Which is super fucking annoying to me. I teach Scuba, and that’s like the number one hand gesture we use underwater, and in my circle of diving peeps we use it constantly on the surface as well.
I’m a fat, white, Christian, straight, male gun-owner from Texas who also happens to be a leftist.
I really didn’t need another reason for people to assume I was MAGA.
Racists breathe, too, but they haven’t “co-opted” breathing.
When racist bigots use language to spread cruel ideas, it’s not the language’s fault. It’s still just the fucking bigot at fault. Let’s not give them the power to take away regular words.
The “okay” sign has been co-opted by white supremacists. Akin to how Pepe was treated.
Which is super fucking annoying to me. I teach Scuba, and that’s like the number one hand gesture we use underwater, and in my circle of diving peeps we use it constantly on the surface as well.
I’m a fat, white, Christian, straight, male gun-owner from Texas who also happens to be a leftist.
I really didn’t need another reason for people to assume I was MAGA.
Came to post this. They can take my SCUBA hand signals from my cold dead hands when they find me drowned in an underwater cave I got lost in.
Using it so much diving, I tend to also use it as an answer to questions to say “yes, everything is fine” in normal conversation.
Edit: I just realized I also use it when I ask if someone is okay (not underwater). “You okay? 👌?”
Only in the creative news.
Racists breathe, too, but they haven’t “co-opted” breathing.
When racist bigots use language to spread cruel ideas, it’s not the language’s fault. It’s still just the fucking bigot at fault. Let’s not give them the power to take away regular words.
Fucking hell…