Marketing is always the answer.
yum_burnt_toast@reddthat.com 2 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 2 months ago
RaoulDuke85@fedia.io 2 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 2 months ago
Which, ironically, makes them seem even more robotic
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 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 2 months ago
I miss Obama and other politicians who could actually speak.
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2 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 2 months ago
I didn’t look it up and here I am.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 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 2 months ago
Thanks for pointing that out.
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Rimshot!
netvor@lemmy.world 2 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.)