Look, let me start by saying that I'm all for the World Cup.  I cheered when that hack goalie Green pulled a Bill Buckner and let the US tie it up, coincidentally causing many deaths and suicides in foggy London town.  But I have to stand up for one of the most underrated hand signals of all time: the thumbs up.

So what you're telling me is, in ancient Rome, Caesar used to show thumbs up (or thumbs down) to decide the fate of another human being, and now it has been relegated to a sign gay soccer players use to let their other gay teammates know they made a good play??????  Are you fucking joking?!?!?!?!

Society has already allowed soccer to take the golf clap, (seen above) which, big surprise, they somehow gayed up.  Any now they are throwing around an ancient symbol for fear, death, power, etc. like its a fuckin joke.  It ain't no joke!!!!!

Listen, do I use the thumbs up all the time? No.  But it's nice to have at your disposal.

Whatever. I'm gonna go invent a new hand signal that FIFA or the MLS or whoever can't fuckin take.