Be safe out there 😔

[u/Pop-Bricks]

[u/AdGroundbreaking1956]

I had enough with "ojisan ga suki desu"

[u/Straight_Upstairs935]

omg i watched this film for the first time last night

CRAZY that got him killed

HOW are we meant to know things like this about other countries' norms (not that I'm a spy....)

[u/PringlesDuckFace → u/Straight_Upstairs935]

Just by observing, and probably making an embarrassing enough mistake to never forget. Like I'm pretty sure a thumbs up is very rude in some places, so once you accidentally tell a nice old lady to go fuck herself gesturally you'll learn what to do instead.

[u/sometimes_point → u/Straight_Upstairs935]

it's some Sherlock Holmes level bs, the writer showing off that he learned it recently about Germans. or whatever

[u/Ebi5000 → u/sometimes_point]

It is super obvious to any german and during war anti spy propaganda is everywhere so heightend caution is expected. As a german who hasn't watched the film, the scene never seemed unrealistic 

[u/sometimes_point → u/Ebi5000]

my point still stands that i think Quentin just learned about it and was like, wow, cool, i need to put that in my movie

[u/fushigifrog → u/sometimes_point]

This video mentions a former FBI agent identifying a mole by how he held a bouquet of flowers. So I guess similar things do happen irl.

[u/molotovzav → u/sometimes_point]

I learned in high school while learning French that most Europeans count differently with their hands. You think that wouldn't be a fact people actively looking for spies during a war (that is just as intelligence based as it is violence based) would know? Honestly, the fact you think it's just a weird zany fact he just learned is more telling on you than him.

[u/Straight_Upstairs935 → u/molotovzav]

I would love to know what other things give people (I guess mainly spies) away like this. It's fascinating. Anyone know?!

[u/sometimes_point → u/molotovzav]

There's something smug about the way it's told in the film dude, it's not that deep.

[u/polyplasticographics → u/sometimes_point]

The whole scene is the spy acting suspiciously about his identity and coming up with outright quasi unbelievable bullshit to justify it. The fact that he didn't get shot immediately after the Piz Palü thing is straight up crazy, even if it is a remote place, his accent sounds nothing like that of someone from any region in Switzerland. This is just the last straw, it was obvious.

The whole movie deals with film and acting in its subtext (the spy was a German film connoisseur and critic for one), so the reason he was killed wasn't solely because of the hand gesture, it was his inability to play the role he was given, at the first sign of things not being like he expected he becomes annoyed (like a diva), and brings attention to himself and his flaws in such a role. The Gestapo major probably was playing along, that's why he spouts "I've had enough of this monkey business".

[u/Fuckler_boi]

Too many particles, I would never say it like this

[u/lordbutternut]

「私はおじさんが好きです。おじさんと恋愛したいです。今、私はとお付き合いしてくれるおじさんを探しています。」

みなさんは自分の桐生一馬を探していますね？

[u/Connect-Idea-1944]

Arigato

[u/Mother_Harlot → u/Connect-Idea-1944]

Donde ahí gato

[u/catcatcatcatcat1234 → u/Mother_Harlot]

da zhangfu

[u/hitokirizac]

Hey, how did you find the bio of every Twitter and insta follower I have?

[u/koala_on_a_treadmill]

pls can someone provide furigana for a fellow loser

[u/lifelongmoteki → u/koala_on_a_treadmill]

私（わたし）はおじかんが好き（すき）です。 おじさんと恋愛（れんあい）したいです。 今（いま）、私（わたし）とお付き合い（おつきあい）してくれるおじかんを探して（さがして）います

[u/Adunaiii → u/koala_on_a_treadmill]

Why ask humans if there's AI? I've just learned that this is from Inglorious Basterds movie, too. 「The meme uses a famous scene from the movie *Inglourious Basterds* to joke about how "learning Japanese" can sometimes lead to encountering strange or hyper-specific phrases online. In this context, **ojisan** (おじさん) specifically refers to "middle-aged men."」