Some salesmen use the “Big Ha-Ha” technique to announce they are here, they are with it, and you are included in their joyful and productive reason-for-being.
Some members in the country-club-set use “Forced Hilarity” to establish that they are indeed the in-crowd, sharing the in-secrets and the everlasting good will of the group.
Some sycophantic social climbers use “Loudly Assumed Status” as a tool to bring instant acceptance into privately held domains.
These high-decibel shouters haven’t heard that silence is golden, or that less is more. Instead, they practice that noise is better. Their overbearing shrillness marks insecurity and insincerity, not the confidence and stature they covet. To them, silence is a vacuum to be abhorred.
The salesman bursts into a room with a hearty guffaw, a demand that all within his hearing should bow to his superiority and emulate his mirth. “Hey, did you hear this one?” Then, “How many did you conquer (wink and smirk) yesterday?” This verbal slap on the back says, “I’m in charge here and I am a funny, down-to-earth guy, let’s all hear it---ha ha ha!”
The Country Club regulars assemble again---liquidity fortified---by restating last week’s banal nothings---
“I saw the Galbraiths at Aspen!” (Chuckles)
“My shrink says I should eat more lettuce.” (Laughs)
“I think they should turn up the speakers.” (Knee slapper)
The upward mobile wannabe interrupts by announcing, “It was nice to see everybody at the Van Gogh Exhibit!” After the nods, she continues, “Oh Marge, I loved your remarks at the ball--- priceless! And how can I help at the next bazaar?”
Why do some people need to talk loud and laugh louder? Is it because their arguments are weak and their egos weaker?
Why do some people shout into their cell phones? Are the phones their tickets into the breathlessly waiting world?
If “A soft answer turneth away wrath,” can a softer voice silence the false prophets?
Turn the radio volume down for the car commercials; turn away the ha ha’s.
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