I mean. I’m former military. We generally train to not “put hands in pockets”, and I have generally rationalized it as being a safety thing in ships, because if a ship suddenly lurches some direction you can brace yourself.
But recently I’ve found that, if it’s not cold and you have your hands in your pockets, it’s weird.
Like, what are you doing? Playing with yourself? Playing with your keys? Now it does have some kind of feeling like, what’s in your pocket that you’d rather be messing with that than focusing on your surrounding?
I know some people will have differing opinion, but like, just keeping your hand in your pocket seems a weird thing to do since your pocket is like a portable liminal zone
*edit. Im getting downvoted, but at the same time it seems that some people feel that it is weird to just chill “hands in pockets style”. To clarify, I’ve never yelled at someone over this thing, but it’s always stuck with me that, if it’s not cold, it strange.
Not offended by downvotes, but if those people could chime in as to why it would be appropriate for professionals to hang around with hands in pockets, I’d be willing to read them at least.
BirdsbirdsBURDS says
I mean. I’m former military. We generally train to not “put hands in pockets”, and I have generally rationalized it as being a safety thing in ships, because if a ship suddenly lurches some direction you can brace yourself.
But recently I’ve found that, if it’s not cold and you have your hands in your pockets, it’s weird.
Like, what are you doing? Playing with yourself? Playing with your keys? Now it does have some kind of feeling like, what’s in your pocket that you’d rather be messing with that than focusing on your surrounding?
I know some people will have differing opinion, but like, just keeping your hand in your pocket seems a weird thing to do since your pocket is like a portable liminal zone
*edit. Im getting downvoted, but at the same time it seems that some people feel that it is weird to just chill “hands in pockets style”. To clarify, I’ve never yelled at someone over this thing, but it’s always stuck with me that, if it’s not cold, it strange.
Not offended by downvotes, but if those people could chime in as to why it would be appropriate for professionals to hang around with hands in pockets, I’d be willing to read them at least.
GreenKnightOfGilead says
What’s the consensus on hooking my thumbs in the corner of my pockets with my fingers dangling out and tapping random beats?