

Others, however, are fully committing to wearing creative getups for their Zoom meetings. Ultimately, he decided not to dress as a merman for the call but posted the tweet for fun. The post received nearly 1,000 likes and several comments of encouragement.Ĭoward told Insider that he discovered the mermaid tail, a remnant from an event at the National Maritime Museum last year, while prepping for a "legit" Zoom talk. maybe a bit much?" he captioned the photo. "So I've got this really important Zoom meeting to get ready for. Twitter user Sacha Coward, a museum freelancer whose area of study is mermaid folklore, posted a potential Zoom call outfit - one that was clearly in line with his academic interests. One Twitter user shared photos of her uncle's elaborate work-from-home looks inspired by "Harry Potter" and Oktoberfest, among other things.

"Basically I just noticed myself and others doing weird little salute things with our hands that reminded me of the pictures." You kind of feel ridiculous asking to speak from your own home, and it's a lot more significant to interrupt someone when suddenly you're taking up the whole screen," Annie told Insider. "It's really weird raising your hand in a Zoom class.

annie April 9, 2020Īnnie, a college junior, struggled to adapt to the "weird" of participating remotely in discussion-based classes, so she took to Twitter with her interpretation of awkward hand-raising on Zoom. Dani Burger March 30, 2020Īnother adjustment to distancing learning is navigating the etiquette of hand-raising, Twitter user (who goes by Annie) discovered. Hand-raising on Zoom, one student noticed, made class participants look like religious the politics of muting your mic to the work-from-home tardiness, Zoom etiquette is proving to be difficult to navigate - while providing excellent online content.
