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A Masterclass in Manipulation (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
18 hrs ago
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harumph
(3,499 posts)1. I tried to watch it - but he should just get to the salient facts instead of the body drama.
He trails off several times and this style of "communication" drives me crazy.
I wish his presentation was more concise. It's like when your child is trying to tell you about how he
scraped his shin and you get all this extraneous talk that has fuck all to do with the accident.
Uncle Joe
(65,921 posts)2. As a child going to school
did you grow up with the Internet?
Disaffected
(6,672 posts)3. I made it to about 40 seconds.
A lot of that is typically blather designed to keep you watching longer (and generating more YouTube credits for the author).
The rest is just blather.
pat_k
(14,424 posts)4. I love this guy. His level of frustration with the manipulative choices matches my own.
And in the process, he conveys a lot of good information -- and even hope.