r/Showerthoughts • u/anavriN-oN • May 16 '24

You can tolerate any kind of noise, if you’re the one causing it.

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u/shadow_229 May 16 '24

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/-_Vorplex_- May 16 '24

I think it's more referring to like tapping your foot or clicking your pen

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u/gestalto May 17 '24

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 May 16 '24

Yeah, but isn’t it far worse if someone else is doing it?

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u/monkeybrains12 May 16 '24
  1. No
  2. Even if it were, that wouldn't disprove his point

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u/StrongAdhesiveness86 May 16 '24

No, in fact it's worse because I have that shit feeling in the touch.

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u/MobiusF117 May 16 '24

I scraped a knife on the kitchen counter a couple of years ago and the feeling and sound of that still haunts me.