Sticky Fingers
I'm trying a little pop culture experiment that has something to do with The World Ends with You while attempting to usurp the capitalist notion of fads. Ambitious, yes, but what's the point of scheming when you're not going to scheme big?
So. Pins. Pin buttons. Not the shitty little plastic things you can buy in malls for 25 - 50 pesos. Cheap little badges to declare your individuality with generic messages like 'I'm single if you're rich.' Complete bullshit.
See me around the UP campus with my pin badges. Stencils printed out on bond paper, 1.5 inches all around, laminate and punch. Attach to bag/ shirt/ whatever. I give it away FOR FREE to anyone interested. That way I can control the message of the pin badges, and make anyone who buys their shit feel like a sucker for paying money. DIY or die is the way to destroy the system, trust me.
This week, because I feel like it, I'm wearing this--
--which is not a peace sign, but God bless the nice people who think it is. No, it's the two-finger salute popular amongst punks and Englishmen. Symbol of defiance to authority and a great way to confuse the conservatives.
The origin of this particular sign is interesting. Way back when, back when England was at war with France, the English archers kept kicking France's collective butts. This pissed the French off, so whenever they caught an English archer, they cut off the fore the middle finger of his right hand. These two fingers were needed for archers to pull back the string of their bows. So cutting them off was a way to neutralize the threat.
The English archers who weren't caught and still had their fingers intact picked up the habit of flashing their fingers at the French. Fore and middle finger up like a V = victory sign, but with the palm facing inward to show defiance. Nah, nah, you haven't caught me. Fuck you.
This is somewhat similar to the Japanese Yakuza's Yubitsume or finger cutting rituals. Done for penance when someone fucks up, a first offense cuts off the tip of the finger. Second offense goes down to the second knuckle, so on and so forth. But the Japs start with the pinky and work their way up to the middle finger. This is taken from way back during the times of sword-wielding samurai. The hand's sword-gripping strength is found in the last three fingers while the thumb and forefinger are just there to hold the katana in place. So lacking either the pinky, ring, or middle finger weakens the samurai.
That PE teacher we had in high school with the missing forefinger is obviously an English archer who escaped at the last minute. My cousin JR who lost his last three fingers from a firecracker accident is clearly a Yakuza member. These people can't fool me. Whereas my math 1 professor with the extra finger is clearly a freak. So is Alda Reyes. Hur hur.
So. Pins. Pin buttons. Not the shitty little plastic things you can buy in malls for 25 - 50 pesos. Cheap little badges to declare your individuality with generic messages like 'I'm single if you're rich.' Complete bullshit.
See me around the UP campus with my pin badges. Stencils printed out on bond paper, 1.5 inches all around, laminate and punch. Attach to bag/ shirt/ whatever. I give it away FOR FREE to anyone interested. That way I can control the message of the pin badges, and make anyone who buys their shit feel like a sucker for paying money. DIY or die is the way to destroy the system, trust me.
This week, because I feel like it, I'm wearing this--
--which is not a peace sign, but God bless the nice people who think it is. No, it's the two-finger salute popular amongst punks and Englishmen. Symbol of defiance to authority and a great way to confuse the conservatives.
The origin of this particular sign is interesting. Way back when, back when England was at war with France, the English archers kept kicking France's collective butts. This pissed the French off, so whenever they caught an English archer, they cut off the fore the middle finger of his right hand. These two fingers were needed for archers to pull back the string of their bows. So cutting them off was a way to neutralize the threat.
The English archers who weren't caught and still had their fingers intact picked up the habit of flashing their fingers at the French. Fore and middle finger up like a V = victory sign, but with the palm facing inward to show defiance. Nah, nah, you haven't caught me. Fuck you.
This is somewhat similar to the Japanese Yakuza's Yubitsume or finger cutting rituals. Done for penance when someone fucks up, a first offense cuts off the tip of the finger. Second offense goes down to the second knuckle, so on and so forth. But the Japs start with the pinky and work their way up to the middle finger. This is taken from way back during the times of sword-wielding samurai. The hand's sword-gripping strength is found in the last three fingers while the thumb and forefinger are just there to hold the katana in place. So lacking either the pinky, ring, or middle finger weakens the samurai.
That PE teacher we had in high school with the missing forefinger is obviously an English archer who escaped at the last minute. My cousin JR who lost his last three fingers from a firecracker accident is clearly a Yakuza member. These people can't fool me. Whereas my math 1 professor with the extra finger is clearly a freak. So is Alda Reyes. Hur hur.