I fully expect what the first reply to this might be.
That’s very anecdotal, do you know any studies that investigate thumbs up prevalence IRL and online?
The deaf guys at my warehouse exist lol
I should get better at ASL
Do finger guns count as a thumbs up? My thumbs are up when I do them.
That depends, is it a revolver or a semi-auto?
Double action revolvers are semi auto.
Some mag fed pistols have external hammers.
Honestly, I know fuck-all about guns. I just thought I’d make a funny 😓
Good effort.
Wildly untrue. I see thumbs up every day.
But people do. I use it all the time.
Guess this should be on unpopular opinion since everyone in the comments is disputing OP
Unpopular opinions are one of my specialties.
Everyone i know gives thumbs up
👍 same
Same, even my young kids if I ask them a yes/no question while they’re eating to avoid talking with their mouth full.
i use it a lot… when im on the phone and someone pops in asking question only needing a positive response.
With my boss, I flip randomly from 👍 to 👌 to 🖕
I give thumbs up all the time. Usually two of them at the same time with a forced smile to let people know I wanna turn into oncoming traffic every day.
👍🏼
I feel like this is a you thing. I bet if you started doing it around people others would start doing it without realizing.
That might be true, or something local. I posted that this morning then got too busy to check in. I probably should have made it less about “positive/negative” and more about “it’s cool vs not cool” Here is my way too late OP explanation:
I go to a lot of sports events, hockey mostly. Since the 90s my friends and I play a little game. Count the people who give a #1 finger on the jumbotron vs point at their jersey vs thumbs up. Collectively, we have decided that ”kids today” don’t use thumbs up as much as in the past. I also noticed “Let’s go!” Is the cheer these days.
Sorry for oversimplifying my shower thought.
OP, where do you live? I get thumbs up all the time. Sometimes as a greeting, sometimes as an encouragement (e.g. during a run), sometimes even as a means of communication in traffic.
Western Canada. I was thinking maybe it’s like a soda vs pop thing. Or just wildly isolated to my own experience. Just showerthinking.
I’m more of a finger guns kinda guy.
A real straight shooter.
