Marketing is always the answer.
yum_burnt_toast@reddthat.com 10 months ago
from what i remember, they are coached to do it because pointing is seen as too aggressive but not making any hand gestures is too robotic. so its a way to make a non-aggressive emphatic hand gesture.
the_q@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
RaoulDuke85@fedia.io 10 months ago
I feel it also adds cadence to a speech, which can help people listen more to what you’re saying.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Which, ironically, makes them seem even more robotic
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Only to people who are actually paying attention to a lot of politicians and likely looking exactly this up.
For the majority of the public? it is just “good public speaking”.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I miss Obama and other politicians who could actually speak.
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Yeah.
Although I recently heard him on Marc Maron’s podcast, and was rather disappointed.
He’s still far, far more lucid than most other politicians, but he came off as wildly out of touch, which I didn’t recall him being 10 years ago.
Oh well, that’s the match of time for you.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
I didn’t look it up and here I am.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
And plenty of people use chatgpt instead of google. Not really sure what point you think you are making but…
TheV2@programming.dev 10 months ago
Thanks for pointing that out.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Rimshot!
netvor@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Still, maybe if Zucc did it people would actually find him cool.
(“Cool” as in, like an average politician, which is still way cooler than he is now.)