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> earlier just raising right hand to show you're not holding any weapon and your friendly. Yeah thats pretty much universal. Also raising your hands them clasp
by vagrantJin 5y ago
> earlier just raising right hand to show you're not holding any weapon and your friendly.
Yeah thats pretty much universal. Also raising your hands them clasping them afterwards is a "greetings. I come in peace" that should be universal.
- hnlmorg 5y agoIs it universal though? I thought handshaking was an alien concept in many Asian cultures. Much like how the two finger swear is a European thing (reportedly to demonstrate that one still has their bow fingers attached and thus can still attack their foe -- but that might just be an urban legend) and thus many Asians have accidentally sworn on social media due to doing the V sign backwards, not realising it means something totally different in the west.
- Leherenn 5y agoThe backward V is not even the whole of Europe, just Britain and its former dominions. It means nothing in mainland Europe.
- detaro 5y agoIn parts of mainland Europe it's recognized as "warning, rowdy drunk British tourist" ;)
- frosted-flakes 5y agoIt means nothing in Canada or the US either.
- ithinkso 5y agoThat's UK thing, maybe Commonwealth. I think virtually non-existing in rest of Europe
- vagrantJin 5y agoI made no comment on handshaking but on raising a hand or both hands as a universal signal to "I have no weapons and intend no harm" or as a "surrender" As for the two finger thing, I have no idea