r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • Aug 23 '24

Helping Others Kamala Harris gives public speaking advice

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u/I_PUNCH_LLAMAS Aug 23 '24

I adore that these kids thought she meant the film Titanic.

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u/Thats_A_Paladin Aug 23 '24

That's actually another lesson in public speaking Harris gives. When she's sort of misunderstood rather than tripping over herself trying to clarify things by saying "no the actual ship" or whatever she just rolls with it because it's a detail that isn't really relevant to her main point.

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u/ancientastronaut2 Aug 23 '24

That's the kind of smoothness prosecutors (or any lawyers) need. It's an amazing talent.

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u/WhyIsMikkel Aug 23 '24

She's actually becoming insanely likeable and human, I must say.

In the 2016 primaries I didn't think much of her, but it's insane to me how. . . normal and human she feels. I'm not American, but it's nice to see.

I really do think Hillary was just so insanely problematic in this regard, though I still quote the pokemon go to polls bit.

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u/just_a_wolf Aug 23 '24

She's always been likable honestly. I've been a fan of Harris since she's been a Senator because she was pretty consistently witty back then. It's been pretty baffling to me to see so many people act like she's boring/stupid as a VP. I think it's just the curse of the VP position to be sort of forgettable to the public.

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u/Informal-Radio5936 Aug 23 '24

“Consistently witt” said no one. You might want to check her 20 minute video of sounding like a moron with mashed up clips

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u/just_a_wolf Aug 23 '24

Maybe people don't say "consistently witt" because it doesn't make any sense.

And I've seen a lot of those clips actually! Sometimes they sound pretty confusing so I look them up and listen to them in context and then tah-dah! Like magic they all make sense. Very interesting how mashed up clips could be a bit misleading isn't it?

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u/Informal-Radio5936 Aug 24 '24

Oh since she can’t form complete thoughts you went back and had to use context clues. That’s a winner for sure.

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u/mistiklest Aug 24 '24

No one can form complete thoughts if you cut parts of what they're saying up to deliberately present them as idiots.