Posted by:
fallenangela
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Date: November 09, 2011 04:25PM
Does anyone remember the MTV/radio show "Lovelines" with Dr. Drew and Adam Carolla? They could peg a child sex abuse victim in no time based on that little girl voice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Loveline_gamesGeneral Caller Betting - Without talking to a caller for more than 15–20 seconds Dr. Drew and Carolla would put them on hold and place $1 bets on the caller's past. The theory being that they have fielded so many calls by so many people that they could hear the specific problem in the caller's voice and detect what events led to their present. Example:
Caller: I'm just depressed all the time.
Carolla: I can hear the little girl voice, Drew. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Drew: My wife has my wallet. I'm good for the dollar.
Carolla: I'm going with...father, no, a weird Uncle touched her at the age of...9.
Drew: I hear molestation too, but I'm going with kid-on-kid. This was someone she played with. Maybe a year or two younger.
Carolla: Caller?
Caller: My best friend in 3rd grade forced me to touch her repeatedly.
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Their uncanny ability to call that nearly every time has given me a whole different persepctive on that voice. And I find myself torn between the "nails on the chalkboard" feeling and a feeling of deep compassion.
I think the Sweet Sister general conference voice is of a lightly different nature. That is about manipulation.
In a different, but related note, When I was 19 I worked at the Comfort Inn across from then Cougar Stadium. My manager gave me a talking to over my "hard" tone I used when answering the phone explaining that when people think of Utah, they think of softer tones, not the hard tones of Chicago. I was dumbfounded. Apparently I was supposed to be Mommy rather than a professional front desk clerk competent to book a room. *eye roll*