IJBM: Affected Nerd Public Speaking Voice

Odradek · 2016-01-24 22:54:01

People on youtube probably do it to make themselves sound more professional, but it just sounds whiny, and like they're doing bad acting instead of delivering a video essay

See here:

Odradek · 2016-01-24 22:54:14

Also a lot of it in this video

Odradek · 2016-01-24 22:54:25

Linkara does it too.

Imipolex G · 2016-01-24 23:01:05

Mario is a commie? Man, we were discussing that like 15 years ago.

old news

Tachyon · 2016-01-24 23:28:14

idk if it's specifically a nerd thing; i feel that Game Theory sound smug, more than anything

it's part of why i think it's a troll series, honestly

Princess Alice · 2016-01-24 23:34:06

Linkara's problem is that he has a strong Minnesotan accent, but for some reason he tries really hard to hide it when he doesn't need to.

Tre · 2016-01-24 23:51:15

Odradek · 2016-01-24 23:57:56

Tre said:
the video in the OP is reaching so much it hurts to listen to

Gametheory.txt

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-25 00:03:54

The video in the OP isn't "affected nerd public speaking voice"; it's just Game Theory sucking, like it usually does.

Odradek · 2016-01-25 00:11:27

glennmagusharvey said:
The video in the OP isn't "affected nerd public speaking voice"; it's just Game Theory sucking, like it usually does.

Ignore what he's saying. Concentrate on how he's saying it.

Watch the second video to compare.

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-25 00:21:46

Baldanders said:

glennmagusharvey said:
The video in the OP isn't "affected nerd public speaking voice"; it's just Game Theory sucking, like it usually does.
Ignore what he's saying. Concentrate on how he's saying it.

Watch the second video to compare.

I know how he says stuff. In an overly exaggerated attempting-to-be-cool tone. It's obnoxious.

If you're talk about his actual normal voice timbre, I hear nothing much wrong with it.

Odradek · 2016-01-25 00:23:11

glennmagusharvey said:

Baldanders said:

glennmagusharvey said:
The video in the OP isn't "affected nerd public speaking voice"; it's just Game Theory sucking, like it usually does.
Ignore what he's saying. Concentrate on how he's saying it.

Watch the second video to compare.
I know how he says stuff. In an overly exaggerated attempting-to-be-cool tone. It's obnoxious.

If you're talk about his actual normal voice timbre, I hear nothing much wrong with it.

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-25 00:25:58

FYI most people, nerds included, do not speak like that on a normal basis.

Odradek · 2016-01-25 00:29:55

OH MY GOD GMH

Obā-san · 2016-01-25 00:30:02

glennmagusharvey said:
FYI most people, nerds included, do not speak like that on a normal basis.

nobody was implying this???

Tachyon · 2016-01-25 00:30:48

affected

it's right there in the title of the thread

Imipolex G · 2016-01-25 00:32:56

AFFECTEDDDDDDDD

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-25 00:47:13

Baldanders said:
OH MY GOD GMH

Today is Tomorrow said:

glennmagusharvey said:
FYI most people, nerds included, do not speak like that on a normal basis.
nobody was implying this???

The thread title says "Affected Nerd Public Speaking Voice".

Why don't you tell me how I'm supposed to parse this.

Tachyon · 2016-01-25 00:48:09

Yes, it does

so why are you responding as though it doesn't?

Obā-san · 2016-01-25 00:48:14

"Affected" would be implying that they dont normally speak like that

Imipolex G · 2016-01-25 00:48:57

Maybe it means that they're affecting a nerd public speaking voice, implying that that's the way nerds speak publicly

Tachyon · 2016-01-25 00:50:06

oh you edited it

a voice affected (that is, put on, so it's not their everyday voice) for the purpose of public speaking (that is, speaking to a large crowd) by a nerd (self-explanatory)

lee4hmz · 2016-01-25 00:50:19

That's a good question. Why do a lot of YouTubers talk like they're second or third string reporters from a downmarket Upper MIdwestern station, anyhow?

Klinotaxis · 2016-01-25 00:52:06

a public speaking voice affected by nerds

Imipolex G · 2016-01-25 00:53:22

a speaking voice affected by the nerd public.

Klinotaxis · 2016-01-25 00:54:56

a nerd affected by the speaking voice of publics treated as conglomerate units

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-25 00:58:39

Tachyon said:
oh you edited it

a voice affected (that is, put on, so it's not their everyday voice) for the purpose of public speaking (that is, speaking to a large crowd) by a nerd (self-explanatory)

Yeah, and no matter which way you parse it, it's still stereotyping nerds one way or another.

lee4hmz · 2016-01-25 00:58:39

(I've hearsd that affect on other small-market stations too; Salisbury and Dover news are pretty much a Bal'mer-accent version.)

Tachyon · 2016-01-25 01:00:29

glennmagusharvey said:

Tachyon said:
oh you edited it

a voice affected (that is, put on, so it's not their everyday voice) for the purpose of public speaking (that is, speaking to a large crowd) by a nerd (self-explanatory)
Yeah, and no matter which way you parse it, it's still stereotyping nerds one way or another.

i guess?

that seems beside the point, it's still nothing to do with 'his normal voice timbre' or how he speaks 'on a normal basis'

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-25 01:00:37

glennmagusharvey said:

Tachyon said:
oh you edited it

a voice affected (that is, put on, so it's not their everyday voice) for the purpose of public speaking (that is, speaking to a large crowd) by a nerd (self-explanatory)
Yeah, and no matter which way you parse it, it's still stereotyping nerds one way or another.

