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#ingloriousbasterds
https://youtu.be/86Ckh80mLlQ
Mar 5, 2021 8:46 PM
Pulsar1975
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#ingloriousbasterds
https://youtu.be/86Ckh80mLlQ
MaterialsPhysicsIsGroovy
Well if it's all the same to you, old boy...I'd like to go out speaking the King's'
Snooj
My German teacher taught us this in high school and when I saw that scene I knew he done fucked up.
ChicksDigTrucks
i prefer pinky, ring, middle
charlietrundlethegreat
White power /s. I also grew up with the ok sign for the number 3
jmonster2020
HypnagogicHallucinations
Inglorious Basterds recreated this from an older movie.
Chunkyfunkychicken
Bijrn
German one is better imo
RaZorHamZteR
sentientwookiee
ididntgetthejobatfruitloops
si
pinatafarmer
As if he would know
OhhHaiMark
I had no idea who he was before that movie but Fassbender fucking owned that scene
laurenlena1
Same. Not the first time I’d seen him but first time he’d made an impression. Big screen presence and easy charm.
BannedForSFW05
laurenlena1
Perfect role for Fassbender. Born in Germany with a German father. Mother is Irish. Moved to Ireland at 2. Spent summers in Germany.
DrRichardKimble
Weird Tats
ArtieoftheAbyss
chancer888
Server614
That’s a bingo!!
DENNISystem
Love that movie
megagreg
My 3 year old son does it the German way, despite us living in Canada.
mirrors
rastacles
I don't get it. Also the British flag is wrong.
VonShnitzel
It's a reference to the movie Inglorious Basterds. In one scene a British spy accidentally gives himself up by ordering 3 drinks the 1/2
VonShnitzel
left way in front of a suspicious German officer. 2/2
lddiaz
I started doing it that way after I saw that movie. Been doing it ever since. Just in case.
nobodycares1234
ChaoticSquid
In the UK it's whatever fingers you feel like using. I personally do it the German way for no particular reason
emjay9010
My... my fingers seem to be recusing to do it that way- my flip the bird middle finger is half curling and wont go erect. It's fkn impotent!
emjay9010
refusing*
Thesaya
Except you very much do not use the long and pointer finger to indicate two. As a Swede, it is really hard to unlearn.
ChaoticSquid
As long as you do it with your palm out no one would get mad. I honestly don't know anyone who actually uses that to swear these days anyway
TheBisexualestBoyInTheVillage
My left ring and pinky are overly joined so I can’t open my ring ringer without my pinky so the “English way” isn’t really possible for me
owensdad102542
Drei gläser
wantondisregard
The first time i visited Germany we would order beer the other way and would always get the wrong amount so when i saw that scene i was ohhh
derscur
also don't fight in a fuckin basement
BulletToofTony
Otherwise you'll say auf wiedersehen to your Nazi balls
contrabone
It is a tavern.
theimgurgiraffe
She also promised them that no one ever was there.
LadyNetrex
A better way is holding the Index Finger with the thumb. It's at least easier for me to hold it like that
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YeahBu0y
Do Germans signal the number 4 by omitting the pinky finger? That's uncomfortable on the hands.
555LOGS
It's not uncomfortable when you're used to it from early on. :) However, PrincessClumsy is spot on.
PrincessClumsy
I do when counting up. But when ordering 4 drinks then all but the thumb, easier to show, easier to see for bartender.
tennessine
Same for me (Finn).
mclin003
The way my tendons are linked together I can't hold up my middle finger without the pinky trying to come up as well. Guess i'll die.
