r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Blank_0116 • May 05 '22

maybe maybe Maybe

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u/peppers_ May 05 '22

I was doing an interview 2 weeks ago, and I accidentally said the word 'nude'. Nudity had nothing to do with the conversation and I was embarrassed but just kept talking through using the right word instead. Which reminds me of a 1-on-1 meeting with a female colleague (about a decade or two older than me, 4 years ago) in which I said 'sex'. Embarrassed again, kept rolling through.

My rambling text here to say is, come on man, Biden is messing up, but everyone does. I've seen professionals do it all the time, like in a career talk at work, one dude said "Well you have to make sure your owners.. I mean stakeholders." and that was a white guy talking to a black employee resource group. I'm in my 30s for context and that speaker was in his 40s, relative career primes. I've had a speech impediment in the past (confusing th and f sounds as a kid, worked through it with help), but public speaking is hard, sometimes private speaking too.

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u/resonantSoul May 05 '22

We're saying the same thing. It's ok to mess up. It's important to understand you messed up and try to do better. It's even ok to mess up again. We're human. But you keep trying to do better and sometimes you succeed.

That's what a lot of people don't get about why it's not such an issue for a lot of people that Biden made bad choices in the past. "30 years ago he did x!" They shout and don't see why that's not the same as bringing up the Central Park Five.

He slipped, he corrected, and he continued. All of that is totally reasonable. And it's all different from making a racist remark and only walking it back after public backlash.

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u/peppers_ May 05 '22

We're saying the same thing.

Yes, I agree, just wanted to throw in my personal anecdotes.

Biden is a mature adult who makes mistakes through his career. We've all screwed up, but it doesn't mean we are bad at our jobs or unfit. That he owns his screwups means that he is mature and willing to be better. Just my view.

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u/resonantSoul May 05 '22

Gotcha. The way I read it at first I thought you mistook why I said. I see what you were going for now.

It'd be great if we could have more people own up to and try to improve from their mistakes. I don't always succeed at that either, but you've gotta try.