This website seeks to illuminate and enumerate the apparently dozens of ways we Asians pose. I suppose it is only fair that, in the Facebook/myspace/Perez HIlton/social networking orgy that describes contemporary human existence, you'd want to compress as much information into a single photograph as you could. Who wants to smile when you can actually give a short oration in a .jpg file?

I just didn't realize there were so many damn poses out there. Asianposes.com makes it seem like there are at least 20. It's like there are different face kung fu fighting styles out there: The Tiger, the Okay, The Puffy:

Asian Girl #1: I see your Puffy is strong, but brace yourself for the power of my Pig(tails) style!
Asian Girl #2: You may have bested my master, but prepare for my ultimate technique: One-Thousand-Peace-Signs!

Hell, there are even ones called Fighting and Punch to the Face!

I think if we're at this, we should get down to some really serious poses. Is there a sign for "man I am seriously weirded out"? Or what a three-finger gesture indicating "For reals, yo, this better not be about Asian Fetishes"?  Right now I only have a one-figure gesture for that.