Report Finds The More High Pitch ‘No Worries’ Is Said Correlates With How Insincere It Is

TRACEY BENDINGER | Society | Contact

‘No worries’, it’s a phrase that can be heard echoed across this apparently carefree nation, but keen observers have long suspected that Australians experience many more worries than they let on.

Today a report out of the Australian Mental Research Centre confirms it. According to the report, not only do people experience a lot of worries, but the pitch but the pitch of “no worries” directly correlates with how insincere it is.

“It makes so much sense,” the lead researcher said to The Advocate. “There would be no animosity in the world if people experienced as few worries as they let on.”

To reach the finding, participants were asked to endure increasingly annoying scenarios. One was told to stay back an hour later than everyone else. Another arrived at morning tea to discover only Orange Slice biscuits were left because the good ones were already eaten.

“I can’t believe what people put up with. No matter what we asked them to do we’d hear “yep, no worries.”

“After the first couple of times we noticed a distinct hitch in their pitch, that’s when we knew we were on to something.”

Researchers say further studies are underway to determine whether the phrase “all good” carries similar levels of suppressed rage, or if it’s simply a sign someone has given up completely.

More to come.