Ep 14: Brain Bubblegum gives you the finger!

About this episode

The episode explores the origins and historical significance of the middle finger gesture.

In this episode, the Brain Bubblegum crew give you the finger. We’re going to flip you off, display the one fingered salute, give you the bird. (I hate it when it does that…) No, we love you all, I promise! But we are going to tell you all about the origins of everyone’s favourite non-verbal passive aggressive insult - the middle finger. And what episode on the bird would be complete without some notable defining examples throughout history? In the words of my generation, UP YOURS!

Topics covered

• middle finger
• non-verbal communication
• history of insults

Keywords

• passive aggressive
• insult
• comedy

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