My heartbeat just goes up. It just triggers me so fucking much.
Even talking does’t trigger me that much, it’s something about that phone speaker’s weak crackling sound, I despise that. It’s like the REVERSE of asmr.
Every day I curse Tim Cook for getting rid of the simple headphone jack. Now I can’t just hand cheap dollar store earbuds to people on the bus. Not that I ever did that, but I’ve sure thought about it.
There is evidence suggesting second hand brainrot exists in the same kind of way as second hand smoking, the presence of the bad thing is a problem for all in the vicinity.
Its the selfishness of people playing loud ass tiktoks, looping AGAIN and AGAIN, on public transport. Like use some fucking headphones. You can even get shitty wired earphones for like 3 quid on amazon or at a corner shop.
Oh, the looping.
I don’t usually mind the sound of my wife tictoking, but sometimes she dives deep into the comments and I’m stuck listening to the same 30 seconds of audio over and over and over.
Yup, my wife watches a lot of shorts. I don’t get it. I think it’s bad for you, but it’s her choice as an adult. With that said, the looping is enraging.
When it starts to get to me, I start singing along. That usually ends it pretty damn quick.
You can even get shitty wired earphones for like 3 quid on amazon or at a corner sh
To be fair, if you’re talking 3.5mm headphones/earbuds, you’re likely going to need to add a USB DAC with that too, as most current smartphones don’t have a 3.5mm jack.
That doesn’t fundamentally change the point on cost — you’re talking maybe $6+ more on Amazon — but it does cost more.
There are now cheap trash airpods clones with usb c at the end now. So no need for those obnoxious people to get a dongle and no excuse other than zero empathy
I still have a 3.5mm on mine, for that reason exactly.
You don’t need a DAC with USB C.
You need a DAC somewhere, though there are headphones that incorporate one so that you don’t need one independent of the headphones. I just don’t know if the parent commenter is referring to ones that incorporate one or not, whether his corner-store-three-pound ones are 3.5 mm or USB C ones.
The DAC is in the same device as for the 3.5mm jack. Sometimes in the same hw, maybe USB chip.
USB-C specifically provides for analog audio pins and specifically to try to make it easier for manufacturers to eliminate the analog 3.5mm jack.
I agree that ones in the headphones exist but it is VERYV rare. Only slightly less rare than USB-A headphones that incorporated their own DAC.
Depends. Some phones can push actual audio through basic USB-C adapter (using their built-in DAC). Some other just won’t, and the only way they can work is if you use an active adapter that shows up as an audio device on your phone. It’s rarely if ever explicitly said which phone needs an actual adapter or not.
On my old Xiaomi MiA2, the “headphone jack” USB adapter was completely passive, just wiring. It won’t work on my Pixel phone.
At my last doc’s appointment, some 900 year old Lady was blairing AI Facebook reels at max volume in a crowded waiting room.
I genuinely believe in most cases its a clear indication of genuine cognitive dysfunction.
In the waiting room is the worst. I’m considering switching to a different doctor because of this. It’s a psych office, and some lady was blaring some religious podcast or something in the waiting room. I was trying to read and couldn’t concentrate. I asked if she had headphones, but was ignored. I brought it up to the receptionist and he shrugged. Even the psych that saw me was like, “Oh well, can’t do anything about it.” Uh, yeah you can. It’s your office, right? If you want a quiet, peaceful waiting room, you can totally enforce that.
People can listen to their own stuff if they want, but to subject everyone else to it is another matter. If hearing about Jesus or playing music makes you happy, great! Headphones are available cheap at the drug store down the street.
A bigger speaker and a podcast about worshipping Satan might get some rules enacted.
And I just got a big ol’ Bluetooth one from Goodwill. It’s got a handle, four front facing speakers and a subwoofer. Let’s fucking go.
This is the way
Tbh I was tempted to put some death metal on and just blast it.
I like you.
“Oh well, can’t do anything about it.”
“Gee, guess I have to spend 10 minutes online and pick out one of the other million people who do what you do.”
This happened to me last night. I was wasted out of my mind for New Year’s, so I stopped at a convenience store that was open at 4 am. The lady next to me was playing some god-awful video on her loudspeaker while I was trying to slurp down my ramen noodles and hold my head together.
How can anyone be this inconsiderate and not get the hint when the other person makes a grand gesture to put on their headphones?
From time to time I see people taking video calls on speaker in public (in enclosed spaces where everyone else can hear); in situations like this I’m always tempted to pop into the frame and say “HELLO!” since apparently the call is public, not private, and that maybe they’ll get a hint. I’ve never actually done it since I have the common decency, but others, sadly, just don’t seem to take social cues.
