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In reply to the discussion: Do you hate loud typing? Loud eating? Slurping? [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)26. I especially hate the sounds of whispering and heavy breathing
My emotional responses are more on the side of extreme irritation than the intensity described in the article. I use my IPOD to block it out, too.
I totally get the incredulity factor. I once had to spend an entire night hearing the chirp of a dying smoke detector battery. The people I was staying with didn't hear it even hear it until I pointed it out even though they were in much closer proximity.
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The sound of munching/crunching ice was particularly abhorrent to my sister
Cirque du So-What
Oct 2015
#24
Two things, but only when on tv or in a movie: computer typing and trickling bath water.
Chemisse
Oct 2015
#40