Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

Re:Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work? by unsupp0rted on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:03AM (#36137883)

I don’t have any children and don’t want any. I wish people didn’t trap me in metal tubes for 12+ hours with their crying children. My brain hasn’t been reprogrammed to enjoy it- actually the opposite; it’s a non-stop car alarm.

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Re:Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work? by YellOh on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @02:18PM (#36141764)

Maybe buy earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones? The parent probably doesn't want their child to be crying either, but sometimes there's not much to be done.

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Re:Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work? by unsupp0rted on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @02:31PM (#36141993)

I use AirPods Pro. They block about 50% of the noise of a crying child in the area.

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Re:Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work? by YellOh on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @03:16PM (#36142729)

Idk about AirPods in particular, but you could try layering good PNC earmuffs over your ANC earbuds? I doubt you'll get it <10%, but should still help cut a lot of the high-frequency crying.

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Re:Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work? by conradkay on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @08:26PM (#36146276)

Bose QuietComfort 35 with white noise playing on them should block anyone not yelling right at you. Bought mine used after some extensive research, but maybe there's something better nowadays. If you added foam earplugs and music to that you'd be deaf.

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Re:Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work? by stevage on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:33PM (#36191260)

I don't have kids. I'm ok with the crying babies - there's very little anyone can do about it, and they're already doing it. I'm much less ok with poorly behaved kids bouncing around, yelling, etc.

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