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[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 24 points 7 months ago

I don’t do background noise. I exist in a state of silence most of the time.

Not because I need it that way, but because I literally don’t notice when something is on so why waste the electricity. If I do notice, I’m definitely not doing whatever I’m supposed to be doing..

But this, very importantly, only applies when I get to choose the noise. If someone is forcing noise on me (like my former manager who used to sing at her fucking desk) its incredibly distracting. Always.

[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

It's all fun and games until you get even mild tinnitus and need some sound to not constantly hear iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago

I guess I lump that in with sounds I ignore. I’ve had it for a loooong time, and it doesn’t bother me until I think about it (so you know, thanks.. 😑😜)

[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

For me it's only easy to ignore if there is some background sound. By that I mean the most basics like the fans on a computer or just the wind outside. Or the echo of the room itself.

The problem is that I like to use over-the-ear closed headphones that block out most noise. So as soon as I stop playing anything, it becomes very obvious.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

No need for tinnitus when you can hear coil whine.

Bonus point for making me feel like it is going to start burning any time soon.

[-] oppy1984@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

This, I use earbuds at work my entire shift (when I'm not in a meeting or on the phone) to 1) drown out the tinnitus, and 2) drown out the noise around me. Even though I'm 99% WFH now I still do it just to maintain my focus. I'm mostly podcasts and audiobooks, but when I really have to focus and work fast it all music and it's fast metal turned up to 11.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yep. Any external noise can be a big distractor.

Now make that noise repetitive, or something like the sound of someone eating, and it can send you though the roof.

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

I put Spotify on the block out whatever it is that slightly squeaks in the back every time drive over a bump

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Add some black tape for the warning light and we can be best friends.

[-] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 7 months ago

I end up not finishing the task in both scenarios

Exactly. Finishing tasks is more of an accident and unrelated to concurrent noise.

[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 16 points 7 months ago

I somehow have both at the same time 😭

[-] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 11 points 7 months ago

Yep. If I choose the noise I can block it out. But unsolicited noise somehow becomes all my brain can focus on.

[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 14 points 7 months ago

Unsolocited noise is a banger band name

[-] Lucien@mander.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

Let's form a band and then never come to practice and forget about our gigs and delay cutting a record forever because it's just so fucking much work

[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Damn you're so right

Can I have this plz? Being genuine

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

I either have Spotify going and grooving, or I'm so focused on work and forget to turn it on.

[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yo same. Can I DM you? Your username is personally relevant to something happening to me in a really weird way. If not its 100% Understandable, have a nice day

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago

My wife is the first one, I'm the second. We have to be completely separate to get anything done.

Have you tried white/pink/brown noise?

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 months ago

I've tried theta wave and she's not a fan, but it works well enough if I'm in another room.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 8 points 7 months ago

Spending 20 minutes finding the song with the right vibe then switching songs 2 minutes in...

[-] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago
[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Por que no los dos?

🎉

[-] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Why you gotta call me out like that? This is annoyingly accurate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago

I found in college the old sitcoms playing with nick at night were the perfect background noise while not being to interesting to pull my attention from the books.

[-] Lucien@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

I am both modes at once

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 7 months ago

I have both at different times and will switch between background noise on and noise dimmers over my ears depending on the 'mood'.

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