When you really think about it, clapping is the silliest damn thing

[mtnsnake]

If anyone from outer space ever looked down and saw our method of applauding something, they'd laugh their asses off. What is it with people smacking their two hands together when they get excited, like a bunch of seals? It's stupid looking, almost like something primitive. I do it as much as anyone, though :shrug:

[RPM]

1. thats why i just belch loudly

to show my appreciation.

[Bouncy Ball]

2. I'm glad someone else thinks like me.

I used to think I was the only one who thought things like that.

[LynzM]

12. Nope, you're definitely not!

I think about a lot of weird stuff like that, all the time! :)

[Maddy McCall]

3. Thank you! I've always thought this!

And dancing is silly, too, but I enjoy dancing. :shrug:

[mtnsnake]

6. In that case, I think we should replace clapping with dancing

for one year. That would be too cool. Imagine a crowd of people watching a comedian and getting up outta their seats and dancing in place everytime he said something funny. If he got funnier and funnier, they could dance faster and wilder!

[RagingInMiami]

7. And if gets too funny, they would start stripping

and tossing their clothes on stage

[kmla]

13. If this were the case, I'm sure there would be MANY more

comedians willing to take the stage.

But not me. Nope.

*whistles, looks at ground, kicks a stone, then whistles some more*

Nope. No-sir-ee.

[RagingInMiami]

4. We should do what they do in other cultures

And shoot our guns in the air

[Elidor]

5. It looks better than beating a board against your head!

*Cue the Monty Python monks*

[Lady Sonelle]

8. Domine est requiem... WHACK!

I always preferred the Flatulants... who went about farting in penance for their sins.

Lady Sonelle

[Tafiti]

9. HAHAH!

Can't think of a better alternative, but there have been occasions, during a session of applause, when it suddenly dawned on me: "Wow, clapping is really fucking weird."

[Coventina]

10. Maybe we should snap our fingers, like the beatniks did

I always thought that was kind of cool.

[hfojvt]

11. Imagine if you were one of the first

There you are, clapping away. The rest of the crowd is looking at you and saying "what the heck is he doing?"
You have to admit it is one of the most effective non-vocal ways of making noise. Nobody knows why though.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2002/1016034810.Ev.r.html

[AccessGranted]

14. I've always thought that also

Clapping is pretty doofy. I see I'm not alone in my strange and random questions about the oddities and stupidities of life.