Twenty years ago, you'd see guys busting rackets in locker rooms. Today they do it in their hotel rooms.
Filmmakers who use narrators pay a price for taking the easy way: narrated films date far more quickly than films without narrators.
At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point.