I’m guessing that almost everyone reading these words has waved to people on a boat, waved to people from a boat, or both — maybe even waved from one boat to another.
Why do we do this?
Why not?
Left to our own devices, humans will remember that they are fearfully and wonderfully made and will embrace childlike behavior for the benefit of everyone involved.
We collect rocks (and have hobbies).
We draw pictures.
We make up silly songs.
We play in the water in our special water outfits.
We give the funniest names to the animals we invite into our homes.
If someone rolls out a red carpet anywhere, we do stuff like this:
We sing a specific song on other people's birthdays. We keep track of other people’s birthdays.
We make up jokes, tell them, and all laugh together even if the joke isn’t funny.
We hold hands.
We say “God bless you” when someone sneezes.
I could go on but you get the idea.
What else do you humans do that you find to be adorable?
P.S. Humans also behave like bros — in the best possible way!
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Made me cry <3
Delightful! I recall, as a girl of about 8 years old, stopping at a roadside pull-out while on a road trip. My dad and I were standing in the edge of a long drop down to a river.
We saw a couple of canoes coming along, occupied by uniformed young men.
One of them doffed his cap to me as they passed. I was totally charmed.
It doesn't happen often now. Even then it was not the norm, as most didn't wear hats.
But I'd include the doffing of hats on your list.
Years later, I was walking down the street with my eldest son, who was about 17. We passed another young man and I noticed my son raising his right hand, index and middle fingers extended, and giving an almost imperceptible nod.
It was the 00's equivalent of a doffed cap.
I chuckled.