2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
A recent study by the University of Aberystwyth in the United Kingdom is turning up established norms of etiquette. In this article we will tell you how to say hello and how not to say hello.
Wait! You should not, without reading the articles, go to the comments and write that you are unsubscribing from Lifehacker after reading this heading. In this article, we will talk about why handshakes are a relic of the past and why they should be abandoned.
For the first time, handshakes are mentioned in Ovid's poem "Metamorphoses", dated 2 AD. It is believed that around this time the custom of shaking hands as a sign of respect was born.
So they met, and his father-in-law with his right hand
Presses the right; at good signs, they enter into conversation.
Before that, the gesture of open palms indicated that a person had no weapons. Already now we put a completely different meaning into this, and for us a handshake is, first of all, a greeting. However, even in this seemingly harmless custom, science has thrown its playful hands and proved that it must be got rid of.
A study by the Department of Biology at the University of Aberystwyth in the UK showed that a handshake transmits far more bacteria than other forms of greeting. The subjects with clean hands several times greeted in different ways: with the help of a handshake, hand clap ("high five") and brofist.
The safest turned out to be the brofist, the number of transmitted bacteria in which is several times less than in other types of greeting. We are so careful about our hygiene, we disdain to touch the handrails in public transport, wash our hands after using the toilet, so why not go further? After all, a brofist has the same cultural meaning as a handshake.
Yes, in a sense, this is overkill. And it is difficult to imagine a situation when a friend extends his hand to you, and you disdain to shake it. It will take a long time to explain, however, if you and your friends have been greeting for a long time with the help of a brofist, you should know that you are protected!
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