orson smellesJan 31, 2023
every time ciabatta is eaten or mentioned in my presence i will tell everyone did you know ciabatta wasnt invented until 1982, it is younger than beyonce and natalie portman and pitbull. people always scoff and pull out their phones and then frown and look troubled. i am the ciabatta ruiner
Show threadLaser (it's been a good run)
@lennie I think a lot about how my dad was 39 (my age) when the high five was invented
Feb 1, 2023 at 12:12amWeb
Show threadorson smellesFeb 1, 2023
@Laser this is amazing...the high five seems so eternal
Show threadLaser (it's been a good run)Feb 1, 2023
@lennie yeah I just assumed there was like, Mayan hieroglyphs of dudes going "up top" after a good game of hip-ball or whatever
Show threadJosh "cortex" MillardMar 22, 2023
@lennie @Laser we can at least take comfort in the idea that whoever the folks were who made that first ciabatta were able to immediately high five the shit out of each other
Show threadweedFeb 1, 2023
@Laser @lennie Elvis Presley never lived to see the high five
Show threadAaron BergmannFeb 16, 2023
@jepyang @Laser @lennie or a ciabatta.
Show threadOsakaJackFeb 1, 2023
@Laser @lennie And something really interesting, the LOW-five aparently predates the high-five by FIFTY YEARS.
Show threadlike jam or bootlacesFeb 2, 2023

big gap between the high and the low, but knowing how kids (and tbf, dads) can be, I guess it took at most only a few minutes to come up with "too slow!"

@osakajack @Laser @lennie

Show threadJohn MullinaxFeb 14, 2023
@idlestate @osakajack @Laser @lennie Interestingly, "too slow" predates all of them, going back at least to the time of saber tooth tigers.
Show threadsuldrew 🚲🏳️‍🌈Feb 15, 2023
@idlestate @osakajack @Laser @lennie I guarantee gimme five / up high / down low / too slow was around well before 1979
Show threadHypnotosovFeb 1, 2023

@Laser @lennie at just over a century old* the thumbs up sign is a bit older than that, but it's still quite recent... and originated in Britain*

* Well, probably. Before social media people weren't documenting every second of their lives

Show threadBullet With Butter Tart WingsMar 23, 2023
@Laser @lennie They were too busy doing the gesture where you make like you're about to invent the high five but then you smooth your hair back instead