Fist Bumps or Handshakes???

During today's GMM episode Rhett and Link asked for a perspective on fist bumps to handshakes...

I personally think there are many different reasons you might bump someone's fist over shake their hand or visa versa...

Maybe if you were being formal you'd shake someone's hand, and casual you'd bump their fist...

Another reason someone might fist bump somebody elses hand is because they're either sick or a germaphob!

I personally prefer fist bumps because you can get fancy with them and it's just kind of like "hanging loose" :)

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on March 30, 2012 at 11:57am

What ever happened to the good old HIGH 5?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The high five is a celebratory hand gesture that occurs when two people simultaneously raise one hand, about head high, and push, slide or slap the flat of their palm and hand against the palm and flat hand of their partner. The gesture is often preceded verbally by the phrase "Give me five" or "High five".

In the United States, there is an initiative to celebrate the third Thursday of April as National High Five Day.

The use of the phrase as a noun has been part of the Oxford English Dictionarysince 1980 and as a verb since 1981. The gesture takes its name from the "five" fingers and the raising of the hand "high". This is opposed to the "low" five" which has been a part of the African-American culture since at least World War II.

It's probably impossible to know exactly when the low first transitioned to a high, but there are many creation myths. Among the many origin stories of the high five, the two best documented candidates are Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team on Oct. 2, 1977, and Wiley Brown and Derek Smith of the Louisvillle Cardinals basketball team during the 1978-1979 season.

Magic Johnson once suggested that he invented the high five at Michigan State. Others have suggested it originated in the women's volleyball circuit of the 1960s.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn Spencer (Psychic) on March 30, 2012 at 11:58am

oooo that's a good point :O

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Permalink Reply by Summer (Unicorninja) on April 4, 2012 at 4:32pm

bro hoofs FTW!!!!!!

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on April 6, 2012 at 2:49pm

^^^ looks more like buttcheeks

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Permalink Reply by U Dawn Need Tuh No on March 30, 2012 at 12:21pm

It depends; if I was at a formal event or I met someone new then I would shake hands.

But if i said "hi" to my best bud I would do a fist bump.

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Permalink Reply by Leah Harrison (Monkasorus) on March 30, 2012 at 1:18pm

To me, 'fist bumping' is giving someone respect. 'Hand shaking' is like meeting and greeting.

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Permalink Reply by Elisha Clark on March 30, 2012 at 5:22pm

Handshakes are for when you first meet someone, or your trying to impress someone, like when your on a job interview. And Fist bumps are for when you are around friends and just hanging out. Handshakes-formal Fist Bumps-familiar.