My preferred greeting for most of humanity lately
Don’t touch your face!!! !!!
I just learned that Discourse only allows three exclamation marks in a row
Contact-less greetings. Using flags or aldis lamps…
I can’t do it even with years of trying. But as someone with an aversion to strangers touching me, I will glue my damn fingers together* if we can make this a cultural norm.
*Which as I understand is what they had to do for poor Zachary Quinto who couldn’t do it either, at least at first.
“Hello”
“The ship is quarantined.”
“My vessel is healthy and I request free pratique.”
“I wish to communicate with you. I require a tug.”
Bookmarked.
“I require immediate assistance, I am on fire.”
& @FGD135 Wuthering Heights in Semaphore? Yes, please!
Anatomists say so. And I’ve had friends who couldn’t do it. So I’m 99% certain.
The only problem with this is the other half of humanity who cannot produce this gesture may cause an interstellar war.
#1 daughter has been encouraging everyone she knows to do the bow & curtsy greeting. If someone bows, you must curtsy. Doesn’t matter about gender or rank - if they bow at you, you curtsy to them!
It confuses people.
Your kid sounds awesome; kudos.
I hope this will spread instead of the virus.
How about good old-fashioned, old-world Namaste? It has worked well for us over centuries. Its short, and doable by both lefties and righties.