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wnylib

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11. Not necessarily. A captor or

Reply to Tarc (Reply #8)

Sun Nov 7, 2021, 10:26 AM

Nov 2021

abuser can't watch someone every second. It is a silent gesture that can be done under cover of a shirt, jacket, or in a split second when an abuser is distracted by something. The greater risk is kids doing it as a joke, but the consequences might become a deterrent, tbe same as false bomb scares in a school.

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A teenage girl in Kentucky was rescued from a 61-year-old man after she flashed viral TikTok hand .. [View all] ItsjustMe Nov 2021 OP

Thank God she's safe Joinfortmill Nov 2021 #1

Here is the hand signal: kids, girls, boys gramas, grampas, ... Budi Nov 2021 #2

Thank you for posting the signals. niyad Nov 2021 #3

I think everyone should learn to recognize it. Budi Nov 2021 #5

Same here. niyad Nov 2021 #6

I'm going to ask my grandkids if they know of it Budi Nov 2021 #7

Nice to see you, !s well. I am going to ask a friend who is on TikTok if he knows niyad Nov 2021 #9

Thank goodness she is safe. And thank goodness for that alert person in the niyad Nov 2021 #4

Problem is, once the signals reach this level of the mainstream, they're almost moot Tarc Nov 2021 #8

not only that, barbtries Nov 2021 #10

Not necessarily. A captor or wnylib Nov 2021 #11