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esperenttoday at 4:19 AM2 repliesview on HN

Not to excuse other people's behavior but buying a decent pair of noise canceling headphones or earbuds will make putting up with it a whole lot easier. You don't even have to listen to anything, or you can put rain noises and thunderstorms. It's as much better soundscape than public transport.


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hexbin010today at 7:55 AM

That also creates a problem that people then can not hear important announcements or be aware of dangers (such as knife wielding attackers, as happened on an LNER train just late last year)

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buckle8017today at 5:44 AM

Noise cancelling headphones on NYC public transit is insanity.

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