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!
The “counting money” gesture? You still have to ask this?
Air-dicking is a hard practice to break free from, ig… easier to retrain into air-fishing
It’s zuck’s new toy /s
Public speaking is a performance and like any performance some people are good at it and some become good at it and some aren’t really good at it.
In my non edumacated knowledge, they pretend to whip the heard into believing what they spew.
“People who are more emotive with their gestures than me must be fake”
“People who are less emotive with their gestures than me are robotic lol”
Most people hold both of those views but have wildly different levels of emotiveness… The result? Posts like this
It’s the I’m-pointing-at-you-with-a-pen-but-I-forgot-my-pen gesture.
If you work for a large company, ask around if there is a toastmasters group. If so join it and you will be let in on all the secrets of public speaking.
Bill Clinton started it. Drives chicks crazy.
Way before Clinton. Jfk was doing it in black and white days. I dunno if he was the first though either.
As I said, drove chicks crazy, even Marilyn Monroe could not resist.
It’s a conductor’s baton.
Because concertina hands are too nazi-ish
I always thought it was so comedians can do impressions of them.
This, I think, is a sign or symbol of some sort. What symbol? I have no clue.
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.
It’s so other lizard people know.
Actually it’s only a small part of the secret handshake that lets you into Epstein island. But it is a prerequisite.
