I’m guessing you disagree with me which is reassuring. “fool free” - maybe that’s “feel free“- easy mistake when you jump straight in.
I posted what I thought was a harmless joke the other day. One of my "fans", went on to accuse me of "projecting", and "generalizing". So,was that a typo, or a Freudian slip? We'll never know.
As for ME cranking up MY audio system, lets examine your POV on a point by point basis. (But first note that "neighbours" is spelled, "neighbors"). in American English, so I take it you're not from around here).
Helping those who want to crank up the volume annoying neighbours and fellow road users is not a great idea.
I live in what could be loosely be described as a "ghetto", and am the last "Caucasian on da blok". I can assure you my "neighbors", have little to no consideration for my "civil rights", to the extent I have to stop them from selling crack and heroin off my front steps, The things I can't stop are them from is selling all manner of drugs in the general area, having gunfights which blow out all the windows in my car, or dead people being dragged out of houses due to overdoses. Oh, and then there's the sub woofers with 2000 watt amps, mindlessly pumping out 30 Hz bass from rhythm boxes. I liken it a male gorilla pounding on its chest as a signal of "dominance and fearlessness", as there's not much "intellectual content below about 200 Hz or so. Then there's the lyrics to "gangsta rap", which in all reality, sound like a bad ghetto soap opera.
Then there's "modern man", addicted to cell phones, mindlessly marching down the street, ears plugged up, oblivious to his (or her) surroundings. Today's man on the street looks like something out of
Metropolis, but with earbuds, pumping out 128 Kbs mp3 garbage at deafening levels. It's nice though, as no one else is affected.
You should really give this a read:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51233
Headphones are apparently not cool enough for some.
No, headphones are annoying, even comfortable, high quality models
One of my triumphs was the discovery of the Sony neck speaker a couple of years ago.
Sounds like you've surrendered to, "the yoke of oppression". I wouldn't exactly describe that as a "triumph".
As for my rig, I keep the computers separate from my AV equipment, preferring standalone DVD, Blu-ray, and CD reproduction..
I live in a row house. I have a vacant lot one one side, a slum lord's rental property on the other. Out of consideration for him, I have located my stereo centrally in the house, and did my level best to add sound abatement to the wall adjoining his property to the extent of fiberglass insulation, sound deadening board, with an extra layer of Sheetrock on top. I can turn on my rig in the middle of the night, listen at 90 db or so, and you can't hear more than a whisper coming.out of the closed front door
The sound control measures I've implemented have the added advantage of me not having to listen to my neighbor scream and yell at, or beat up, his girlfriend / supposed wife.
IMO, you should be aware of others physical situations, before you start inflicting some politically correct, "woke bullsh!t", that coincides with your situation. Much less try to prevent others from discussing a hobby they heartily enjoy
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