Wave? Shake? Salute?
, a problem that’s only gotten worse as I’ve discovered that all three seasons of the Nickelodeon seriesOne small aspect of everyday life, though, struck me when I was meeting a group of friends recently for a park hang, finally free of winter’s figure-swallowing parka silhouettes, scarves, and mittens.I fretted internally, trying to pull together what felt like a “normal” physical posture as I approached the group, but feeling more like one of thosewith the posable limbs.
“If this were 2019, I would have done what I always use to do—smile and fold my hands on my lap. But this is 2021, and my social skills, it turns out, have eroded faster than an Arctic iceberg,” Taylor says. “! Unfortunately, what I was doing was eating a jumbo shrimp cocktail! This is a very unappealing visual act—something that didn’t quite click until, well, the camera was about to.