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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.
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Frankfort, Kentucky, makes it against the law to shoot off a policeman's tie.
(Score: 2) by NewNic on Tuesday March 12 2019, @08:38PM (6 children)
You know, TMB, you might enjoy life a little more if you could remove that giant chip off your shoulder.
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 12 2019, @10:02PM (3 children)
I offered to just eat the chips but he started ranting about handouts and socialism.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday March 13 2019, @01:48AM (2 children)
You should have brought dip or beer or something, then you'd be contributing too and sharing wouldn't be a problem.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 13 2019, @09:29PM (1 child)
I was contributing by the offer to help you remove a psychological burden, but as we see you're too concerned about me "getting something out of it" to see that it was a selfless gesture to help you out. Ah well, I'll just move to whatever state gets single payer healthcare passed and stop worrying about you "rugged individualists".
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday March 13 2019, @11:55PM
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday March 13 2019, @01:47AM (1 child)
You're very bad at empathy. I enjoy the complete hell out of my life. I'm likely the most content person you'll ever converse with.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 13 2019, @09:26PM
Then YOU are very bad at communicating. It seems that you are apathetic and somewhat pissed off most of the time. You should probably tell more jokes.