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2016-06-23 -Short Attention Span Theater-

People under 30 have way weaker grips than they did a few decades ago

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-06-23 08:02|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

If you've ever stacked'em '7 high and a tie', you've probably got a pretty good grip, and I'm not just talking about a handshake.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-06-23 08:13|| 2016-06-23 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 The youth of today.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-06-23 08:50|| 2016-06-23 08:50|| Front Page Top

#3 People under 30 have way weaker grips than they did a few decades ago

..as in a 'weaker grip of reality'. 'Feelings' though are much stronger.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-06-23 09:02|| 2016-06-23 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Degenerative RSI nerve damage from handling their mouse.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-06-23 09:34|| 2016-06-23 09:34|| Front Page Top

I blame man buns and expanders.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-06-23 09:36|| 2016-06-23 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Have we became a bunch of old duffers, carrying on about the "worthless current generation"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-06-23 09:54|| 2016-06-23 09:54|| Front Page Top

#7 These kids of the West will meet ISIS,
Each seeking their own paradises:
Soft hands, in both houses,
From fondling their mouses...
Er, make that their pointing devices.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2016-06-23 10:13|| 2016-06-23 10:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Not enough wanking.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-06-23 11:00|| 2016-06-23 11:00|| Front Page Top

#9 From not doing the work that Americans are no longer allowed to do.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-06-23 12:11|| 2016-06-23 12:11|| Front Page Top

#10 Learned years ago: when shaking a lot of hands--from doing stand-ups at public venues--make sure you cup your hand like you're trying to hold water in it, before you extend your hand.

You don't get the painful crunch from strong handshakes that you get when your palm is flat.

And, my old golf buddy had terrible arthritis in his hands, so, my current default is very light pressure when shaking hands. And, the adoption of the fist bump removes a lot of hand shaking. And a lot less chance to get serious stranger goo on your hands.
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Posted by OregonGuy 2016-06-23 12:48|| http://oregonguythinks.blogspot.com/ 2016-06-23 12:48|| Front Page Top

#11 People under 30 have way weaker grips than they did a few decades ago

So they were stronger when they were 5? English grammar is not for wimps.

Posted by Angong Hitler4915 2016-06-23 13:02|| 2016-06-23 13:02|| Front Page Top

#12 I shook Cam Neely's hand in a comedy club about twenty years ago; he damn near crushed my hand, and I'm not exactly a wallflower. Now that's a strong grip!

Posted by Raj 2016-06-23 13:16|| 2016-06-23 13:16|| Front Page Top

#13 Can Neely has a grip that can unwind a window on an aircraft

Posted by regular joe 2016-06-23 14:16|| 2016-06-23 14:16|| Front Page Top

#14 Week grip comes from playing video games instead of swinging a baseball bat.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-06-23 14:49|| 2016-06-23 14:49|| Front Page Top

#15 Too much wanking.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-06-23 15:53|| 2016-06-23 15:53|| Front Page Top

#16 It's the millennial grip on reality that I'm worried about.

Posted by SteveS 2016-06-23 16:33|| 2016-06-23 16:33|| Front Page Top

#17 Have we became a bunch of old duffers

Become?

Posted by Skidmark 2016-06-23 16:50|| 2016-06-23 16:50|| Front Page Top

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