diamondcutter
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As for why shaking hands was deemed a good method of greeting, rather than some other gesture, the most popular explanation is that it incapacitates the right hand, making it useless for weapon holding.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/606627/handshake-origins
I wonder if “making it useless for weapon holding” above means “making it impossible for the right hand to hold weapons”.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/606627/handshake-origins
I wonder if “making it useless for weapon holding” above means “making it impossible for the right hand to hold weapons”.