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Mr.Beat: Hey Steven Steven Beat: Oh how's it going?
Mr. Beat: How's it going. Pretty good (shaking hands) pretty good Steven: Good to see you Mr. Beat: You, too
Mr. Beat: Why are we doing this? Steven: Doing what?
M: Shaking our hands. I mean, this is a strange way to greet someone.
And you actually spread germs easily doing this. Steven: Nah, it's fine. I think...it's fine. Everybody's doing it.
Mr. Beat Yeah, but why does everybody do it. How did this get started?
Why do people shake their hands?(both look at camera while still shaking hands, looking confused)
My brother and I filmed that a couple months ago. A much simpler time. And since then,
people like this dude, Dr. Anthony Fauci, have half-jokingly called
for ending the handshake as that’s one way the coronavirus spreads. That coronavirus that has been
causing chaos in the world. But I don’t think the handshake is going
away any time soon.
I'm gonna shake your hand! I wanna shake your hand! I'm gonna shake your hand. I wanna shake your hand! I want to shake his hand.
Generally speaking, the two main reasons why we shake hands are
1) for greetings or farewells 2) to show we have reached an agreement or
made a deal
So when we first meet up with our friends, especially when we haven’t seen them in
awhile, we often shake hands. When we leave our friends, one of the last things we sometimes
do is shake their hands.
Now, if they’re close friends or family, obviously we might hug them instead.
You must be Tommy.
Brothers don't shake hands. Brothers gotta hug.
Heck, call me crazy, but I kiss my wife. BUT YOU BETTER NOT BE SMOOCHING HER. MK. SO JUST
BACK OFF.
Anyway, we often do it to introduce ourselves.
Nice to meet you, sir.
Natasha Robinson. Come on, come on, come on.
Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. And doctor.
And we do it to show we agree with someone
or made a deal with that person. You know, like a contract. We shake hands to congratulate
others, or to thank them. It’s a gesture that shows trust and respect, which is why
you see athletes shaking hands at sporting events.
Now, there are parts of the world where they don’t shake hands as often. There are also
other parts of the world where they don’t even do it at all, and we’ll get to that
in a moment, but the vast majority of human beings around the world regularly shake hands
with other humans. Think about that for a second. Before this pandemic, billions
of people every day were shaking hands (points) doing this. This weird thing. I mean
(looking over) I mean, it’s a weird thing that we do, isn’t it?
So when did it start? Well, there is this which might just be the earliest documented
handshake in history. Oh, in case you didn’t know, that’s obviously the Assyrian King
Shalmaneser III shaking hands with some random Babylonian ruler. Heh, OBVIOUSLY. Anyway,
that was way back in the ninth century B.C. And we also know the ancient Greeks shook
hands as early as the fifth century BC. We know this from evidence like this and this.
But likely, humans were shaking hands long before the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Greeks.
So why? Well, some historians believe the handshake originated as a way to show others
that your hand holds no weapon, and by making contact with another’s hand, you would not
be stealing their weapon. It was a gesture of peace. The Romans later made the practice
of handshakes more widespread.
And eventually, handshakes quickly spread around the world, but they looked different in different places.
Historians often credit the root of the modern handshake with the Quakers of the 1600s, who
valued the handshake as a better way to show folks you meet that you’re not better than them.
Today, while folks in nearly every country on the planet shake hands, there are alternatives
to show greetings and mutual respect.
For example, there is the customary Hindu greeting of Namaste. And, in places like Japan,
they still just bow. Meanwhile, in Nazi Germany, at least according to Jojo Rabbit.
Ale itler! Ail it ler! Ale itler! Ail it ler! Ale itler! Ail it ler! Ale itler! Ail it ler!
You know Freddy Finkin.
Ale itler! Ail it ler! Ale itler! Ail it ler! Ale itler! Ail it ler! Ale itler! Ail it ler! Ale itler! Ail it ler!
But again, actually right now most people are NOT shaking hands due to this current
pandemic. But what about after the pandemic? Is the handshake going away any time soon?
There is evidence that the handshake was losing popularity before this pandemic. Meanwhile,
the fist bump has been rising in popularity, and so has the magical elbow bump since the
pandemic began. Still, we’ve been through plenty of pandemics before, and the handshake
has persisted. I really don’t think it’s going away any time soon. We’ve been doing
it for literally thousands of years, and it is such a pervasive way to quickly show trust,
respect, and love.
So there you have it. That’s why people shake their hands. Steven: Now I get it.
Mr. Beat: Well, we'll see ya later Steven: we'll see you later Mr. Beat: alright
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So what do YOU think? Should we get rid of handshakes? If so, what should we replace
handshakes with? Let me know in the comments below. Thanks to my brother, Mr. Steven Beat, for
filming this with me. And thank YOU for watching.