The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail.
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@cstross Noise cancelling headphones have their place. Absolutely.
Not everywhere. If you, say, order a coffee from the nice person behind the counter you really should remove them. Basic politeness.
Other than "human interaction needed" or "canceling out traffic noise and blocking the full path by rollerskating left/right/left/right oblivious to everything" I see no problem. Still, I find it a pity if you don't hear the birds, the wind in the leaves in the forest... but that's your problem.@drchaos The only audible birds where I live are the fucking seagulls, demanding your food with menaces. The nearest green space is half a kilometer away across two traffic-bearing roads. (There are crossing places: not the point, though.)
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@drchaos The only audible birds where I live are the fucking seagulls, demanding your food with menaces. The nearest green space is half a kilometer away across two traffic-bearing roads. (There are crossing places: not the point, though.)
@cstross (yeah, totally got that from your post, and I agree, the asthmatic coughing of traffic fume poisoned seagulls is not what I had in mind when I mentioned birds singing).
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
Ahhh, they've dusted off that hackneyed piece to fill space and provoke.
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross given his opinion and view of “managers” shows just of our touch he really is. Any manager tha needs to “drop by” and doesn’t get what the headphones means is not a good manager anyway! Or maybe it is me I’ve not had a local (as in continent and at least 5hrs TZ difference) manager in more than 21 years
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross Also, when I’m walking around outside with AirPods on, they are typically in passthrough mode anyway. I could still hear this guy, even if I really don’t want to.
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Ahhh, they've dusted off that hackneyed piece to fill space and provoke.
@AmazingMeagen It's transparently clickbait, and ridiculously effective—to an extremely annoying degree!
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross writer is the co-founder of the High Pay Centre, the lobbying group (think tank) to shape policy to better suit the Highest Paid people in society.
In other words, he's a parasite. Whose words should be laughed at, not considered much.
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
Weird hill for him to die on, but at least he's dead, I guess.
I'm neurospicy. Earphones have kept me sane over the past 30 years. I ain't giving them up.
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross it's like a r/LinkedInLunatics post got lost and turned into a Guardian article
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross when did the Guardian start printing LinkedIn style management slop.
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@AmazingMeagen It's transparently clickbait, and ridiculously effective—to an extremely annoying degree!
@cstross
Haha, thanks for sacrificing your peace of mind for our sakes.One place where I deeply disapprove of noise cancelling earphones is on a bike. I've seen too many near misses...
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross my thoughts exactly when I saw this. I did think this whole series was an example of 'random person chooses to constrain other people's choices'.
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross @grayabbott The dude (Stephan Stern) completely misses the point. The ear buds are the symptom, not the problem.
Get rid of open-plan offices, allow work from home when possible, and impose strict noise and emissions limits on vehicles - including stereo systems. More public transportation/less traffic. More parks.
*edit to add author name*
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
Sequels include:
"Opinion piece: Why sunscreen robs you of experiencing the sun"
"Dust masks at work? But how will you smell the flowers outside?"
"Toilets are a waste of urine, how else are you supposed to wash your pants?"
"Face it, helmets make you look less cool"
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross I partially agree. Yes, the 90dB noise sucks, but being able to hear what traffic does or tries to warn you about is life saving. Been there. Survived, thanks to someone being more aware of that traffic I was.
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross "I got your music of humanity right here, Pal!" Seriously though, you know in a past life this guy was a moral scold decrying people riding the trolley with their noses buried in the newspaper.
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@cstross it's like a r/LinkedInLunatics post got lost and turned into a Guardian article
He sounds like a riot.
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross Can we also call out that this guy starts with a hypothetical situation where he's shouting at a complete stranger? Like far aside from all the other reasons I stick headphones in, it's so that I don't have to talk to weirdos who seem to think they're entitled to my time for free.
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
Just to add, I am sure I am not the only woman who sometimes wears earphones, neither noise-cancelling nor playing audio.
Purely in order to pretend not to hear what dickheads say to me.
Even though I actually can
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The street I live on is treeless and lined on both sides with 4-story stone buildings, and buses, ambulances, cars, and trucks use it nose-to-tail. Ambient noise can hit 90dB at pavement level: noise-cancelling earbuds are a survival tool.
Not to mention that folks on the spectrum are prone to noise pollution induced meltdowns.
TLDR: this guy is a pompous prescriptive ass who needs to be fucked in one ear with bagpipes and in the other with a road drill.
@cstross yeah I hate these people, what we put in our own ears is our business and as you say, there's often so much noise - why not drown it out if it helps/you want?? They need to get over themselves.
Edit, the only time I'll grant is when you're cycling/otherwise need to pay attention to what's going on. Don't be dangerous about it.
