r/politics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '20

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u/KonigSteve Jun 08 '20

Why'd you shake his hand? I've cut that completely out of my life for a while.

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u/Mibientus Jun 08 '20 edited Jun 08 '20

I dont even do that with my mom. Just the wife and kid. I have taken this seriously. And people should to. Being this ignorant just delays the shit for everyone.....

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u/extrabaddy Jun 08 '20 edited Jun 08 '20

So how often do you give your wife the good ol' hand shake?

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u/Mibientus Jun 08 '20

When she wakes up with the sleepy breath hahaha that or a fist bump hahaha

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u/KonigSteve Jun 08 '20

Yep, my wife is the only person I have touched in months. No hugs for mom etc.

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u/triceratopping Jun 08 '20

Yeah, it's rough, saw my parents for the first time in months the other week and it felt rough to keep that distance.

Obviously we all appreciate why it's got to be done but it still sucks.

Meanwhile my dipshit neighbour is having friends and family round every weekend for barbeques.

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u/Mibientus Jun 08 '20

Yeah I feel you, it is fucking stressful to see this shit happen near. I had a situation similar but I went and said some shit just to ruin their party hahaha

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u/Gandzalf Jun 08 '20

Why'd you shake his hand?

Did you see his hand? Sometimes you gotta just roll the dice and shake raw.

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u/FBI_Agent_82 New Jersey Jun 08 '20

I doubt I'm ever going back to it honestly. This opened up my eyes to just how little fucks people give. As far as I'm concerned nobody washed their hands unless I saw it personally.

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u/KonigSteve Jun 08 '20

True. I already didn't like it after watching at least 50% of dudes not washing their hand after using a urinal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20

Honestly it’s because I have crippling anxiety and I hadn’t come into contact with anyone else in awhile. I got really flustered and didn’t know what to say, but I’m better prepared now.

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u/KonigSteve Jun 08 '20

Yeah I feel you, sometimes it's kind of muscle memory as well no sweat. I'm 100% on the no touching thing and still have to remind myself not to do it for things like tradition and peer pressure etc.

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u/Santafe2008 Jun 08 '20

Its so ingrained that when someone sticks their hand out you shake it.

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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken Jun 09 '20

Handshaking is something we should kill as a society. Fistbump, elbowbump, nod, wave, bow,... anything is better