Whistling is just as bad. (Reply #38) - Democratic Underground

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Fri Oct 9, 2015, 07:21 PM

ozone_man (4,825 posts)

38. Whistling is just as bad.

Noisy keyboard is nothing. A sign of productivity.

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111 replies	Author	Time	Post
Do you hate loud typing? Loud eating? Slurping? [View all]	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2015	OP
gum poppers, talking republicans, jesus proselytizers...endless list lol nt	msongs	Oct 2015	#1
Yeah who'd a thought having a few pet peeves would be a bonifide disease	notadmblnd	Oct 2015	#28
Shuddup.	Gormy Cuss	Oct 2015	#2
Violin music used to drive me nuts.	Cleita	Oct 2015	#3
Aint old age great?	Warpy	Oct 2015	#6
How is one suppose to type more quietly?	Laffy Kat	Oct 2015	#4
Learn how to type	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2015	#5
I admit to typing too loudly	tishaLA	Oct 2015	#32
Why would you use all ten digits?	Snobblevitch	Oct 2015	#54
Space when the next letter is a right-hand key	Recursion	Oct 2015	#58
I learned typing on an actual typewriter.	Snobblevitch	Oct 2015	#59
It's not disgusting	Reter	Oct 2015	#68
You don't actually have to hit the keys that hard. (nt)	jeff47	Oct 2015	#7
A lot of us	1939	Oct 2015	#13
People always complain about that, not understanding	edgineered	Oct 2015	#36
hearing nail clipping makes me crazy	NJCher	Oct 2015	#73
ha! Nice to know another sane, reasonable, considerate person!	edgineered	Oct 2015	#77
I actually quit a job over that	NJCher	Oct 2015	#90
OMG Cher.	edgineered	Oct 2015	#93
Yeah, and a lot of us grew up with rotary phones	Orrex	Oct 2015	#95
I used to have a co-worker whose typing annoyed me no end	justiceischeap	Oct 2015	#25
I work with someone like that	tammywammy	Oct 2015	#44
Don't hit the keys so hard. Leave your wrists in place	Recursion	Oct 2015	#57
as others have noted, if you learned to type on a manual	S_B_Jackson	Oct 2015	#91
I'm sorry, but that's nonsense and/or laziness.	Orrex	Oct 2015	#96
true	clamshells	Oct 2015	#101
Linux has that	Recursion	Oct 2015	#110
IDK; I learned typing and keyboarding as different skills	Recursion	Oct 2015	#104
Pencils.	Octafish	Oct 2015	#8
masking sound with other sounds	olddots	Oct 2015	#9
I've found the opposite to be the case.	kentauros	Oct 2015	#88
My advice to these people would be "Lighten the fuck up!" nt	Logical	Oct 2015	#10
Yeah and it wouldn't help -	LiberalElite	Oct 2015	#76
"lighten up", that's what annoying people	clamshells	Oct 2015	#102
My wife has that condition...	Dr Hobbitstein	Oct 2015	#11
Whatever works.	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2015	#15
honey, is that you?	unblock	Oct 2015	#12
My wife is the same way	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2015	#14
My sister once stood up in a movie, turned around and screamed "Shut-up!!"	lunatica	Oct 2015	#16
Oh God, do I ever.	nruthie	Oct 2015	#17
Oh, oh.. people snorting snot back up thier noses	notadmblnd	Oct 2015	#30
No, you're absolutely not alone on this one.	NuclearDem	Oct 2015	#18
The sound of munching/crunching ice was particularly abhorrent to my sister	Cirque du So-What	Oct 2015	#24
^^^^^^^^ This ^^^^^^	left on green only	Oct 2015	#83
I hate ice-chewing too. And it's not good for your teeth. nt	raccoon	Oct 2015	#103
Dad I'm over here	olddots	Oct 2015	#19
The bass from other people's TVs, radios, and stereos drives me insane. nt	valerief	Oct 2015	#20
It can be very debilitating.	Happyhippychick	Oct 2015	#21
Loud gum chewing. OMG, I can't stand it!	mnhtnbb	Oct 2015	#22
Add this to the long list of self-diagnosable internet maladies	Orrex	Oct 2015	#23
