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Couple goes on hunger strike to protest pickleball noise near their home
- anigbrowl 3y agoNoise pollution infuriates me too but these people are ridiculous. By Monday night, Rajnish said his nausea had grown worse, and his heart rate had increased. The city had not taken action and, fearing long-term health effects, Rajnish ended his hunger strike around 10 a.m. Tuesday, after 50 hours. “I’m not Gandhi,” he said. “I don’t have millions of followers.”
- jschveibinz 3y agoProbably not ridiculous, just at the limit of their patience.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoThe headline of "Couple goes on two-day fast" wouldn't make for a very compelling narrative. edit: actually, it seems like one of them just skipped lunch? > After eating breakfast Sunday, the Dhawans began their hunger strike by sitting on the pickleball courts, even as some people played nearby. Harpreet felt lightheaded that night and broke her fast, but Rajnish, who felt nauseous, continued.
- WheelsAtLarge 3y agoI get their issue. The sounds from pickleball are like scratching a chalkboard after a while. I can't even imagine what it's like day after day.
- matt-attack 3y agoCurious, is it the shoes on the court surface, or the sound of the paddles hitting the ball?
- weeblewobble 3y agoIt’s the ball hitting the paddles and bouncing on the ground. It’s a very distinctive sound
- WheelsAtLarge 3y agoYes, this is it.
- FollowingTheDao 3y ago[flagged]
- exegete 3y ago> The Dhawans’ problem might be solved in a few months. The city is building an indoor pickleball facility and plans to close the courts near the Dhawans’ home in November. But for the Dhawans, that’s not soon enough. Seems like problem solved?
- elmerfud 3y agoIs their house made with paper walls? Seriously this seems less like a pickle ball problem and more of a cheap house problem.
- lapcat 3y agoYou're underestimating the loudness of pickleball. It's a very comment complaint all over. Way louder than tennis, for example. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/sports/pickleball-noise-complaints-lawsuits.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/sports/pickleball-noise-c...
- Avlin67 3y agoit's a shitty sport from a shitty culture in a shitty country, it's not a house quality issue
- hsjqllzlfkf 3y agoWhat's the shitty country? India?
- marssaxman 3y agoPickleball was invented in Cascadia, surprisingly enough - just west of Seattle, on Bainbridge Island.
- matt-attack 3y agoI’ve never heard anyone refer to that area as Cascadia. It’s commonly called the Pacific Northwest. I do see the Wikipedia page on Cascadia so I’m not claiming it isn’t a legitimate term (perhaps in Ecology circles?) just that I’ve never heard it used in common parlance.
- marssaxman 3y agoYou must not live nearby; the term is ubiquitous here. There are many local companies and products whose names refer to Cascadia - certainly dozens, probably hundreds. There's a soccer championship called the Cascadia Cup, there's a strain of beer called Cascadian Dark Ale, and there's a style of music called Cascadian Black Metal. Too much to list.
- exabrial 3y agoIn the city of Chilliwack, no joke. So much material here to work with: - "Chilliwack couple gets spicy in response to whacking sounds"
- didntknowya 3y agotheir AI would never
- subpixel 3y agoI’m dumbfounded by this game’s popularity among the able-bodied. I’ve tried it numerous times and find it deeply unsatisfying for someone who has enjoyed any racquet sport. The plastic plinking noise is also pretty bad, I’d hate to have courts near my house.
- rhaway84773 3y agoI’ve never played Pickleball but I’ve watched several YT videos and shorts about it (the algorithm moves recommending shorts with titles such as “best Pickleball point” to me). And it looks like such an awful game. There’s very little nuance to the game. The combination of the paddles, the plastic ball, and the size of the court means it’s really difficult to do any of the things that make either tennis, or table tennis challenging. And that’s exactly the point of pickleball’s popularity. It allows anyone who’s hardly ever played before to immediately play with an expert. They will still lose, but they could actually hold a couple of rallies. OTOH, if you’re playing tennis with someone above your level you’re unlikely to even be able to return their serve because of the pace, spin, and disguise. And if you’re playing table tennis someone a couple of levels above you could serve with certain spins and they could do the exact same thing a hundred times in a row and it’s unlikely you will get the ball back even a handful of times.
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- explodes 3y agoPace, spin, and disguise are very present aspects of a skilled pickleball match.
- hsjqllzlfkf 3y agoSome times sport adoption is driven by fashion. When a sport becomes a fashion, it doesn't have to be a good sport.
- rhaway84773 3y agoThe Pickleball noise problem is a real thing. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/sports/pickleball-noise-complaints-lawsuits.html?searchResultPosition=3 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/sports/pickleball-noise-c... And it’s an extremely annoying noise. I am fortunate there are no Pickleball courts near me, but where we play basketball there’s also a Pickleball court. And even while in the heat of a game out in the open with court fairly distant from us the noise was extremely annoying.
- Avlin67 3y agoI didn't know what is pickleball...
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- DropInIn 3y agoAnd let me guess: These folks were 100% in support of the "Convoy" bs Right? Because this just drips of such hypocrisy to me.
- RecycledEle 3y agoI don't think a hunger strike will affect the people who make noise.