If someone upturns his middle finger at you,\nhe is trying to represent anger and disrespect. It has become the symbol of\nsaying F*** U. So, like many others, you might be wondering how the middle\nfinger became a symbol of anger and rage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nowadays, teenagers are using these gestures more often, and it is enough to fire rage. But this gesture has a long history that dates years back, and it’s clear that it’s a pretty old gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s origin dates back to 2500 long years.\nThis gesture was first used in Aristophanes’s play “The Clouds”\nperformed in 423 BC. In this play, Socrates was shown the middle finger gesture\nby Strepsiades. And even at that time, it was known as a rude gesture, because\nit was known as gesture mimicking the male private parts. The Romans started\ncalling the middle finger an indecent finger (digitus impudicus). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then, the middle finger has been known\nas an obscene gesture. This gesture is used to show rage, anger, and disliking\ntowards someone. This symbol is also used to show the other person is sexually\ninferior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In current times, with almost everyone using\nthis gesture, it has become a silent way\nof saying “f*** you”. Nowadays, people don’t use this gesture to show\nanger only, and it is used for making fun among friends too. It could also be a\ndisagreement in a friendly manner, but only among friends or the people you\nhave close relations with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Always be careful in showing it to people whom\nyou don’t know or have a formal relationship with, like your boss. If you show the\nmiddle finger to your boss, you may even get fired for doing that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, this was the story behind the origin of the Middle finger<\/strong> and how it became a symbol of\nrage, anger, and hatred. This symbol\/gesture has different meanings depending\non whom you’re showing it to. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If someone upturns his middle finger at you, he is trying to represent anger and disrespect. It has become the symbol of saying F*** U. So, like many others, you might be wondering how the middle finger became a symbol of anger and rage. Nowadays, teenagers are using these gestures more often, and it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":5684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5685,"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5683\/revisions\/5685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.misters-story.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}