A Dissection Of History’s Most Awkward High-Five

In a world of literally millions of failed high-fives, it takes something special to truly stand out.

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We meet our players — likely brother and sister, as the suggested "Family Feud" lettering in the background suggests — immediately following a win. They're gleeful, unthinking, and eager for the high-five. We're rooting for these guys!

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Almost immediately, though, the seams of this high five begin to unravel — the cause of which is found right around frame six. The sister's shoulders have tensed along with her slightly-shut eyes. She's doubting herself, and her body language reveals a destructive hesitation that her brother is, as yet, oblivious to.

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Ever the problem-solver, Sis immediate tries to correct her trajectory by lifting her elbows, and we see here in frame seven that her face has calmed to an easy smile. "Ah yes, here it is," she thinks, confident again, but misguidedly so. While her hands are closer to her brother's, the angle is still all wrong; with firm hands perpendicular to the ground, she's poised for a straight shot ahead, as opposed to her brother, whose full-body lean — mimicked in his upper arms — suggest an obvious downward arc. The high five is unfortunately doomed.

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