I’m so old I remember when you’d get thrown out of restaurant if you used a cellphone
Abso-friggin-lutely. Shoot them twice to be sure.
It’s such an annoying, disrespectful thing to do in public. If you do it, you’re either a giant asshat or too dumb to keep around.
I like to loudly say to my children: “Isn’t it sad that some people can’t afford headphones”
Aight, someone explain their point of view please. What level of volume severity have you commenters experienced? Someone listening to something has never bothered me, but it also has never been loud enough I can’t have a conversation with someone. Most restaurants play music louder than I hear from a stranger’s speakers. I don’t get what is rude about it. Even the Everett True comic below, several of you are that on edge about a person whistling or humming to themself?
I was on a 7-hr bus trip starting from 2:00 am until 9:00 am. A fucking cumsock sitting in front of me kept browsing Indian tiktok loud as shit for more than 30 mins and no one was saying anything. I tried to sleep and just let him be, but I couldn’t because it was loud as shit. I then tried to play similar bullshit on my phone loud as shit next to him to tip him off to how awful it is if someone else did that but still nothing and he was giggling watching tiktok on max volume. I had to tap him on the shoulder, and ask him “Do you have a headphone dude? a headphone? or shut that thing off. Thank you.” then he said ok, and that was the end of story.
Still I could not believe the level of obviously for a grown man to do this to everyone around. I thought he was mentally challenged at first but no, he was a grownup sober functional cumsock in his 30s. I still wish the bus driver just shot him twice and everyone pissed on him but that’s not how it works in real lifeThank you for sharing; yeah, that would be really irritating. Maybe I’m just lucky I’ve never experienced the same intensity.
like on the bus or metro and someones watching an already very loud tiktok video right next to you at full volume, thats really unfun for most people
Ok, I do get that, but what about if it is below conversational volume? Does it still bother you the same?
I was in the surgery waiting room for 12 hours while my mom had spinal surgery and some piece of shit Boomer kept watching political commentary videos on his phone and would very aggressively say to people “This isn’t bothering you, is it?” And when we let him know it was, he’d just move a few seats away - not far enough to make any real difference. I wanted to beat the asshole to a bloody pulp, but I was equally as mad at the hospital who didn’t put an end to it.
Same with fuckers in restaurants watching sports on their phones, or on speakerphone calls, or kids playing their fucking preschool games with their volume turned up. If we can’t kill these motherfuckers then we should at least be allowed to smash their phones out of their hands.
I just tell people to please use headphones or turn their whatever to silent. I’ve only once had a guy react not so nicely to that.
I was once on a Greyhound bus where a guy was loudly talking on his phone, but not on speaker. The issue was he was just repeatedly saying:
“Listen… Listen… Listen… Listen… Lemme tell you… Listen… Listen … Listen lemme… Lemme tell you … listen”
For half an hour.
Finally a hero yelled out: “Listen! Lemme tell you to shut the fuck up!”
He said “lemme call you back later” hung up and shrunk down on his seat as the whole bus clapped.
Was his name “Navi” and he looked like a small glowing light?
i love how cory doctorow is consistently right about literally everything
i imagine he’d be first to warn you that is insane thinking
i can of course draw no conclusions about the future from the fact that he’s been right about everything he’s ever said thus far – he could be wrong about something tomorrow and i’d look like a fool – but he is a pretty righteous dude
He spends his entire life curating information sources. Selecting the absolute best and burning the rest with holy fire.
He’s a living spam filter.
Basically you take what’s left after the bullshit filter and you end up with a lot of his writing.
It’s truly a gift.
Seconded.
A lot of people blame this on people losing their social skills during COVID, but I remember people doing it when I was in high school in the mid-2010s.
There was a whole scene in Star Trek 4 with the same premise and I think that released in 86.
This is why the removal of 3.5mm jacks is bullshit.
I can’t just forcibly attach headphones to someone’s phone and silence them anymore.
But you could shove the phone gently up their rectum.
Something to ponder.
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I don’t get why anyone who rides public transportation doesn’t wear headphones themselves. Big obvious ones are best so people don’t talk to you.
I do find that the more righteous I feel about someone’s actions the more annoying it becomes to me. Despite how rude it is, and you’re absolutely right about that, try to not give a fuck. It really helps to consider their obliviousness as a disorder. They’re pathetic.
