@sarahdoingthing @themattsimpson @Meaningness my knee jerk reaction: what's authentic about hugging?
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@emareaf it's the idea that a handshake is an empty meaningless ritual that doesn't convey "sincere" warmth, but hugging does - 4 more replies
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@Meaningness I mean you could trace it back to the Reformation but the 70s seem to have been an accelerationThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing @themattsimpson@Meaningness ISTR embracing as greeting in LotR, which puts it back in the 40s (if not the Third Age) -
@St_Rev @themattsimpson@Meaningness as a weird exotic archaic behavior though, right? people used to be sincere back on the shire ;) - 1 more reply
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@sarahdoingthing @themattsimpson@Meaningness "The cult of authenticity predates millennials," AND HOW! http://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/Sontag-NotesOnCamp-1964.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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