Yes, but is it art?

[thomasantony]

The DG pic is really cool!! As is the End of the Cold War. The farting eagles are .. ... interesting ...

 

[ar81]

you're misinformed. The right-hand vs. left-hand concept can be found in all cultures where the majority of the population did not have access to a water-toilet for at least 50 years.

Ok, which one is the one that should be used for a correct handshake?

 

[spcefrk]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but I always thought the right vs. left hand thing dated back to Roman culture. You were taught to carry daggers in your right hand so greeting someone by shaking with your right hand was a show of no aggression. If you could shake hands with your right, then you didn't have a dagger at the ready. So shaking hands with your left was looked down on as dishonest.

I never thought about eastern cultures dealing with it separately, but it makes sense to greet each other with your "food" hand as opposed to your other... It could be random luck that they chose their right hand like the Romans did (or maybe being left handed is genetically recessive and all cultures tend to choose the right hand). Of course, Russian engineers use the "Left Hand Rule" where we in the west use the "Right Hand Rule" so I guess take my speculations with a pillar of salt :blahblah:

 

[ar81]

Hmmm. I start to figure out how ideologies of leftism and rightism started...
Does it have anything to do with left/right hand salute?

 

[Artlav]

Ok, which one is the one that should be used for a correct handshake?

Both in separate, if you want to please everyone...
The mirrored version for the other opinionside, if you excuse me some tampering with your fine piece of art:

...You were taught to carry daggers in your right hand so greeting someone by shaking with your right hand was a show of no aggression....

I never thought about eastern cultures dealing with it separately, but it makes sense to greet each other with your "food" hand as opposed to your other... It could be random luck that they chose their right hand like the Romans did...

In my opinion, the scheme is that the combination of two global rules - majority is right-handed, majority is sane - is the main reason why left hand greetings are perceived as dirty in many cultures.
Maybe not all of Arabs, but in Algeria for example it never do to use your left hand for food or communication purposes in public.

 

[n0mad23]

It's not just Arabs, but many Muslims around the world. It does have to do with wiping the bum.

My African friends are actually mortified when someone hands them something with the left hand.