• laz@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      10 months ago

      I actually have data on this because I analyzed the earnings calls for a project recently. I grabbed the 2018 files directly from Tesla’s site to baseline his voice against the YouTube streams from this year.

      The shift is massive:

      2018/2021: He was holding steady with ~2.5% Jitter (vocal instability) and a normal pitch around 125 Hz.

      2025 Q3: His Jitter hit 7.1% and his pitch dropped to 96 Hz.

      Basically, his vocal motor control has degraded by almost 300% compared to the baseline. That isn’t burnout. The audio profile matches someone who is chemically sedated. It’s 100% the K.

      • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        I hope I never become famous enough that people start hyper analyzing the pitch of my voice and comparing it to the pitch recorded from somewhere else 7 years ago and using that to make judgements about my drug use.

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          10 months ago

          It is not because of the fame, it’s because of the insanity racism and fascism.
          The reason that it was even worth mentioning is probably the fact that the results were pretty remarkable in that context.