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myLot reputation of 95/100. jwfarrimond (2404)   ranked 782 out of 38,421 in life3 years ago

It seems to me that everywhere you go these days there is always some kid (it's always a young person) with a personal stereo/mp3 player/phone who is polluting the environment with noise. It irritates to heck out of me! How about you? Does this sort of noise pollution annoy you? or am I just being an intolerant and grumpy old man?

 
 
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tags:  noise, noise pollution, mp3 player, personal stereo, music
 
1. karraine (19)   ranked 20,674 out of 38,421 in life   3 years ago

Travelling to work on the train, for me, is my quiet time. I try to read, I try to chill out before getting to work. Then someone with an mp3 player sits next to me. Don't they realise that the person sitting next to them (and usually a five metre radius) can actually hear the duf duf as well? I sometimes feel like gently nudging them and asking, "Is my reading disturbing you?"...but I never do. They probably wouldn't understand what I meant anyhow.


myLot reputation of 95/100. jwfarrimond (2404)   ranked 782 out of 38,421 in life  3 years ago

I feel like snipping through there wires with scissors. Or maybe someone can invent some sort of gadget that'll impose a penetrating screech on to the offending device.

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2. myLot reputation of 99/100. ElusiveButterfly (9458)   ranked 18 out of 38,421 in life   3 years ago

If someone wants to listen to their music in public places they should adorn headphones. Not all music is joyful to all listeners.


myLot reputation of 95/100. jwfarrimond (2404)   ranked 782 out of 38,421 in life  3 years ago

The main thing that irritates me is the tinny thumpy noise that earphones emit and which seems to penetrate everywhere. The person using the earphones either does not know, or more likely does not care just how much noise is actually leaking from his/her toy.


uninvitedwriter (51)   ranked 24,454 out of 38,421 in life  3 years ago

Oh well, he or she will care when they lose a lot or all of their hearing one day.

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