Foot bump is the way to go. Consider it to be a low-five.
elbow bumped a friend the other day, hey at least the snarky bastage said hello and did not cower in the corner.
Question: What do they do in a nudist colony?
What are you? Some kind of prevert? ;-)
This social distancing is more of an issue for some than others. I’m an Electrical Engineer. My wife is an Accountant. We are both INTJ personalities.
Social distancing has been our way of life for the longest time.
We hate crowds. Hate close social environments. We love quiet time. Especially and totally enjoy quiet, secluded times alone with each other.
We work remotely, from our laptops so, this Virus has actually not affected us much at all.
Other than the fact that our favorite oceanfront outdoor patio bar and grills are closed. That totally sucks.
But, we love charcoal-grilled foods so, our grill is getting a lot more use than we ever expected.
Namaste — the Universal Salutation for the Modern Age
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I want a world where China is either SUED into oblivion or NUKED to oblivion. This ‘kid glove’ treatment by Trump is disheartening but I suppose it’s a 4-D chess thing.
We should NEVER shake hands again.
Just a silly custom.
Beyond unnecessary.
VERY unsanitary.
Hello, Hi, or pleased to meet you. No touching necessary.
No free groping or hair sniffing anymore either.
I don't want to live in a world of fist and elbow bumps like some kind of retarded gang ritual.
It is our wants and desires that cause our suffering.
I can live without handshakes, to be honest - half the guys out there have been scratching their butts or picking their noses right before they stick their hands out as if they’re doing you a favor letting you grasp their grimy meathooks. A fist bump or a friendly nod will do just as well. If the coronavirus puts an end to handshakes for the foreseeable future, silver lining.
Fist bumping is out, too. I think for the next 50 years the trend will be the “elbow Bump” before something even better comes around.
Well, on the flip side, a world that does not shake hands, if we use the old definition of how a hand shake started, would mean we are all armed. That is a world that is preferable to me.
JoMa
Me too. People barely even say hello anymore. It’s like every other person has become an object of fear. It’s crazy.
I’ve heard pundits say that this will be the “new normal” and that we’ll never go back to where we were three months ago. I hope that’s not true. That’s what happened after 9/11 which gave us TSA groping, Patriot Act spying, and overall paranoia.
I can live without the hand shaking, but having desks and restaurant tables 6’ apart, freaking out if someone is too close in line, slathering sanitizer every 10 minutes, etc. — that’s no way to live.
Some of them.
I am reminded of the old SNL skit where Phil Hartman played the Anal-Retentive Chef. Food craps went into a folded piece of butcher paper, into a ziplock bag, into a paper bag and THEN into the trash.
It was hilarious at the time but now it feels like that level phobia is just around the corner. California is already there with pretty much eveything carrying a carcinogenic warning label.