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Re:Fingerprints could be stolen from V sign selfies (2017) by Izkata on Friday September 27, 2019 @12:46PM (#21093829)
It's also used for "victory". I'd argue in millennials and younger, this is probably the more familiar use because of Pokemon.
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Re:Fingerprints could be stolen from V sign selfies (2017) by user- on Friday September 27, 2019 @12:56PM (#21093895)
> I'd argue in millennials and younger, this is probably the more familiar use because of Pokemon.

Sorry but this is not the case at all. Most millenials know it as a peace sign, none of them would think of pokemon.

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Re:Fingerprints could be stolen from V sign selfies (2017) by kelnos on Friday September 27, 2019 @05:03PM (#21096279)
The "victory" meaning comes from WWII, not Pokemon.

The hippie counter-culture movement in the 1960s co-opted it as the "peace" sign, but nowadays I'd argue it doesn't have much of a meaning, it's just "something people do for photos" (especially in East Asia).

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