The really frightening part is when you compare the American armwrestlers to their primary competition, who are all from Eastern Bloc countries. 10 of the top 15 arm wrestlers come from this group and their average age is just 29.https://www.xsportnews.com/armwrestling/world-armwrestling-rankings-experts/ …
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One of the ways people born after the onset of the autism epidemic resemble autistics is in the dulled emotional tone of their voices: they have a hard time sounding genuinely threatening when they need to be or charming or…any emotion really.
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There are generational changes that everyone notices but never really talks about. When you listen to tape recordings of even average Joes from the 50’s or 60’s it’s remarkable how crisp and clear their diction is, whereas millennials slur together syllables like drunks.
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When people notice this they tend to say things like “we need to start emphasizing enunciation just like the old schools did”, but again I think this is actually a cohort effect and you can tell by looking at elite talkers: sports broadcasters, talk show hosts, etc.
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It used to be that just about every famous broadcaster had this rapidfire auctioneer’s patter: Chick Hearn, Vin Scully, Bob Uecker, Hot Rod Hundley or the best known example Johnny Carson. They could speak at incredible speed while never sacrificing emotional inflection.
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You have alarming breezed past the fact that the mere existence of an "Autsim epidemic" is highly debatable. You may have sources showing that it's real, but I promise I have as many (likely more) sources reasoning that it isn't. This alone puts your entire theory on thin ice
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