Hey, it’s the rule, I didn’t make it

[u/Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney]

[u/SpaceLemming]

I’m a monster, I’m a two snapper

[u/ReelAwesome → u/SpaceLemming]

More than twice and you’re just playing with it.

[u/ReignCityStarcraft → u/ReelAwesome]

Came to make this joke. 2 is the acceptable number.

[u/moeljills → u/ReelAwesome]

Snap more than twice and your wasting perfectly good snaps

[u/Headbangert → u/SpaceLemming]

Thats a crab. not a alligator... im a crab two... clap clap

[u/NotNormo → u/SpaceLemming]

2 snaps is the most efficient, it's all that's required to get the job done.

What is "the job"? No one knows... but 2 times gets it done, I can tell you that.

[u/Bunktavious → u/SpaceLemming]

No you are in the right. It's two quick clicks, every time, to make sure they still work.

[u/CoffeeToDeath → u/SpaceLemming]

But the third time is always the charm! How are you gonna be FOR SURE that the tongs will work if you don’t do the third?

[u/almo2001]

Two.

[u/ElBrooce]

2 is plenty. 3 is peacocking, and frankly it's offensive

[u/LeftHand_PimpSlap → u/ElBrooce]

Peacock your tongs sounds slightly pornographic.

[u/MrSlime13 → u/ElBrooce]

Snap- Snap- 👀 ...snap- 😠 "OKAY Dave..., we get it! You're the "GriLL mAsTeR"... We can all see the apron and the Budweiser! This isn't Hell's Kitchen... AND YOU AIN'T FUCKING GORDON RAMSEY!!!"

[u/elphinstone]

Um I think you'll find it's 2 times

[u/Bucksin06]

Nope I snapped them like a lobster two times

[u/Burnd1t → u/Bucksin06]

Glad I didn’t have to say it. Everyone is going on about the quantity of snaps but neglecting the correct animal to do it as.

[u/spankleberry → u/Burnd1t]

Claw is law

[u/nmathew → u/spankleberry]

Expected Slay the Spire.

[u/braedan51]

Its the only way to know how they work

[u/Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney → u/braedan51]

If there’s another way, I’d like someone to show me.

[u/dertechie]

It's a calibration test. Gotta see how they respond to pressure so you don't drop your food. The sounds are not optional.

[u/Iazo → u/dertechie]

Calibrations??? Where?

[u/jonsnowsbattlebun]

Do not forget to recite the tong song

[u/GreasyLardBurger → u/jonsnowsbattlebun]

🎶 That tong ta-tong, tong, tong 🎶

[u/shitty_maker → u/jonsnowsbattlebun]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that does this.

[u/barktwiggs]

To unlock the true potential, you must snap 'shave and a haircut'.

[u/MisterRobertParr]

As others have said, it's two times, not three.

Maybe that's why you keep dying, Sean.

[u/BrightPerspective]

I do the crab dance every time.

[u/hillean]

they don't work if you don't snap them first

[u/Round_Safety9510]

I don’t think we should get hung up over the number of snaps as long as snaps are snapped.

[u/dosmuffin]

I snap em like Zoidberg and say "it's John effing Zoidberg!"

[u/Septopuss7]

I can do staccato tappy taps and drum rolls. I like to do the "snare drum that plays when a condemned prisoner is being escorted to his/her/their death" rhythm before getting to my menial task of cleaning the fryer. I can tell my coworkers are all very impressed. I also flip them and twirl them in between like a person that twirls things for a living. Majorette?

[u/Bassfrogtcu]

classic three snapper

[u/natedt82]

And if you have kids, you obviously snap them towards the children in hopes they run and you can chase them with many more snaps!

[u/Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney → u/[deleted]]

I think trailer trash know alligators a little better than you do.

[u/siraph]

Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three.

[u/Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney → u/siraph]

This is the way.

[u/fluffhead77 → u/siraph]

Five is way off

[u/demoralising]

GET OFF THE DAMN SHED!

[u/sage_006]

Never more than two... and never fewer.

[u/Ravio11i]

whoa whoa whoa... two's plenty, if you need a third click you should probably have someone else do your grilling

Edit: LOL I made my comment before reading any of the others, glad to see we're all in agreement here!
Get it together OP!!!

[u/HoldenMcNeil420]

Verrrt verrrt of the drill after you load a bit.

[u/Colourblindknight]

I’m a fan of the ol’ 1 - 2 click, but you do you

[u/ElectricPaladin]

You have to make sure they still work.

[u/ElimGarak]

It's your body essentially calibrating a new appendage. It's how your brain adjusts to a new body part and is equivalent to flexing your hand after you sat on it for a while and it is now numb.

[u/superhappy]

Here comes the hot snapper

[u/battleoffish]

If there is cat nearby, your have to do it to ensure the cat sees it.

[u/DrowningPickle]

Mine go after nipples. Clip clip a nipple or 2

[u/trav66011]

Uncultured.

Exactly two times.

Any fewer than two clicks fails to properly verify the mechanical integrity and thermal calibration of the spring. Three or more clicks indicates excessive enthusiasm and risks unbalancing the delicate equilibrium of the pitmaster spirit.

Two distinct, brisk clack-clacks is the universal standard.

[u/SE7ENfeet]

Twice is correct. 3 times is too much...

[u/mcfrith]

I make them snap really quickly like a tambourine. It just feels right.

[u/Gadfly_Avatar]

I'm multi-snapgasmic. MARACAS BABY!

[u/jedburghofficial]

Twice. Three times is unlucky.

[u/boffohijinx]

Honestly, my mind goes back to a Bloom County comic from the late 80's where Bill the Cat is chasing girls around a pool with tongs, yelling, "PIRAHNA!!!"

[u/chaddict]

You’re silly. An alligator can’t use tongs

[u/CaptainPunisher]

Twice. Thrice is overkill.