If nothing else, hopefully it’ll keep you from actually pulling the trigger one day.
I almost never wear headphones in public. I prefer the situational awareness and being able to hear “This train is skipping union square” announcements.
I’m also a guy so I don’t need the “don’t talk to me” signal they provide.
I wear bone conduction headphones, so I get the best of both worlds, though background noise can get a little annoying.
Not everyone can wear headphones all the time.
Me, for example. I can wear headphones for maybe 45 minutes before the pain gets too intense and I need to take a 10 minute break.
Huh, I’ve gotten these attacks periodically over the years, generally associated with drinking beer. I’ve always chalked it up to a salivary gland reaction/malfunction, but the description is exactly what I experience, like someone is driving a spike through my jaw behind the hinge.
It’s pretty occasional, so it’s not like I stopped drinking beer or anything insane like that. But good to know.
Not who you replied to but I’m sure you don’t blast music or other audio on transit when you need the break.
I don’t. But I have to listen to others doing it.
I misread, I thought they said anyone listening while on transit not just anyone period. Makes more sense now.
There are bone headphones. You don’t need to insert them.
Let me know which bones which aren’t affected by the trigeminal nerve being near them that I can put those headphones on.
I looked it up trying to be helpful. Supposedly, bone conductive can overstimulate the nerve clusters - resulting in an attack of sorts. Most likely because they press on and vibrate the temples.
That really blows. I’d rather lose a finger. Sorry to learn of it.
In the spirit of the request, I would suggest beanie headphones. Assuming it’s cool enough out, and you can tolerate a beanie, they may fit the bill.
Thankfully it’s not an issue these days, but I’d be willing to try it if it becomes one again. Thanks.
Oh. This fucker is also goes to teeth? Then no idea.
Righteous anger is one of the main things keeping drag from pulling the trigger.
Shooting them is a kindness. They could be reported to the RIAA for violating public performance copyright.
I think most people are opposed to torture on moral grounds.
I had to listen to someone blast Tiktok and parts of some yelling bro-y podcast in the dentist’s office.
I am already on edge whenever I go there, but this put me on a different level, as I was ridiculously overstimulated by the time I was in the chair. They almost did not continue because my blood pressure was alarmingly high.
What kind of dentist measures blood pressure?
There’s a few reasons why that can be relevant.
In the US, a lot of dentists use nitrous oxide for pain management and/or sedation. Taking a blood pressure is one of the safety precautions for pretty much any sort of sedation. In Europe we usually use local anaesthetic; it’s less invasive.
There are also certain complications that can arise from a high BP. It can result in more bleeding, which is not ideal especially if the patient is taking medication like blood thinners.
And on a general note: a lot of people don’t know they have a high blood pressure. It’s a good thing to check occasionally if you don’t. High BP can have a wide range of health concerns.
People around where we live mount Bluetooth speakers to their bicycle and ride around on nature trails sharing their music with everyone because who the hell goes out in nature to experience nature?
I’m a cyclist and I’ve noticed an uptick in this shit lately. At least with a cyclist doing it they’re past you pretty quickly, I suppose.
Yeah, as a cyclist, this pisses me off. I wear bone conduction headphones so I can listen to something while also hearing what’s going on around me, and those idiots with loud music playing interfere with both.
There’s a guy in my area that does that… He told me one day that it’s to help give people and animals a heads-up that he’s coming, which is helpful when overtaking people from behind, or around blind corners.
Sounded like an excuse at first, but it actually did help some of the time when I saw him after that. I have begrudgingly changed my mind about it.
I’ve got a bell on my handlebars for that.
I have scared people with my bike bell before. They almost ended up more in my path. Speakers seem like a better solution to me.
He’s still being selfish, Cyclists and mountain bikers yield to hikers, runners, and equestrians, Hikers and runners yield to equestrians. Downhill users yield to uphill users.
https://usacycling.org/article/trail-etiquette-for-mountain-bikers
Yup. I slow, inform, and then overtake when safe. If they don’t seem to respond, I’ll wait to overtake. On a bike path, I can usually just overtake with 3’ (1m) space.
Can we have a special level for those who blast conspiracy theory videos? That was my last trip, and even with my headphones, I could still hear them droning on about some ignorant hot take divorced from any semblance of reality.
Let’s not shoot them. I prefer public censure.
