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Re:I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a to... by toothbrush on Saturday March 31, 2018 @09:47PM (#16726253)
I literally cannot understand the mentality of people who'd make fun of you for wearing hearing protection at gigs. I go to a lot of gigs (like multiple times a week) and "simply trusting" that the sound engineer won't push the volume up into hearing damage territory is... naive at best.

Please folks, use protection. I like Etymotic earplugs, but to be honest i'm not even sure if they're "heavy enough", but my pain threshold is pretty low i think. In any case since i've been consistently using ear protection i've almost never had the ringing thing after concerts, which makes me rather glad.

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Re:I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a to... by projektir on Sunday April 01, 2018 @01:12AM (#16726832)
It seems to be in the same bucket as people not wearing seat belts and making fun of you if you ask them to wear one in a car with you.

If it's not something everyone does, and if you mention you do it for safety, the reaction is often rather negative. I think people don't like the idea that they might have been doing something very unsafe this whole time.

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Re:I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a to... by tripzilch on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @08:01AM (#16743814)
Well if I'm passenger in a car with someone who won't wear seatbelts then my reaction will become rather negative until they put the damn things on. If we got in a car accident, I may be secure with belts, but I don't want their body parts flopping in my face either.
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