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

[Blablurn]

If you get a weak handshake from a millennial, don’t blame him or her. It could be a generational thing.

Researchers from the Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina found that men and women under 30 have weaker grip strength than they did back in 1985. Their work was published (paywall) in the Journal of Hand Therapy.

The culprit? Probably a combination of increased technology use at home and at work, and less manual labor. “As a society, we’re no longer agricultural or manufacturing,” Elizabeth Fain, an occupational therapist and lead author of the study, told NPR. “What we’re doing more now is technology-related, especially for millennials.”

Read more here: https://qz.com/712444/people-under-30-have-way-weaker-grips-than-they-did-a-few-decades-ago/

 

[Dishwalla]

Pshh, who cares John Wayne.

 

[Username1198]

Shit i work on my grip strength whenever I go to the gym. I do hate the whole "shake the fuck" outta my hand whenever I have to shake hands. It's uncomfortable.

 

[geomon]

I like to feel bones crack when I shake another mans' hand.

 

[brianjones]

Nerf Life

 

[karasu]

Those weak handshakes bother the fuck out of me.

 

[GK86]

My grip is strong thanks to my daily wank sessions.

 

[Escape Goat]

Welcome to June 2016.

 

[SlipperyMoose]

My dad always told me the neo geo was for the weak

 

[mdubs]

Even people with weak grip strength can give a firm handshake

 

[Instro]

Just grip it like you would a penis.

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

 

[Zen Aku]

My left grip is fine. Thanks for your concern.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Disgusting.

 

[shawnbuddy]

We've all become girly men, even the women.

 

[geomon]

Just grip it like you would a penis.

Look how fucking white his knuckles are. He must be squeezing the shit out of it.

 

[Username1198]

Always blaming millenniums for stupid shit. I feel like his is something my dad would yell at me for. Damn whiny ass baby boomers

 

[RBH]

Pshh, who cares John Wayne.

 

[StopMakingSense]

As someone with arthritic hands, I actively think less of people who put any importance in the strength of ones handshake. Especially if they go ahead and crunch my hand and then act all put off by my pained reaction.

It happens way too often. Fuck those cunts.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

it's the gig economy. If I ever need a firm grip I'll just hire someone with one.

 

[Lord Fagan]

Bump my fist you boomer pussies!

 

[Phu]

Handshakes are such an old person thing to do anyway, at least the bland firm business handshake types.

 

[TAJ]

it's the gig economy. If I ever need a firm grip I'll just hire someone with one.

Who are you going to hire when you're hanging from a rail about to fall to your death?

 

[Monocle]

Or maybe millennials are more polite than earlier generations and don't feel the need to alpha the fuck out of genial social customs.

 

[HStallion]

I grab people by the crotch to exert my dominance so it doesn't take much strenth of grip as it is will power

 

[Vincent Alexander]

I can assure you, my hands get plenty of manual work. Long, hard work.

 

[Earthbound64]

Welcome to June 2016.

Seriously, what's with posting an article from over a year ago?

Also, yeah, people not wanting to squish their penises or something.

 

[ZBR]

GAF, the only place where every guy has a strong grip and dicks larger than 8 inches. There must be some kind of correlation there.

 

[Reversed]

I recall my mom's uncle (rip) having a hell of a grip.

http://cdn.torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/first-handshake-optimized.gif

Needed DBZ edit the moment it was out.

 

[kirblar]

This is a rural vs suburban/urban work thing. People in cities aren't as strong as rural people either, and it's entirely due to the nature of the jobs.

 

[Maximo]

Funny I thought males would have stronger grips...

 

[Poimandres]

I'm left handed, so I suck at giving handshakes with my right. It's not my fault, it's societies for discriminating against us lefties!

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Its old school but I hate a limp handshake. I would rather elbow/fistbump and keep the mystery.

 

[Living Proof]

This is kind of funny. I was just thinking today about how weak some the handshakes I was making with others were, to the point where I felt I was cracking some folks' fingers. I'm left handed, so maybe I'm over-compensating, but usually I don't notice this as much.

A lot of them were definitely office worker types, not prone to physical labor, but many of them were higher-ups at a huge national retailer chain (and most were much older than me (mid-twenties)). Men/women both were disappointingly soft at it.

The most surprising, though, was a burly guy who was dropping off some power equipment for the company I work for-- he was a large man in his late 30s, and had grease/dirt all over him, yet when I shook his hand it felt like cupping a goddamn baby bird.

Nothing is worse than limp-wristed handshakes, though, or folks who just grasp at your fingers in a puerile, creepy fashion.

...I feel like I've put too much thought into this now.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Weak handshakes don't bother me nearly as much as when I shake someone's hand and it is just a warm slobber of wetness.

 

[pixelation]

lol WTF?

 

[Brakke]

✊️🤓

 

[v1lla21]

Thankfully I've done my fair share of manual labor so I have a strong grip. Also I hate people who give weak ass handshakes. Put some effort into it or don't shake at all.

 

[Host Samurai]

yeah they all do yoga now and don't even lift

 

[Crayons]

I shake hands in the most limp, gentle manner possible.

Bite me, old people

 

[KillLaCam]

We aren't factory workers anymore

 

[zeemumu]

Disgusting.

My expectations were met twice over

 

[Cyframe]

I don't like touching people's hands period, so I wish it wasn't such a common occurrence here (in the US). I have no problem exerting a strong grip because it's about first impressions but I do go right for the hand sanitizer as soon as the encounter is done.

 

[Phu]

Why do people even want to touch my hand so hard? Don't they know where it's been?

 

[Kayhan]

Old man strength ain't no joke.

These old guys out there crushing my hand.

 

[Sub Boss]

This just going to fuel the milennials haters

 

[CreepingFear]

Fuck old school handshakes. Macho shit heads trying to break your fingers. Fucks.

 

[JKRMA]

No wonder it's all just props here.

 

[ApatheticDolphin]

I've always had a weak grip, even though I lift. Just genetics.

 

[Poimandres]

Thankfully I've done my fair share of manual labor so I have a strong grip. Also I hate people who give weak ass handshakes. Put some effort into it or don't shake at all.

Hands of a working man