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glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-25 01:01:58

Jane said:

glennmagusharvey said:

Tachyon said:
oh you edited it

a voice affected (that is, put on, so it's not their everyday voice) for the purpose of public speaking (that is, speaking to a large crowd) by a nerd (self-explanatory)
Yeah, and no matter which way you parse it, it's still stereotyping nerds one way or another.
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y'know honestly i'm not sure what naney's and mydradek's objections to my comments are

Tachyon · 2016-01-25 01:02:28

You don't appear to be responding to the thread.

Or like you are but your response makes no sense and is kind of accusatory, which is a bit exasperating.

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-25 01:03:17

glennmagusharvey said:

Jane said:

glennmagusharvey said:

Tachyon said:
oh you edited it

a voice affected (that is, put on, so it's not their everyday voice) for the purpose of public speaking (that is, speaking to a large crowd) by a nerd (self-explanatory)
Yeah, and no matter which way you parse it, it's still stereotyping nerds one way or another.
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y'know honestly i'm not sure what naney's and mydradek's objections to my comments are

I actually do not have any idea what you're talking about at all.

Obā-san · 2016-01-25 01:03:46

I am also

decidedly confused

Tachyon · 2016-01-25 01:05:52

. . . how did this happen?

this seemed like such a straightforward topic

Odradek · 2016-01-25 01:12:02

The Affected Nerd Public Speaking Voice is:

A fake tone and way of speaking distinct from one's normal tone and way of speaking(affected)

Generally done by nerds, though of course, not by ALL nerds who do semi-public speaking things(Nerd)

Publically spoken(public speaking)

Vocalized(voice)

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-25 01:19:59

I was saying that this is the Game Theory person's way of speaking, and it is certainly affected, but it is nothing like how most people speak, whether in casual contexts or formal public speaking, and whether they are or aren't nerds, so it's neither an affected {nerd {{public speaking} voice}}} (i.e. an affected version of a nerd's attempt at doing public speaking), nor an affected {nerd public speaking} voice (i.e. an attempt to produce the voice a nerd would make while doing public speaking), nor an affected nerd {public speaking} voice (i.e. the specially affected voice that a nerd would make while trying to do public speaking), nor some other combination. No matter which way one reads it, it's not that, so it doesn't seem right to characterize this tone of voice as something that nerds would do, regardless of whether it's purposeful or not, or whether it's an imitation or not (and if it is, whether it's a purposefully cheap imitation or not).

Odradek · 2016-01-25 01:23:09

glennmagusharvey said:
I was saying that this is the Game Theory person's way of speaking, and it is certainly affected, but it is nothing like how most people speak, whether in casual contexts or formal public speaking, and whether they are or aren't nerds, so it's neither an affected {nerd {{public speaking} voice}}} (i.e. an affected version of a nerd's attempt at doing public speaking), nor an affected {nerd public speaking} voice (i.e. an attempt to produce the voice a nerd would make while doing public speaking), nor an affected nerd {public speaking} voice (i.e. the specially affected voice that a nerd would make while trying to do public speaking), nor some other combination. No matter which way one reads it, it's not that, so it doesn't seem right to characterize this tone of voice as something that nerds would do, regardless of whether it's purposeful or not, or whether it's an imitation or not (and if it is, whether it's a purposefully cheap imitation or not).

OH MY GOD WHO ARE YOU

WHAT IS HAPPENING

IS THIS REALITY

DAVID AFTER DENTIST

Tachyon · 2016-01-25 01:23:55

glennmagusharvey said:
nor an affected nerd {public speaking} voice (i.e. the specially affected voice that a nerd would make while trying to do public speaking)

this is EXACTLY what it is, and surely the videos in the OP made that obvious?

(i have no idea why i'm still talking about this)

Odradek · 2016-01-25 01:33:45

There is no point.

GMH refuses to get it.

Imipolex G · 2016-01-25 01:34:53

but what about those affected jock public speaking voices

Tachyon · 2016-01-25 01:35:48

snowclone barrage incoming

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-25 02:15:48

Baldanders said:
There is no point.

GMH refuses to get it.

I still don't get it because I honestly, genuinely, don't understand what you (or @Tachyon for that matter) are trying to say.

Obā-san · 2016-01-25 02:16:45

WHAT HE IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THERE IS A DELIBERATE VOICE THAT SOME YOUTUBE PEOPLE USE, AS EXHIBITED IN THE LINKED VIDEOS, AND THAT VOICE ANNOYS HIM

Klinotaxis · 2016-01-25 02:19:09

And he said so pretty clearly. What an odd thread to read. At least the song is nice.

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-25 02:27:19

i vote we replace every post in this thread with an embed of "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy and Rikrok

Odradek · 2016-01-25 02:30:54

I don't know why we can't just discuss this

Obā-san · 2016-01-25 02:34:26

because you did not include an exactingly precise logic tree in your original post apparently

Imipolex G · 2016-01-25 02:36:44

it's always the same

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-25 03:03:38

Today is Tomorrow said:
WHAT HE IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THERE IS A DELIBERATE VOICE THAT SOME YOUTUBE PEOPLE USE, AS EXHIBITED IN THE LINKED VIDEOS, AND THAT VOICE ANNOYS HIM

Ah.

I still don't get why he got angry at my responses, since they don't argue against that point anyway. Heck, I was agreeing.

edit: ...oh whatever, never mind.

Tre · 2016-01-25 03:30:38

Jane said:
i vote we replace every post in this thread with an embed of "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy and Rikrok

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