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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.
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.
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.
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.
I know some of that is due to training, but how much of that is due to selection effects? Back then recording was expensive. I could see journalists only recording people who came off as particularly well-spoken.
I just do this to sound cool and laidback.
I wonder the degree to which smoking contributes to vocal crispness. Very few millennials smoke, especially compared to men fifty+ years ago.
Even in tinny vinyl, the words are sharp and distinct:https://youtu.be/ccjSC_19dP8
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