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Nature can be extremely loud. I’ve been in places where get insects louder than the freight trains going by the other side of a fence. Some people are really c

Nature can be extremely loud. I’ve been in places where get insects louder than the freight trains going by the other side of a fence. Some people are really clueless. I had a neighbor who didn't realize dry leaves could burn. It would be funny if they hadn’t made a really good attempt to burn their entire lot to the ground.

Loughla 2y ago
I live in a VERY rural part of the US. When I was in college, a friend from NYC came to stay with us for a week in the summer. He brought a noise machine because he figured it would be too quiet. He ended up buying ear plugs because the bugs and birds were so loud at night. And he grew to hate whippoorwills. I enjoyed that quite thoroughly.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
  I live in a rural area. In summer I typically sleep with the windows open for fresh air at night... then wake up at dawn to close them because the birds are loud as hell.
  - Loughla 2y ago
    My parents have a wren that nests outside their bedroom. He has decided that the best way to sing is hanging off the window screen and pointed into the bedroom. It's amazingly loud as the sun comes up. I feed him because it's also hilarious.
  - SamPatt 2y ago
    Owls can be surprisingly loud, and annoyingly persistent.
    - 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
      I get barred owls around my place and they give me the creeps. Something in my subconscious knows they would eat me if they could
    - mentalpiracy 2y ago
      We have a m-f pair of great horned owls that live in the trees behind the house. Wild how loud they get at night as they’re patrolling the neighborhood together.
  - smallerfish 2y ago
    Try living in a forest that has howler monkeys. You really can't sleep through it.
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- markdown 2y ago
  > He brought a noise machine Is that slang for a radio?
  - SAI_Peregrinus 2y ago
    No, a white noise generator. May also generate other sounds, e.g. babbling brooks, rain on a roof, or other similar things.
    - markdown 2y ago
      Oh I see. There are thousands of youtube videos for that.
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- jraines 2y ago
  I grew up in the country & enjoy the sounds mostly. Except the time I was camping and there was a whippoorwill nearby; I was just about crazy by the time the sun came up
  - bluSCALE4 2y ago
    Watch a video of one on YouTube... wtf... it the platypus of birds! What is up with its mouth?!
    - Loughla 2y ago
      Nightjars are terrifying.
RetroTechie 2y ago
> Nature can be extremely loud. And that's kinda comforting. "Extremely loud" is the exception anyway. It's when nature falls silent, or people-generated noise drowns out everything else, that's distressing (or depressing).

Loughla 2y ago

I live in a VERY rural part of the US. When I was in college, a friend from NYC came to stay with us for a week in the summer. He brought a noise machine because he figured it would be too quiet. He ended up buying ear plugs because the bugs and birds were so loud at night. And he grew to hate whippoorwills. I enjoyed that quite thoroughly.

HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
I live in a rural area. In summer I typically sleep with the windows open for fresh air at night... then wake up at dawn to close them because the birds are loud as hell.
- Loughla 2y ago
  My parents have a wren that nests outside their bedroom. He has decided that the best way to sing is hanging off the window screen and pointed into the bedroom. It's amazingly loud as the sun comes up. I feed him because it's also hilarious.
- SamPatt 2y ago
  Owls can be surprisingly loud, and annoyingly persistent.
  - 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
    I get barred owls around my place and they give me the creeps. Something in my subconscious knows they would eat me if they could
  - mentalpiracy 2y ago
    We have a m-f pair of great horned owls that live in the trees behind the house. Wild how loud they get at night as they’re patrolling the neighborhood together.
- smallerfish 2y ago
  Try living in a forest that has howler monkeys. You really can't sleep through it.
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markdown 2y ago
> He brought a noise machine Is that slang for a radio?
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y ago
  No, a white noise generator. May also generate other sounds, e.g. babbling brooks, rain on a roof, or other similar things.
  - markdown 2y ago
    Oh I see. There are thousands of youtube videos for that.
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jraines 2y ago
I grew up in the country & enjoy the sounds mostly. Except the time I was camping and there was a whippoorwill nearby; I was just about crazy by the time the sun came up
- bluSCALE4 2y ago
  Watch a video of one on YouTube... wtf... it the platypus of birds! What is up with its mouth?!
  - Loughla 2y ago
    Nightjars are terrifying.

RetroTechie 2y ago

> Nature can be extremely loud. And that's kinda comforting. "Extremely loud" is the exception anyway. It's when nature falls silent, or people-generated noise drowns out everything else, that's distressing (or depressing).