I read this and everyone's replies as give someone 'a finger' instead of 'the finger' and your question and their answers all still flow... but I was about to reply something terrible.
I'm from Ohio, we take our middle fingers very seriously. I nearly lost my middle finger from a burn incident and was worried I'd have to relearn how to drive.
Don't believe me though, my fingers are still hurting from holding that pose for the photo (and I needed help from my left hand to further push the pose to fully hide the thumb).
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We need to defend space America sooonnnn
Well I guess there’s like 4 ways
I like to imagine there’s a wind up of sorts to this approach- shows dedication and panache
not tucking gives it an air of "I don't fucking care, but go fuck yourself"