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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: What's with all the guys with coke nails?
Ever seen these? Some cokeheads grow out longer fingernails so they can snort lines of coke on them.
It seems like either a lot of Chinese guys are hitting the coke hard, or are just doing this as some sort of... uh... I don't know. I've seen guys with coke fingers, a coke hand, and even one with coke hands. Maybe some of them even have coke feet? *shudder*
A friend says they do it to be "cool." How is growing out a long, disgusting fingernail, or ten, supposed to be cool? Maybe I can't understand it because I'm a stupid foreigner who doesn't understand 5000 years of history, so could anyone shed some light on this?
Yes, this is under health and safety. That bleep ain't clean.
11 years 8 weeks ago in Health & Safety - China
I thought those nails were there just so they could pick their noses more easily?
The long nail signifies they don't do manual labour.
Hulk:
They want to let everyone know that so badly? That's... pathetic.
morocotopo:
Well, you should know in this society "gaining face" is something very relevant & part of every day's life for chinese.
I've seen a lot of guys grow their pinky nail long with the sole purpose of using it to clean their ears.
My wife says they do it so that they can have a tool. I guess that means everything from open up cans to picking up change. I do agree that it is pretty gross, and it doesn't help that the Chinese guys who do that seem to be less clean than average here.
As Nevermind said - it signifies they don't do manual labour... hence, they have money, hence, it's a chick-magnet!
So, basically, it's a status symbol.
Either that, or it's a good way to tell who's responsible for being crap, lazy and incompetent
Shining_brow:
Oh, you'll also notice a direct correlation between coke-nails and attitude! So, the more nails, the more rude and arrogant..
Hulk:
You're right. The triad I got into a scuffle with had a coke nail.