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audiophiles and introverts in hard agreement in this one. handshake meme.
I’m neither and i dont mind listening to the classical radio station on my phone in my house, or seeing the odd cooky character passing by with their music for a moment. as long as they’re only passing thru…
But react angry when you remind them that you’re not interested in their conversation!
If they were talking with somebody standing next to them, would you do the same? Ask them to please shut up? If not, why is this different?
Asking out of real curiosity. I don’t mind if people talk close to me in a puplic place, as I don’t demand silence around me. Never cares for if it’s on the phone or in person.
The difference is that when there are two people having a conversation they aren’t almost screaming, because they understand each other. Those using their phones like that however…
And yes, I tell them their shit doesn’t interest anyone. It’s helping when you look like an bad angry bearded biker.
Probably the music is horrible too, so…
Some do that even in the train.
I like to say “it sucks you can’t afford headphones”.
Not just music but also stupid canned slaughtered comedy routines that some of my coworkers flood our break room with occasionally
Always the shittiest, most tone-deaf trap/hip-hop music with the same exact snare drum riff on a loop. There’s objectively good stuff from those genres out there, how do these people consistently find the worst?
We’re not talking about smart people here…
It’s almost always immigrants where I live. I don’t know what the fuck is up with that. Also doing video calls and yelling to their phone. It’s mad
I noticed it’s every body who does it. 😞
Here I don’t think think I’ve seen Finns doing it. Immigrants do it really often for whatever reason.
I use it in my shop when I’m alone and want something to listen to other than my tools.
my problem with people who do this? they’re listening to the worst possible music in a public space.
I used to do this a lot while working around the house/garage but got one of those small “soda can” sized blutooth speakers and would reccomend, its not super loud but the sound is rounded out around the bottom end and i can keep my phone out of the way of whatever i am around (dirt/dust/glues/water).
tried that but it doesn’t work for me. my shop is pretty big and I wouldn’t be able to hear it from one end to the other without pissing off all my neighbors with my taste in music. also, someone (wife) always calls me when I’m literally inches from cutting my fingers off or when I’m just starting a weld. it’s a hassle to have to take off my mitts, answer the phone, forget it’s on the BT speaker, swipe 3 times to unlock the phone, switch the call mode, answer it again, then get the question “how’s it going?”
It’s just easier for me to output from my phone in my back pocket or shirt pocket.
I had a hero bus driver who pulled over the bus and kicked out a guy who was doing this.
Based.
in my city, all bus drivers were of hero grade about 10 years ago. Today, none of them give a fuck so long as they make their time points. dafuq happun
Soulless metrics with remote tracking.
The bus drivers who would enforce the rules probably got more complaints and not enough compliments came in to offset them.
So the ones who wanted to keep getting paid just chase KPIs.
Selective hearing probably
or worst, TALKING loudy on thier phone to someone, or have it speaker, nobody wants to hear your whining.
Nah, playing music is worse. They are disrespecting the artist, the art, and everyone around them.
As a homeless guy that hangs out at McDonald’s everyday, this hits close to…well, not “home” 😅
This hits close to current location? :)
PS, hope you find a place to live soon.
Don’t get me started on people that wear too much cologne or perfume 😅
Thank you 🫂
I remember used to live in a house very close to McDonalds. We’d just walk there and open up a laptop (very cheap one) outside to use their free wifi. No money for internet lmfao.
Thinking about it makes me sad about the inequality in the world.
Free wifi?
Cheap food and the staff doesn’t chase me off most of the time.
Bro did this on the train last weekend. I told him the conductors tell us to silence our phones out of respect for everyone else. Didn’t do shit 😂
My father, back in the 90s, got into a fist fight with 2 guys over this, they had a boom box, he got stitches because one of their girlfriends came up from behind and hit him in the head with the radio. He was hot tempered. Glad you weren’t drawn into a confrontation and used your head.
In the early 60s my teenage cousin constantly held a “transistor radio” like this up to her ear, listening to top 40 stations. I bet it sounded similar.
Got that blank stare down pat.
I am convinced most people are just walking around as blank eyed zombies that can only think about food, sex, and scrolling TikTok.
In my town it’s common to see somebody riding their bike through heavy traffic while looking at their phone. I don’t get it at all.
i overtook a topless dude riding his bicycle while scrolling tiktok with both of his hands today. no helmet
its so normalised where I live
I just did one of my 50 mile rides this morning on a bike trail, and I passed a bunch of people with their phones mounted on the handlebars, watching videos of some sort. Like, I guess I could see having a GPS app open, but watching videos? Why the fuck are you even out here? Get a stationary bike and be safe at home at least.
Many people riding and walking on the trail are playing music through their phone speakers instead of using earbuds. It’s somewhat less annoying since you don’t have to be around them for long, but it’s still annoying.
Pokemon Go?
I’ve made many victims, mostly steps.
Not looking ahead for loong time, going into my bikelane without realising and then I give them a shoulder with a scream of surprise and anger.
last one I didn’t even have to look, I heard the sound of him and his phone hitting the asphalt. So satisfying.And before the angry comments: One of those clowns broke my girlfriends arm with that idiotic behavior and I’ve also had near accidents.
If you’re this selfish and irresponsible you deserve it.Lol, murdering bicyclists with your car for something that doesnt hurt you.
can you read? I said bikelane.
And nobody got ‘murdered’ drama queen.
Im not sure they think about ant of those, but yes.
Hey don’t bring tiktok into this. I’ve discovered quite a bit of good music, political uprisings, neat hobbies, beautiful art and artists of all kinds, philosophical concepts, and wonderful ways to look at life on there. Like those two hiker guys from “we love you” that talk about being present and coping with and appreciating life.
Support Tiktok and literally anything else that brings you joy
Im sorry, but there is literally billions of other ways you could find those things. Don’t support tiktok.
No please don’t take this away from me. It’s one of the last things I have that help me feel normal. It’s a net positive on my life. It’s queer, it’s outspoken, it’s fresh, it’s thoughtful. What reasons do you have that I shouldn’t use tiktok?
Music is horrible but how about when they are scrolling through shorts or tiktok whith blasting sound? Like a never ending spirit box
Hearing two seconds of the worst possible version of a song you (used to before that) like. It’s like some punishment
My worst example is another “while scrolling” but dude had the same mumble trap sample play for every notification, so it was essentially on repeat.
