Who started this whole "bro hug" thing?

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: xSauronx
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Ugh, next thing we'll be going to the bathroom in packs and bleeding once a month :|

i aint got time to bleed

"Bunch of slack-jawed fa***ts around here. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me."

?Son of a bitch is dug in like an Alabama tick.?
 

JDub02

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the bro-hug is reserved for my brother. my dad gets a real hug. all other guys get a handshake.
 

JulesMaximus

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I don't "bro hug" any of my friends.

In fact, the only men I've ever hugged is my Father, my Father-In-Law, and my Grandfather...oh, and my son.
 

xeno2060

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Originally posted by: NFS4
I've noticed that more and more males seem to resort to the "bro hug." You know, you reach out to shake a guys hand and suddenly get pulled in for the quick embrace with a pat on the back.

Is this some new phenomena?

Yeah I don't care for the Bro Hug. If I Know and Love you, male or female then it's just a Big Hug. If I don't know you or just like you then a hand shake will do.
 

hanoverphist

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Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: NFS4
I've noticed that more and more males seem to resort to the "bro hug." You know, you reach out to shake a guys hand and suddenly get pulled in for the quick embrace with a pat on the back.

Is this some new phenomena?

nope.

been going on since i was in highschool..like last century! :D

Heh, I've never noticed it until now. Guess I'm a late bloomer :)

though i will admit it is more widespread now. when i was in high school only the jocks did it to each other. now seems everyone does.

whats wrong with giving another guy a hug?

these days it's more of a close bond signature than simply being friends.

I've only "bro hugged" with my small circle of best friends, including an Army buddy, and my bro-in-law.

same. my best friend from hs and my actual brother and a cousin. otherwise its usually a hand slap followed by a fist bump or a handshake. oh, and my nephew does this sometimes.
 

zerocool84

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Originally posted by: NFS4
I've noticed that more and more males seem to resort to the "bro hug." You know, you reach out to shake a guys hand and suddenly get pulled in for the quick embrace with a pat on the back.

Is this some new phenomena?

I guess with 66k+ posts you wouldn't get out much.
 
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I like how a thread about a "bro hug" has become an exchange of Predator quotes.

Dillon! You son of a bitch!
 

Perknose

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It started with "freaks" in the sixties (man) in decided contradiction to the fussy, English, and relatively stiff-necked and homophobic culture that predominated, as portrayed by R. Crumb with his Whiteman character:

This is Whiteman, introduced in Zap Comix #1. When readers met him, he stood for everything wrong with the guys who ran America. Whiteman's chief concern was keeping a tight asshole in all situations. A hard charger, he was both on the go and constipated. Whiteman kept his gut sucked in and his chest thrust out. Whiteman wanted people to think he was tough--and he was--but maintaining the facade was hard work. Crumb rescued him in Home Grown Funnies. He was kidnapped by Yetti and underwent an epiphany in the woods. He found happiness with the forest creature. His bowels no longer on fire, able to satisfy his lust any time he wanted, this former paragon abandoned his wife, kids and civilization for eternal comic book heaven with Yetti.

Surprisingly, or perhaps not surprisingly, 40 full years later we still have a ton of them posting right here on our forums.




 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
I like how a thread about a "bro hug" has become an exchange of Predator quotes.

Dillon! You son of a bitch!

"Stick Around"
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: NFS4
I've noticed that more and more males seem to resort to the "bro hug." You know, you reach out to shake a guys hand and suddenly get pulled in for the quick embrace with a pat on the back.

Is this some new phenomena?

nope.

been going on since i was in highschool..like last century! :D

Heh, I've never noticed it until now. Guess I'm a late bloomer :)

is ass-grabbing appropriate in your neck of the woods, too?