same strong attachment to its meaning, so we are way more lax in its use.

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u/Appropriate-Sound169 24m ago

It's not that rude in the UK but kids think it is due to the American influence. Putting 2 fingers up is more rude