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A scenario I have encountered many times is having someone doing work for me, they don't bring some basic safety gear like earplugs or masks. I have plenty of e

A scenario I have encountered many times is having someone doing work for me, they don't bring some basic safety gear like earplugs or masks. I have plenty of earplugs and masks though. Buy I can never get them to actually use them. They'd rather hear that jackhammer at full volume apparently? As a musician, it especially kills me to watch people destroy their ears. These workers are often too young to appreciate good health.

asdefghyk 3y ago
Why does music volume, not just get reduced to safe level?
- amanaplanacanal 3y ago
  The volume you are exposed to depends on how close to the speakers you are. In a large venue the people closest are getting a lot more sound than the people in the back
  - smeyer 3y ago
    And yet, I've been to plenty of venues that were uncomfortably loud in back while not going to any (indoors, professionally set-up) venues that were uncomfortably quiet in back. I think it's more than what you've described. I think it's that a lot of folks actually prefer dangerously loud volumes, and this contributes to a positive feedback loop of expectations for loud concerts. I wish most concerts were quieter, but I may be in a minority.
  - user_7832 3y ago
    What you're saying sounds great in theory but unfortunately it often isn't the case. I've been in small(er) rooms in clubs where the sound was still "blow your eardrums out" even in the back. Anyway, the solution for "it's quiet at the back" isn't "turn it up at the front". It's line arrays, distributed speakers etc.
- TheRealPomax 3y ago
  Jackhammer and the Pneumatics ft. Tiler McDiamondSaw can only be played with the volume set to 11. If you turn it down, the music stops.
- analog31 3y ago
  Safe is a matter of intensity and exposure time. There can be a volume thats ok for occasional exposure, and desirable to the audience, but not safe for repeat exposure by musicians. I wear earplugs when I play in a "quiet" jazz band. I don't wear them in the audience at the symphony.
sneak 3y ago
Their body, their choice. I support everyone's right to destroy themselves if they choose to do so. If we don't have the right to destroy ourselves, how can we also have rights to build and better ourselves? How can we be said to own ourselves at all if we can't choose to destroy ourselves? The idea that we can't be allowed to choose to harm or destroy ourselves is the most fundamental violation of the most basic of human rights.
- brianwawok 3y ago
  You will pay their tax funded health expenses too?
  - IngvarLynn 3y ago
    Reason 10001 to abolish taxes.
positr0n 3y ago
My coworker got an acid etched back patio. The guy doing it was throwing the acid out of a 5 gal bucket with his bare hands. She asked "shouldn't you use gloves for that?" "I used to, but the acid kept dissolving them."

asdefghyk 3y ago

Why does music volume, not just get reduced to safe level?

amanaplanacanal 3y ago
The volume you are exposed to depends on how close to the speakers you are. In a large venue the people closest are getting a lot more sound than the people in the back
- smeyer 3y ago
  And yet, I've been to plenty of venues that were uncomfortably loud in back while not going to any (indoors, professionally set-up) venues that were uncomfortably quiet in back. I think it's more than what you've described. I think it's that a lot of folks actually prefer dangerously loud volumes, and this contributes to a positive feedback loop of expectations for loud concerts. I wish most concerts were quieter, but I may be in a minority.
- user_7832 3y ago
  What you're saying sounds great in theory but unfortunately it often isn't the case. I've been in small(er) rooms in clubs where the sound was still "blow your eardrums out" even in the back. Anyway, the solution for "it's quiet at the back" isn't "turn it up at the front". It's line arrays, distributed speakers etc.
TheRealPomax 3y ago
Jackhammer and the Pneumatics ft. Tiler McDiamondSaw can only be played with the volume set to 11. If you turn it down, the music stops.
analog31 3y ago
Safe is a matter of intensity and exposure time. There can be a volume thats ok for occasional exposure, and desirable to the audience, but not safe for repeat exposure by musicians. I wear earplugs when I play in a "quiet" jazz band. I don't wear them in the audience at the symphony.

sneak 3y ago

Their body, their choice. I support everyone's right to destroy themselves if they choose to do so. If we don't have the right to destroy ourselves, how can we also have rights to build and better ourselves? How can we be said to own ourselves at all if we can't choose to destroy ourselves? The idea that we can't be allowed to choose to harm or destroy ourselves is the most fundamental violation of the most basic of human rights.

brianwawok 3y ago
You will pay their tax funded health expenses too?
- IngvarLynn 3y ago
  Reason 10001 to abolish taxes.

positr0n 3y ago

My coworker got an acid etched back patio. The guy doing it was throwing the acid out of a 5 gal bucket with his bare hands. She asked "shouldn't you use gloves for that?" "I used to, but the acid kept dissolving them."