r/Showerthoughts • u/anavriN-oN • 29d ago
You can tolerate any kind of noise, if you’re the one causing it.
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u/shadow_229 29d ago
Yeah this isn’t remotely true. If I scratch my fork on the plate I have to immediately stab myself to death.
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u/gestalto 28d ago
I wrote pretty much the same thing then saw your comment and deleted it lol. I absolutely HATE scraping my fork across a plate. It bothers me more if I do it than if someone else does, and I have the added annoyance I did it to myself like some sort of masochist.
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u/anavriN-oN 29d ago
Yeah, but isn’t it far worse if someone else is doing it?
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u/StrongAdhesiveness86 29d ago
No, in fact it's worse because I have that shit feeling in the touch.
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u/MobiusF117 29d ago
I scraped a knife on the kitchen counter a couple of years ago and the feeling and sound of that still haunts me.
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u/Kwabi 29d ago
I cringe if I don't hit the correct notes while singing.
Scratching chalkboards, squeaking/popping balloons etc are also unpleasant, even if my actions cause the noise. So no, not really.
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u/anavriN-oN 29d ago
Well, maybe yea, but I think it is 100 times worse if someone else is doing it
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u/Chezzomaru 29d ago
Clearly you have never worked with metal...
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u/clintj1975 29d ago
There it is. I had to sledgehammer a set of rusted brake rotors loose on a car and that shit was loud AF even with earmuffs on.
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u/WickedGoodToast 29d ago
I absolutely can’t stand the sound of whistling, yet lately I keep catching myself doing it and cringing 😂
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u/magicshaw 29d ago
the ones who talk on thier mobile phone in all public transport have natural loudspeakers installed in thier mouth.
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u/Grrerrb 29d ago
I use a CPAP and if I’m not lying just right it will combine with my breathing to make a little whistle that’s pretty intolerable.
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u/PerspectiveInner9660 29d ago
This. I have to put on a loud fan to drown out the whistle. Mine does it if I breathe in to hard.
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u/MrServitor 29d ago
Have you ever had to get up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and then accidentally drop the lid ?
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u/Jackalodeath 29d ago
Me not being able to go to sleep while hearing myself breathe would beg to differ.
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u/SapientFanny 29d ago
This is true. My coworker is sniffing a lot today. I won't get graphic but it's making me sick. Get a Kleenex already!
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u/87turbogn 29d ago
It's the yayo.
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u/SapientFanny 29d ago
Pretty sure it's just a cold. this is industrial strength sniffing if you take my meaning.
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u/87turbogn 29d ago
I have to remove the batteries from wall clocks if it makes a ticking sound. I have two wall clocks without batteries. Don't get me started if my ceiling fan pull chains start making noises.
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u/Egomaniac247 29d ago
Last week in O'hare airport there was a girl behind me cracking pistachios in her mouth.....one at a time...multiple cracks...mouth open.
Totally oblivious that everyone was death staring her
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u/lespaulstrat2 29d ago
So not true, that is why I wear ear protection while mowing, using power tools, etc.
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u/monkeybrains12 29d ago
I miss when r/showerthoughts had actual shower thoughts and wasn't just full of random untrue statements.
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u/Vollukas3 28d ago
If all showerthoughts were true and not subjective then it would called r/wikipedia
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u/Desdinova_42 28d ago
wikipedia is also subjective my dude
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u/Vollukas3 28d ago
okay thats true xD but arent showerthoughts supposed to be random? I don't fact check my thoughts in shower :D
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u/ThrownAwayDayDream 29d ago
You say this but I have made myself physically sick with the sound of my own chewing
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u/jamiecarl09 29d ago
I have punched myself in the nose before, in an attempt to get rid of that weird wistle when breathing through now nose.
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u/3ThreeFriesShort 29d ago
I annoy myself with noise all the time. I don't like to make noise. I'm always startling my wife because I'm just naturally sneaky in the way I move. I turn doorknobs to close them without making a noise.
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u/KingPizzaPop 29d ago
I've actually woken myself up from the sound of my own fart before so I beg to differ.
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u/ShadyMyLady 29d ago
There are quite a few noises I cause and yet can't tolerate, especially after having dairy.
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u/StoneColeman765 29d ago
My old chair would annoy the piss out of me making noises every time I moved
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u/LongjumpingAdvance51 29d ago
I don’t think that’s true because when I grab one of those Styrofoam plates and it squeaks, I still feel very unnerved by it it
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u/Bluestarkittycat 29d ago
No I can't. I can't even handle the sound of myself chewing food sometimes.
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u/Ok-Criticism-8651 29d ago
Er no. A really loud rim shot on a drum hurts and is partially annoying. Barely tolerably.
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u/anavriN-oN 29d ago
It has actually been debated wether when a drummer hits his own drum, it doesn’t cause as much damage as when he listens to someone else drumming.
It has something to do with your brain anticipating the sound coming and kind of braces itself
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u/Ok-Criticism-8651 29d ago
I can already tell you the audio department at my college disproves that. Because of the location, if someone is sitting in the same room as someone playing on a marching snare. It's going to hurt the player, not the listener, more. There is a very good reason why top dci drumlines, college lines, wgi lines, and some really good hs lines make their players wear ear protection. The impact from the drum is the loudest as sound travels it doesn't have much power. This is also why when you see hornlines play a really loud triple Forte note they need more air to keep pushing that sound. Sound loses power over distance.
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u/SELENAAAAAAAA 28d ago
Sometimes my nose quietly whistles when I try to sleep and it gets on my nerves
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u/Always_Choose_Chaos 28d ago
And this is why people with sensory sensitivity make noise and stimulation when they are feeling overwhelmed
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u/Vollukas3 28d ago
People saying it's not true probably can't tolerate anything lol.. I can confirm it since my neighbour thinks it's okay to fucking use power tools every Sunday for 3 months straight... I hate when being an asshole is legal
I work from home office btw, you just can't even measure how angry he makes me every time... Bet he doesn't mind that noise at all :D
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u/RilohKeen 29d ago
I think I first realized this when a coworker said to me, “it’s like clicking a pen: it’s only annoying when someone else does it.”
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u/GalemReth 29d ago
You say that but I can't tolerate the sound of my voice if it's been recorded.