How to Talk to Human Beings

Andy Beshear: Democrats need to talk ‘like real human beings’ to win elections https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/andy-beshear-democrats-language-elections-021231 56 comments 20/2/2025 politics

'We are talking about human beings,' judge tells Trump admin. lawyers about migrant families https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/we-are-talking-about-human-beings-judge-tells-trump-admin-n974336?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma&fbclid=iwar39bnfvk5xexmp_ynww8eqfl2eda_bdvl6ajxxult28etshsghgrksadvc 125 comments 23/2/2019 politics

Alabama lawmakers answer questions on Haitian immigration: ‘We’re talking about human beings’ https://www.al.com/news/2024/09/alabama-lawmakers-answer-questions-on-haitian-immigration-were-talking-about-human-beings.html 10 comments 25/9/2024 politics

"Alive and grateful, first refugees from Syrian civil war adapt to Metro Detroit." Here's a refugee story about human beings, not talking points. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/neal-rubin/2015/06/24/glad-alive-first-syrian-refugees/29254459/ 11 comments 17/11/2015 politics

trump always talks about the “horse race theory“. Fast horses make fast horses. Trouble is he wants to apply that theory to human beings. Sound familiar? Hitler, maybe? Kim Jong Un? 🌊 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-white-supremacy-racehorse-theory-1064928/ 5 comments 25/4/2024 politics

“Your devs should never be surprised in a 1:1. Performance reviews should not be done then. You are there to listen to them.” Massively misunderstood point about the why you have 1:1s that kills me. Came from a talk on "Treating Devs Like Human Beings." https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/treating-devs-like-human-beings-a 77 comments 19/12/2022 webdev

Rafael Leão: "After a period of transition I became a different player. During that period my family, coach Pioli & Ibra were crucial. Zlatan is a role model, he taught me the value of asking questions & to always be focused. We talk as often as we can, not just as colleagues but as human beings" https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/italien/milan-stjarnan-om-sin-relation-med-zlatan-han-var-avgorande/ 134 comments 25/9/2022 soccer

Laporta: "Pique is suffering. Even footballers are human beings. His personal life is not pleasant currently. I had a talk with him recently and he's committed to football. Don't pay attention to the news, I am lucky to know him personally and we'll give him all the love and support he needs" https://www.marca.com/futbol/barcelona/2022/06/16/62ab9bb9ca474163748b45a5.html 216 comments 16/6/2022 soccer

West Virginia Has A Massive HIV Outbreak And It Just Restricted Something That Could End It: “You’re actually talking about human beings here,” said one needle exchange program director. “This will kill them.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/hiv-needle-law-west-virginia 90 comments 18/4/2021 politics

We’re a couple of former Obama staffers who figured it was time to create a place to talk about politics the way actual human beings talk. Our show Pod Save America is a no-bullshit podcast dedicated to every American who isn't ready to give up or go insane. Ask Us Anything! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Favreau_(speechwriter) 1227 comments 14/3/2017 politics

The First Person to Talk to Millennials Like Human Beings Will Run the World: "The country has used a generation as its creative core and its industrial motor and its soul and guts, it has wrung it of its sweat, and then it has then asked it, slapping paddle to palm, why it wasn’t working harder." http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/millenials-and-the-no-party-future 1917 comments 31/3/2014 politics