Comment on Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod?

yum_burnt_toast@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Which, ironically, makes them seem even more robotic

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  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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”.

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    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I miss Obama and other politicians who could actually speak.

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      • andrewrgross@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I didn’t look it up and here I am.

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      • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        And plenty of people use chatgpt instead of google. Not really sure what point you think you are making but…

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  • TheV2@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks for pointing that out.

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    • Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Rimshot!

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  • netvor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.)

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• the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Marketing is always the answer.

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• RaoulDuke85@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I feel it also adds cadence to a speech, which can help people listen more to what you’re saying.

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