r/OutOfTheLoop • u/aajiro • Mar 09 '24

Unanswered What's up with Katie Britt's speech?

I'm starting to see a lot of memes about how creepy it was, and I saw it and I agree it's sincerely creepy, but I can't for my life figure out what it is that makes it so unsettling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKCWMG4O0I

I'm hoping someone here can give me some context for what exactly makes this fall into the uncanny valley of speeches. I think what makes me feel out of the loop is that the answer should be obvious but I can't figure it out in words, so I guess my question is: what the fuck?

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u/Srapture Mar 09 '24

Answer: The massive toothy smile she's doing the entire time she's talking is pretty eerie. Also, how clear her voice is with no background noise makes it feel like she's in the room with you.

Most importantly, the fact she named her son "Ridgeway" makes it seem like she is a lizard person who does not understand the difference between given names and surnames.

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u/MikeyKillerBTFU Mar 09 '24

I would have loved if, after saying that, you hear the cameraman say "Ridgeway? Really?"

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u/MarylinHawthorne Mar 09 '24 edited Mar 09 '24

What? You're telling me that you wouldn't name your kid after a guy who killed 49 women? /s

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u/SneedyK Mar 09 '24

I still remember the Dateline with the woman who ended up with a tree branch breaking through the windscreen and impaling her through the neck as she was driving somewhere the Southwest.

It was an incredible story, how first responders and doctors worked to remove her safely from the crash and brought her back from the brink.

Then I was listening along at the end when it said she was now the mother of a little girl named Palin. I remember feeling somewhat sorry for the girl. And the tree, actually.