TrickyChlovers
I got weird tendons too. I can't pull up my ring finger without lifting my pinky. I count to 5 as thumb, pointer, middle, pinky, ring.
kerber01127001
Reply it’s not just Germans who count like that. Russians do it the same way.
malulancelot7
The same in Argentina
justfoundoutyoucanchangeyourusername
Italians as well
PoppinLochNessHopster
Canadians.
holdonwhileioverthinkthis
So. I've been making fun of my fiance for weeks bc I've never met anyone who did this. Did not know it was a thing/ italian. Thank you
wantondisregard
Croatians also
xn1992
Stink/pink
lazybuthappy
bushmuncher
Thanks, I’m seeing pol having serious discussion but sex comes to my mind
clotholiver
The German version is also the number 3 in ASL
Lamplord
Except palm inwards
screendler
One of the biggest disappointments in my life was realizing there are different sing languages for every spoken language.
CVStp
but 4 in Roman Numerals
WrongUn
I thought you meant age/sex/location. I was like "is this a predatory Internet joke?" im not smart at 7.30am
Anju42
And the British version is 6
Cenodoxus
I don't get what the number 3 has to do with Age Sex Location ?
clotholiver
American Sign Language
ArtProjectB12
Because ASL is based on French sign language which also uses the thumbed version of counting.
OhmyBandit
That's funny NGT, which is also based on the french sign language doesn't.
ImAFoxButNotReally
Who doesn't?
Its332amAndMyDogNeedsAWalk
Because the American version is ASL for W?
Angeldust747
I think you'll find that's a british flag
Zeanoth
The letter W or the number 6, depending on context.
IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
Thumb and pinky placement separate w from 6
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IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
6-10 palm is outwards, so not really
servingmytimeinusersub
Nobody who converaes with asl will worry about this. Everything is context and expression.
TheCaptionGuy
It’s just context. When signing at conversational speed, you would never see the difference in how the two fingers touch.
servingmytimeinusersub
And then as it's accepted, asl changes "officially" to match
IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
I’ve never made those two signs even close to in the same way. With numbers you indicate by touching a finger to your thumb. W is raising 3
Nuhlinga
I’m Canadian and have always done the German 3
BeerAndChips
Ditto
LetsTalkAboutSocksBaby
I'm Canadian and have always done the British 3
BeerAndChips
I'm also Canadian and I've used/seen both
Table5
From another Canadian, you both should be sorry.
OhmyBandit
Though in the Netherlands it's the same as in england. I know a chinese girl who depicts three with middle finger to pinky. Flabbergasted.
OhmyBandit
By the way, in that series "orange is the new black" they show the index, middle and pinky finger.
MarisaTomei
I do that too, but it’s because it’s more comfortable to reach my index finger than it is to reach my pinky.
CandidGamera
I do that too (German). Easier pinky management, no need to hold that unruly fucker down with your thumb.
tacticusprime
Like the OK sign?
FairfaxJack
American here: for me it's every finger except the ring finger
MikeKeyser
and then there's also the possibility of rude gestures in other cultures.
somethingdark
Counting 1 to 5 by starting with your pinky and moving towards your thumb makes perfect sense to me.
NectarLifter
As do basketball refs when a 3 point shot is attempted
tyfi91
This is how I do it, but it is from my umpiring days
MrAgrijag
I also do that, I live in the us
namelessfish
For a minute I thought you meant touching middle finger to the pinky. I tried it and thought how is that natural?? Then it dawned on me...
OhmyBandit
I tried that as well now. That's quite hard to do.
amyhadalittlepond
As a Brit, it's middle finger to pinky for me.
dreikommavierzehn
Teachers usually show it with index finger to ring finger, but I've seen chinese friends do it like your friend too. Counting in Chinese:
dreikommavierzehn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14YWScyigA
perlninja
Dacht 't niet he?
igooutsidesometimes
If I'm emphasizing it, I'll do it that way for three. but I wouldn't do one or two that way. I'm american, originally PNW.
DrewSf29
I do that becuae my thumb can't hold my pinky down. My hand literally can't do that
fuckthisshitwebsite
Well some British spy you'll be Fritz.
DontYuckMyYum
I've been doing that since I was a kid, no idea where I picked it up from.
creedthots
I am american and always did it that way.
