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His dentures were made of lead, gold, hippopotamus ivory, the teeth of various animals, including horse and donkey teeth, [335] [336] and human teeth, possibly bought from slaves or poor people. [ 337 ] [ 338 ] Because ivory teeth quickly became stained, they may have had the appearance of wood to observers.
The middle finger has been involved in judicial hearings. An appellate court in Hartford, Connecticut ruled in 1976 that gesturing with the middle finger was offensive, but not obscene, after a police officer charged a 16-year-old with making an obscene gesture when the student gave the officer the middle finger. [47]
Fig sign is a gesture made with the hand and fingers curled and the thumb thrust between the middle and index fingers, or, rarely, the middle and ring fingers, forming the fist so that the thumb partly pokes out. In some areas of the world, the gesture is considered a good luck charm; in others (including Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Russia, Serbia ...
Freedom of speech, including vulgarity, is common in such cases. It’s been established in U.S. courts that giving the middle finger is a protected activity under the First Amendment.
The day after legendary singer and pop icon, Cher, dropped a profanity while chatting with host Hoda Kotb, Gere shot his middle finger up at “Today” host Savannah Guthrie.
The middle finger is still used though, and it is considered more insulting. Another variation of the middle finger is used, where all the fingers but the middle one are spread wide while moving the hand back and forth in the axis the middle finger creates. In this gesture, the thumb sometimes touches the middle finger.
An Internet meme, or meme (/miːm/, "MEEM"), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behavior, or style) that spreads across the Internet, primarily through social media platforms. Internet memes manifest in a variety of formats, including images , videos , GIFs , and other viral content .
The meme is a distant cousin of the “Bro Explaining” meme, which refers to a photo of a man in a Houston Astros shirt speaking to a blonde woman in a white tank, according to Know Your Meme.