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Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by j_w »

pwthornton wrote: post #531
cassepipe wrote: post #348

To be fair when you live in a big city and you have to take the subway all the time, it just feels physically nice to remove the background noise whether it's the noise of the train itself or the musicians or the people asking loudly for money. I don't even have airpods, I have good old earplugs because I often too lazy to choose the soundtrack of my own life. It's not that don't want to talk to unknown people, it's…

I wear my AirPods Pro on the train largely for hearing protection. The DC Metro is loud, with or without people making noise in the train. Different train systems have different levels of loud, but when the Metro is flying through a tunnel it is quite loud. I also often have them in while walking around the city for this purpose as well. I usually have the noise canceling off, but if an ambulance or something is comi…

The metro is a much less stressful experience for me with noise cancellation on. Without them the noise in tunnels just makes me anxious. The outside tracks are all fine without them though.

And for walking around - it's the traffic noise that bothers me, not people. Traffic noise can just be so loud along some roads (and at certain times of day) that it makes me not want to walk at all.

Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by finales »

oceanplexian wrote: post #539

Yeah, great article. But it should get to the point. The reason you need to physically remove yourself is because of the insane lunatics that blast trash music and do a dance while aggressively panhandling or screaming at you for trying to commute quitely on the train to work. A hallmark of daily life when I worked in SF and in NYC. A great way to fix the fake problem would be to aggressively enforce the existing law…

People can’t understand you can’t have both protecting the poor and not enforcing laws against the poor at the same time

Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by throw0101c »

infecto wrote: post #379
throw0101c wrote: post #370

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I ride with a comm system that I play media over and trying to be reflective of my past and I don’t see it. One risk is your focus going from what's on the road to what's coming into your ears. This may have some useful mental aspects if you're doing a long-distance drudgery ride down Route 66 with nothing much happening in between pitstops, but it's another thing on I-5 or I-95 with all sorts of chaotic lane chang…

Visual awareness is much more important for safety than sound especially once your at speed. Distracted driving is completely different and can happen anywhere. We should be arguing that cars should not have any speakers if that’s the case.

> We should be arguing that cars should not have any speakers if that’s the case.

Even speaking with passengers has been shown to increase traffic incidents:

* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13698...

* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3141/1899-15

* https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...

It's a debate spectrum / sliding scale on how society wants to go, but at the very least one should be aware of the risk factors and be mindful of where your attention is.

Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by joxdosba »

moooo99 wrote: post #478
joxdosba wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People mostly use it because they can’t afford the better options. McDonald’s is also extremely popular, as are Coca Cola and Bud light.

I extensively use public transit. While the cost savings are certainly nice, it is just soo much more comfortable. Today I spent half my workday on a train going +200km/h to visit my parents. The alternative would have been an excruciating 6 hour car drive

> Today I spent half my workday on a train going +200km/h to visit my parents. The alternative would have been an excruciating 6 hour car drive

You are describing an experience which couldn’t be further from the norm in Europe.

Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by multjoy »

GJim wrote: post #220
gijsnijholt1980 wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Unrelated pro-tip: wearing them while riding a motorcycle. Reduces fatigue and transforms a rough experience into almost luxurious. Highly recommended.

Stupidly dangerous and (in my country) illegal. Please retract your comment and don't encourage such stupidity. EDIT: Since this is being misinterpreted... Earplugs that deaden sound are fine and encouraged on a motorbike, playing music in your ears is what masks other sound and is both stupid and illegal.

No it isn't. Presumably you're trying to ban radios in cars as well?

Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by eur0pa »

oceanplexian wrote: post #539

Yeah, great article. But it should get to the point. The reason you need to physically remove yourself is because of the insane lunatics that blast trash music and do a dance while aggressively panhandling or screaming at you for trying to commute quitely on the train to work. A hallmark of daily life when I worked in SF and in NYC. A great way to fix the fake problem would be to aggressively enforce the existing law…

Oh lord not the laws and especially not the tickets

Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by multjoy »

gijsnijholt1980 wrote: post #195
steve1977 wrote: post #144

What I find interesting is that the article seems to imply that wearing earbuds to isolate is somewhat "unnatural" (for lack of a better term). However it does not take into account that the kind of social interactions where people wear earbuds (i.e. loud and busy environments with many strangers, often physically closer than comfortable) is unnatural to begin with. For me, isolating myself acoustically is a way to n…

Agreed. Unrelated pro-tip: wearing them while riding a motorcycle. Reduces fatigue and transforms a rough experience into almost luxurious. Highly recommended.

You should be wearing ear protection in any case. The fact that the AirPods have a published SNL is a bonus.

Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by multjoy »

9dev wrote: post #347
stasomatic wrote: post #336

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is using headphones on a bike with music on or not somehow different from driving in a Lexus with music on or not?

Noise cancellation headphones that will block out loud things or ambulances approaching you, sitting exposed on a motor strapped to two wheels at a high speed? Yes. That is different from driving in a Lexus.

The ambulance with the bright flashing lights? ANC doesn't dim your eyes. This is absolute nonsense.

Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by cglan »

oceanplexian wrote: post #539

Yeah, great article. But it should get to the point. The reason you need to physically remove yourself is because of the insane lunatics that blast trash music and do a dance while aggressively panhandling or screaming at you for trying to commute quitely on the train to work. A hallmark of daily life when I worked in SF and in NYC. A great way to fix the fake problem would be to aggressively enforce the existing law…

Coming back to the states after traveling abroad is always astonishing. For all our wealth, it genuinely feels worse than somewhere like Brazil in many of our big cities

Re: The AirPods Effect

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Post by SauntSolaire »

culi wrote: post #512
steve1977 wrote: post #144

What I find interesting is that the article seems to imply that wearing earbuds to isolate is somewhat "unnatural" (for lack of a better term). However it does not take into account that the kind of social interactions where people wear earbuds (i.e. loud and busy environments with many strangers, often physically closer than comfortable) is unnatural to begin with. For me, isolating myself acoustically is a way to n…

Humans have always crowded in busy markets, gone to large and loud parties, etc.

Is this sarcasm?
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