Something that says "I'm wagging my finger at you, but lightheartedly and with affection." (You, pitching a fake headline: "We Ranked All the Dicks in That 30-Dick Episode of Euphoria." Everyone: "dustystick.") In the words of Peter Slattery, a senior social editor at VICE, "I sort of imagine it like waving a wooden spoon at someone: 'Oh you!'" (You: "We should blog about the sex house." Colleague: "dustystick.") Others, like this reporter, contend that it is negative: a way of saying "woof" to an intentionally dumb, trolly joke or a bad take, akin to the tomato. Some claim that it is positive: a tool of affirmation, used to confer agreement with an idea or a statement. We have been debating its significance for weeks, and this battle is threatening to tear our office apart.
We here at VICE have been using it for years, but-unbeknownst to us until very recently-we don't all have the same conception of what it means. Its origins are obscure, its purpose is unclear, and its meaning is hotly, viciously contested.
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