I especially hate the sounds of whispering and heavy breathing	loyalsister	Oct 2015	#26
Mouth noises	me b zola	Oct 2015	#27
Incessant humming.	lamp_shade	Oct 2015	#29
Whistling is just as bad.	ozone_man	Oct 2015	#38
My stepdad's cat has a very pronounced reaction to whistling	mythology	Oct 2015	#105
Wow! Smart kitty!	ozone_man	Oct 2015	#106
Shit. I love to whistle.	faith moon	Oct 2015	#109
Do I ever. Also intensely hate hearing those sounds in films	snagglepuss	Oct 2015	#31
Chewing food with mouth open...	Dont call me Shirley	Oct 2015	#33
Doesn't bother me at all. The tinnitus drowns it all out.	Buns_of_Fire	Oct 2015	#34
yes....	shanti	Oct 2015	#45
Conversely, Mukbang!	MowCowWhoHow III	Oct 2015	#35
Graham Kerr ain't got nothin' on these folks! nt	Buns_of_Fire	Oct 2015	#37
How quietly can you type???	ileus	Oct 2015	#39
Very quiet	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2015	#43
Can I ask how old you are?	Snobblevitch	Oct 2015	#55
48	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2015	#60
Oh hell,	Snobblevitch	Oct 2015	#62
No, I didn't make it to office work until mid-late 90's	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2015	#65
Does he do similar work that yoy do?	Snobblevitch	Oct 2015	#67
Yes. We all do the same work.	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2015	#69
Well, if he gets the work done...	Snobblevitch	Oct 2015	#71
VERY quietly	Skittles	Oct 2015	#49
Two things, but only when on tv or in a movie: computer typing and trickling bath water.	Chemisse	Oct 2015	#40
Loud eating/slurping/etc make me sick to my stomach	REP	Oct 2015	#41
My noise issue is little kids who never just talk	Jane Austin	Oct 2015	#42
I know some adults like that	marle35	Oct 2015	#94
a few	shanti	Oct 2015	#46
God yes	laundry_queen	Oct 2015	#47
ME, ME, ME	Skittles	Oct 2015	#48
...	TeeYiYi	Oct 2015	#50
Ugh!	Joanie Baloney	Oct 2015	#51
sounds like a pattern-recognition thing in the brain	MisterP	Oct 2015	#53
gum! but that's because it's objectively horrible	MisterP	Oct 2015	#52
We never have corn on the cob at our house.	Snobblevitch	Oct 2015	#56
Clapping drives this nut, nutty. Those people at movies that make noises..crinkle, crackle, crinkle,	BlueJazz	Oct 2015	#61
But that description is the gift that keeps on giving...	CBHagman	Oct 2015	#82
I don't like hearing typing but it doesn't drive me to rage	Liberal_in_LA	Oct 2015	#63
We have plenty of quiet typers	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2015	#66
So that's what I've got!1 n/t	UTUSN	Oct 2015	#64
Nothing worse than hearing a cat clean itself	Reter	Oct 2015	#70
Boy have you got good hearing -	LiberalElite	Oct 2015	#75
I can hear it from at least 20 feet away	Reter	Oct 2015	#80
Maybe that's it -	LiberalElite	Oct 2015	#81
That's me...	PasadenaTrudy	Oct 2015	#72
OOOOOH YES!	LiberalElite	Oct 2015	#74
Oh gawd!	madamesilverspurs	Oct 2015	#78
You might not survive a ramen restaurant	Jesus Malverde	Oct 2015	#79
My grandfather used to say,	tavernier	Oct 2015	#84
Leaf blowers and whistlers...	madinmaryland	Oct 2015	#85
can't stand whistlers	marle35	Oct 2015	#92
Spoon or fork banging on a dish loudly	fadedrose	Oct 2015	#86
Blaring "Music" at the Gym.	Basic LA	Oct 2015	#87
televisions in public places	clamshells	Oct 2015	#100
This thread needs more noise!	kentauros	Oct 2015	#89
No, but one of my	frogmarch	Oct 2015	#97
Bose Quiet Comfort 25 noise cancelling earphones	clamshells	Oct 2015	#98
I suffer too!	artislife	Oct 2015	#99
OMG, that is SO me!	faith moon	Oct 2015	#107
This message was self-deleted by its author	BigDemVoter	Oct 2015	#108
Noise-cancelling headphones or just regular headphones and	Ilsa	Oct 2015	#111

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