Middle Finger Usage

[winrar] Torches · Trick Member Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota

We've all seen people make use of their middle finger in pictures of their DDR accomplishments. What's the significance of this?

Does it symbolize hate for the song?
Does it mean the accomplishment was hard to do?
Are they full of rage and don't know where to let it out?*
Is it the in thing to do? (If so, why did it become this way?)
Do they want to look like rebels? (Are they succeeding?

)
Are they conformists who don't even know the significance?

I suspect a combination of the last three, but I really don't know.

Edit: The only sarcastic statement has a *.
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IcyStaticBlast · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jul 2003

Usually they are pissed off that they get x number of greats/goods/whatevers

They are mad that they didn't get the AAA/AA/A/ whatever

Most of the time I see it with one great.

toady007 · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:12 am Post subject:

I blackflagged I Was The One 14 consecutive times near the same step every time. Which resulted in this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Toady007/DDR/iwastheone.jpg

I flip off the machine more than anyone I know. I usually do it if I feel I got a BS great, a pad boo, or if I AAA'd some song that was a pain in the ass. The majority of my AAA pictures have me flipping off the screen, along with some other painful scores like this one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Toady007/DDR/graduisiccyber.jpg

I can't tell if your last statement was dripping with sarcasm or if you are just being annoying.
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[winrar] Torches · Trick Member Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota

DDRmaniacplayer · Trick Member Joined: 14 Apr 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ

I hate it when people do that... It's kind of annoying.

Is it cool or something? Or when people cuss so loud in front of everyone? I mean, it is just a game...

outlawwolf · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:12 pm Post subject:

I find it retarded to flip off the machine. Is it going to respond to you? No. Are you going to get a better score for it? No. Though I admit, I find myself doing it sometimes like when I'm really tired and my mind wonders. If I don't AA Don't Stop or I Was The One after like an hour of play, my hand kinda instinctivley goes up.
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Maxx 999 · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV

actually i always see ppl giving a 2 sign. no seriously they always give the peace sign. ive never seen anyone gove the finger.
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invincible1 · Trick Member Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Location: Long Island, NY

lol funny that this topic was made. I was just looking through my ddr videos and I noticed in almost all the videos where I did not live up to my own "standards" I guess you can say I give the camera the middle finger. So I guess my reasoning would be self let down and waste of camera space and batteries

Middle finger = Anger with self

In my case anyway

ndnddrgirl · Trick Member Joined: 28 Dec 2004

Dj Sway · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:50 am Post subject:

Flameboat · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:45 pm Post subject:

Grr, I hate it when people say "flicked off" instead of "flipped off". It makes me so mad.

I don't really ever flip off the camera, but I don't care when others do. It's kinda dorky, but whatever floats your boat.

SuicideBurger · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:25 am Post subject:

i dont flip off the machine, it flips me off

but, i did fail on literally the last arrow on sakura!

Dj Sway · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:34 am Post subject:

Emporer Z · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject:

Basically, it means "F#ck You" to the difficulty of the song and the meaning we give to that song. It is a symbol of conquering. Most do it for AAAs, some for SDG's. It's like saying "See, it's not bad! I did it!"
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Shiki · Trick Member Joined: 17 Jan 2005

Bunch of stupid people, I've never played at the arcade but I'd assume they did poor and can't accept it so they're a bunch of losers and blame everything else like the machine. Maybe they think they look cool by flipping off the machine but in really they look like A FOOL!

FTG_William Howard Taft · Trick Member Joined: 20 Aug 2004

I don't do it on purpose, but I flip off the machine for one of two reasons that are total opposites.

1. If I AAA something or if I pass a 10 that I haven't passed before (Yeah, I still haven't passed all of the 10's...back off) I'll give it the finger as if to say "Yeah song, you's my b*tch now!"

2. If I mess up something really bad...like a black flag, or before I passed Maxx, I played it and failed cause my foot came off of the last freeze. Then I do it to say, "Damnit song, why can't I beat/AAA you?"

I always do it at really bad times, too. I'll be like "F*ck you Legend of Max," flip the bird, and turn around to see an entire family taking a break from their kid's birthday party to watch me play..and I just feel like a jag.

Once again, I don't intend to do it, it's just a spur of the moment kind of thing.
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eryk · Trick Member Joined: 25 Jul 2003 Location: Toronto

Because people think the middle finger makes them look cooler.

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HoobyJooby · Trick Member Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Location: Lake Oswego, OR