FirePrinceZuzu
That's how I do it too (portuguese). Like an ok sign, but the thumb is pushing the index down so it doesn't mix with the three up ones.
schmoo38
That’s how my mom did it. She was weird.
BootyWarriorr
Middle to pinky is how we do it in Jamaica??♂️
Guinealicious
Personally I think that we use both in the Netherlands.
OhmyBandit
Funny, now I'm curious if it is a regional thing.
Guinealicious
Maybe? I personally I live in Zuid-Holland and I’ve seen both ways. But maybe it’s different closer to the border with Germany?
OhmyBandit
I live in Zuid-Holland as well, used to live near Rotterdam and also in the Hague, now near the Hague.
Guinealicious
I live between Schiphol and Leiden. So yeah same area
TheGreenPsych
I've seen all three (even the middle finger to pinky one) so I guess we sort of wing it.
OuchMouse
Weird. For the 3, I unzip my pants and then hold up one finger on my right and one finger on the left. Not sure how else to do it.
dunimal
Strange. Thats similar to how we do "6" where I'm from. Unzip, grab dong in a backhand, point thumb down. Makes perfect sense. But 3??? Wild
OhmyBandit
Hmm, does seem like a power statement to signal the number 3. Might try whipping a number 3 that way next time I order 3 beers at the bar.
darknessisgood
Wouldn't that be for 2.5?
OuchMouse
On a good day ;)
coffeenator
On a warm day
MacAwesome
All the people i know in NL use the same symbol as the germans
justletmesignupalready
Did...did you take a poll? How common does the number three come up when you meet a Dutch person?
Braytac
living in Noord-Holland I never saw any one use the "German" way of doing it.
Crowscrown
As far as I know we count as Germans and show the number as English people do.
OhmyBandit
Ok, interesting, you live in one of the eastern provinces? Seeing the movie inglorious bastards was the first time I saw it done differently
MacAwesome
I have lived in utrecht and zh
Dearmeat
Is this a thing
kozzillakilla
https://images.app.goo.gl/Xqz6pNKnYCsShCvbA
gtollie
I dont know .. let ask this spy
themosthellas
Idk, my friend is German (from Bonn) and he said he’s literally never heard of it until he saw the movie
themosthellas
He was like yeah bro, 3 is 3 it doesn’t mean anything
giraffinator
For sure. Different cultures and nations use different hand gestures for all sorts of things. The same gestures can mean different things.
hybridgorilla3131
very much so. i was taught to recognize both as a kid.
3P3references
A few years before IB came out, we had a family argument about this because of a game that necessitated holding up a number of fingers >
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simultaneously in a sort of rock-paper-scissors thing. And we thought German stepmum was cheating by retroactively adding a thumb to turn >
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a 2 into a 3. She insisted that no, this was just how 3 was instinctively done for her. So we had a good laugh when it actually came up in >
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the movie as a plot point.
charlietrundlethegreat
2 in the pink one in the stink? Definitely a thing.
Ravenseeker
Yes, I was in Austria getting groceries while speaking German. I threw up the English three and the guy immediately switched to English
GrandPoobahDeDoinkOfAllOfThisAndThat
I was born in Italy and for sure every italian i know uses the thumb when counting to three, and most americans i know don't
giraffinator
Ireland here, I'd start with the thumb too!
Bosnianjerk
In Balkans this is a thing as well. This German version is a big no, no in Bosnia. Pointing it out means supporting genocide that happened.
GamiCross
It's like saying "just one" and flipping the bird. It stands out a bit.
doAngelsFart
*sounds of Luger gunfire*
igolem
Ya it’s a difference in counting. Only kills you in movies. Can affect the price you think you’re paying for a beer though.
edgeofadhesion
That's a bingo.
