sprazzi Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Are you in with the in crowd? Do you know the Official Atari Handshake? http://www.retroist.com/2016/05/27/do-you-know-the-official-atari-handshake/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 We've known it since 1982: atariage.com/magazines/magazine_page.html?MagazineID=4&CurrentPage=5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Scolded by girlfriend, scolded at work and scolded on atari age! Isn't it a record cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Guys, shut up! What don't you understand about a SECRET handshake?! Besides, society may be getting more accepting but I'm still not ready to come out and admit that I've been jerking off all your thumbs for over 30 years! Do we have to go through the rules again?! Gosh! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 It would work better if you just grabbed your own thumb and mimicked a joystick. Otherwise it's too much handshake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I heard that the "handshake" was a little different for Atari employees back in the early 1980s: 1. Clasp hands as in a regular handshake. 2. Lift the thumb of your boss. 3. Place your mouth on his thumb. 4. Gently move your head up and down. 5. Try not to cry by remembering that Atari gives you free recreational drugs. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 I heard that the "handshake" was a little different for Atari employees back in the early 1980s: 1. Clasp hands as in a regular handshake. 2. Lift the thumb of your boss. 3. Place your mouth on his thumb. 4. Gently move your head up and down. 5. Try not to cry by remembering that Atari gives you free recreational drugs. And free whores with a herpes bonus can't forget that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsARealBoy88 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hahaha what?! Why?.. just why? I'm not complaining though lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hahaha what?! Why?.. just why? I'm not complaining though lol My guess is that since it claims the source is from the female vice president then during one of their company stoner parties(average work day) she probably made it up as a joke because she thought it would look funny for a bunch of dudes to shake hands like that and it just stayed "official" because everyone was too stoned to get the joke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsARealBoy88 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 My guess is that since it claims the source is from the female vice president then during one of their company stoner parties(average work day) she probably made it up as a joke because she thought it would look funny for a bunch of dudes to shake hands like that and it just stayed "official" because everyone was too stoned to get the joke. I can totally accept that as truth. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I was just thinking about this. Found another place talking about it https://kevinimpellizeri.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/dissertation-notes-put-er-um-there-the-atari-secret-handshake/ Still goofy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 I know this is an old thread, but I was just going through the awesome content on the Atari 50th Anniversary Edition and came across the "Official" Atari Handshake in the High's and Lows section. I vaguely remembered this, I would get the magazine as a kid and loved it. My memories at that time, was that this was an AWESOME handshake, although admittedly, I had no clue about masturbation at that time, I pretty much forgot about it, and have never used it. That said. Has anyone ever actually done this "Official" handshake? Like at a gaming convention? Does Atari still use this handshake, like at their corporate meetings? Now that Alberts on the inside, he probably could answer this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) Wow - 20 years ago I fired up Photoshop and.... Edited December 29, 2023 by Lost Monkey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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