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Journal by The Mighty Buzzard

Something I've been thinking about a bit lately is the ability to communicate your message well. I'm not the best at it but it's not difficult to spot those who really are. Their number sure as fuck doesn't include Jordan Peterson. Or most any intellectual, especially with an academia background, for that matter.

You know who the best are? Really good standup comedians. They have to be. If you need to explain a joke, it's no longer funny. If you're consistently not funny, you have to get a dreaded day job.

If you want to take up public speaking in any sort of persuasive capacity, you could do a lot worse than to learn from them.

 

Reply to: Re:It's Simple, Really

    (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday March 13 2019, @01:44AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday March 13 2019, @01:44AM (#813543) Homepage

    ...express yourself as clearly and directly as possible...

    That's the main thing that can be learned from comedians, yes. They don't have the luxury of being long-winded and getting sidetracked by minutiae. They have to speak so as to be easily understood by 95% of their audience and convey their meaning extremely efficiently or the joke dies. That academics specifically and intellectuals in general are largely unable to do this is why most people have little to no interest in listening to them [youtube.com].

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