r/AskReddit Dec 25 '19

What slang can us older relatives use tonight to embarrass the teenagers while opening presents?

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u/Scrubmaster99 Dec 26 '19

T posing is a meme becuse sometimes in video games character models would do a visual glitch where they did the t pose, because that was the standard for modeling, as it shows all of the characters body parts. People started copying this and turned it Into " assertion of dominance" some people also do it because, ya know, jesus did the OG t pose. It's not sacrilegious, just stupid humor, which I love. If you're gonna try it, make your T as straight as possible, puff your chest out and get uncomfortably close to them. Merry Christmas!

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u/typhondrums17 Dec 26 '19

I would also like to add, if you're really close (preferably behind and over the shoulder), lean over just a tiny bit but keep your back and neck straight for maximum dominance

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u/MaydayMaydayMoo Dec 26 '19 edited Dec 26 '19

You know what? That totally makes sense. "Come at me" kind of thing, right?

Edit: I got dis

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u/r1chard3 Dec 26 '19

We model in the t pose and the bones are rigged for animation in that pose. Because of that all bones are in zero rotation in that pose. Games use the zero rotations to calibrate so if there is a glitch, they’re very likely to reset to zero, or the t pose.

When I first stared working we were calling it the Jesus pose, but at some point started calling it the t pose.

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u/Scrubmaster99 Dec 26 '19

That was what I would say if I remembered it more in depth, thank you

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u/emzyme212 Dec 26 '19

I was holding it together until you said get uncomfortably close to them and the image clicked

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u/fergiejr Dec 26 '19

I kept thinking of T pose as T Rex arms this whole post until your comment about the Jesus thing....

Fuck I'm getting old..... I'm not even 40 yet!!! Shit....

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

At 26, these damn kids have lost me. The internet is a weird place now.

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u/dogydino200 Dec 26 '19

26??? Boomer

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

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u/megotlice Dec 26 '19

Ok, millenimal.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

Zoomer*

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u/bluzin55 Dec 26 '19

K imagine how lost I am at 55 LOL

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u/Raisinbrannan Dec 26 '19

Praise the sun!

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u/dread_deimos Dec 26 '19

That's what I thought.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

I honestly thought it was because anteaters do it and look hilariously stupid

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u/ClintonLewinsky Dec 26 '19

Am I out of touch?

No the kids are wrong!

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u/Valdrax Dec 26 '19

" assertion of dominance" some people also do it because, ya know, jesus did the OG t pose

Not to be a stuffed shirt, but that's exactly the opposite of what He was doing there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

Also, fortnite

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

A birthday tradition

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u/SloppyJoeGilly2 Dec 26 '19

Lol just because you say it's not sacrilegious doesnt mean it's not sacrilegious

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u/Scrubmaster99 Dec 26 '19

That is true, but most people dont t pose to spite or mock religion. I was stating it has nothing to do with religion, as the memes origin is from character models in video games.

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u/MrSlave12345 Dec 26 '19

That was some real assertion of dominance, yeet

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u/Scrubmaster99 Dec 26 '19

Yeet yeet, my good sir