Dot.@feddit.org to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 14 days agoCory hot take.message-squaremessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up1971arrow-down141file-text
arrow-up1930arrow-down1message-squareCory hot take.Dot.@feddit.org to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square164fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up9·13 days 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.