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Silent disco parties are fun, and occupy an interesting social niche— you are around other people, having a shared experience, BUT you are each wearing headphon
by just_steve_h 3y ago
Silent disco parties are fun, and occupy an interesting social niche— you are around other people, having a shared experience, BUT you are each wearing headphones and therefore presumably not speaking to one another. Of course, you’ll end up having opportunities to talk before and after, but this guaranteed time isolated-but-together can be a nice bridge for people who experience some degree of social anxiety.
Here in Cambridge, MA, a friend used to host silent disco parties by bringing a small low-power FM transmitter connected to his audio playback device. He’d hand out small FM receivers & headphones, but people could also bring their own (in those days, most portable audio systems included an FM radio receiver).
- mosseater 3y agointerestingly, if you still have an audio jack on your cellphone, attaching wired headphones to them allows you to use the phone as an FM receiver (with the proper app). Wire on the headphones acts like an antenna.
- detaro 3y agoassuming the phone has an FM receiver and it is enabled. Far from all phones with headphone jacks have them.
- AndrewOMartin 3y agoI find silent discos (I've only ever been to three) are actually more social because it's so easy to transition from the music to being in a crowd with a light hubbub. If you've ever had to shout in someone's ear at a club you'll appreciate how nice it is to have a fairly normal conversation, and you can tell who is/isn't willing to chat by their headphones.