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xandrius09/30/20243 repliesview on HN

Any volume which makes your music become my music too without my consent is at asshole level.


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the_other09/30/2024

It might be that you’re the asshole in this situation. I think the boundaries are pourous around this topic.

(Sure, I just called someone random on the web an asshole. I don’t mean it with any force. In London we get people riding busses playing their im-personal stereos loudly, sometimes. I often don’t like it either. I often use headphones for my own sounds but not the blocking kind, and will have to stop my music because of thwirs. One time someone got into the Tube/metro carriage I was in playing loud Brazilian music from a speaker on a trolley. At first it annoyed me, but after a few bars it got me grooving. Then I realised it was a funk-infused cover of a traditional capoeira song, so I steuck up a conversation with the other rider about Brazil and capoeira. Made my day.)

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mistercheph09/30/2024

White mf's be like...

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cypherpunks0109/30/2024

Have you considered those who are hard of hearing? Should they be made to drive their vehicles in silence?

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