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by AussieWog93 1488 days ago
Maybe this is the Aussie in me, but the middle finger as an offensive gesture is so mild I'd be surprised if anyone with access to the wider internet would actually be shocked to see it - let alone a cartoon emoji of it.

It doesn't have anything to do with abandoning tradition and living the edgelord life; the middle finger is firmly up there with "crap" or "bugger" on the "people were using this in ads 15 years ago" end of the offensive spectrum.