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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: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 14 2019, @12:04AM (2 children)
I think he's been given an unfair shake here. He cleans up nice, is willing to state his opinions coherently, and is understandable even if somewhat boring. The problem with the comedy approach is that rhetorical shell games are easy to do, particularly drive-by fallacies, and there's no blowback unless you cross the line to fruit throwing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @07:26AM (1 child)
Not really. Smells of catfish, and Southern Racism. Would not date again.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 14 2019, @05:13PM
I didn't know there were catfish in Canada. Learn something new [midwestoutdoors.com] every day.