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So I'm interested in everyone else's response at the end. Would you have sat down? What would be your response to the second command to sit?
by iamwil 19y ago
So I'm interested in everyone else's response at the end. Would you have sat down? What would be your response to the second command to sit?
- pius 19y agoOn the show, he sat. :)
- streo 19y agoThe only reason for that speech was to get him to say, "Sit down."
- iamwil 19y agoHuh, that's interesting. I had saw it as a pissing match between the two guys. It seemed like if the younger guy sat, he'd be conceding command. And yet, the mere fact that he was asked to sit down means the older guy concedes his point. That's why I was wondering.
- streo 19y agoIn such a setting, I would assume that nothing happens without reason; at least that is the marketer's motto...
- dkokelley 19y agoWell, if I was him and I just made that fantastic speech, I would have proceeded to pack up my things to drive home the point that "I'm not staying unless you convince me I'm not wasting my time." If I was me I probably would have never made that speech, and I would have remained sitting.
- pg 19y agoI didn't even obey the command to install Flash 9.
- pius 19y agoheh, I guess that's what I get for trying a different video sharing service. :/
- dcurtis 19y agoVimeo is the best, you made a good choice.
- ivankirigin 19y agoYou don't like flash?
- pg 19y agoNo, I just didn't have Flash 9 installed on the machine I was using. Some of the startups choosing between Javascript and Flash say that this is one of the problems with Flash. If you choose any recent version, some fraction of people won't have it installed, and faced with the interruption of installing it, will just click on Back instead.
- ivankirigin 19y agoGood point. There needs to be a good reason to get mandate an install. Sorta like desktop software.
- dfranke 19y agoand some fraction, like me, won't have any version installed.
- emfle 19y agoSome fraction will also not have JavaScript enabled. That was very popular among nerds back when JavaScript wasn't essential to web browsing. Fortunately, that particular brand of nerd can safely be ignored. They are a tiny, tiny minority who make a lot of noise on websites such as this.
- cglee 19y agoOf course I'd sit. I just convinced him the worthiness of my idea, and in dealing with someone so prideful, you have to show some face to get the business. When arguing with such stubborn and prideful people, the best conclusion that can happen is proving your point without humiliating that person (again, only if you want do business). That is, if you can swallow your own pride. I'd sit and say "I'm listening".
- pius 19y agoI agree 100%.
- eusman 19y agothe man asking the guy to sit down is saying it in a way "i know you are right, I was wrong, there is no other way to say it because I am so stubborn everyone hates me, but lets do business"