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Does anything make a person cringe harder than the term “CEO fireside chats” like they’re bleeping Churchill or FDR talking to bunkered beleaguered citizens. So
by raydiatian 5y ago
Does anything make a person cringe harder than the term “CEO fireside chats” like they’re bleeping Churchill or FDR talking to bunkered beleaguered citizens. So pompous.
Instead of having “fireside chats” maybe you could move out of the way and let the engineers get back to work putting out the fires.
- dewey 5y agoFireside chats are a pretty common segment at conferences or smaller meetups and it's the opposite of pompous. I wouldn't really see it as them trying to look like a commander.
- raydiatian 5y agoIdk man maybe it’s my own psychological mess of associations but like “fireside chat” just makes me envision a parent with children on their knee. So to me it just seems suuuper condescending.
- oh_sigh 5y agoFireside chats weren't intended for "bunkered beleaguered citizens". They were a way to speak directly and with familiarity to millions of ordinary Americans, without having the government's actions first filtered through the biased lenses of the media.
- jjtheblunt 5y agocancer makes me cringe harder. ceo fireside chats sets me thinking bezos-appointed oligarchs nonsense, with respect to Amazon.