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Showing Original Post only (View all)I just had to explain to an Asian colleague & friend why he should avoid the OK sign. [View all]
He was proudly responding to every slack thread with the ok sign.
I hated to burst his bubble.
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/26/764728163/the-ok-hand-gesture-is-now-listed-as-a-symbol-of-hate
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I just had to explain to an Asian colleague & friend why he should avoid the OK sign. [View all]
Xipe Totec
Oct 2019
OP
What is the Scalia salute. I apologize for asking, but my life can be pretty sheltered at times. nt
Blue_true
Oct 2019
#11
I knew a Korean guy. He told me a woman told him to speak English here but he didn't think it was
NCLefty
Oct 2019
#7
Wow. Nice ad hom! Disguising it in Spanish so no one will notice, eh? nt
Dr Hobbitstein
Oct 2019
#43
When in rural China several years ago people always wanted photos with the wife and I.
GulfCoast66
Oct 2019
#28