indeed
On bad days it can be really overwhelming,
listening to and making music helps me to ignore it but after intense sessions of music i sometimes made it worse
Yes a true partner in crime
Sound and feeling of rolling cotton balls with your fingers . Yeeeeeeeesh
Definitely agree with the Tik Tok robot voice annoying af
Another one: ticking clocks! (Out of sync)
Itâs all about context.
â⌠my thinking was that I didnât like the radio and that I would be able to like it if I used it in my workâ - John Cage
Harley Davidson motorbikes.
The sound of people eating.
Coldplay.
Plastic food packaging.
People with high pitched/nasal/squeaky/voices.
Leaf blowers (seriously, using a fucking broom/rake moron)
Television.
Radio.
Mp3 distortion.
People.
The noise posh hipster birds make when they realise me being a tramp isnât some ironic fashion choice.
Full stop.
Neighbourâs fucking barking dog at 6.30 am
I get that. When we have a cicada year (we have â17 yearâ cicadas) it can been absolutely maddening and it doesnât stop for weeks. Itâs almost unreal how loud they can get if there are a lot of them.
Tip:
Theres a product called Calmer. Little earplug wotists, supposed to reduce high frequency distortion. Ive tried them and they actually work.
Its subtle as hell, but it helps. Especially with cicadas, and shopping trips.
The Leicester(shire) accent.
Sounds like motherfuckers are about to throw up at the end of every sentence.
That Trap based autotuned drill rap crap that fucked up people listen to nowadays on their really bad sound systems.
Moving things around in the freezer.
Underused acid bassline resonance and just about any noise involving intake, compression, explosion and exhaust, especially recreational ones.
Dogs with owners who donât manage them.
Certain birds at certain times.
Like my wife before 10am?
To be fair, she can be a bit shrill before sheâs had her second coffee.
This is why I never teach a class starting before 10am. No one should have to talk to me before that hour. Iâm an under-caffeinated bear.
You covered everything pretty accurately for me.
Just seeing a dumbass with a leafblower causes an involuntary will to commit murder. Using the leafblower as a bludgeon of course.
People practicing (not playing) the piano.
Disney songs.
Cockroaches crawling on the floor when youâre trying to sleep.
The ice machine at the snowcone stand.
One Direction.
Shawn Mendes.
Those tiny little demonic multicolored âhandbells.â Theyâre like a spear straight through your ears.
Silverware scraping hard against plates. I wince every time
People clearing phlegm/mucus from their nose and throat.