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submitted 11 months ago by lemuria@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I have started listening to random American city council meetings lately for white noise. Since they're all bureaucratic-flavored boredom anyway.

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[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 24 points 10 months ago

Brown noise

Ain’t that the one that makes you shit yaself?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

You're thinking of the brown NOTE, which has not been proven to actually exist.

It goes something like this:

  • White noise is a mixture of all frequencies audible to humans, which sounds quite high pitched. It's excellent for focus, against tinnitus and just for it not to be too quiet. Helps a lot of people sleep too.

  • Pink noise is the same thing except tweaked to sound lower yet still "crisp". It's been shown to generally be even more effective for falling asleep than white noise.

  • Brown noise is the same deal yet deeper still. It's been shown to be effective against anxiety and, at least in my own anecdotal experience, against anxiety-induced insomnia.

On top of all these benefits, a combination of all three is what headphones and earbuds use for active noise canceling, an effect you can also achieve to some degree yourself.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

It's a lower frequency noise, some people enjoy it more. As a bad analogy, it's a bit more like hearing a "waterfall" (brown noise) than "wind" (white noise)

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I for one prefer brown noise. Could be a result of me working on a ship for a long while. I always found the deep engine hum with the sea against my porthole to be very soothing. Plus, the rocking motion didn't exactly hurt either.

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, it's one of the Alarm Clock options

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It certainly was a little under a month ago when I had Legionaire's! 😬

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

What were the French doing to your bowels?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Nothing good, that's for sure!

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago

Not quite, that's the mythical 'brown note'.

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