On: Is It Farewell to the Handshake?

[nsxwolf]

With my friends it's all about the exploding fist.

[1propionyl → nsxwolf]

I would love to see the classic "up, down, false shake, pull back, exploding fist" become the standard used by world leaders and diplomats.

(If there's a name for this I don't know it, but hopefully it's recognizable enough to at least US readers.)

[jhoechtl → nsxwolf]

I am not-native englisch speaking. What does "exploding" mean in the context of a salutation?

[JiBB → jhoechtl]

You bump your fists together, and then spread your fingers apart as you pull your hand back, as if your fist is "exploding" outward.

A few gif examples: https://gph.is/g/aK8Yww6 https://gph.is/2q6aAIV https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-02-13/gif-day-obamas-explod...

[poisonborz → JiBB]

Also known as "Potato, fries" in germanic culture.

[nsxwolf → poisonborz]

This is wonderful.

[pjmlp → jhoechtl]

Not the OP, maybe related to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_the_Exploding_Fist

A very famous computer game back in the all those Kung-Fu movies heyday.