Comments on: Handshake Horror: The Awareness Spreads.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:12:52 +0000

fist bump works if you end the conversation and stick your fist out before they go to shake.

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By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:19:49 +0000

Not sure how I feel about handshakes. When I think about it, it does seem a bit unsanitary (especially considering that it involves our hands, which are very dirty…it would be almost better to give a tap on the shoulder or something).

That said, it’s very ingrained in our culture and I can see how people could take it as rude or standoffish if you declined to “shake.” So…I think it’s probably best – as you said – to shake and then wash.

By: st

st — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:19:02 +0000

@courtney benson: Pregidous is not a word (and certainly not an adjective), but prejudiced is. There’s no excuse for that kind of spelling past age 18.

By: jim

jim — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:11:35 +0000

I wish we could ‘like’ comments

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By: Trymor

Trymor — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:56:06 +0000

292 people died so far out of a current 300 million people in the U.S.? What is that, like a hundredth of 1 percent?

1 death vs 11,803 current live births per day…

The sky is falling, the sky is falling!

Stop smoking and drinking, eat right and you will be able to live through this ‘pandemic’ (unless of course, like previously stated, you are just one of those susceptible people a lot of us have known).

By: Trymor

Trymor — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:48:44 +0000

292 people died so far out of a current 300 million people in the U.S.? What is that, like a hundredth of 1 percent?

1 death vs 11,803 current live births per day…

The sky is falling, the sky is falling!

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By: swagv

swagv — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:58:00 +0000

Is it really too much to ask you to wash your hands, Michael?

By: G.O.

G.O. — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:47:53 +0000

The Gawker blogs aslo have the most recent comments at the top, correct?

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By: Al

Al — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:57:41 +0000

I had one of those embarrassing wimpy handshakes the other day (we even managed to shake without the thumbs locked — weird) and it reminded me that I really need to stop doing this!

By: Handshakes_r-good

Handshakes_r-good — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:28:23 +0000

Now THAT is why I didn’t go to any of the TechCrunch events. I am avoid ALL TechCrunch events going forward due to Arrington’s suggestion.

Thanks for the tip!

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:27:21 +0000

I vividly remember a meeting in which the man I was having the meeting with refused to shake my hand stating it was for hygienic reasons. The feeling it gave me I will remember for quite some time. I felt belittled, embarrassed, not good enough and all I could think about was how soon could I get out of the room. I obviously chose not to do any further business with the creep. Cheers

By: Bill Cox

Bill Cox — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:17:09 +0000

Michael, Being opposed to handshaking is dumb. I understand some people just like to be iconoclastic, just to be “cool”.

How about taking on the American habit of asking “how are you doing?”? This makes more sense. Most people who ask this, don’t really mean to be asking for a status update.

There’s nothing barbaric about a handshake. It’s a simple, real human contact in an ever increasingly separated world. Perhaps you should discuss with some close friend or counselor why you’re so insecure. Man up!

Logically, I agree with you about avoiding spreading disease. So wash your hands.

Good luck.

Bill

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:16:43 +0000

my wife and I pretty much stopped handshakes when our first kid was born. This, coupled with frequent hand washing, contributed to him not being sick until he was almost 1 1/2 years old, while most of our friends kids were sick 3 -4 times a year.

Kids constantly put their hands in their mouth. If you get germs from someone else, then go play with your kids, good chance they get sick. 1 + 1 = 2

By: bernie lomax

bernie lomax — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:59:20 +0000

Anyone over the age of 35 isn’t allowed to fistbump. It looks ridiculous. Suck it up and shake a hand like grown people do. Get over your phobia.

And a swine flu reference, geezus. Hilarious.

By: Off Topic Dude

Off Topic Dude — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:42:10 +0000

Techcrunch should reverse the posting order of comments so that the most recent show up at the top. Check out TED.

It’s more fun. It democratizes commenting. Everybody gets a little airtime. The way it is now, on highly commented blogs, the first comments get all the attention and the end comments get no attention. It’s like going to the cafeteria and the first guy gets all the food while the rest just get to watch.

On low commented blogs it’s not relevant. On highly commented blogs it’s clearly a violation of the Second Amendment.