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What quality do you associate 'stupid' within someone? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mine is the volume of their voice. If all that they can do is just talk too loudly with no reason for it and don't control the volume of their voice. That to me is a sign that you're a stupid fuck. Because people think the louder they are, the more righteous and attention seeking they are. Than it is to just listen, digest and respond accordingly to anyone talking around you.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

for no reason

Just for the sake of argument, one good reason is actually something I dealt with for a while there: after having worked in a factory where hearing protection was absolutely mandatory for close to a year, for like two years after leaving that job I found myself shouting, even indoors, without even realizing it. It had just become second-nature.

My point is even if there doesn't seem to be a reason, there might be.

Edit: Just to be clear, it was a job where hearing protection was mandatory, and I was there for close to a year; it wasn't only mandatory for close to a year. Lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Blue collar dudes yell into cellphones. Doesn't matter how smart. They just do. It used to drive me nuts but I get it now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Profession can absolutely affect volume. Even without any hearing damage, any job that regularly requires that you project can become a habit.

I'm a chemistry professor at a community college, fairly well educated, and I flatter myself to say reasonably intelligent, but I still slip into what my wife calls my "teaching voice" in some social settings or even occasionally at home.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Excellent example.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My mom had a hearing issue so I spent my young life being asked to speak up. Now I'm too loud, except for when i try to adjust it and then I'm to quiet. 🤷

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well SHIT.

I think you may just be fucked, friend. :(

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah.. Oh well. Loud and stupid aren't the worst things I've been called.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

hug

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Loud and stupid are affectionate descriptors from my friends. I also struggle with volume after being too quiet for my early years and overcompensating in the later ones.