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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:05:15 AM EDT

Does anyone here actually do this? When I watch Motortrend TV or something about certain types of music or sports, the guys do this "bro hug" when they greet. Is this a thing?

When I go to the vape shop to get juice, the dude there will prompt me to to do the "fist bump". I don't mind that, but whatever happened to "how are you" and a hand shake?

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:12:22 AM EDT

[#1]

Do you need a hug?

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:13:33 AM EDT

[#2]

Ever try shaking the hand of a millennial? It usually feels like grabbing a bag full of fresh dog shit.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:14:17 AM EDT

[#3]

People do it in LA.

I don't like it, preferin a standard hand shake.

Boomer, ok.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:17:19 AM EDT

[#4]

My coworkers fist bump a lot.

Normally I'd rather shake your hand but in the hospital I figure it's slightly more hygienic.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:19:15 AM EDT

[#5]

Shaking hands is gross.

I avoid it when I can.

Unfortunately, I meet a lot of people and have to do it pretty frequently.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:19:17 AM EDT

[#6]

When they go for a hug, go ahead and take it up a notch and kiss them on the cheek. You know you want to, op

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:21:53 AM EDT

[#7]

More tough guy wolf talk.

I like the bro hugs. People are typically a little better to people than they used to be.

Sorry if black folks scare you

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:23:55 AM EDT

[#8]

I see my friends back home once or twice a year. We do this.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:26:10 AM EDT

[#9]

Nothing wrong with the bro hug, but it should probably be reserved for those who have met previously. It's almost always awkward when done during an initial introduction. Even if it's between folks who know one another, both parties have to know it's coming or it's going to be awkward.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:26:32 AM EDT

[#10]

I don't get the fascination and disdain for what other people do. Who cares?

GD: " Freedom yo!"

Also GD: "Why do people still go to the movies? Dumbasses."

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:27:33 AM EDT

[#11]

The inability of people on this site to navigate basic social interaction is sad

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:31:20 AM EDT

[#12]

Only an old friend I haven't seen in a long time will get a bro hug. Everyone else gets a firm handshake.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:34:59 AM EDT

[#13]

LOL, never saw it until 7 or 8 years ago.
Black and millenial dads on my son's football team would always do it.
I avoided it.
I would sidestep, grab their hand and shake it.

Became a challenge for a few.
I made it the whole season.

Leaving the post season banquet, one spun me, and another brohugged me.
Against my will!

I still feel great shame.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:37:34 AM EDT

[#14]

Bro, need a hug?...

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:39:24 AM EDT

[#15]

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I don't get the fascination and disdain for what other people do. Who cares?

GD: " Freedom yo!"

Also GD: "Why do people still go to the movies? Dumbasses."

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Just because I support someone's right to do something, it doesn't mean I can't call them stupid for doing it.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:39:59 AM EDT

[#16]

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LOL, never saw it until 7 or 8 years ago.
Black and millenial dads on my son's football team would always do it.
I avoided it.
I would sidestep, grab their hand and shake it.

Became a challenge for a few.
I made it the whole season.

Leaving the post season banquet, one spun me, and another brohugged me.
Against my will!

I still feel great shame.

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Literally Rape

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:40:48 AM EDT

[#17]

If bro hugs bother you, you need more bro hugs.

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Posted: 2/15/2020 8:44:15 AM EDT

[#18]

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I don't get the fascination and disdain for what other people do. Who cares?

GD: " Freedom yo!"

Also GD: "Why do people still go to the movies? Dumbasses."

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The worst GD threads are the "why does X do Y?" threads.

The other day there was another one about people buying ripped jeans

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:45:25 AM EDT

[#19]

This post is so white it's 100% TiO2

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:46:15 AM EDT

[#20]

Recently had an in law give me a bro hug as wife and I were preparing to leave after a visit with daughter and her family. He's a pretty reserved guy so I took it as a nice gesture.
Don't think Ive ever initiated a bro hug though, it wasn't a thing men did for most of my life.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:46:21 AM EDT

[#21]

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LOL, never saw it until 7 or 8 years ago.
Black and millenial dads on my son's football team would always do it.
I avoided it.
I would sidestep, grab their hand and shake it.

Became a challenge for a few.
I made it the whole season.

Leaving the post season banquet, one spun me, and another brohugged me.
Against my will!

I still feel great shame.

Literally Rape

Funny thing was, the guy who actually brohugged me was named Roger.
A black guy, from Chicago.
Named Roger...

Whitest back guy I've ever met....

Oh the irony.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:46:38 AM EDT

[#22]

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When they go for a hug, go ahead and take it up a notch and kiss them on the cheek. You know you want to, op

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Side step kidney punch.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:47:09 AM EDT

[#23]

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I don't get the fascination and disdain for what other people do. Who cares?

GD: " Freedom yo!"

Also GD: "Why do people still go to the movies? Dumbasses."

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Lot of insecure white males here.

Per movies some stuff you gotta see in theatres like Battle Angel or Midway

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:47:10 AM EDT

[#24]

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The worst GD threads are the "why does X do Y?" threads.

