Submitted 1 month ago by 58008@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Is it an affectation that they’re trained to deploy? (If so, why?) Or is it just a natural thing that happens in the very specific circumstance of being a politician on the campaign trail, and that’s why no one else seems to do it?
I don’t think I’ve seen it in any other context 🤔
Cheers!
It’s a conductor’s baton.
You got me thinking. Pretty sure I do this when addressing groups, like teaching a class in the workplace. Maybe I finger point in place of the fishing rod? Next time I hold a talk, I’m going to record it.
They are trying to appear human. Somehow that seems to involve cathing invisible fish.
It’s all about portraying authority and trying to give off the “trust me” vibe.
I’d love to see an interviewer respond with a bizarre hand gesture in response.
Of course, by now, this has become an aggressive hand gesture.
even cats don’t like to be pointed at
In my non edumacated knowledge, they pretend to whip the heard into believing what they spew.
It’s rude to point, and they all have arthritis.
Gesticulation has long been a part of public speaker training.
It helps frame your words and your message and also direct meaning in a way that punctuation does in the written word.
As punctuation is to reading, gesticulation is to speaking.
It’s part of body language being part of speaking to someone (a person or an audience) and can help people relate to the speaker.
That particular gesture was famously popularized/lampooned due to Bill Clinton
Air-dicking is a hard practice to break free from, ig… easier to retrain into air-fishing
Because concertina hands are too nazi-ish
This, I think, is a sign or symbol of some sort. What symbol? I have no clue.
Because you can learn how to be an asshole.
the slang term used to be ‘thumb wrestling’ and the politicians were called thumb wrestlers when they did it.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a natural resting form for our lizardian overlords.