Kelfezond
As an Englishman I can say one never seen anyone hold up the three middle fingers, everyone I know does it the supposed "German" way
DewiMorgan
Interesting! Where in the UK? Counting up, do you put the thumb down when you reach 4 on the way to 5?
ali4z
Left way seems like more strain and effort to me. Though maybe I'm just not used to it.
Czeksmyx
My fingers can't even comfortably do the one on the right, the right one just feels natural but I'm a filthy American.
CramSandwichandaNukaCola
When I visited the USA I noticed lots of people started counting with the middle finger. Looked like they were just counting me though.
Glasgow351
Oh, that's how Americans get their friends. Like how Aussie's call their mates, cunts. We raise our middle finger.
Metalbawkses
Just telling you that you're #1
DrRichardKimble
Ja
ILikeRespondingWithWillSmithGifs
I’m Mexican and I count with my thumb as one.
Nigbad1984
I’m English and I count with my thumb as number 1, never seen it done otherwise. Might be regional though this is England and we’re weird.
DudeThatsRacist
My 5 yo daughter learned to count from her Oma. The kids in school are going to think she's weird.
DrPhillipMahmoufWifarts
Hey I had an Oma and I turned out fine!
DrRichardKimble
Hope you named her Archie Hicox.
DudeThatsRacist
me:
DrRichardKimble
That’s Fassbenders character that gave it away by ordering tHrEe
AndBingoWasHisName0
I was married to a Swiss. When they count one their fingers the thumb is one.
SeriousSeamstress
I'm American and do that. But my dad's a pianist so that's how I was taught.
wipethatfaceoffyourheadbitch
Ooh! Good point!
igamingidol
Swede here. (Dont mix up, Im looking at you USA.) We do the same. You flip your fist tobshow the thumv and one
AndBingoWasHisName0
Haha that would happen all the time. “Oh, she’s Swiss? Scandinavia seems lovely.” :eye roll:
bearsareawesome
Curiously... counting 1-5 on right hand I flip between thumb first and index firston left it has to be thumb first because index lifts thumb
TanithRosenbaum
I'm German, and I've used the way on the right side there all my life. Now we just need a brit confirming they use the one on the left.
nipaxon
Swede here, im using the german version as well.
TheDustyOne
When you count fingers, do you start with thumb? Most Americans start with index finger, hence the way we do 3.
nipaxon
Yeah, mostly. Sometimes i start with index, then middle and then the thumb. But mostly i start with the thumb.
Possy92
Brit here. Can confirm, use the left method
DavidWong7
Every single place I visited outside the EU/every single person I met from outside the EU used the left method.
rockhydra
American here, left use all the time. But sometimes I use t, i an p for three.
shano510
Fellow American, can confirm. Middle 3 for 3, with infrequent use of the "German" version.
tennessine
As a Finn, I also use the ‘German’ style of counting. Thump first.
ottman001
Can confirm. The one on the right has no meaning here. It's not rude, it's just unusual. Does the left gesture have meaning in Germany?
TanithRosenbaum
No, none I’m aware of. If I saw it I would just consider it an unusual way to show the number 3.
effinooguy
Yes, it means "found the spy!"
thatbloodybastard
Judging by the comments, it's also used in Canada, and from personal experience, it's used in the US. May be an English language thing.
ChocolateCookieAndFudge
French here, we use the "German" way. It looks uncomfortable to hold the pinky while extending the other fingers.
kd7uns
Ok, but then what do you do when you get to 4...
ChocolateCookieAndFudge
Stick the tip of the pinky in the folds of the palm, it's is uncomfortable too.
Cutwail
Close the thumb.
SheDevilinaSnuggie
I'm British and can only do the German version - stupid tendons? I literally cannot do it the other way, or the scout salute, or Spock hands
ottman001
I also cannot do Spock hands and many people find that weird. Glad to learn I am not the only one!
