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tldr: Close your laptop, it's rude. Unless your intention is to be rude, then it's cool. OP seems super judgmental and a bit narcissistic.
by user49598 14y ago
tldr: Close your laptop, it's rude. Unless your intention is to be rude, then it's cool.
OP seems super judgmental and a bit narcissistic.
- batista 14y ago"Super judgmental" for saying to close your laptop during a conference talk? This is common, fucking, courtesy. I cannot even fathom how one would find that "narcissistic". The part about "opening them" if the presentation is boring, though, is problematic. Who is to call that?
- mikeash 14y agoI don't care what my audience gets up to. If I'm less interesting than their browser, that's my problem, not theirs. If I'm half interesting but they need a distraction, then I'd much rather have them pay half attention while on their laptop than pay full attention and finish up my talk bored to tears.