Awwww, Matt, I'm sorry you're going through such a rough stretch. Wishing you a calm, good, healing space and some useful perspective. Be well.

Me, too. My reaction is always to look at my hands and then think, "Is having thumbs noteworthy?"

I think you need the visual where the person is waggling their two thumbs at themself.

Me, too. My reaction is always to look at my hands and then think, "Is having thumbs noteworthy?"

I don't know the origins, but online you lose the gesture component to it so I'm sure it's even more opaque.

Or what David said.

Matt, you are much loved and supported here.

I somehow thought the two thumbs thing had to do with texting, or something. Don't you do that with your thumbs?

I've never understood the two thumbs thing, either, which makes me slightly irritated by it in a I-know-it's-not-logical way.

"Who has two thumbs and X" doesn't work online, because the payoff is the person pointing to themselves (with their thumbs) and saying "This guy!" I have no idea where it originated, though. It's been around forever.

Matt, thanks for checking in. Stay safe.

I used to be so terrified of crocodiles and alligators (I totally typed allegations...I shouldn't be preparing this presentation right now, I'm obviously word salading it up) when I was a wee thing. I'm glad I couldn't see this.

Annoyance noted. I will stick with Wooo-hooo when I celebrate from now on.

Over-explaining: I'm sure it started with people just saying, "Who just did whatever??" and then pointing their two thumbs at themselves and saying, "This guy!" [link] So then the thumbs got added to the narrative as well.