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Subject: Why are high pitched voices so annoying?
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Posted by: Achronos
Nope. I can't be banned - I wrote the code for the site.

Posted by: Camouflaged
]Have you been banned Achronos?

that is the question that i will set out to prove.

we've all been over this before. someone makes a thread that they can't stand "little 12 year olds" for a bunch of reasons. the more common ones are:
-they never shut up
-i cant stand thier voice
-they are immature

being mature has nothing to do with age, which is proven whenever there is a girl present, it seems those from the range of 15-19+ seem to turn into testosterone ravaging maniacs. so maturity level does not work out. but what about thier voice itself? is thier voice more annoying than someone who has a deep voice?

i believe the answer is yes, and i can prove it.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
-a tone generator. if you dont have one, you can download one for free here.

the experiment:
first we need to find some frequencies of the human voice. to change the frequency, first highlight the number, then go to the "tone" tab, then go down to edit value to enter in a number.
(the average human hearing range is from 20Hz to 20,000Hz)

now where we talk is not quite that far out, but with my ears i found out that i talk at about 120Hz. i am also quite talented (and a little weird, maybe) and i can make a squeak, simmilar to the squeak a rubber duck can make, which after playing around a bit, was somewhere between 3,000 - 5,000 Hz. but after listening to high pitched voices, i think that they fall somewhere between 500 - 1,000 Hz. so go ahead and try these frequencies, preferably with you speakers at a loud volume:
120 Hz
500 Hz
1,000 Hz
3,000 Hz
5,000 Hz

now tell me, which pitches are more unpleasant/annoying to listen to? unless you somehow like the earsplitting high pitched tones, it will prolly be the higher pitched ones that are more unpleasant to listen to.

lets see, what have we come to? little kids talk in higher frequencies and using a tone generator, higher frequencies are more unpleasant. therefore, higher pitched voices are more annoying to listen to.

and here is where the confusion comes in: people who could not tell why they didnt like little kid's voices came up with these bogus maturity level reasons, and have completely clouded the true reason why the higher pitched voices are more annoying.

NOTE: i am not personally attacking little kids, i dont hold anything against them, i am only sharing an unpleasant truth that the little kids will have to live with because they cannot make thier voices any lower

--DISCLAIMER--
i am not responsible for any headaches received from listening to high pitched frequencies

  • 06.24.2007 11:13 AM PDT
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yes sometimes it is annoying to listen to little kids scream on halo 2 but they are just acting their age and they have no power when deciding when their voices will grow deeper.

  • 06.24.2007 12:38 PM PDT
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i just hate having that noise that infects my brain waves and scrambles them with little images of furry bunnies and other stuff. and thats science!
but it is kinda annoying because most kids act really obnoxious online. from my experience at least.

[Edited on 06.24.2007 12:51 PM PDT]

  • 06.24.2007 12:51 PM PDT

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin

The voices are so annoying because 99% of the time they are saying something stupid.

  • 06.24.2007 1:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
Nope. I can't be banned - I wrote the code for the site.

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]Have you been banned Achronos?

Posted by: rc1patfan
The voices are so annoying because 99% of the time they are saying something stupid.

that is maturity. age =/= maturity. in general little kids are less mature than teenagers, but then again, ive had games where i would rather have a little kid on my team than a testosterone ravaging teenager.

i was aiming simply at pitch of voice, not what was actually said.

  • 06.24.2007 9:01 PM PDT
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Meh, i feel your pain, brother...

you have wayy to much free time on ur hands, though

  • 06.24.2007 9:46 PM PDT
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I disable voice now and I play alot better. You'd think it would hurt me in teams but I concentrate better w/out some idiot in my ear.

  • 06.25.2007 3:14 AM PDT
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It's a lot, not alot. L.

  • 06.25.2007 3:34 AM PDT
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i got a simple plan... MUTE THEIR VOICE! i know what you mean dudes (or dudettes) because i had a little prick screaming at me because i took his kill in team snipers this morning. and he just kept going on and on and on and on while everyone is telling him to STFU and stuff like that... i have nothing against them but like i said if they are PYO then just mute their voice...

  • 06.25.2007 3:35 AM PDT
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I hate getting little kids who have ear-piercing yells. I also hate older kids who act like idiots. It makes me wanna reach through the screen and beat the maturity into them.

  • 06.25.2007 4:11 AM PDT
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I just tell the little bas.tards to piss off or i say go ask mommy why you're their favorite little accident,works everytime on shutting em up

  • 06.25.2007 4:54 AM PDT
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it distracts u from your concentration, it gets on your nerves, oh and for some reason the little six year old cursing....WTF?

  • 06.25.2007 7:50 AM PDT
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MC is real i saw his face and i saw him yesterday at my local park! Wwo it was so cool he said hello he is really a girl isnt that so awsome add me on myspace my name is charv91!!!!

Oh and he is really my friend he is soo cool he let me shoot a gun!

  • 06.25.2007 9:06 AM PDT
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yeah... i just hate freaks who call me trash when i lose and then call me a nerd when i win.
And yeah annoying voices are just annoying to some people, so we mute them over xbox live, and in person we just advoid them...

  • 06.25.2007 9:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
Nope. I can't be banned - I wrote the code for the site.

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]Have you been banned Achronos?

Posted by: Mushroom
i got a simple plan... MUTE THEIR VOICE! i know what you mean dudes (or dudettes) because i had a little prick screaming at me because i took his kill in team snipers this morning. and he just kept going on and on and on and on while everyone is telling him to STFU and stuff like that... i have nothing against them but like i said if they are PYO then just mute their voice...

i wasnt talking about solutions, i was giving a scientific reason as to why higher pitched voices are annoying.

yes when people talk trash they are annoying, but does anyone agree or disagree with my original post that higher pitched voices are more annoying? that was the point of this thread, not how immature people can be.

  • 06.25.2007 9:46 PM PDT
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While I would agree that you apparently have a lot of free time you can rest well with the knowledge that you are making a fairly accurate assumption. Higher frequency noises are more annoying.

I think that's why a baby crying gets your attention. For non-parents it's akin to scraping fingernails across a chalk-board. For parents (like me) it makes us notice it faster over the other noises. Wouldn't do to not hear your child needing help. I thank God every day that my kids are older. When my wife says something like, "Don't you wish we could have another baby?", I respond generally with, "Are you ***kin' crazy, why do you think I got clipped?". Not that I don't think that babes are good I just can't tolerate the screeching wail.

Same thing with Timmies online. I would really like to reach out through the net and tear their voice boxes out, that way there would only be gargling. Since I can't do that, I try and just ignore them.

  • 06.26.2007 1:08 AM PDT

Posted by: yEARzERO
I disable voice now and I play alot better. You'd think it would hurt me in teams but I concentrate better w/out some idiot in my ear.


I've only been on XBox Live for a couple of days, but getting cursed at by anyone regardless of age is annoying.

How do I mute folks and/or disable voices?

Thanks in advance.

  • 06.26.2007 7:58 AM PDT

Posted by: Duardo
I'd love to be a 10 year old and tell my mom I'm going on an adventure out into the world catching Pokemon, with her full support. Never mind the fact that there are rapists, criminals, and murders out there, or the fact that I may get killed by a Pokemon.

Luckily I have Pikachu.

Posted by: Mushroom
i got a simple plan... MUTE THEIR VOICE!


Sadly, most Halo players are just to idiotic and never mute someones voice, they just constantly yell at the guy and make things worse.



[Edited on 06.26.2007 8:03 AM PDT]

  • 06.26.2007 8:02 AM PDT