Clapping Banned at Manchester University Student Union Events

antijoke · 2 Oct 2018 at 07:29

so saw this on Twitter and thought it was satire...but nope...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1046729798519848960

Jazz hands...

Derek W · 2 Oct 2018 at 07:34

I'm sure some yank university did this last year or something.

All I can say is bravo .... Slow ~~clap~~ jazz hands.

adidan · 2 Oct 2018 at 07:47

Aren't 'jazz hands' the clapping of sign language?

Yeah, employing the 'not getting triggered by non-stories that have no effect on my life whatsoever' method this morning.

Rroff · 2 Oct 2018 at 07:48

But what if someone sneezes?

enkoda · 2 Oct 2018 at 07:48

Erm, it might be worth making sure you spell jazz correctly when googling "jazz hands"...

Rroff · 2 Oct 2018 at 07:50

enkoda said:
Erm, it might be worth making sure you spell jazz correctly when googling "jazz hands"...

Or just highlight and then either right click google or drag to search?

Efour · 2 Oct 2018 at 07:53

I'd so hate to be 18 again in so many respects.

XeNoN89 · 2 Oct 2018 at 08:28

The country is a mess and generation z are a disgrace

Zatoichi.uK · 2 Oct 2018 at 08:43

https://youtu.be/WreiLLGrCEY?t=3m19s

Jonny2284 · 2 Oct 2018 at 09:05

I miss when I didn't have to double check if something was an obvious, ridiculous parody or the real world.

Kronos · 2 Oct 2018 at 09:08

So glad that I am at an age where my time on this planet is coming to an end, the world gets more weird by the day it seems.

antijoke · 2 Oct 2018 at 09:13

I am baffled as to how this helps improve accessibility.

FBi7 · 2 Oct 2018 at 09:17

Words fail me.

The younger generation really are a joke. I see it on a daily basis, quite frustrating.

chroniclard · 2 Oct 2018 at 09:21

Bring back caning, casual beatings and coal mines, country was so much better back then.

Zatoichi.uK · 2 Oct 2018 at 09:21

I'm sure most young people find it equally ridiculous. Well I hope so.

antijoke · 2 Oct 2018 at 09:25

Imagine one of these people rocking up to a sales conference in their work life or just an office environment and a few people clapped, they would be straight down to HR to complain about how they need a safe space.

dowie · 2 Oct 2018 at 09:51

I remember going to the occupy protest by St Paul's a few years ago for one of their evening meetings, they had this odd rule about not clapping but instead waving hands in order to show support for something.

I believe it actually comes from sign language, though I'm not sure that many deaf people are going to be too offended at general clapping in a gathering involving mostly no deaf people. The anxiety claims I'm not sure of - what sort of evidence is there for it?

Chris Wilson · 2 Oct 2018 at 09:55

TalkRadio’s Julia Hartley-Brewer from next year’s conference after she shouted ‘boo’ in a ‘safe space’
Ms Hartley-Brewer recorded a light-hearted video mocking a 'safe space'
LABOUR has banned TalkRadio host Julia Hartley-Brewer from its conference next year.
The party issued the edict yesterday because of complaints that she had violated its "safe space" at last week's conference in Liverpool by shouting “boo”.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7393078/julia-hartley-brewer-safe-space-ban/

adolf hamster · 2 Oct 2018 at 10:02

why would hand waving be sign language for clapping? surely clapping itself is a pretty damn good visual cue as to what people are doing.

as for this, reminds me of the futurama scene "don't clap, each time you clap your hands you kill millions of fungal spores, instead show your support with a spore freindly thumbs up", although sadly i can't find a clip of that

Chris Wilson · 2 Oct 2018 at 10:05

For some reason "jazz hands" brings back memories of the Black and White Minstrel Show and that ridiculous imported pastor at Meghans's wedding. Probably not the image they are actually seeking.... Hallelujah brother.