Inspired by a recent thread. This question might be triggering, so be careful. For me, even imagining these sounds is mildly upsetting.

Basically, which noises immediately ruin your day? For me it’s mostly sudden loud sounds, in order of most awful descending:

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  • Unmuffled compression brakes (when trucks or buses stop and go BANG)
  • Smoke detector / emergency alarms
  • Emergency services sirens
  • Balloons popping
  • Car horns / honking
  • Angle grinders
  • People practically smashing plates while violently washing dishes
  • Vacuum cleaners or other power tools
  • Yelling / screaming
  • Alarm clocks

Surprisingly I don’t seem to hate “commonly hated” sounds like: nails on chalkboard, tinnitus, knife on plate, styrofoam rubbing, microphone feedback, babies crying, chewing, snoring, flies, repetitive tapping, dog barking.

Once, I went to a birthday party where the parents let their kid jump on the balloons and pop them one by one on purpose. I had to leave immediately.

If I wear earmuffs, it basically solves the issue. So I’m careful and on the lookout for situations that could make these sounds. I cover my ears with my hands if I don’t have them on me.

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago
    1. Babies crying.
    2. Children shouting/chattering/being noisy
    3. Screeching of cutlery against a plate.
    4. Screeching of chalk against a blackboard.
    5. The dull throbbing sound of friction when something semi-moist rubs against glass, like when cleaning windows under certain conditions for example.
    6. Certain people’s chewing noises (it is very person-dependant, some I don’t even think about and some almost send me into meltdown).
    7. Most phone alerts.
    8. Irregular snoring.
    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      3 days ago

      Snoring of any kind makes me intensely furious. I want to smash their face repeatedly with a hammer while screaming at them to shut the fuck up. Same goes for loud chewing, doesn’t even have to be open-mouthed.