# Handshakes. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 14, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476 "2009-03-14T07:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/1 "2009-03-14T07:48:09Z")
How is it that **everyone** seems to bitch about getting a bad handshake, but 75% of people seems to give me the dead fish. Or at least a semi-flaccid paraplegic fish. ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/2 "2009-03-14T07:50:36Z")
nothing is gayer than a terrible handshake ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/3 "2009-03-14T07:52:39Z")
Yeah, a limp wrist handshake is pretty terrible. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/4 "2009-03-14T07:54:57Z")
I fucking GRIP that shit. Even w/ girls. Side note: I don’t have large hands… Have you ever shaken someone’s hand that was SO BIG it was like holding a textbook made out of skin? ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/5 "2009-03-14T07:56:09Z")
The worst is a flaccid old person handshake. The skin is always a little too soft and loose. It’s almost like they’re already dead when you’re touching them. :eekdance: ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/6 "2009-03-14T07:56:41Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Side note: I don’t have large hands… Have you ever shaken someone’s hand that was SO BIG it was like holding a textbook made out of skin? lol. Yes, because I’m probably close in size to you. That came out wrong. > [@Avatar](#): > > The worst is a flaccid old person handshake. The skin is always a little too soft and loose. It’s almost like they’re already dead when you’re touching them. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/7 "2009-03-14T07:59:39Z")
when you shake a guerilla hand, you have to make sure you get good thumb-web contact first before you tighten hands, or he’ll think you’re a pussy ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/8 "2009-03-14T08:00:47Z")
Haha, yeah. HATE the premature squeezers… ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/9 "2009-03-14T08:01:06Z")
> [@fbrendan](#): > > lol. Yes, because I’m probably close in size to you. rofl ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/10 "2009-03-14T08:03:45Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Haha, yeah. HATE the premature squeezers… OMG. That happened to me when I went to introduce myself at the career fair. I was fucking pissed. I looked like the handshake ruiner because he jumped the gun and grasped my fingers. Fucker. Luckily I didn’t care about that company. ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/11 "2009-03-14T08:05:36Z")
NOTHING good can come after a limp dick handshake ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/12 "2009-03-14T08:08:19Z")
I HATE the finger squeeze… I admit, though, that I don’t shake a woman’s hand as I would a man’s. Women get more treatment at the front of the hand. No webbing contact, less grip and certainly no shake. Then again, this would be a casual introduction. In a professional setting I would still shake a woman’s hand as I would a man’s. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/13 "2009-03-14T08:10:13Z")
I shake a girls hand the same way I would a man’s. Maybe SLIGHTLY less grip. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/14 "2009-03-14T08:14:24Z")
I don’t really _shake_ a woman’s hand in a purely social introduction. It’s more of you taking her hand in yours to merely recognize she exists. There is no need for the kind of handshake one would use to either assert dominance or even glean personality info. I guess I don’t care enough or maybe it’s a respect thing… ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/15 "2009-03-14T08:20:35Z")
I lighten up my grip a bit for a girls hand. Everything else is the same. ---
**Author:** ![Treads4Heads](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/treads4heads/32/7416_2.png) [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/16 "2009-03-14T08:22:44Z")
Ive got big hands and a pretty strong grip and I love when people give me the dead fish and I just crush their shit. Hopefully next time they’ll learn how to shake someones hand. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/17 "2009-03-14T08:32:13Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > I lighten up my grip a bit for a girls hand. Everything else is the same. this is what i do as well. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/18 "2009-03-14T08:58:37Z")
ugh, I hate when I prematurely un-grip. I feel gay. ---
**Author:** ![Moruitelda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/moruitelda/32/5348_2.png) [@Moruitelda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Moruitelda)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/19 "2009-03-14T09:15:53Z")
> [@02svtfocus](#): > > when you shake a guerilla hand, you have to make sure you get good thumb-web contact first before you tighten hands, or he’ll think you’re a pussy ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476/20 "2009-03-14T09:21:29Z")
> [@newman](#): > > I fucking GRIP that shit. Even w/ girls. This is true. Your handshakes are always very enthusiastic. However, when I shake your hand (or really anyone thats “just” an acquaintance) I tone it down. Firm & sincere, yet not strong enough to make an impression. When its someone new, a bigger business acquaintance, or someone I care to make an impression upon, I put my ass into it. And, +1 for early claspers. :picard: [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/handshakes/64476.md?page=2)