Dot.@feddit.org to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoCory hot take.feddit.orgimagemessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1971arrow-down141file-text
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minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoNot all noise is the same. White noise is easy to ignore but hearing half a conversation will stress out almost anyone. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hearing-just-one-half-of-a-conversation-is-really-really-annoying-2657804/ That’s just how the brain is. A lot of city noise doesn’t register as important (and it isn’t), but overhearing half a conversation or random snippets of YouTube is annoying on a pretty deep level.
Not all noise is the same. White noise is easy to ignore but hearing half a conversation will stress out almost anyone.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hearing-just-one-half-of-a-conversation-is-really-really-annoying-2657804/
That’s just how the brain is. A lot of city noise doesn’t register as important (and it isn’t), but overhearing half a conversation or random snippets of YouTube is annoying on a pretty deep level.