Too Slow
The host talks sooooo slowly. Her delivery is incredibly stiff, too. Sounds like she’s not used to reading aloud, or unsure of her ability to read aloud, or self-conscious about thinking about her stiff & slow delivery. Tried it at 1 & 1/4 speed but then the other ppl are too fast. Can’t be bothered to slog thru this. There’s also a quality of gloating schadenfreude that comes off as kind of distasteful. Sort of like listening to petty gossip.
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