The awkward twirl of the hand over the screen of a phone, tablet or touchscreen.
When you freeze in the midst of navigating the system, the hand circles like a loading dial.
The motion of the hand with index finger outward, circling over the screen is intended to help speed up the brain to limit the awkward delay. Typically in the presence of a another person observing the motion. But can also occur in a solitary moment of brain fatigue. Strongly associated with excessive caffeine or nicotine use.
‘Mike has a lot of potential when it comes to closing sales, but he often makes his client anxious with all those finger tornados, I think he gets too anxious when taking payment.’
A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.
An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"
Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."