Comment on BBC presenter apologises after giving middle finger at start of live broadcast
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 11 months ago
I do think it’s a bit disgraceful for this sort of thing to happen on the BBC.
What happened to a good old British “V sign” with two fingers up? Or maybe a “wanker gesture” with a casual shake of the wrist? If even the BBC have stooped to an American-style solitary raised middle finger, what hope is there for the rest of us?
She apologised on X on Thursday morning, saying that she had been joking around with the team, pretending to count down using her fingers.
“When we got to 1 I turned [my] finger around as a joke and did not realise that this would be caught on camera,” she wrote.
I think we’ll let this slide. For once.
tal@lemmy.today 11 months ago
I don’t believe that we can claim credit for flipping the bird.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_finger
Syldon@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Didn’t see it mentioned in the wiki. When the middle finger was gaining popularity, during the 80’s in my circles, using the middle finger folded in half was a thing mentioned. I guess with the description in the wiki that makes sense as it infers that the person being insult has a tiny dick. I remember someone mentioning it was a Greek insult, but never knew it had a history. TIL.
Now I get spammed by a hundred Greeks telling me they have never heard of it. :) In my defence, we had no internet when I was young. There was no way to check on BS Vs fact.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 11 months ago
That’s really interesting, thanks - I think you (nation, not you personally) did a lot to popularise its usage in the last 30 years though :)