Here’s some fun journalismization:

Clapping banned at Students’ Union events

Which includes a slight correction at the very top:

Breaking news: ‘We are not banning clapping’, Students’ Union Clarifies

Anyway, the story is that the Manchester University Student Union has decided to go with “Jazz Hands” rather than clapping Because Reasons. Foolish as it sounds, the argument is lauded by some:

British university wants to replace clapping with ‘jazz hands’ for a very serious reason

The “very serious reason” is that there is a tiny minority of students with mental or neurological issues that makes them either incapable of hearing clapping, or they get twitchy at loud sounds. And these Student Union geniuses believe that the best way for a university to prepare students for the harsh realities of the world is to clad them in Nerf and bubblewrap. The latter article includes the go-to trope/fall-guy for 2018… Autism spectrum. Because some autistics/Aspies get spooked by loud noises, then the whole world needs to be quiet. Well, fark *that* noise. Speaking as someone who *really* doesn’t like loud noises, I’d appreciate it if the students of Manchester U replaced clapping not with jazz hands, but with banging their swords against their shields.