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		ehutch79 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Give a Good Talk Please don't. I don't want to hear about your fathers love of swedish joinery for 10 minutes (yes this happened)

IshKebab 4 months ago [–]

I think the emphasis is on "little". I don't mind 30 seconds of talking about your father's love of Swedish joinery. Also it needs a payoff. There's no point just explaining how your father loves Swedish joinery apropos of nothing.

ehutch79 4 months ago | [–]

I think we can agree on this.

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