Keanu is a hover hands practitioner.

[entremet]

Reeves' move is referred to as "manner hands" in South Korea:

In the West, people are generally mocked online for doing awkward hover hands, but the Korean press seems to applaud the "manner hand" as it's seen as respectful. Women, it seems, appreciate the "nice guy" gesture, while men probably don't give it much thought.

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Compare with, for instance, the way current Presidential candidate Joe Biden touches women.

https://kottke.org/19/06/keanu-reeves-keeps-his-hands-to-himself

Pretty interesting nugget regarding Korean culture.

 

[CrazyAndy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/keanu-reeves-hover-hand.122841/unread

 

[Kyougar]

Mocking hover hands (from men and women) is enabling macho-culture and misogyny.

 

[entremet]

Wow. missed this lol.

Mocking hover hands (from men and women) is enabling macho-culture and misogyny.

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No mocking. Just a meme.

 

[Steelrain]

I don't blame him.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Meme or no meme, there isn't much to discuss here.

Edit: Seems like we already have another thread about it here: https://www.resetera.com/threads/keanu-reeves-hover-hand.122841/