I've also noticed lately that I hear ringing a lot of the time, which could be ...
Tinnitus? I've had it for years. My ears always ring. I thought it was getting in the way of my hearing, but I had it tested and I was okay.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2009 9:25:49 am PST #8398 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
megan walker - Feb 26, 2009 9:26:27 am PST #8399 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm confused, what is the teenager sound?
Trudy Booth - Feb 26, 2009 9:27:40 am PST #8400 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
ChiKat - Feb 26, 2009 9:29:53 am PST #8401 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I got online in 95 when I started grad school and got a computer of my very own
Same situation for me, different year: 1991.
ACK! Invasion of the 6th graders! Laters!
Amy - Feb 26, 2009 9:33:20 am PST #8402 of 30000
Because books.
Tinnitus? I've had it for years. My ears always ring. I thought it was getting in the way of my hearing, but I had it tested and I was okay.
So it's just an annoyance I should get used to? Ugh. It drives me nuts.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2009 9:33:43 am PST #8403 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tinnitus? I've had it for years. My ears always ring. I thought it was getting in the way of my hearing, but I had it tested and I was okay.
Me too. Especially when I'm tired and/or under the influence. Haven't had my hearing tested, but it's OK for normal circumstances.
I also tend to notice if sound changes, like if a person or a cat walks in front of a speaker. My friends have made fun of me for stuff like that.
megan walker - Feb 26, 2009 9:35:03 am PST #8404 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Oh, yeah, I can hear that. Which is I guess why I started to hear our old TV's buzzing long before my housemate did. And his Playstation (or Wii or XBox) can also get really "loud". Computers and other electronic devices drive me batshit in general. I can't wait until I move and live in a no-charger, no-gadget household again.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2009 9:36:16 am PST #8405 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So it's just an annoyance I should get used to? Ugh. It drives me nuts.
I read about a recording engineer (for rock music) who had tinnitus so bad (from decades of engineering all that loud rock and roll the kids listen to these days) he needs a white-noise generator to get to sleep.
My tinnitus mostly bugs me if there's little or no other noise.
Liese S. - Feb 26, 2009 9:37:09 am PST #8406 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, when we moved in here I was kinda hoping for no ambient noise. But we're pretty gadget heavy, so although I know what all the various high pitched noises are, they're still there. And I had to roam around the house at 3 am one recent morning until I discovered that the new noise was being caused by a new battery charger we'd just purchased.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 26, 2009 9:37:09 am PST #8407 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I can hear the teenager sound. It seems odd to me, that doesn't really sound like something that should be beyond the perception threshold of lots of people, it's kind of like a can opener running in another room.