At least I've never confused it with the sign for "I love you"

The Onion would like you stop throwing up metal, please.

Salient points from the article:

1. "The metal sign, or 'sign of the goat,' has all but lost its impact as a token of respectful recognition for something truly 'rocking' or 'metal,'" Supreme Metal Council president Terence "Geezer" Butler said. According to Butler, members are upset that their sacred gesture is being used to acknowledge and celebrate "favorable but clearly non-metal events."
   
   "We have all heard the reports of people using it to greet their in-laws, or after starting their lawn mowers with a single pull," Butler said. "But recently it was brought to our attention that someone used the gesture in a Texas convenience store after snagging the last box of carrot cakes. This simply won't do."
   
   
2. "I remember a time not long ago when the Devil Horns were reserved for only the most righteous of person, deed, or riff," Grand Elder Lemmy Kilmister said. "To see someone throwing the horns to his mate at the launderette because the clothes dryer came to a full stop just as he finished reading his copy of Circus... It breaks my heart."
   
   
3. "This man here, who invokes the sign merely to indicate his joy that his microwave popcorn is done: He is not metal," Sixx said.
   
   
4. "A lot of people who incorrectly make the sign have traces of metal in their hearts and minds, they just need the proper direction," Mustaine said.

I am ashamed to admit my own recent indiscretion regarding the sign:

Please don't tell Dio.