If you could un-invent something, what would it be? It’s a competition and it’s awkward. Those are just two reasons I would un-invent this one thing that most people in the world consider as polite interaction. Let’s find ourselves a time machine and travel all the way back to ancient Greece, ancient Babylon, and ancientContinue reading “Let’s Un-invent the Handshake”
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How Often Do You Say Hello?
Some random trivia I came across today: the song “Hello My Baby” was meant to poke fun at some trendy slang from the time. That new word was “Hello.” Alexander Graham Bell suggested “Ahoy!” as the proper way to answer this new invention called the telephone. Instead, people were taught that “hello” was the properContinue reading “How Often Do You Say Hello?”