Re: [LAD] twice as loud

On Saturday, July 24, 2010 12:31:32 pm Renato did opine:

> On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:03:15 -0400
>
> Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > On Saturday, July 24, 2010 12:02:40 pm Ralf Mardorf did opine:
> > > On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 17:22 +0200, Arnold Krille wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 24 July 2010 16:22:29 Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 10:07 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > > > I have gotten up and left many a night club because the music
> > > > > > was too loud.
> > > > >
> > > > > OT, but anyway: This is a big problem in Germany. I only visit
> > > > > night clubs when a girlfriend 'force' me to do it and I always
> > > > > wear hearing protection. Now it becomes topic again: At those
> > > > > high levels, I don't have any feeling for what could be half as
> > > > > loud. I only have an idea of 'half as loud', when the acoustic
> > > > > pressure doesn't hurt.
> > > >
> > > > That is because your ear shuts down with a bone bending to protect
> > > > itself to anything above. That bending is what hurts...
> > > > So you hearing goes into saturation for anything above that level.
> > > > Which makes it quite hard to determine "half as loud" when you
> > > > don't know how loud it really is...
> > > >
> > > > Have fun,
> > > >
> > > > Arnold
> > >
> > > So, without being aware of it, I know that I don't know the real
> > > loudness. Is it the same for everybody or just for people who have
> > > the feeling to protect their ears, resp. to get out of this
> > > loudness hell?
> > >
> > > A lot of people 'join' this hell. What's about those people?
> >
> > I think many of them use it as an anesthetic.
>
> yes, especially if coupled with drugs which seems to me to be an
> increasing trend
>
> renato

And that, in and of itself, is a scathing indictment of our society today.
People should not have to reduce themselves to an un-thinking, alcohol or
drug addled state in order to 'have fun'.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
New Hampshire law forbids you to tap your feet, nod your head, or in
any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
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