The other day there was another one about people buying ripped jeans

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Quoted:
I don't get the fascination and disdain for what other people do. Who cares?

GD: " Freedom yo!"

Also GD: "Why do people still go to the movies? Dumbasses."

The worst GD threads are the "why does X do Y?" threads.

The other day there was another one about people buying ripped jeans

You have to admit....that's pretty stupid though.

Paying money for jeans that already have holes in them.

That's like paying for a new car that already has rust on it.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:49:10 AM EDT

[#25]

I was raised, on my Mother's side, in a large Sicilian family. Men hug and kiss each other on the cheek. The same for team mates. I hug my former team mates when we see each other. Strangers? No, I'm not hugging a stranger.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:52:36 AM EDT

[#26]

Two slaps on the back then let go.
Any more than that is weird.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:58:51 AM EDT

[#27]

I bro hug my bro's.

I shake hands with strangers.

Posted: 2/15/2020 8:58:56 AM EDT

[#28]

I agree OP. I have no wish to hug other men I barely know. Hand shake is just fine.

I guess that makes me a racist?

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:01:02 AM EDT

[#29]

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I agree OP. I have no wish to hug other men I barely know. Hand shake is just fine.

I guess that makes me a racist?

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People you barely know would not be your bros.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:14:24 AM EDT

[#30]

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People you barely know would not be your bros.

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Exactly. It’s not like we out here bro hugging and dapping up executives at a board meeting.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:16:32 AM EDT

[#31]

You get a hand shake.

A firm one.

If you need a hug, look elsewhere.

Fags

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:16:33 AM EDT

[#32]

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More tough guy wolf talk.

I like the bro hugs. People are typically a little better to people than they used to be.

Sorry if black folks scare you

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Posted: 2/15/2020 9:21:56 AM EDT

[#33]

I hug my buddies and family members. I don't touch anyone else. Handshakes are for boomers and perverts.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:24:14 AM EDT

[#34]

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I bro hug my bro's.

I shake hands with strangers.

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This, male friends and family get the hug.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:24:20 AM EDT

[#35]

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You get a hand shake.

A firm one.

If you need a hug, look elsewhere.

Fags

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Sometimes I start my bro hug out with a super firm handshake with friends that are squeamish. Once I have them in my king-fu grip that's when I pull them in to finish off with a bro hug with my left arm. They can't escape.

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Posted: 2/15/2020 9:24:53 AM EDT

[#36]

<---Bro, hugger.

Life long member.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:26:02 AM EDT

[#37]

I prefer the Bro Kiss.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:28:58 AM EDT

[#38]

What exactly is a bro hug? I have two buddies that both real hugs. They are like my brothers. Heck I’ve even kissed one of them on the cheek a couple of times.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:41:11 AM EDT

[#39]

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Ever try shaking the hand of a millennial? It usually feels like grabbing a bag full of fresh dog shit.

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And they can’t just extend their god damn hands at elbow level like a normal fucking man would, they have to do the chicken-wing plunge-from-above.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:41:40 AM EDT

[#40]

Crotch bump

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:44:16 AM EDT

[#41]

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LOL, never saw it until 7 or 8 years ago.
Black and millenial dads on my son's football team would always do it.
I avoided it.
I would sidestep, grab their hand and shake it.

Became a challenge for a few.
I made it the whole season.

Leaving the post season banquet, one spun me, and another brohugged me.
Against my will!

I still feel great shame.

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Posted: 2/15/2020 9:46:46 AM EDT

[#42]

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Lot of insecure white males here.

Per movies some stuff you gotta see in theatres like Battle Angel or Midway

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Quoted:
I don't get the fascination and disdain for what other people do. Who cares?

GD: " Freedom yo!"

Also GD: "Why do people still go to the movies? Dumbasses."

Lot of insecure white males here.

Per movies some stuff you gotta see in theatres like Battle Angel or Midway

For whatever reason, the other day I had the thought "I wonder if the fag seat is still a thing?". When you went to a movie with your "bros" back in the day and you left that empty seat between you so people wouldn't think you were fags.

In my work environment, fist bumps are common because it's likely your hands are dirty.

One thought that just now occurs to me is that you would probably stand to shake someone's hand. To fist bump? Probably not.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:50:50 AM EDT

[#43]

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You get a hand shake.

A firm one.

If you need a hug, look elsewhere.

Fags

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Exactly, luckily men are men here and dont get all handsy and hugging.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:56:01 AM EDT

[#44]

No trees and no men.

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:57:18 AM EDT

[#45]

Foreplay?

Posted: 2/15/2020 9:57:42 AM EDT

[#46]

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Do you need a hug, bro?

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FIFY

Posted: 2/15/2020 10:04:07 AM EDT

[#47]

Vape shop/bro hug/....manbun

OP had vape shop and brohug but doesn't see/make the connection.

Some things just seem to go together.

Posted: 2/15/2020 10:07:35 AM EDT

[#48]

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For whatever reason, the other day I had the thought "I wonder if the fag seat is still a thing?". When you went to a movie with your "bros" back in the day and you left that empty seat between you so people wouldn't think you were fags.

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Seriously?