Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Romney's defensive voice
When Romney is at home in vulture territory (i.e. talking about firing people) his voice tone is natural and solid. But when he's more uncomfortable (i.e. answering hard questions) he adopts a forced and unnatural tone that sounds highly familiar to me.
I've finally figured why it's so familiar. It's a tone I used entirely too often in my 20s. When I was working on a construction crew with Real Men, or trying to survive in prison, I sounded just like that. I knew it didn't help, but I felt that my natural nerdish voice would be even worse.
I haven't sounded like that for many years. Now I'm jaded and cynical. If you can't take nerds, I don't give a fuck. ¶ 9:27 AM
I've finally figured why it's so familiar. It's a tone I used entirely too often in my 20s. When I was working on a construction crew with Real Men, or trying to survive in prison, I sounded just like that. I knew it didn't help, but I felt that my natural nerdish voice would be even worse.
I haven't sounded like that for many years. Now I'm jaded and cynical. If you can't take nerds, I don't give a fuck. ¶ 9:27 AM
