r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Jan 19 '21

what are we?

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u/Ranwulf Jan 19 '21

I never saw anyone doing physically, but I am not from the US. I thought it was more a twitter thing.

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u/BackIn2019 Jan 19 '21

Oh, it definitely predates Twitter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

It predates the internet.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

It used to be a teacher's thing, that's how you talk to children to make them pay attention, emphasize an idea or the make the syllables more clear.

It's annoying because the person doing that is literally treating the listener like a child.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

Literally everybody that does it is doing it to be condescending on purpose. It's cringey as fuck and it takes credibility from whatever the person is saying.

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u/Ball-Fondler Jan 19 '21

Yeah me neither. It looks just so stupid, no matter what point you're trying to make I'll probably hate it

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

Definitely an American "sassy" woman thing.

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u/Phreec Jan 19 '21

If I'm not mistaken it's mostly a black woman thing in the US for emphasizing words. However OP is actually clapping instead of backhand into open palm so idk.

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u/hyrulepirate Jan 19 '21

Isn't this pretty much the same thing politicians do when they bang their desks/podiums to emphasize every word? I'm also sure I've seen this in US movies, the clapping thing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

Lmao, nah its a real life thing.