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Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social... by moron4hire on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @10:53AM (#30361588)
Why do you need physical touch from relative strangers?
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Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social... by simonsarris on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @01:03PM (#30363346)
I'm baffled at how millennia old* rituals involved with no-longer-being-strangers are lost on some commenters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Funerary_stele_of_Thrasea...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OTArsameiaSockelIIIDexios...

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Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social... by dmw1 on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @01:30PM (#30363750)
Seems to me that the ubiquity of such greetings across all cultures would imply that you're the exception here, no?
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Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social... by DoreenMichele on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @01:31PM (#30363759)
A lot of cultures bow rather than shake hands.
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Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social... by gehatare on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @04:15PM (#30365780)
Other cultures require you to get a lot closer than a handshake.
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Re:How can minorities of regular individuals overturn social... by kerneloftruth on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @11:00AM (#30361685)
When you don't want them to remain strangers.
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