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Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021) by grapeskin on Sunday April 10, 2022 @10:48PM (#30984024)
The absolute best thing about leaving the US several years ago is the silence.

I can go to bed every night knowing some random guy won't decide 3 AM on a Wednesday morning is the best day to crank up the bass to max and start a party. I can sleep knowing some old guy isn't going to compensate for his masculinity by revving up his modded motorcycle at 4:30 AM everyday. I can sleep knowing people aren't going to start screaming and fighting in the middle of the street at 11:30 PM and again at 7 AM, even in a nice neighborhood. I can relax and not have to hear someone blasting the action movies and advertisements from their TV from 6 AM to 10 PM every single day. I can take a bus and not be surrounded by people shouting at someone on speakerphone, and needing to repeat their every statement several times because 5 other people are doing the same thing.

And yeah. People who blast music while outside, especially in natural parks, are assholes without exception. I like that I can hike here and it's absolute silence, every single time.

Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021) by hinkley on Monday April 11, 2022 @12:48PM (#30991460)
During my flirtation with buddhism it came up quite often how inured some people are to constant noise. Everyone had stories of people who simply could not cope with a silent retreat.

Some people who are constantly 'on' are avoiding sitting with their own thoughts, in some cases due to treatable psychological conditions. The noise or the activity keeps them from being alone with themselves and sitting in a silent space, all of their intrusive thoughts hit like a ton of bricks and they can't even.

I wonder how much of the noise around us is invited rather than simply tolerated or excused.

Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021) by el_benhameen on Sunday April 10, 2022 @11:06PM (#30984137)
Sounds blissful. Where did you move, if you don’t mind me asking?
Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021) by adamrezich on Monday April 11, 2022 @02:27PM (#30992707)
there's lots of places in the US where this doesn't happen. majority of the country, in fact
Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021) by spacexsucks on Monday April 11, 2022 @02:14PM (#30992581)
Yes. Shut your music speaker off in the park and on the trail or wear headphones. That should be banned
Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021) by bogomipz on Monday April 11, 2022 @12:12PM (#30990855)
Can you say where you relocated to that provides this?