Bobcat.Branch
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I totally understand where you are coming from! Easy to tell by the things you talk about here that you're a smart man. It's just a sad state of affairs where the so-called normal people thinking that an accent makes somebody dumb or retarded, when really it's their narrow minds that's actually dumb and/or retarded.Dude i enrolled myself in a speech therapy course in a vocational school building. After that i had no trouble getting just about any job i was qualified for. Never would have ended up at the Natl Weather service/NOAA in KC if i hadnt. (the reason i left the warehouse facilities)
people dont even realize how deeply they discriminate against a thick southern accent. Its a subconscious thing rooted in media entertainment.
that Tn accent video i posted nailed it "How many yall think i sound like larry the cable guy?" lmfao. My accent was almost identical to his growing up, but i also had that thing where i couldnt make the ER sound for the longest time. Read my posts in Larry the cable guys voice + a lisp and the inability top make the R sounds, and that was pretty much me right out the back of highschool. I was walking cognitive dissonance for most people lmao. The definition of "Dumb guy voice". people would be genuinely surprised if anything thoughtful or deep at all came from my mouth. It would totally disarm people.
im also on the autism spectrum, and didnt figure out vocal communication til i was 6 years old, and was already being thrown in learning disabled classes in school and essentially labeled "retarded". I actually graduated high school with honors at 17 though, and by now have developed a seriously well rounded hands on skillset, as well as become quite a skilled musician.
my skill sets today actually spin circles around the very same kids i grew up with that once considered me literally retarded, some of them are actually my friends now.
But, then again, I'm also a "go fuck yourself" kind of person and don't give a shit with people think about me.
You and several others here on the farm are my kind of people! That's why I love this place so much.