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Dangerous drinking game: take a shot every time Obama says “I”. Even for a politician his self obsession is exceptional.
by nicodjimenez 6y ago
Dangerous drinking game: take a shot every time Obama says “I”. Even for a politician his self obsession is exceptional.
- lighthazard 6y agoWhat a straw to grasp at.
- rimliu 6y agoTaking personal responsibility is a rare thing now, eh?
- nofinator 6y agoIt's from his memoir
- nicodjimenez 6y agoWow why all the downvotes? I actually read the article and I’m just not used to reading articles with so many “I”’s.
- happytoexplain 6y agoThe specific attack comes off as petty and baseless.
- ludsan 6y ago10% of your post uses the word "I".
- mcphage 6y agoThere's a lot of commentary on the internet, and nobody can respond to it all. Occasionally you come across something so incorrect and clueless that it's not worth responding to; you just downvote it and move on.
- happytoexplain 6y agoHow on earth does saying the word "I" correlate to self obsession? It's an incredibly generic, flexible, common, context-sensitive word.
- nicodjimenez 6y agoHis speeches always have had a ton of “I”s, it was always something that I noticed and was part of the reason his speeches were always so boring to me (except that one hilarious White House correspondence dinner which was probably written by a comedian). Even when he’s taking about something other than himself, there’s a lot of “I”.
- defterGoose 6y agoHe probably just uses 'I' a lot because someone else is hogging all the best words.
- 1-more 6y ago"Speaking from the I" is a technique to give prescriptive advice without giving prescriptive advice.
- SkySkimmer 6y agoIsn't it a pattern from "nonviolent communication"? https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=non%20violent%20communication&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...