# I'm making "The Shocker" hand gesture. Do you know what this looks like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700 "2011-11-22T01:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/1 "2011-11-22T01:06:26Z")
Without looking it up? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/2 "2011-11-22T01:07:22Z")
Sure I do. Two in the pink, one in the stink. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/3 "2011-11-22T01:07:40Z")
Thanks to, of all things, the tv show “Veronica Mars” I do. ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/4 "2011-11-22T01:19:05Z")
Does it count if I mainly know it from the Spocker variation? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/5 "2011-11-22T01:56:32Z")
Yes, unfortunately I do know. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/6 "2011-11-22T01:57:44Z")
Of course. The stickers of that hand sign are all over cars around here. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/7 "2011-11-22T02:35:19Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Sure I do. > > Two in the pink, one in the stink. I believe you mean two in the goo, one in the poo. Don’t forget that the thumb has an important job as well. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/8 "2011-11-22T02:38:10Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Don’t forget that the thumb has an important job as well. Yeah, if the gesture was something along the lines of: “Two in the slit, thumb on the clit” I could see the appeal. Wow, how did I come up with THAT?! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/9 "2011-11-22T17:09:46Z")
I have absolutely no idea what any of you are talking about. I voted “I didn’t know what it was (before today)” but actually I still don’t know what it is. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/10 "2011-11-22T17:13:00Z")
I learned about it from a discussion of [this “Grand Theft Auto IV” novelty foam hand](http://www.game-swag.net/gameswag/albums/misc/slides/Grand%20Theft%20Auto%20IV%20Foam%20Hand.html). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/11 "2011-11-22T17:19:09Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > I have absolutely no idea what any of you are talking about. > > I voted “I didn’t know what it was (before today)” but actually I still don’t know what it is. Me neither. In fact, even after looking up the [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocker_(hand_gesture)), I’m still confused. I’ve never heard of this—where the hell does it come from, and who uses it, and why, and WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/12 "2011-11-22T17:31:54Z")
I think the SDMB’s age is showing. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/13 "2011-11-22T17:32:06Z")
Yes, I know, and IMO it’s all drunken frat boys who never ever deserve to be allowed near a woman again. :rolleyes: It’s a stupid, vulgar gesture. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/14 "2011-11-22T17:53:38Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Yes, I know, and IMO it’s all drunken frat boys who never ever deserve to be allowed near a woman again. :rolleyes: It’s a stupid, vulgar gesture. That wouldn’t explain why I have seen more young women making the gesture than young men, including having decals of it on the back windows of their jeeps, and whatnot. Unless they’re just drunken sorority sisters. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/15 "2011-11-22T18:07:40Z")
People are stupid. Does that explain it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/16 "2011-11-22T18:08:30Z")
I have a photo of my wife and **Margaret Cho** giving the shocker symbol together. Yes, it’s as awesome a photo as it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/17 "2011-11-22T18:08:31Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > That wouldn’t explain why I have seen more young women making the gesture than young men, including having decals of it on the back windows of their jeeps, and whatnot. Unless they’re just drunken sorority sisters. Seriously? Women do this, too? Anyway that’s why I put “IMO” - in my opinion. But while it remains a vulgar gesture in my mind no matter what, girls doing it bother me much less than guys. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/18 "2011-11-23T12:11:00Z")
Pffft that’s nothing, doing a minivan is where it’s at! two in the front, five in the back ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/19 "2011-11-23T12:29:32Z")
I didn’t know what it was, and I still don’t. And I’m pretty sure I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Peeta\_Mellark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/20 "2011-11-23T14:12:37Z")
Yes, I’m familiar with it. I find people who get all worked up about it one way or the other a little baffling, though. It’s a stupid gesture and the majority of people who find it hilarious are so deeply terrified of sexuality of any stripe beneath their blustering bravado, the only way they can handle it at all is by giggling like naughty twelve year olds. If referencing a dainty little pinkie finger up the butt makes you lightheaded or snicker, you’ve got issues. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700.md?page=2)