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		jaccola 75 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video] He says not to start with a joke, but he delivers this line as a joke (and the class laughs). So now I don't know whether to start with a joke or not! Phenomenal talk.

ot 75 days ago [–]

The joke is almost 5 minutes into the talk: he didn't start with one. His point is that in the first few minutes the audience is still warming up and many wouldn't pay attention to the joke.

jweir 75 days ago | [–]

Nothing worse than starting off a talk and bombing.

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