On one occasion when an idiot was blaring music from their phone so loud the whole train carriage I was in were forced to listen to it, I queued up some metalcore and held my phone up so close that it was near his ear. He jumped, startled, and then tried to start a fight with me which was a bitch to de-escalate and prevent myself from getting punched without other passengers verbally backing me up and him eventually getting off at the next station.
Suffice to say two things: it’s not something I’ll likely do again for fear of my own safety, and the people who do this have a significant overlap with people who consider personal violence to be a warranted response when inconvenienced; i.e. they’re selfish, violent arseholes.
I love when they hold it like a slice of pizza like they’re some vapid famewhore on a reality TV show. It’s a well-designed sound device held exactly wrong, so the noise-canceling and gain control are going fucking nuts.
It’s like it’s bad for you, bad for the phone, bad for the person using the phone; who looks like a moron as a bonus. Good job, chucklenuts!
I’m not sure if the same (or any at all) noise reduction works when using speakerphone. I kind of understand the sentiment for using it - looking back at COVID times and the “don’t put the phone to your face, it’s dirty”, but even that was a bit exaggerated - and I still agree that there are still way too many people using speakerphone when they shouldn’t (voice-only calls and all).
Japan has ruined me for going anywhere in public elsewhere. If someone is playing anything that others can hear, they will get told off. I love the silence. (This unfortunately does not apply inside store like don kihote that have 37 different things blaring music at once and I can’t enter without noise-canceling headphones).
Don Quixote has that kind of vibe though. Like going into a model or anime shop you’d kind of expect to hear music related
My problem is the volume is insane and it’s the shop music competing with some talking display competing with some other talking/singing thing. I’d hate it much less if it were all the same thing. My brain can’t filter and tries to listen to all of them and fails leading to frustration but also a mild panic.
I try not to let it annoy me and use it as an opportunity to meditate
I can imagine how someone who is still a good person overall might commit certain serious crimes. But the petty stuff like this or littering immediately places whoever does it in the “person I detest” category in a way that, say, robbing a bank would not. The thought of having all that money is a genuine temptation, and maybe the robber needs it for something important. Meanwhile playing audio in a subway car is just completely unjustifiable.
I’m extremely annoyed when people do anything.
People need to follow this PSA more
12nd of January
I hear you. Fuck those motherfuckers.
Good news!
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Thanks for the daily dose of depression
People: what a bunch of bastards…
Yes. Inconsiderate & selfish people.
Oh yes, I hate disrespectful people so much.
I firmly believe we should test those people who don’t put their carts back, and who play tik tok on loudspeaker and banish them to a remote island. We would have a utopia overnight.
/s (or is it…)
I also hate it when they take up a ton of space in public.
I didnt mean to format that way but then I just left it haha
😂 it’s prefect!
Very much, yes. It’s so disrespectful to other people.
It’s infuriating and I don’t understand how anyone is ok with doing it.
If I’m walking back from the pub I’ll play something out loud and audio book etc.
If I start approaching people i turn it off until I’m out of their earshot again.
In an enclosed space public transport etc i think we should be allowed to smash their devices
Why don’t you use headphones? Why doesn’t anybody use effing headphones?
Modern headphones are so much better than any way of listening to music there has ever been, and yet people still use their tiny phone speaker loaded with microscopic metal shavings, dust and skin oil clogging it. It’s unbelievable, really.
I blame Apple. They removed the headphone-jack, and suddenly access to headphones went from “included” to “buy our expensive AirPods”. Other brands went with it too. I guess this increased cultural tolerance for ‘loud-watching’ in public, presumably starting with kids (who it would be wasteful to buy AirPods for, seeing how easy it is to lose them). Unless everyone had perfect manners, this result was inevitable.
Believe it or not any Bluetooth headphones work with iPhone’s and androids, no body has to buy expensive air pods, 30$ Bluetooth earbuds work equally well for most people’s needs
True. But at the very least, get a dongle or wired earphones that directly connect to the phone (usb-c earphones exist, not sure about lighting connector). They are also not too expensive, compared to wireless earphones.
My mom said she doesn’t use headphone because it causes “ear damage” or some shit xD
Wanna come over to my house?¹
You wanna hear the WeChat and shitty boring cringy drama shows on loudspeaker?
¹/joke, not an actual invitation
Because I’m at the pub with my friends, not bringing headphones that I will lose because I’m a drunkard
It’s infuriating and I don’t understand how anyone is ok with doing it.
Because fuck public decency and fuck you is the motto these days.
I can’t fuckin stand it, but I get its an irrational anger, and so suppress my urge to do irrational things
Of course, you just fantasize about brutal murder scenarios like a well adjusted member of society.
Username tracks
Oh cured I was…
