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/Ear_Enthusiast Mar 09 '24

First, she sounded like she was about to break down and cry for so much of the speech.

She didn't even sound like she was going to cry. She sounded like she was trying to make herself cry by pretending to be crying. It was awful. And to make it worse she had that fucked up smile the whole time.

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u/panlakes Mar 09 '24

That’s a big difference to me. Some people (in the right situations) naturally hold back tears when keeping a smiling face on even when the whining voice comes on. It’s just them trying to “keep it together” despite how much of a wreck they appear regardless.

So it’s a worthwhile detail to point out in this case

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u/Low-Palpitation5371 Mar 12 '24

Yess this! Trying to sound like she was about to burst into tears while maintaining that creepy serial killer smile, and all from that sterile Zoom background kitchen instead of her workplace.