Send your friends the gift of poop…using nothing but your hands.
Poop emojis have been popular in Japan for years, where the Japanese word for poo, “unko” contains “un“, which sounds exactly like the word for good luck, leading the emoji to be used as a symbol of good luck exchanged between friends before big events like tests, performances, and interviews.
▼ The poop emoji is often depicted with a happy, smiling face.
へ〜!アンドロイドだとうんこ絵文字がエレガントなんですね!iOSはこうです。こっち見んな pic.twitter.com/CklN1L4USy
— 先送りの帝王mayato (@tozanka_mayato) November 15, 2016
The swirly-shaped, multi-tiered poop emoji has become well-known in other countries as well, but now there’s a new trend catching on that shows you don’t have to have an electronic device to send your poop signals out to the world.
Twitter user @GAWA_TaTsuTa shared this image online recently, showing his younger sister’s rendering of the image, using just her hands and fingers.
妹が「うんこのハンドサイン考えた、絶対にバズる」と言ったんです
— たつたがわ (@GAWA_TaTsuTa) September 14, 2019
確かにそう言ったんです
俺は家族を信じたい pic.twitter.com/ehtcCj5JHQ
Not only does this hand symbol have the outline of a poop emoji, but the folds of skin between the knuckles adds some wavy layers in between, showing great attention to detail.
The young woman behind the creation predicted it would go viral, and that’s exactly what happened, as the tweet was retweeted more than 50,000 times and received over 180,000 likes in just two days.
The tweet also prompted other Twitter users to share their own hand-poop emojis as well.
FF外から失礼します💩🎉 pic.twitter.com/REd0EsKxO5
— もとむちゃん🍓💤(夢女2年生) (@Muramasa_S_MTM) September 15, 2019
FF外から失礼します!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/pDcrRkkhFe
— リン (@Rin__0324) September 15, 2019
▼ “When I was a student, I figured out this hand signal.”
私が学生の頃編み出したハンドサインサインがこちらです pic.twitter.com/iagQjV0AOG
— みあ@モールドの人 (@mia__0928) September 15, 2019
▼ “At work I would often show this hand signal to my supervisor and then disappear to the toilet.”
https://twitter.com/hesssy/status/1173210144953389056▼ “If we’re talking about silhouettes, no one can rival this one made by my sister.”
FF外から失礼します。
— ひろし (@Hirosippi) September 15, 2019
我が妹が「影絵なら負けない」と張り合っていたので貼らせていただきます。 pic.twitter.com/HCOXFJVImo
▼ Hand shadow pooppetry.
https://twitter.com/Ri__t_o/status/1173532096708481024▼ Some Twitter users discovered ways to create the poo emoji with one hand…
これはバズらなかったです pic.twitter.com/FkcRqk7XZP
— みらふぇいとぅ@ナイキの獣 (@Mira_of_fete) September 16, 2019
▼ While others found a way to make a turd appear with a friend.
https://twitter.com/mitochondria52/status/1173117470145515521▼ Who knew there were so many ways to make poop with your hands?
https://twitter.com/hiiro_2004/status/1173193153249042432The love of cute excrement is certainly strong in Japan. After all, this is the land of high-tech toilets, Unko Kanji Drill practice books, a sleuthing Butt Detective, a poop mascot, turd ice cream, and the Unko Poo Museum.
So we guess it was only a matter of time before people found a way to make turds appear from their hands. If you love toilet humour, why not give this a go and see what type of poo you can produce. We’d love to see your photos in the comments section below!
Source: Net Lab
Featured image: Twitter/@GAWA_TaTsuTa
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