Silliness Quiet, Please! I'm Reading! - Page 2

DixieGal · 11-07-2010, 11:35 AM

I clicked "explosion". I can ignore anything.

dsvick · 11-07-2010, 12:09 PM

In the military I often read with explosions going on around me and that was ok. I think I'd notice now at home here though

thinkpad · 11-07-2010, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

I frequently wear noise-canceling headphones to help improve my concentration. Sometimes I use them by themselves, but for particularly obnoxious stuff (like the neighbors across the alley who think the whole neighborhood wants to listen to their music with them) I'll use the noise-canceling headphone in conjunction with a white noise generator app on my iPod.

Does these noise cancelling stuff work well. Sounds interesting

Seanette · 11-07-2010, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

Music is usually no problem, but I find it difficult to read on the train when people around me are talking to each other. Probably because their conversation is usually so utterly stupid I just have to listen to it.

I hate having to listen to other people on the train, especially when they're screaming profanity-filled TMI into their cell phones.

iPods and books (in whichever form) make public transit a lot easier to tolerate.

lack · 11-07-2010, 12:34 PM

Interesting read through the posts. People are unique after all.
I'm with the "explosion" party. Reading is my best noise canceling device.

But don't you sometimes meet people whose voice you just can't ignore? In my life so far I can recall about 2 people whose voices always gets my head goes up searching. (Like that dog in Up! every time it hears squirrel)

Fledchen · 11-07-2010, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by thinkpadx

Does these noise cancelling stuff work well. Sounds interesting

It depends a lot on the noise I'm trying to cancel out. I sometimes have to cycle through a few of the options on the white noise app to find something that covers up the ambient noise. It seems to be easier to cover up low pitches (music with a lot of bass, men's voices, car engines) than high pitches (women, children, phones ringing, territorial squirrels).

Piper_ · 11-07-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by recluse

Secondly, I grew up the only male in a house with three women. I am selectively deaf.

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Originally Posted by thinkpadx

I'm not gonna label all women the same but I usually find women to be more chatty than men, babbling about all and nothing

LOL You guys are so lucky there is no "Karma subtract" option.

Seriously, you do have studies to support your cruel words (about quantity of words, though - not quality!

), so instead, I'll just give you both some

recluse · 11-07-2010, 02:41 PM

If you ever met my sisters and mother, Piper_, you would be giving me karma for not growing up to be a serial killer.

My youngest sister speaks at such a high rate of speed, most people assume she doesn't speak English.

Piper_ · 11-07-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by recluse

If you ever met my sisters and mother, Piper_, you would be giving me karma for not growing up to be a serial killer.

My youngest sister speaks at such a high rate of speed, most people assume she doesn't speak English.

LOL My mother in law was that way. Yikes!

At least we slow-speakin' southern girls have that part going for us. Of course, then y'all have to listen longer for us to express ourselves...

phenomshel · 11-07-2010, 03:32 PM

I used to be the "What explosion?" type of reader. Then I had kids. I can still read anytime, anyplace, at any noise level, but I'm aware of what's going on around me, too.

@Piper: My Texan mother used to tell telemarketers, "Slow down. I'm from Texas, we hear slow."

Mickey330 · 11-07-2010, 03:49 PM

I like (and voted for) the "what explosion?" category because that exactly describes how I am when I am reading a book. I don't notice anything!

alecE · 11-07-2010, 05:08 PM

I start reading, the rest of the world goes silent; no problem there then.

JLeighs · 11-07-2010, 06:34 PM

When I'm reading, I want it to be relatively quiet. No TV blaring in my ear, no screaming kids, and nobody yammering at me. My dh used to think nothing of interrupting my reading every 3.7 milliseconds to yammer at me about absolutely nothing. Then I decided to turn the tables by interrupting him frequently as he was watching TV. He got the point.

GA Russell · 11-07-2010, 06:45 PM

For most of my life I would read with something going on the stereo. In 1980, I read all of the Lew Archer stories to Mike Nock's In, Out & Around album.

But in recent years, I've changed, and I now want complete quiet.

KarenH · 11-07-2010, 07:13 PM

I used to be firmly in the urban reader category, but I'm finding as I get older I'm more easily distracted. Now I prefer some "normal" noises, but if it's too loud I can't concentrate. If it's too quiet I can't concentrate either though, so if I'm reading late at night I'll usually have the TV on loud enough to hear voices, but low enough to be able to ignore them.

View Poll Results: How quiet do you need it to be to read?
I wear earplugs when I'm alone	1	1.28%
I need absolute silence	9	11.54%
Quiet, but not too quiet	11	14.10%
I can handle normal sound levels	23	29.49%
I'm a combat hardened urban reader	17	21.79%
What explosion?	17	21.79%
Voters: 78. You may not vote on this poll

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11-07-2010, 11:35 AM	#16
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I clicked "explosion". I can ignore anything.

11-07-2010, 12:09 PM	#17
dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	In the military I often read with explosions going on around me and that was ok. I think I'd notice now at home here though

11-07-2010, 12:34 PM	#20
lack Zealot Posts: 113 Karma: 44088 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Osaka, Japan Device: PRS-650	Interesting read through the posts. People are unique after all. I'm with the "explosion" party. Reading is my best noise canceling device. But don't you sometimes meet people whose voice you just can't ignore? In my life so far I can recall about 2 people whose voices always gets my head goes up searching. (Like that dog in Up! every time it hears squirrel)

11-07-2010, 02:41 PM	#23
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	If you ever met my sisters and mother, Piper_, you would be giving me karma for not growing up to be a serial killer. My youngest sister speaks at such a high rate of speed, most people assume she doesn't speak English.

11-07-2010, 03:32 PM	#25
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	I used to be the "What explosion?" type of reader. Then I had kids. I can still read anytime, anyplace, at any noise level, but I'm aware of what's going on around me, too. @Piper: My Texan mother used to tell telemarketers, "Slow down. I'm from Texas, we hear slow."

11-07-2010, 03:49 PM	#26
Mickey330 Addict Posts: 378 Karma: 1107420 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Western New York state (USA) Device: Kindle Oasis & the Kindle app on iDevices	I like (and voted for) the "what explosion?" category because that exactly describes how I am when I am reading a book. I don't notice anything!

11-07-2010, 05:08 PM	#27
alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	I start reading, the rest of the world goes silent; no problem there then.

11-07-2010, 06:34 PM	#28
JLeighs Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 1208646 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wisconsin Device: K3, PW	When I'm reading, I want it to be relatively quiet. No TV blaring in my ear, no screaming kids, and nobody yammering at me. My dh used to think nothing of interrupting my reading every 3.7 milliseconds to yammer at me about absolutely nothing. Then I decided to turn the tables by interrupting him frequently as he was watching TV. He got the point.

11-07-2010, 06:45 PM	#29
GA Russell Ticats win 4th straight Posts: 7,693 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	For most of my life I would read with something going on the stereo. In 1980, I read all of the Lew Archer stories to Mike Nock's In, Out & Around album. But in recent years, I've changed, and I now want complete quiet.

11-07-2010, 07:13 PM	#30
KarenH Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 37762 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NW Washington State, USA Device: K3	I used to be firmly in the urban reader category, but I'm finding as I get older I'm more easily distracted. Now I prefer some "normal" noises, but if it's too loud I can't concentrate. If it's too quiet I can't concentrate either though, so if I'm reading late at night I'll usually have the TV on loud enough to hear voices, but low enough to be able to ignore them.

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