Comment on Anon wants to be a singer

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• kamiheku@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I absolutely did do that as a kid too, lol. Anybody know what the story behind the cartoon trope is?

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A pretty dull one really:

    Some singers use throat sprays to reduce irritation

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    • Gutek8134@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure your throat shouldn’t get irritated from that

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      • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I think it’s more for the kind of people that do a couple of musical shows a day

        I’ve lost my voice from singing as part of the crowd at a music gig before, I can totally imagine that being a problem that professional singers need to mitigate

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Try doing it hours on end and with some actual force behind it.

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      • M137@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Why say this when you clearly don’t know instead of looking it up? This exact thing is, just stating something that’s purely ignorance, is way too common. How did you not realise you’re ignorant about this? And then you decide that you should comment and not only show everyone you’re ignorant about it but also that you’re an idiot for not realising that. It’s just so fucking dumb.

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  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not really a “trope” since singers used to, and probably some still use it. The sprays usually contain menthol, eucalyptus, and glycerin, to moisturize and soothe their throats.

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  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Afaik, atomizers with breath spray used to be pretty common. I used to take care of old folks, some of whom went through the great depression as adults. A lot of them had those.

    Disposable ones have been a thing since at least the 50s, if my memory isn’t failing. Binaca used to have commercials back before cable was ubiquitous, and a lot of people carried some to freshen up breath.

    So, somewhere along the way, the specific trope of a guy spraying once or twice before hitting on a woman crept into social awareness. I never dug too deep looking into it, but it allegedly apparently was a thing.

    The culture of lots of coffee at work followed by a drink or three after at a bar wasn’t exactly great for oral hygiene overall, and definitely makes breath funky.

    The singer part of the trope, where you see them spritz before hitting the stage is supposedly a different thing. That was from stage actors, but that’s as far as I’ve ever looked, that it was a thing. No idea what they used, what the reasoning was. Never piqued my curiosity enough to look deeper.

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• festnt@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  aw man… have we all been fake and gay all along?

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Maybe the real fakes and gays were the friends we made along the way.

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  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well, of course! And isn’t that the way it should be?

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• BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I used my dad’s razor to try shaving my mustache. I was 4, I still remember the blood everywhere after I cut my lip.

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  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For me, it was the cheek lol. I think I was 5 or 6, but yeah, I think that’s something a loooooot of kids do

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    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This is why I’m not shaving now, this was no risk that my kids see me with a razor and want to do the same.

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