The very premise of that cautious gentle low voice makes me want to go all ultraviolent.

Me too. Someone speaking to me like I'm about to lose my mind is a self-fulfilling proposition; it makes me about to lose my mind.

gummy or "wet" voices give me the heebies, and any kind of fleshy mouth-sound that isn't a clearly articulated word is nigh intolerable.

Oh, yes. Lip-smacky sounds make my skin crawl.

That ASMR stuff is strange. (Humans are strange.) I don't get that response. People whispering to me just annoys me -- and as I recall, it did even before I had some hearing loss, and now, I SAID I CAN'T HEAR YOU, DAMMIT, SPEAK UP.

And yet, that noise that "only" teenagers can hear? I can hear it, for sure.

I wonder if this has something to do with why I dislike listening to audiobooks. The voice of the other person always gets between me and the words. If I'm reading, I can control how fast the words go by.

I'm very good at reading aloud, myself; I just generally don't like listening to other people do it.

Or the almost universally positive response to Patrick Stewart's voice.

There's something about baritone voices. Kate Mulgrew's voice has a sharp nasal edge that I dislike, but I don't hate listening to her.

I guess - also like supertasters - it's making me think about Descarte's Demon. We presume there's a common physical reality that we share, but in reality our bodies process it so differently that it's more like a Venn Diagram overlap of consensed upon reality. With a lot of outliers.

True. We aren't all living in the same world.

Sparky... which Geneva, some are more exciting than others? :-)

SparkyFam in Switzerland! Cheese and chocolate.

Something for Good Things Happened Today: Guy opens up bag of mulch and finds a newborn squirrel, raises it.

True. We aren't all living in the same world.

Me especially, according to the gun lobby: [link]

Me especially, according to the gun lobby

Yeah, it's the gun lobby that seems to having the Not Of This World logic.

We will not be moving to Switzerland, he'll be working at home, I think. He will make several trips to Geneva during the year, so I'll join him for one, at least.

He will make several trips to Geneva during the year, so I'll join him for one, at least.

Eat raclette! That's all I got, but that is what I'd do if I were in Switzerland.

Congrats to DH, Sparky! Though I don't envy your family the logistical nightmare.

We will not be moving to Switzerland, he'll be working at home, I think. He will make several trips to Geneva during the year, so I'll join him for one, at least.

Oh, that sounds kind of best-of-both-worlds!

Sparky, I think you should eat some Swiss chocolate to celebrate! Raclette ... you'll probably have to wait to enjoy it. I had some (in the U.S.) and remember it as yummy but a bit smelly.