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This is a story about someone slipping a note. It's a far cry from "someone doing a specialized hand symbol that someone intended noticed, while someone uninten
by Ansil849 5y ago
This is a story about someone slipping a note. It's a far cry from "someone doing a specialized hand symbol that someone intended noticed, while someone unintended did not notice". Or in other words, the amount of people who are literate and capable of reading a note in legible plain script is orders of magnitude greater than the amount of people who know this hand signal.
- tyingq 5y agoYes, I'm also skeptical of the hand gesture being useful, since few will recognize it. Just noting that the situation (needing to signal you're in distress, while with the partner) does happen.
- Ansil849 5y ago> since few will recognize it. This is I think precisely why this signal is a non-starter. For it to be successful, it seems to require that a large percentage of people are able to recognize it. But if a large percentage of people can recognize it, that logically means the abuser is more likely to recognize it as well.