Coerced touching is always uncool. Fuck people's virginal ears, tho. Sheesh.
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Yeah, I think this is the critical distinction. Bodily autonomy vs. free speech as values.
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As a Person With Autism, handshaking is an oppressive custom I should not be forced to participate in.
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I do like having a quick 'nice to meet you' ritual, though. Any suggestions for a, uh, 'hacker handshake'?
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'Nice to meet you' works?
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I'm simulating this in my mind, and I've just realized offering my hand for a handshake is *muscle memory* for me.
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I wouldn't take offense if someone was uncomfortable touching a stranger. In fact, now that I think about it...
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...It's rather unfortunate to have that as a default greeting. Maybe I'm being silly, but now I'm thinking of 'hacks' to politely,
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Decline the handshake. Best thing I've got is turn it into a wave, or a very slight 'bow' or 'nod of recognition'.
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I do the 'nod of recognition' a lot w/people I know.
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In Japan people bow. But how you bow depends on relative social status.
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American handshakes come from the Quakers. They liked them because they're egalitarian, equal, with no hierarchy of nod types.
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Of course they didn't invent handshakes, but in ancient Greece handshakes were a sign of friendship or oath-taking.
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That significance has now been diluted to nothingness - much like some word meanings - and now handshakes are a casual greeting.
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