I got this feedback on my GDC talk (alongside a bunch of enthusiastic and a couple of bewildering ones) 'Good talk. I know it is your personality but I just don't need the profanity. Added no value. Will not go to another talk by you.a'
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and my first thought was, I'm really fucking sorry, but my second was, how often does this actually get in the way? I'm quite a sweary person, in that sputtering middle class English sort of way not a macho way, and I never think much of it but +
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+ if it gets in the way, maybe I should consider adjusting. For context, I imagine it's slides 57-61 that upset this attendeehttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15Enx5v0ocLbG7YxE4dYTjQjYRjHx0tB-3YHdBE7OXkA/edit?usp=drivesdk …
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so what do people think, honestly? Have you ever been put off by someone saying 'fuck' in a professional talk in an informal context?
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I'm obviously on the sweary British side too, but I think for most it adds more than it detracts or is at least neutral. It's authentically you and they are powerful intensifiers
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