Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 19, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,432 |
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“This is very disruptive whether we are outside or inside and interrupts whatever we are doing, be it TV, reading or napping.” Closing the windows did not help mask the sound, it added.
Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 19, 2018 | Registered: 19 years ago Posts: 9,196 |
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Nobody is questioning reasonably behaved children playing. But if people cannot even enjoy their home with the windows closed because the sound your howler monkeys make is shattering the window panes, then the problem is YOU, and not your neighbors.
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Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 20, 2018 | Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 5,622 |
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JoJo
I truly don't remember children shrieking non-stop like that when I was a child. I do, however, have memories of someone's mother yelling, "knock it off", "keep it down", or "stop screaming or I'll give you something to scream about" whenever we got too loud.
Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 20, 2018 | Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 3,576 |
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And I think therein lies the problem. I think kids were just as tempted to be screamy before, but parents were more likely to be annoyed by their own offspring and do something to make them knock it off.
If people inside their own homes are complaining about your kids' noise levels, YOU are indeed the problem. Discipline your brats.
Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 20, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,432 |
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For me, screaming sprogs is more than a nuisance. I can get disabling migraines triggered by the howler monkeys. I fantasize about doing real violence to the tiny bastards.
Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 20, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 3,003 |
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For me, screaming sprogs is more than a nuisance. I can get disabling migraines triggered by the howler monkeys. I fantasize about doing real violence to the tiny bastards.
I'm subject to migraines as well, fortunately not triggered by noises, but the cheerful shrieks of toddlers are so piercing they turn a headache into a throbbing headache, and feeling okay into the start of a headache. It isn't just the volume, it's the pitch. It's agonizing and it's too high for noise-cancelling headphones to properly block.
Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 21, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,432 |
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For me, screaming sprogs is more than a nuisance. I can get disabling migraines triggered by the howler monkeys. I fantasize about doing real violence to the tiny bastards.
I'm subject to migraines as well, fortunately not triggered by noises, but the cheerful shrieks of toddlers are so piercing they turn a headache into a throbbing headache, and feeling okay into the start of a headache. It isn't just the volume, it's the pitch. It's agonizing and it's too high for noise-cancelling headphones to properly block.
There was a number of times that I had to block out neighbour noise with double ear blockage (in ear earplugs AND construction grade ear muffs)
Twice I had to use three methods of ear blockage (in ear earplugs, silicon pods over the canal and construction grade ear muffs)
It is now my belief that basic civility and consideration are becoming more rare.
Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 21, 2018 | Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 3,576 |
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What burns me is that these sort of measures aren't even effective, and yet people will blithely suggest you use them instead of tackling the underlying problem. I have earplug-style headphones (they aren't earbuds, they are actually made of material like earplugs, and supposed to be more effective than noise-cancelling against high pitches) and with those jammed into my ears, playing music at a moderate volume, I can still hear children shrieking and wailing on planes. And even if they did work, it isn't healthy for your ears to wear earplugs all the time, that can cause wax to build up.
I completely agree with you - people are fucking jerks. Last week I had a long train trip and so I picked the quiet compartment. I wasn't in there long before some guy started talking on his phone. I confronted him, and he just ignored me and continued his conversation. He was joined by some giggling teenage girls and after that some elderly women joined and started shouting at each other. The seats in that compartment are generally reserved, so people would have deliberately requested seats in the quiet area...so that they could chatter? I hate people.
Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 23, 2018 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,708 |
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I truly don't remember children shrieking non-stop like that when I was a child. I do, however, have memories of someone's mother yelling, "knock it off", "keep it down", or "stop screaming or I'll give you something to scream about" whenever we got too loud.
And I think therein lies the problem. I think kids were just as tempted to be screamy before, but parents were more likely to be annoyed by their own offspring and do something to make them knock it off.
If people inside their own homes are complaining about your kids' noise levels, YOU are indeed the problem. Discipline your brats.
Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 24, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,432 |
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Also, smokers! What happened to keeping smoking confined to your own home and not endangering your neighbors? Now the jerks smoke outside and if you live within 300 feet of them and open your windows when the weather is nice then you end up with a big helping of second hand smoke. Buy one of those vaporizers already, at least it somewhat contains the exhaust.
Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 29, 2018 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 441 |
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freya
Unless it was in a park or playground kids weren't allowed to scream.
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Re: Children's noise in Toronto leads to "fierce debate" March 30, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 721 |
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Unless someone's on fire, there is NO reason for the continuous shrieking. There is no excuse for the God-awful whistle register screaming, either, under ANY circumstances.
I grew up in apartment buildings my whole life, and was a very quiet kid. In fact, most of the kids were fairly quiet, but that's because the manager of the building wouldn't allow certain types of noises. I'm a quiet person now, because I can't stand noise of any kind, except for my birds.
I learned not to howl like a spider monkey on crack, and I don't get why breeders allow their kids to do this. It isn't fair to the majority of people and nobody wants to hear it. I'm sure if the situation was reversed, breeders would be upset. For example, if they have a fresh loaf that's napping, and a bunch of kids are screaming and waking it up all the time. I'm sure if they were negatively impacted, something would get done. Because it's adults being disrupted in this situation, we are basically told to "put up and shut up" even though we aren't the ones causing the problem.
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