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Ilsa

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111. Noise-cancelling headphones or just regular headphones and

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:39 AM

Oct 2015

ear buds might go a long way in reducing frustration with noises that are cluttering, IMO.

I sometimes wear headphones to tune out other members of my family when they talk incessantly or ask stupid questions during a movie or football game. I once left my living room during my alma mater's football game because my MIL wouldn't STFU. She kept her motormouth running with such brilliant comments as repeating the score multiple times in a two minute period, asking if the coaches ever get stressed out, and just endless commentary.

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Do you hate loud typing? Loud eating? Slurping? [View all] Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 OP

gum poppers, talking republicans, jesus proselytizers...endless list lol nt msongs Oct 2015 #1

Yeah who'd a thought having a few pet peeves would be a bonifide disease notadmblnd Oct 2015 #28

Shuddup. Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #2

Violin music used to drive me nuts. Cleita Oct 2015 #3

Aint old age great? Warpy Oct 2015 #6

How is one suppose to type more quietly? Laffy Kat Oct 2015 #4

Learn how to type Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #5

I admit to typing too loudly tishaLA Oct 2015 #32

Why would you use all ten digits? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #54

Space when the next letter is a right-hand key Recursion Oct 2015 #58

I learned typing on an actual typewriter. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #59

It's not disgusting Reter Oct 2015 #68

You don't actually have to hit the keys that hard. (nt) jeff47 Oct 2015 #7

A lot of us 1939 Oct 2015 #13

People always complain about that, not understanding edgineered Oct 2015 #36

hearing nail clipping makes me crazy NJCher Oct 2015 #73

ha! Nice to know another sane, reasonable, considerate person! edgineered Oct 2015 #77

I actually quit a job over that NJCher Oct 2015 #90

OMG Cher. edgineered Oct 2015 #93

Yeah, and a lot of us grew up with rotary phones Orrex Oct 2015 #95

I used to have a co-worker whose typing annoyed me no end justiceischeap Oct 2015 #25

I work with someone like that tammywammy Oct 2015 #44

Don't hit the keys so hard. Leave your wrists in place Recursion Oct 2015 #57

as others have noted, if you learned to type on a manual S_B_Jackson Oct 2015 #91

I'm sorry, but that's nonsense and/or laziness. Orrex Oct 2015 #96

true clamshells Oct 2015 #101

Linux has that Recursion Oct 2015 #110

IDK; I learned typing and keyboarding as different skills Recursion Oct 2015 #104

Pencils. Octafish Oct 2015 #8

masking sound with other sounds olddots Oct 2015 #9

I've found the opposite to be the case. kentauros Oct 2015 #88

My advice to these people would be "Lighten the fuck up!" nt Logical Oct 2015 #10

Yeah and it wouldn't help - LiberalElite Oct 2015 #76

"lighten up", that's what annoying people clamshells Oct 2015 #102

My wife has that condition... Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2015 #11

Whatever works. Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #15

honey, is that you? unblock Oct 2015 #12

My wife is the same way Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #14

My sister once stood up in a movie, turned around and screamed "Shut-up!!" lunatica Oct 2015 #16

Oh God, do I ever. nruthie Oct 2015 #17

Oh, oh.. people snorting snot back up thier noses notadmblnd Oct 2015 #30

No, you're absolutely not alone on this one. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #18

The sound of munching/crunching ice was particularly abhorrent to my sister Cirque du So-What Oct 2015 #24

^^^^^^^^ This ^^^^^^ left on green only Oct 2015 #83

I hate ice-chewing too. And it's not good for your teeth. nt raccoon Oct 2015 #103

Dad I'm over here olddots Oct 2015 #19

The bass from other people's TVs, radios, and stereos drives me insane. nt valerief Oct 2015 #20

It can be very debilitating. Happyhippychick Oct 2015 #21

Loud gum chewing. OMG, I can't stand it! mnhtnbb Oct 2015 #22

Add this to the long list of self-diagnosable internet maladies Orrex Oct 2015 #23

