Kojima's Tepid Handshake

This photo of Mr. Kojima offering a young fan a tepid handshake during a meet and greet while using the opportunity to mock on his mom.

A smiling Hideo Kojima gives a young fan an awkwardly lukewarm handshake in an electronics store while the boy’s mother stands nearby. The joke is that Kojima appears to use the meet-and-greet to humorously tease the fan’s mom, making the interaction amusingly uncomfortable. It is sent as a reaction to passive-aggressive politeness or an awkward social exchange. EN: A smiling Hideo Kojima gives a young fan an awkwardly lukewarm handshake in an electronics store while the boy’s mother stands nearby. The joke is that Kojima appears to use the meet-and-greet to humorously tease the fan’s mom, making the interaction amusingly uncomfortable. It is sent as a reaction to passive-aggressive politeness or an awkward social exchange.

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