I love the last sentence. "It is not enough to question authority, you've got to speak it too". However, there is a time and a place for authoritative speaking. Too often it is used to articulate biases and intolerance. Let's learn to be authoritative with our own thoughts but tolerant of others. Always talking like a calvanistic priest just doesn't cut it.
Why is there always that person who thinks that people who has some legitimate argument for speaking in a correct manner? This is wonderful and I really like the typography.
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How dare, I say, how DARE someone talk in a way that I find reprehensible.
Everybody knows that language is a completely solid, hard and fast, unchanging mechanism in which everyone who shares a language must speak exactly the way I demand.
Fuck off you pretentious pricks. I'll say 'Um', 'uh' or 'er' any time I damn well please and if you have a problem with it you can *like* fuck right off.
@Spacepopeful Umm... I think you are missing the point. This is not about a pet peeve, it is about asking people to speak with conviction. Say um all you want, just do it with conviction :-)
I'm not entirely sure you got what this poem is about. um, ahm, etc are interections, and interjections, and discourse particles like 'like', have been around for some time, but the particular problem Taylor Mali has with these words is their connection with 'speech disfluency', and it being so prevalent post-Generation-X. I say 'like', and 'um' too, just not in the way Mr. Mali is affronted by.
Excellent video. Really beautifully done, and I love the part about speaking with conviction. Taylor Mali is amazing, really inspirational stuff. 5* :)
I got here from a school course website..... love this vid
tvxqCa91 1 month ago
Does anyone know a website that can animate speech like this?
ScottEmslie 1 month ago
I love the last sentence. "It is not enough to question authority, you've got to speak it too". However, there is a time and a place for authoritative speaking. Too often it is used to articulate biases and intolerance. Let's learn to be authoritative with our own thoughts but tolerant of others. Always talking like a calvanistic priest just doesn't cut it.
davekeays 1 month ago
love it
makeiteasyable 2 months ago
Why is there always that person who thinks that people who has some legitimate argument for speaking in a correct manner? This is wonderful and I really like the typography.
MorganMaboy 2 months ago
I loooooove this
iiRock26 5 months ago 3
UGHH. i have art homework on this stuff and i dont even know what the fuck its about.
MaxieChi 5 months ago
He kind of sounds like Tom Hanks.
kiplinggorilla 10 months ago
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How dare, I say, how DARE someone talk in a way that I find reprehensible.
Everybody knows that language is a completely solid, hard and fast, unchanging mechanism in which everyone who shares a language must speak exactly the way I demand.
Fuck off you pretentious pricks. I'll say 'Um', 'uh' or 'er' any time I damn well please and if you have a problem with it you can *like* fuck right off.
Spacepopeful 10 months ago
@Spacepopeful Umm... I think you are missing the point. This is not about a pet peeve, it is about asking people to speak with conviction. Say um all you want, just do it with conviction :-)
Thaumatolgist 10 months ago 10
I'm not entirely sure you got what this poem is about. um, ahm, etc are interections, and interjections, and discourse particles like 'like', have been around for some time, but the particular problem Taylor Mali has with these words is their connection with 'speech disfluency', and it being so prevalent post-Generation-X. I say 'like', and 'um' too, just not in the way Mr. Mali is affronted by.
DeathHamsterDude 9 months ago
"The Spreading You Know" by James Thurber
katansi 10 months ago
The sad part of this is that every word is true, y'know? ;)
But seriously, after watching this I'm going to try to be more articulate. I hadn't even noticed how nerdy I sounded lately.
DPpictures 1 year ago
It's, you know, NICE! LOL :P amazing! Good Job Mr. Mali!
rodrIDOI 1 year ago
I <3 this so much. Like, so totally brilliant! :P
OddmentTweak 1 year ago
im sorry. . .but this is incredibly genius. . . .
JJBeaner 1 year ago
Beautifully done!
MsCryptoknight 2 years ago
Excellent video. Really beautifully done, and I love the part about speaking with conviction. Taylor Mali is amazing, really inspirational stuff. 5* :)
bigtabs88 2 years ago