scamalert wrote: » BTW i always clap when plane lands.
bnt wrote: » I don't mind people clapping to music, as long as they clap on the 3, not on the 1, in a 4/4 song. It's 1 2 3 4 , 1 2 3 4 ... :cool: If that's too complicated, just listen for the snare drum - that's where you clap, people.
The ancient Romans had a set ritual of applause for public performances, expressing degrees of approval: snapping the finger and thumb, clapping with the flat or hollow palm, waving the flap of the toga, for which the emperor Aurelian substituted handkerchiefs (orarium) that he had distributed to the Roman people.[1] In Roman theatre, at the close of the play, the chief actor called out "Valete et plaudite!", and the audience, guided by an unofficial choregus, chanted their applause antiphonally. This was often organized and paid for.[2] Similarly, a claque (French for "clapping") was an organized body of professional applauders in French theatres and opera houses who were paid by the performer(s) to create the illusion of an increased level of approval by the audience. In Christianity, customs of the theatre were adopted by the churches. Eusebius [3] says that Paul of Samosata encouraged the congregation to applaud his preaching by waving linen cloths (οθοναις), and in the 4th and 5th centuries applause of the rhetoric of popular preachers had become an established custom. Applause in church eventually fell out of fashion, however, and partly by the influence of the quasi-religious atmosphere of the performances of Richard Wagner's operas at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, the reverential spirit that inspired this soon extended back to the theatre and the concert hall.
Krispie wrote: » To be pedantic, you clap on the 1,2,3,4, not on the three in a 4/4 signature. :P
py2006 wrote: » ...well I know its a sign of appreciation. But, do you ever think about why exactly do we slap two parts of our body together to make a noise? Why is that a sign of appreciation? Who was the first person to propose we do that when we like something? (grabs coat, goes to pub)
Nothingbetter2d wrote: » How come humans are the only species that kiss?
flutterflye wrote: » These things always bug me too. It's really stupid to me. I mean I know there has to be some universal way of showing appreciation or whatever it is you want to express at the time, but it just seems very sheeple like or something. The same as putting your hands up at a concert and things like that. Or when I was younger and went to mass, I used to find it funny that everyone would stand, kneel, sit etc... at the same times, just because 'that's what you do'!
JohnMarston wrote: » I'll applaud a pilot that got us there ahead of schedule. But not just for doing their job. A lot of jobs are thankless so why should certain groups only get applause? How do ye feel about applauding after a film ends in the cinema?
