Marketing is always the answer.
yum_burnt_toast@reddthat.com 1 month 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 1 month ago
RaoulDuke85@fedia.io 1 month 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 1 month ago
Which, ironically, makes them seem even more robotic
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 month 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 5 weeks ago
I miss Obama and other politicians who could actually speak.
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 5 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 1 month ago
I didn’t look it up and here I am.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
And plenty of people use chatgpt instead of google. Not really sure what point you think you are making but…
TheV2@programming.dev 1 month ago
Thanks for pointing that out.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Rimshot!
netvor@lemmy.world 5 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.)