Should we trust robot makers that pose their machines to flash the devil horns?

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[–]Hematomato 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's a complicated gesture that means different things in different cultures.

Ronnie James Dio was the one who brought it to heavy metal culture, and to him it had been the sign his Italian grandmother used to ward off the evil eye.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think he probably lied about that, but I agree that it means different things to different people. To most people it just means "rock on", regardless of what it really meant to the artist.

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is used to ward off evil in Italy. So it's perfectly plausible:source

It has a similar meaning in yoga, which covers a hell of a lot of people: https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/7613/karana-mudra

Maybe more than those who take it to mean "rock on".