I especially hate the sounds of whispering and heavy breathing loyalsister Oct 2015 #26

Mouth noises me b zola Oct 2015 #27

Incessant humming. lamp_shade Oct 2015 #29

Whistling is just as bad. ozone_man Oct 2015 #38

My stepdad's cat has a very pronounced reaction to whistling mythology Oct 2015 #105

Wow! Smart kitty! ozone_man Oct 2015 #106

Shit. I love to whistle. faith moon Oct 2015 #109

Do I ever. Also intensely hate hearing those sounds in films snagglepuss Oct 2015 #31

Chewing food with mouth open... Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #33

Doesn't bother me at all. The tinnitus drowns it all out. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2015 #34

yes.... shanti Oct 2015 #45

Conversely, Mukbang! MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #35

Graham Kerr ain't got nothin' on these folks! nt Buns_of_Fire Oct 2015 #37

How quietly can you type??? ileus Oct 2015 #39

Very quiet Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #43

Can I ask how old you are? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #55

48 Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #60

Oh hell, Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #62

No, I didn't make it to office work until mid-late 90's Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #65

Does he do similar work that yoy do? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #67

Yes. We all do the same work. Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #69

Well, if he gets the work done... Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #71

VERY quietly Skittles Oct 2015 #49

Two things, but only when on tv or in a movie: computer typing and trickling bath water. Chemisse Oct 2015 #40

Loud eating/slurping/etc make me sick to my stomach REP Oct 2015 #41

My noise issue is little kids who never just talk Jane Austin Oct 2015 #42

I know some adults like that marle35 Oct 2015 #94

a few shanti Oct 2015 #46

God yes laundry_queen Oct 2015 #47

ME, ME, ME Skittles Oct 2015 #48

... TeeYiYi Oct 2015 #50

Ugh! Joanie Baloney Oct 2015 #51

sounds like a pattern-recognition thing in the brain MisterP Oct 2015 #53

gum! but that's because it's objectively horrible MisterP Oct 2015 #52

We never have corn on the cob at our house. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #56

Clapping drives this nut, nutty. Those people at movies that make noises..crinkle, crackle, crinkle, BlueJazz Oct 2015 #61

But that description is the gift that keeps on giving... CBHagman Oct 2015 #82

I don't like hearing typing but it doesn't drive me to rage Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #63

We have plenty of quiet typers Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #66

So *that's* what I've got!1 n/t UTUSN Oct 2015 #64

Nothing worse than hearing a cat clean itself Reter Oct 2015 #70

Boy have you got good hearing - LiberalElite Oct 2015 #75

I can hear it from at least 20 feet away Reter Oct 2015 #80

Maybe that's it - LiberalElite Oct 2015 #81

That's me... PasadenaTrudy Oct 2015 #72

OOOOOH YES! LiberalElite Oct 2015 #74

Oh gawd! madamesilverspurs Oct 2015 #78

You might not survive a ramen restaurant Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #79

My grandfather used to say, tavernier Oct 2015 #84

Leaf blowers and whistlers... madinmaryland Oct 2015 #85

can't stand whistlers marle35 Oct 2015 #92

Spoon or fork banging on a dish loudly fadedrose Oct 2015 #86

Blaring "Music" at the Gym. Basic LA Oct 2015 #87

televisions in public places clamshells Oct 2015 #100

This thread needs more noise! kentauros Oct 2015 #89

No, but one of my frogmarch Oct 2015 #97

Bose Quiet Comfort 25 noise cancelling earphones clamshells Oct 2015 #98

I suffer too! artislife Oct 2015 #99

OMG, that is SO me! faith moon Oct 2015 #107

This message was self-deleted by its author BigDemVoter Oct 2015 #108

Noise-cancelling headphones or just regular headphones and Ilsa Oct 2015 #111