| Home | RSS Feeds |
| Funny Pictures | Funny Videos |
| Funny GIFs | YouTube Videos |
| Text/Links | Comic Editor |
| User Rankings | Channels |
| Copyright Removal Request | |
| |
-
Why women cant driv- - The quietest room i-
- Bright side Ben
- Youtube's at it aga-
- WE DON'T HAVE BATTL-
- Best Fusion Yet
- Stephen King
- Preparing for ww3
- Chair
- Dat Personality
- so that's how they
- Wrastling
- Giraffe
- Touche user, Touche
- Advertising Threat
- fuck you in particu-
- Society
- Keanu Reeves!
- Wi-Fi
- Carrots.
Ave Imperator!
Uploaded by: pharoahthree
Not mine, found on facebook.
lig" iti:. oii. t it .' itout save an FL-
...
| |
#1
-
N. Korean citizen (02/02/2013) [+]
(9 replies)
Actually thumbs up meant the gladiator would be killed. A fist meant that he would survive. Have a nice day.
#11
-
N. Korean citizen (02/03/2013) [+]
(1 reply)
False! It was a thumbs down that meant he should live. Do you even watch QI??
#17
-
mrtwilightsparkle (02/03/2013) [+]
(3 replies)
Oh, and it was thumbs down means they live and thumbs up means dead, despite what people may say. There are records and such.
#7
-
deusinsanus ONLINE (02/03/2013) [-] Since everyone is posting their favourite theory, I'll post mine.
When a gladiator won a fight, the person deciding the losers' fate could do two things. The first choice would be to give a thumbs up, which represented a drawn sword, meaning to take his life. A fist where the thumb is inbetween the hand and the fingers represented a sheathed sword, meaning to spare the loser.
When a gladiator won a fight, the person deciding the losers' fate could do two things. The first choice would be to give a thumbs up, which represented a drawn sword, meaning to take his life. A fist where the thumb is inbetween the hand and the fingers represented a sheathed sword, meaning to spare the loser.
#16
-
mrtwilightsparkle (02/03/2013) [+]
(3 replies)
Ave Imperator = Emperor by the Bird.
Nice try OP.
Nice try OP.
#12
-
markowuzhere (02/03/2013) [-] after reading the comments, watching ''Gladiator" will never be the same :(
#20
-
leyhoooo (02/03/2013) [-] It still can, some places companys give something like 10 cent's to help people for every like they get.
#6
-
verycoolcat (02/03/2013) [-]
Theres several ideas on the matter.
However a notable one is the idea that the thumbs up was a version of slitting a persons throat. i.e. if you were to make a threat to kill someone... you would make a thumb and then run it across your neck however a gladiator couldn't see that motion from high up, so instead the hand displaying thumbs up was held high.
The thumbs down was a motion to drop your weapon as most gladiators were usually slaves and not allowed to keep their weapon with them once they had left the combat area.
However a notable one is the idea that the thumbs up was a version of slitting a persons throat. i.e. if you were to make a threat to kill someone... you would make a thumb and then run it across your neck however a gladiator couldn't see that motion from high up, so instead the hand displaying thumbs up was held high.
The thumbs down was a motion to drop your weapon as most gladiators were usually slaves and not allowed to keep their weapon with them once they had left the combat area.
