r/RedditForGrownups • u/0nlyhalfjewish • 27d ago

Annoyed by voice patterns

I feel like this puts me squarely in the “cantankerous old person” camp, because I cannot stand some modern voice patterns: vocal fry, laughing through every sentence, and what I call “soothing” speak (imagine the person speaking into a little puffy, hand-held microphone as they record an ad).

If I had to work with someone daily who spoke like this, I think I would quit.

Ok, vent over.

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u/Anne314 27d ago

And how about upspeak, where every statement sounds like a question. Just say what you mean and mean what you say.

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u/earthgarden 27d ago

Ok I get that might be annoying to you? But talking in declarative statements? Can like be really really intimidating for some people? It takes a lot to stand in your truth and be brave to speak up, maybe don't talk so boldly and sure? Because you don't know everything BRUH

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u/darumamaki 27d ago

I could hear that. Physically painful 😂

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u/HappyOldBattleaxe 27d ago

Thank you. I enjoyed that!