'How Italians Do Things' Is One Spicy Meme [25 Pics]

People from Italy, and even people of Italian heritage, have a reputation for “speaking with their hands” and gesticulating a lot while talking. Last week, there was a very popular Reddit post called “How to speak fluent Italian” that used this stereotype as a punchline.

Maybe that post was the inspiration, but in the past few days, Italian hand gesture memes have started popping up on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. The basic premise is that Italian people hold their fingers together at all times no matter what they do. It’s probably not true, but I personally don’t know any Italians to ask about it. We’ve collected some of the best of these “How Italians Do Things” memes down below. Spicy!

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A post shared by i’ve been older,but now im 22 (@triggeredalbanian) on Mar 14, 2017 at 4:17am PDT

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A post shared by zesty supreme (@zestysupreme) on Mar 14, 2017 at 4:54pm PDT

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How Italians like Facebook posts. pic.twitter.com/cwWWXXVoDK

— Lore?||TVD FOREVER❀ (@LaMoglieDiLuke) March 16, 2017

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Normal vs Italian gamer pic.twitter.com/ErBNujsUDH

— Soarin’ (@SoarinPie) March 16, 2017

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How italians draw a Horse pic.twitter.com/LwIDEdPBwo

— Italian Snail CBL (@Keburudesu) March 16, 2017

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Italians trying to be American pic.twitter.com/qkzIrOfueU

— ?El polancoptero? (@YoSoyPolan) March 16, 2017

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A post shared by 8Gaming (@8gaming) on Mar 15, 2017 at 5:04am PDT

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A post shared by Tank.Sinatra (@tank.sinatra) on Mar 12, 2017 at 7:40am PDT

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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH INVENTED THE “HOW ITALIANS” MEME pic.twitter.com/Seg67o5NTz

— ♡ (@pavrrilla) March 16, 2017

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How italians react to how italians meme pic.twitter.com/RbkpAPoeyh

— Fedo ⛈ (@vdmstateofmind) March 15, 2017

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