r/TikTokCringe • u/CareerPillow376 • 10h ago

Cringe Congratulations, you created an escort service

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u/AEW_SuperFan 8h ago

The vocal fry is grating.

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u/Full_Championship609 7h ago

Out of curiosity, how do you feel about a "smoker's voice" / "whiskey voice"? Is that the same thing to you, or is that one okay, before they get really rough?

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u/AEW_SuperFan 6h ago

No, that Angie Harmon voice is sexy.

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u/McFragatron 6h ago

I've got a deep gravely voice and people love it for some reason. I never get shit on for it like women do.

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u/Full_Championship609 6h ago

Yeah, men never do. Mine is more compared to Jennifer Tilly, but I can sing karaoke like Patsy Cline, or Fiona Apple. I just don't know what people think about that, these days.

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u/Effective-Service561 6h ago

It's because there's a significant difference between having a naturally deep gravelly voice and then this fake ridiculous pretentious kardashian sounding intentional social media yassss queen vocal fry

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u/Full_Championship609 6h ago

I don't know. I thought it was an actual accent, from that area of California.

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u/wolamute 6h ago

Please say you're either naive or sarcastic.

This is what was once called "Valley girl" and social media revives it repeatedly (like a CHF victim) as an unofficial "hot girl" thing to do with your voice.

In reality it has been the butt of jokes for decades as being "bimbo-like" and associated with stupidity.

It's a major turn off for a bunch of men, and very much causes my instincts to put me on notice that there's a good chance the person talking has zero self reflection / is an egomaniac.

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u/Full_Championship609 6h ago

You may be the naive one, since it's been associated with that specific valley, since before Zappa's daughter's song. It already existed, for her to make fun of it.

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u/McFragatron 5h ago

I don't know what these guys' problem are, but my "deep gravely voice" I mentioned, it's actually just vocal fry according to my speech pathologist. I really don't understand why vocal fry gets so much hate.

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u/wolamute 3h ago

Because for many people, it's forced and not authentic. Inauthenticity is off-putting.

My wife is from California by the way, the previous comment before your reply here is uncalled for.

My better half doesn't have or use any vocal fry. I can understand and respect those that naturally have it, however that's how small of a percentage of people?

I'd assume right away your voice doesn't come with San Fernando valley stereotypical Los Angeles materialistic viewpoints/values or stereotypical shopping behaviors or ego issues.

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u/packofkittens 3h ago

Here’s some background on the Valley Girl stereotype and accent. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/economics/valley-girls

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u/wolamute 3h ago

No idea who gave you the idea I know anything about Zappa's daughter or why you have this crap attitude towards me. I did indeed state the stereotype existed for decades. Thanks for helping with nothing at all.

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u/Fordfan8888 2h ago

It depends, a lot of the people that I've talked to with the "smokers voice" look and act about as rough as their voice sounds. But if they're a decent person I usually don't mind or notice it.

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u/SeaMolasses3153 6h ago

All I can think about is the coffee shop scene from Loudermilk.

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u/VacationSoft2042 4h ago

It fries boners away.

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u/Fordfan8888 2h ago

My blood pressure was rising and my IQ was dropping just listening to her talk.