wodava@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agoNHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down13
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkNHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’www.theguardian.comwodava@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days ago The ok sign is " just" a common hand sign 14 and 88 are just numbers Reminder that most of this is very local, and will vary greatly depending on which part of the world you’re in
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYeah, and if I saw a st George’s cross hanging in Thailand it would mean something different too
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWas referring to the hand sign and numbers. But yeah, the flag would probably get you mistaken for the Red Cross
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI was being a little rude. But like yeah man obviously context is going to be important
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYou’d be surprised, I’ve been called a Nazi for saying that just maybe, the Asian with 88 in their username is not a secret white supremacist (especially considering Chinese consider 8 auspicious, more so multiples of it)
Reminder that most of this is very local, and will vary greatly depending on which part of the world you’re in
Yeah, and if I saw a st George’s cross hanging in Thailand it would mean something different too
Was referring to the hand sign and numbers. But yeah, the flag would probably get you mistaken for the Red Cross
I was being a little rude. But like yeah man obviously context is going to be important
You’d be surprised, I’ve been called a Nazi for saying that just maybe, the Asian with 88 in their username is not a secret white supremacist (especially considering Chinese consider 8 auspicious, more so multiples of it)