MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to their digital cars

Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by grawprog on Friday July 03, 2020 @10:51AM (#23724504)

I thought it was a better meme personally when Malcolm in the middle made it so everyone would do the ok sign below their waist and if you looked, you got a punch in the shoulder.

That definitely went on for a couple years when I was a kid, to the point where everyone got really sick of those few people that didn't get when it stopped being funny.

That's the thing though, all it takes is one meme to take off to change the meaning of a symbol and you can't really predict what or how.

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by js2 on Friday July 03, 2020 @11:11AM (#23724682)

> do the ok sign below their waist and if you looked, you got a punch in the shoulder

This was going around my college friends in the early 90s, predating Malcom in the Middle (2000-2006). I have no idea where it originated.

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by grawprog on Friday July 03, 2020 @12:06PM (#23725150)

I never knew, I know that's what popularized it for kids around my school around grade 5 or 6. Now I'm curious where that actually came from.

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