We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
Writers should be applauded for their ability to make things up.
It's a law of our natures, especially when the political fit is on us, to applaud where we already approve, and deride where we don't.
You can't applaud a referee.
So don't applaud. Just send me the check.
It's easy to laugh at etiquette, but in a hundred years, our children's grandchildren will almost certainly be laughing at us.
We should welcome applause whenever it comes.
What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
When I hear people clapping at the wrong times, I think that's great. We have got a listener that's not used to going to - we have got a new listener.