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Re:South Korea to ban music over 120bpm in gyms, in response... by thinkingemote on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:57PM (#27814337)
It's behavioural modification, and it actually works. The aim is to encourage people to do certain things. To that end, restricting various things which on their own seem nonsensical, actually becomes justified if it changes behaviour.

It's also "optics" which is mainly psychological.

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Re:South Korea to ban music over 120bpm in gyms, in response... by hntrowaway837 on Monday July 12, 2021 @04:04PM (#27814426)
I happen to believe it's only optics, and frankly am disturbed to find myself in a fully postmodern society where only appearances and posturing matter.
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