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thenewgreen  ·  3050 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 3 Questions with @coffeesp00ns

I'm not sure if you noticed or not, but I eliminated about 90% of the pauses :)





coffeesp00ns  ·  3050 days ago  ·  link  ·  

OBVIOUSLY you just didn't realize how profound I was being. ;) I was 100% okay with it.

I remember hearing a story about someone interviewing Pope John Paul II on live radio. They were talking, and then the Pope was asked a question that he either didn't 100% expect, or was a "big" question, and he sat there - Red light flashing - in silence for 30 seconds while he mulled over the question in his head, then answered it. The interview was rebroadcast later, and they cut that silence because, y'know, time constraints.

For some reason that really resonated with me, and resulted in two things:

One, I do my best to really think about a question before I answer it.

Two, I mistrust people who answer questions too quickly.

thenewgreen  ·  3050 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think there's a big difference between thoughtful deliberation and contrived silence. I'm not suggesting you fall in the contrived bucket, but some of those pauses.... Damn dude :) you make John Paul seem like Chatty Mcgee.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3050 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I did exactly as you said and didn't reveal the questions until I was recording. I'm a slow thinker, 'kay? lol.

thanks again for doing such a great job with this.

thenewgreen  ·  3050 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm calling you John Paul from now on :)

YOU did a great job. Thanks again sp00ns! (One of my favorite Hubski usernames btw)