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Is this because they don’t want to use ‘comrades’ for fear they might be taken for socialists?

It feels a bit like politicians addressing Today presenters by their first name. I want to tap them on the shoulder and say "you're not talking to them, you're talking to me". Maybe the reflexive 'conference' thing is an attempt to reassure conference that he's talking to them

"Friends, Citizens, Countrymen, my people...."

“Finally I can speak freely to you, my caged folk”. ((Rapturous applause))

strong Buster Bluth saying “Army” vibes

I didn't realise they did this. Ew. Disgusting. Feel wrong just reading it.

Any group address not acknowledging people as persons and its audience will imply and signal they are playing to metrics and corporations and concepts rather than individuals and their opinions. Did any prior discourse speakers of the ages refer to their forum as "Forum," and Quorum as "Quorum,"?

I once worked for a manager who punctuated every other sentence with the big business buzz phrase "going forward". I guess he felt it made him seem smarter and more capable but it really just revealed himself to be insecure and preening.

Nobody rocks like *checks guitar* Conference!

This implies that politicians could win your good will by opening with, "What up, conf?"

Chat makes a lot of sense to me for streamers and has been in use for a while. Random influencers or even just normal people now saying Chat is very weird cause they're not engaging with a live audience.

I'm old enough to remember when the correct form of address was "comrades". To be fair we got a lot of mockery about that and I get why they changed it.

However cringe you may find it, at least the speaker made an effort. One of the things I love most about Brazilian Portuguese is the term “a gente.” It’s completely inclusive, can be used in almost any situation, and is pervasive in common speech. I wish English had ONE word like this.

So in fact, it’s the opposite of dehumanising: it’s recognising the members of the body as the policy making body, and addressing them with the proper term. = democracy (however creaky) in action.

Sad mimicking of vtubers. Don't want to actu say "chat." Don't want to just speak like a competent professional.

“We are Borg”

I'd have to get up and leave if I even heard that.

"Word up, cunts." has never let me down yet.

F in the conference

Maybe because it's so very obviously the opposite of 'Glastonbury'

"Muthafuckas" is the vote winner, I feel

@aiannucci.bsky.social and @tompeck.bsky.social discussed this very point on Strong Message Here just last week. They should have you on that show, you'd be great.

Ah. Sorry. Only saw your reply.

In America they say “Shop Nissan” not “shop at Nissan” or “shop for a Nissan” and it’s crept in over here, like shit through a letterbox.

Hey, that one does have the defence that it’s very handy if you forget the child’s actual name so you can opt for something cutesy instead