The hand gesture in question is a pinching motion using the index and thumb finger, which had been used as a symbol in the now-defunct Megalia, one of Korea’s largest radical feminist online communities, to ridicule the size of Korean men’s genitals.
What happened in South Korea in 2015?
Gamergate idiology hit hard there. There’s recently been some conspiracy nonsense about a hand gesture in games there.
par for the course: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/26/764728163/the-ok-hand-gesture-is-now-listed-as-a-symbol-of-hate
Uhhh, it’s a little bit different.
Yes, it is different.
the government stopped putting the chemicals in the water that makes the frogs gay
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/south-korea-fertility-rate-misogyny-feminism/673435/