Post #52242 · Elektrine

I keep a pair of ear defenders and a large pack of ear plugs in my car, just incase I decide to go planespotting, then I can also help friends who forgot to bring theirs.

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@Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-11 13:29

Goddammit…

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@cliffracer_cloaka@piefed.social 2025-12-11 13:57

I want to stop seeing Loss though

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@TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2025-12-11 14:22

No idea how this relates to the Loss meme.

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@Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-11 14:31

Always? OK, I guess. It’s probably going to make teaching hard, though. Oh shit, this is that stupid fucking comic again, isn’t it?

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@Wren@lemmy.today 2025-12-11 16:37

Jokes aside, I’m gonna ruin the fun here. This is real. I had a buddy temporarily loose partial hearing in one ear when scaffolding shifted next to him, the crack was so loud it hurt. He left work to get it checked out, extremely anxious because he was only 25 and a musician - and good thing he did. My dad, who worked on airplanes his whole life —one of those man’s men who doesn’t need things like gloves and goggles, well, he’s mostly deaf now and it took three years for the military to clear his doctor’s appointments and get him hearing aids. We can’t talk on the phone anymore. You can get custom fitted earplugs for specific decibel ranges now, which is what my construction buddy got. I have a pair myself for raves and concerts, and I can hear people next to me just fine. Protect your hearing, you won’t get it back.

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@bystander@lemmy.ca 2025-12-11 16:44

Group fitness classes also play their music way too loud. Had to get some ear plugs when going to them. I am concerned for the trainers and regulars.

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@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2025-12-11 16:58

Foam earplugs on motorcycles, folks! In city at low speeds? That’s ok, you may not need them. Anything on the highway? Earplugs, the wooshing will eventually woosh your ability to hear away.

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@user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2025-12-11 17:15

I wanted to get a noise meter for a long time now, but they’re expensive. A lot of daily things just sound… potentially dangerously loud. Public transit, for example. I want something that can go a least up to 20kHz, most do just up to 8kHz. There’s one supermarket I was at once that had some “repeller” which felt painfully loud. It kept changing frequencies, lowest at 15.5kHz when I checked with my phone. I was considering throwing a rock/brick at it while waiting there, but hiding behind a corner seems fine enough with higher frequencies.

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@sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2025-12-11 17:58

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@vga@sopuli.xyz 2025-12-11 19:16

WHAT?

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@WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2025-12-11 19:55

Is this Garfield Breast Reduction?

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@slaacaa@lemmy.world 2025-12-11 22:39

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@Observer@infosec.pub 2025-12-11 23:29

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@Lazer365@feddit.nl 2025-12-11 23:47

Well I always wore hearing protection when going to concerts, festivals and clubs. Guess what? I got an ear infection which gave me such bad hearing damage that I need hearing aids now. Don’t get ear infections folks!

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@RedFrank24@lemmy.world 2025-12-12 00:09

I’m always careful with loud noises, and yet… I’ve had tinnitus ever since I can remember. There’s always been this high pitched whine whenever I’m in dead silence, and it’s always been the case. I used to think I could hear the electricity running through the walls or something.

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@Fedizen@lemmy.world 2025-12-12 00:11

Too obvious

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@the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 2025-12-12 00:14

Get out.

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@eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-12 00:38

Oh gdi Well played

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@mechoman444@lemmy.world 2025-12-12 01:10

I upvoted this. But I’m not happy about it.

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@buttnugget@lemmy.world 2025-12-12 01:18

Loss is a great comic and I love the message too. I wish I would have listened to all of the voices telling me to use proper hearing protection. I tried a little bit, honestly, but stupidity won out a lot of the time. Young folks, listen to traitor Skunk Baxter. Protect your hearing.

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