Marketing is always the answer.
yum_burnt_toast@reddthat.com 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
RaoulDuke85@fedia.io 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Which, ironically, makes them seem even more robotic
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
I miss Obama and other politicians who could actually speak.
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
I didn’t look it up and here I am.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
And plenty of people use chatgpt instead of google. Not really sure what point you think you are making but…
TheV2@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Thanks for pointing that out.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Rimshot!
netvor@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.)