Why the peace sign in every photo?

Sukotto · 14 Nov 2007

Mike Cash said:
Nope. Just awkwardness about what to do with their hands while being photographed. It is a common phenomenon among most humans. People in Japan tend to deal with it by posing with a peace sign.

hmm.
I hadn't thought of this one before.

I'd developed some idea about the peace sign in picures...
that having faced war and specifically the worst weapons to ever to blemish human kind - the atomic weapons - that Japanese people now believe in peace and in not war wanted to spread this idea of peace...
thus the peace symbol in pictures for all to see.

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I've got to remember to take up the peace symbol once again.
I disagree with my sister on the invasion of Iraq, but I'll have to tell her if she
wants any pics of me at family gatherings...
hey, I was doing this after learning it from the peace-loving Japanese...
and that was before the war

diceke · 14 Nov 2007

An actor showed up in a Konica commercial, flashing the v-sign, that's why it became popular in Japanese photographs. Nothing to do with war and peace.

:win::smoke:

Kirie_Maiden · 14 Nov 2007

That's a good take on it. Those smileys do look like they are doing the OTHER V sign though...

scorpion da black · 17 Nov 2007

Kirie_Maiden said:
Haha. I agree with the rock horns thing. I do that quite a lot too. It becomes habit to do stuff like that, like whenever I am saying goodbye to my friend, we do this salute we got from the film "Moon Child" and I sometimes don't even realise I've done it until I see her doing it.
The question is, why do so many people do it? Is there a significance of the sign other than the usual "Peace" or "Victory" or is it just a cute thing to do, like another part of Kawaii culture?

hahaha i like that movie

ok i will be a little bit more scientific....when martial art athletes do moves they do that as something they have learned...but after many years of practice it becomes instinctual to do any move or block or evasion ....because the body, the subconscious got used to the move......and like wise in every thing....

just like walking, first a baby needs to know how to balance and put a foot in front of the other in continuous order all the time....but as you grow up like now...you just get up and walk....it is normal to do so now...involuntary

Han Chan · 18 Nov 2007

I heard that the peacesign became popular among young people in Japan during the Vietnam war. However, now there are hardly anyone who are concious of the meaning of this sign.

LateNight~* · 30 Nov 2007

Murs said:
So when we say chesese we should throw up a "C" with our fingers right? Though we'd look like west-coast gangsters.

Dude I'm from Cali and NO gangster flashes a "C". They will flash what looks like a "W" with the two middle fingers crossed which stands for 3 for Sureños (gang) or they will flash a 4 for Norteños (another gang). Technically the 3 stands for 13 as the 4 stands for 14; beyond that I have no idea what the numbers mean. They also really like to use Roman numerals (and probably the only ones they know) XIII or XIV.
Anyways back 2 the peace sign thing. I plan to flash anything other than the peace sign. I'm not against it or anything but I like variety in my pics
I'll try and get my fellow japanese 2 do that 2.

MadamePapillon · 1 Dec 2007

My favorite gang sign...somebody went through a lot of effort to think this baby up

In case you can't figure it out, it says Blood.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/street-gang-4-c.jpg

LateNight~* · 1 Dec 2007

That's 2 hard 4 a gang sign. I tried doing that but it hurts my hands. It's too unnatural a position. Anyways so that's the sign for Bloods? I wonder what Crips use?

Why the peace sign in every photo?

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