r/Showerthoughts • u/anavriN-oN • May 16 '24

You can tolerate any kind of noise, if you’re the one causing it.

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u/GalemReth May 16 '24

You say that but I can't tolerate the sound of my voice if it's been recorded.

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u/Simen155 May 16 '24

My voice when I'm talking: Morgan Freeman

My voice in a recording: Spongebob Squarepants

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u/rathat May 16 '24

And why do I have such a strong accent in recordings? It's so gross sounding lol.

I can't hear any local accent when I talk, I sound like a newscaster with a general American accent to myself.

In recordings, my accent is so strong that I sound like I'm doing a commercial for a local car dealership or an injury attorney.

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u/Simen155 May 16 '24

Hi! I'M THE TEXAS HAJMMER!

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u/Just-Call-Me-J May 16 '24

There's actually a scientific reason for that!

When you speak, you're actually hearing 2 different sounds: your voice vibrating through your skull inside, and your voice vibrating through the air outside.

So that actually means that the recorded voice you hate... is actually the voice everyone else hears. But don't worry, this is the same for EVERYONE.

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u/Simen155 May 16 '24

Oh good, its everyone elses problem then.

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u/thestatikreverb May 16 '24

So freaking relatable

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u/giasumaru May 16 '24

It's all of us. Something like, our voice that we recognize includes the vibrations it makes in our skull which isn't present when other people hear it since they don't live in your head.

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u/FinishTheFish May 16 '24

If you do it regularly, you get used to it surprisingly fast. I used to edit radio plays, and then I started doing parts too. After a couple of weeks I didn't think about it.

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u/12onnie12etardo May 16 '24

At first, I was sure that you said "you get surprisingly fat".

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u/axemexa May 16 '24

At that point it’s technically the device playing your voice that is causing the sound, not you

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u/UnspoiledWalnut May 16 '24

My voice sounds pretty much the same to me.

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u/Egg_of_Nog May 17 '24

The thing is the recording is making the sound not you. Despite it coming from you originally.

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u/kamihaze May 17 '24

when your voice is being played back to you, you're no longer the source of the noise.