• CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I don’t think that’s true. He was especially bad for the first bit of it but throughout he was stumbling over words, mumbling, he was hoarse. And then he got worse at the tail end too and forgot what he was even saying during his closing. Also what’s up with the listing things in numbers over and over and over? The whole thing was really awful to listen to and I’ve never heard him sound older honestly.

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      Using numbered lists is a common tactic in debates and other public speaking when you have prepared talking points you want to hit.

      Basically it’s a mnemonic technique to help make sure you list all of your best points/pieces of evidence. You list them in the same order every time so that to recall the next point on the list you just need to remember the overall topic and the number that you’re on. That way it’s easier to contextualize the memory and retrieve it consistently.

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        Did everyone forget Biden’s 2020 performance?

        When Biden is being forced and trained like this, he’s awful. It wasn’t until the 2nd or 3rd debate where all the debate-prep finally decided 'Let Biden go out there without prep and just be more honest with himself / honest personal style" that Biden did well.

        I should have known that “Weeks of debate prep at Camp David” was a bad idea.

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          Luckily, presidents duties and performance in their job is not dependent upon these stupid “debates.”

          Anyways, Biden has always been an absolutely horrible public speaker. He mumbles, stumbles over words and rambles on. That’s not his string suit, but it doesn’t particularly matter for his job performance.

          However, yes he is old. But at least he surrounds himself with incredibly talented staff, picks amazing leaders to run in his cabinet, and seems to generally listen and take advice.

          Which is the polar opposite of what trump does., in so many ways.