0 Hey there, these "mass deportations" are going to help out real Americans, right?
1 I'm gonna stop you right there—I bet you're wondering how America got here.
6 Well, it all started with "bird hands." That's right.
9 America went straight down the tubes as soon as it started letting cranky, dissatisfied women (from a three to a six) make these naggy little henpeck gestures on TikTok.
14 I know it sounds crazy, but let’s go back to the beginning. See, a long time ago people used to understand that women were violent too.
29 A man will just come out in the open and punch you in the nose, but women are small and weak, so they just lie about being victims until someone else does it for them.
38 That makes all the simps crawl out of the woodwork and do their bidding like bugs. We used to understand this, and nagging women used to get punished for other stuff too.
49 This one’s called the scold’s bridle—it makes it so she can’t talk. Pretty crazy, right? But nowadays, women can do whatever they want, whenever they want. And if you so much as point it out, guess what? You’re the bad guy. Tell me that ain’t crazy.
64 What’s all this got to do with bird hands? Everything.
71 All right, that was fun. I finally got Ableton working again. Anyway, the Whatever Podcast asked, "Why do they always do the hand thing?" referring to this little henpeck gesture girls have been making with their hands. I thought I’d bring you the answer.
84 Here it is: the hand thing that the TikTok girls are doing is the hands are closed and pointed at you. It means: "You better listen to me. I am telling you this is what you believe now."
93 When you point it at yourself, you get the Italian chef’s kiss thing: "Oh, I’m telling you, this is so—look what I did over here. I did that unconsciously." That’s, "This is so good, you should try it."
110 Hands closed over here: "I’m sure of what I’m saying and I receive your needs. You should try this thing, that’s great."
118 This is also used in Italian arguments. What Trump does is the double open hands, and he moves them around a lot: "I am listening to you, I understand your needs."
130 When the hands are open towards yourself, it means: "Listen to me, I’m begging you." You would never do this with that.
141 So the hand signals—they’re not nothing. They’re unconscious. If you just let your hands do what they want while you’re talking, they’ll sort of do some of the talking for you.
155 The fact that the TikTok girls are all doing this is a bad sign. It means they’re at the end of their rope, in my opinion, and they’re just going, "Do what I want, do what I want."
162 So that’s how women are doing, I guess. And, yeah, it’s the women. It’s always the women who are falling off the bottom first—it’s the ones who are the most susceptible to social change.
174 But these things always spread. Like, 20 years ago, everyone said, "Don’t meet anybody from the internet," and now that’s all we do. So this might follow a similar pattern.
182 I read a little bit about body language on Shortform—it’s a great resource to supplement whatever you’re learning. You gotta pay attention to what people are doing when they talk, and Shortform can help.
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193 This is my "Who is a 10" chart. It explains why women who are not tens are always saying they are. I also talked about this on the standard female delusion chart—this is how they talk in public: everyone’s perfect. And then this is how they talk in private: them and their besties are way up at the top and everyone else is trash.
210 It’s a collective negotiation strategy. The way it works is that the mids and the submids are always gassing each other up and excusing each other’s behavior, because that’s the only way they can compete with the top women—who also have to pretend that everyone is beautiful or else they don’t get to be in the little handholding group.
230 That usually doesn’t really matter until they all work in human resources. When they’re in a unified group, they control access to everything, especially when they convince the male mids to play along like they’re gonna get something for doing it. (They never do.)
244 The reason this is so dangerous—and we used to throw rotten fruit at them for doing it—is that the handholding group only works when they lie.
253 That’s how you show loyalty to the group: you tell ridiculous lies, because the bigger the lie, the more you’re proving that you’ll say anything to be included. It’s a token of submission.
265 That’s why it’s so disgusting when men do it, and that’s why everything is so upside down right now.
269 Because when women get power, they don’t just say, "I’m better at your job than you," like a man would (and it’s usually not true). Instead, they say things like, "Babies can be pilots too."
282 Because if that’s true, then that means everyone should be accepted everywhere, even if they’re not good enough. And by "everywhere," they mean only the best places—which is the same thing as saying "I’m a 10."
296 Do you see how it’s all connected? Make a demand and then collectively lie to justify it. "I’m a 10" means, "I am marriage material for anybody. I should get paid the same as someone who can actually do the job. It doesn’t matter what I do, it matters what I get, even if I’m not earning it—and someone else can make up for what I’m not doing, even if he doesn’t get anything."
324 So then they vote to get, even if they’re not earning it. And then, when they’re getting equal or greater, then they think they’re better than you, which makes you "icky," and then all the women are looking for a tiny few men, and then no one gets married and has kids, and everyone hates each other.
339 That’s why I want you to look for things like the bird hands. This is all about giving instructions: "This is what we believe now," and they’re trying to make you simp—and you can’t do it, because you lose. We all lose.
352 Bird hands are a sign of desperation. You don’t have to be forceful if you’re actually in control.
359 So when you see women doing this, they’re saying, "This is what you have to agree with, or you’re not in the club—and you don’t want to be in the club."
366 Here’s a preview from my new levels chart—this one’s easier to read. Video’s coming soon.
372 Bird hands are coming from this level—they’re trying to control you to get power.
376 Here’s a few examples: Men responding to the "chopped man epidemic."
380 Girls are giving the same kind of energy as the kind of man who would hit on you and, when you reject him, would say, "Oh well, you ain’t that cute anyway."
389 Here’s the girl—she’s talking about, like, that’s a cute girl.
393 Here’s how things are going to be. I want to share my thoughts on this chopped man epidemic thing, but here’s the thing:
398 The majority of men out there are not putting any effort into making themselves appear attractive to women. I can see people’s attractiveness objectively, and even if I’m not personally attracted to them, I can recognize when someone is attractive.
413 Notice the excessive pecking—she’s saying, "Believe me, believe me," even though she knows deep down that she wouldn’t see these guys as so gross if it wasn’t for the power imbalance caused by her own behavior.
419 This one was political activism, and she knows she’s full of it. "If watching families being ripped apart does not appeal to your humanity, let me try and appeal to you financially, because these mass ICE deportations are bad for the economy."
438 Isn’t that the face of persuasion? Don’t you want to believe everything she says?
442 Here’s one more real quick—men always complain that women are constantly nagging. Maybe she’s not nagging and it’s just that you keep doing the same thing over and over again. A woman doesn’t want to be in the position to act like your mother. Don’t put yourself in the position to act like her child.
455 That’s good advice in a relationship. But on a society-wide scale, you voted for equal, which makes you look at men like children. I don’t know if you can do the math—women have to respect men or they don’t like us, and they are collectively removing the things that make them respect us.
470 So the problems are not all men’s fault. It’s like every woman at once is saying, "Why do you have to breathe so loud?"
478 So you gotta watch body language. Bird hands doesn’t always mean she’s wrong, but it does mean she’s talking down to you.
485 Again, look how this doesn’t match: "Oh my god, you got the job! I’m so proud of you!"
491 The only way out of this mess is just don’t listen to these lies anymore.
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Bird Hands
Bird Hands = Social Power ?
In this video, hoe_math humorously traces the rise of the “bird hands” gesture—where women on TikTok use pointed, pecking hand motions—to broader trends in social influence, group behavior, and body language. He explains the psychological meaning behind these gestures, how they reflect deeper struggles for power, acceptance, and status, and connects them to social changes in dating, workplace dynamics, and online activism. The video ties body language to collective negotiation tactics, group loyalty, and the pitfalls of performative social unity, all while providing practical tips for recognizing when you’re being manipulated or pressured by popular narratives.
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