TanithRosenbaum
I feel you. I kept trying to do the British version over and over for the last hour, and all it does is make my wrist and forearm hurt
blonderengel
I’ve also done “three” with middle, ring, and pinkie up ... and thumb and index finger doing a tiny “o” ....
TanithRosenbaum
Okay that's a new one, never seen that anywhere
LetsTalkAboutSocksBaby
I'm Canadian and use the one on the left. Does that count?
Eldopaquinone
I'm Canadian and I learned both ways ?
TheAccursedHamster
I'm canadian and use the right one but only because my hands are small and I have relatively little control over my pinky finger.
Levistras
I'm a Canadian and I use the one on the right.
wipethatfaceoffyourheadbitch
Polish Canadian here, I’m used to seeing my peers use the left and my parents use the right. I think it may be a mainland Europe thing.
wipethatfaceoffyourheadbitch
Also, I do the right because I grew up here while they were fairly recent immigrants. Or at least that’s my theory.
wipethatfaceoffyourheadbitch
Further data: my sister, who’s 10 years younger, also counts the mainland way. The influence runs deep.
bearsareawesome
Sorry... Brit who uses the German version. Don’know why
hullabanana
Same, and never seen anyone use the left version. Looks uncomfortable
mopfmopf
Einer von uns! Einer von uns!
TheDustyOne
Watch Inglorious Bastards and you will see.
PeterTried
*Basterds
OutsideNstuff
Not applicable to today, there aren't any nazis around anymore... Oh, wait
KillerTofu615
You made my face twitch damnit.
flamingflamingo
Is there a way I can see without watching it? I don't like Quentin Tarantino movies.
GrizzlySaint
Natzi knew American was a spy because Germans use a thumb in the 3 hand sign
FeedTheRats
flamingflamingo
I've watched Deathproof, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1&2, Dusk til Dawn, Sin City, and when I couldn't get through Pulp Fiction without >
flamingflamingo
> getting bored, I realized I didn't like that movie, just like I didn't like the other ones.
Hendlton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ckh80mLlQ Relevant scene at 1:15
flamingflamingo
I really don't get it.
IATTM
He's Uber cover posing as a nazi officer. Another officer senses something is up and gets him to indicate a count of 3 using his hand. -
Hendlton
They're British spies trying to gather intelligence. He raises the British version of the three fingers in front of an SS officer.
PoliticalWanderer
1) Yeah, it was used in a scene in the movie Inglorious Basterds. An English spy in Nazi Germany inadvertantly gives himself and his allies
MrZev
Spoilers!!!
Metalbawkses
The movie is what? 11-12yr old? I think it's passed on from spoiler warning land
MrZev
I kid. Great movie, watched it again a few months ago.
joleeen
Lol also bonks some dudes to death ?
iExplainTheJoke
ACHSHULLY IT WAS IN OCCUPIED FRANCE
PoliticalWanderer
2) away when he orders three drinks in front of a suspicious SS officer and uses the wrong way to indicate the number 3. And apparently it's
PoliticalWanderer
3) a real thing. I've seen numerous people living or who have lived in Germany who said they reacted with an "Oh, shit!" during the scene
themosthellas
I asked my friend from Bonn Germany about it & he was like yeah I never heard of it till I saw the movie 3 is just 3 bro. His words not mine
Hendlton
Can confirm. Not German, but I'm from Europe and I definitely went "Oh, shit!" as soon as he raised his hand.
Icanhearwhatyouresayingandtheanswerisno
Can confirm.
PoliticalWanderer
4) when it happens. For reference, here's the scene: https://youtu.be/3kZkrcLGfs4
sharon838
Iirc, that was based on a true incident. They almost got away, and then he ordered the drinks.
PoliticalWanderer
(Great small detail, look at the expression of the actress in the scene. She knows they're fucked, but can't say anything. Easy to miss.)
Srcsqwrn
Well I thought this movie was about nonsense bullet hell. But this was so compelling. In that 5 minutes I thought it was 15.