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This reminds me of this guy [1] My neighbor is smoking on the balcony, and smoke goes to my home with little kids. I talked with him several times, didn't he

by redbell 8mo ago

This reminds me of this guy [1] My neighbor is smoking on the balcony, and smoke goes to my home with little kids. I talked with him several times, didn't help. It's his territory, so not much I can do, besides closing the doors. But at least i can use this fake smoke detector with VERY ANNOYING random buzzer. It starts buzzing when i connect to it my iPhone via BLE. Makes it not as relaxing to smoke on the balcony as it planned to be for him. I'm going to train this mofo with reinforcement learning like a fkn Pavlov Dog. ___________ 1. https://old.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1ojv6x4/smoking_neighbors_hate_this_little_trick/ https://old.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1ojv6x4/smokin...

cindyllm 8mo ago
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tom86150 8mo ago
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blazers777 8mo ago
it's impossible to tell who is normal in these stories. for example, the guy can start smoking inside, and it will always smell like smoke. or, the guy can get his own buzzer. i've had oversensitive neighbors sit there and bang on pots all night because fireworks or construction noise. like another comment mentioned, apartments are just built really badly. you can hear anything. which leads to friends of mine complaining about stompers, but to me, they're clearly not stomping. they're just tip-toeing around as quietly as possible. when you get people actually harassing you daily, then you figure out the difference. if you have to set up a machine or device, then you might be the bad neighbor. this is especially true if they don't set up a machine back at you. that means they're just taking in your harassment and not escalating. people aren't total idiots. they figure someone is messing with them for their level 15 volume and keep it lower. For anyone with a TV, try putting your volume to 15. Is is unreasonable volume? It's very hard to say who is the psychotic neighbor. I've been on both sides: neighbors that were loud but normal (maybe they had bad hearing, or worked at night), and neighbors that were oversensitive, who were petty and bought machines and devices and sprays to really hurt all of the people who lived around them.
- SpaceNoodled 8mo ago
  > people aren't total idiots. You clearly haven't met that many people.
  - tpoacher 8mo ago
    Reminds me of that Terry Pratchett quote: "You know how dumb the average person is? Well, statistically, 50% of people are even dumber than that."
    - SpaceNoodled 8mo ago
      I thought that was George Carlin.
      - tpoacher 8mo ago
        Well, one might have stolen it from the other. Or they may have both come up with it independently. It was definitely a quote in Discworld Noir though.
- vineyardmike 8mo ago
  > it's impossible to tell who is normal in these stories The answer is that everyone thinks they’re the normal one. And everyone generally is normal. I’ve objectively been a bad neighbor in the past. Early 20s me loved loud music. But late 20s me learned how to be considerate of the music volume. I’ve also had crazy neighbors. One neighbor of mine complained constantly, immediately after moving in, that the communal laundry area light was left on, and I kept promising to try and do better. Of course, I made plenty of mistakes and often forgot to turn the light off when leaving with a full basket. One day he just took the (low powered LED) bulb away like they were his! Was I the poor neighbor wasting electricity? Was he the psychopath who thought he could forcibly control the entire apartment buildings access to light? It’s all in the story telling.
  - vee-kay 8mo ago
vee-kay 8mo ago
LOL, this reminds me of that iconic TBBT episode where Sheldon "trains" Penny with "positive reinforcement". ;) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_mIEnnlF4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_mIEnnlF4
efilife 8mo ago
I will go insane if I read more reddit. > Have you thought about moving into a house with no neighbors? Otherwise, have some respect for others IMO What about the smoker having respect to the person he forces to smoke? (you can't be quick enough to close your window, the smoke has already invaded your home once you smelled it). Your rights end where my rights start. You have no right to invade my personal space with your toxic smoke
- moi2388 8mo ago
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- runaround555 8mo ago
  Typically it's written in the lease or apartment policies if you can/can't smoke on your balcony/porch/apartment parking lot etc. People who smoke usually look for smoke friendly places because having to get dressed, go outside, off the property, and then across the street every time you want a cigarette is miserable especially at night or in bad weather. If the guy has to go to these passive aggressive lengths instead of going straight to the apartment management with a complaint more likely than not the smoker is allowed to smoke on his balcony. Causing a noise disturbance and potentially impacting several neighbors at once because he doesn't like one particular neighbor doing something he signed a legal document agreeing to when he moved there is kind of silly. It's like becoming a member at a cigar lounge and then complaining when the guy in the chair next to you lights one up.
  - efilife 8mo ago
    Being protected by law doesn't mean you are not harmful to others. I was just responding to that one reddit comment, he might have the right to do so, nonetheless it's very self centered

by redbell 8mo ago

cindyllm 8mo ago

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tom86150 8mo ago

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blazers777 8mo ago

it's impossible to tell who is normal in these stories. for example, the guy can start smoking inside, and it will always smell like smoke. or, the guy can get his own buzzer. i've had oversensitive neighbors sit there and bang on pots all night because fireworks or construction noise. like another comment mentioned, apartments are just built really badly. you can hear anything. which leads to friends of mine complaining about stompers, but to me, they're clearly not stomping. they're just tip-toeing around as quietly as possible. when you get people actually harassing you daily, then you figure out the difference. if you have to set up a machine or device, then you might be the bad neighbor. this is especially true if they don't set up a machine back at you. that means they're just taking in your harassment and not escalating. people aren't total idiots. they figure someone is messing with them for their level 15 volume and keep it lower. For anyone with a TV, try putting your volume to 15. Is is unreasonable volume? It's very hard to say who is the psychotic neighbor. I've been on both sides: neighbors that were loud but normal (maybe they had bad hearing, or worked at night), and neighbors that were oversensitive, who were petty and bought machines and devices and sprays to really hurt all of the people who lived around them.

SpaceNoodled 8mo ago
> people aren't total idiots. You clearly haven't met that many people.
- tpoacher 8mo ago
  Reminds me of that Terry Pratchett quote: "You know how dumb the average person is? Well, statistically, 50% of people are even dumber than that."
  - SpaceNoodled 8mo ago
    I thought that was George Carlin.
    - tpoacher 8mo ago
      Well, one might have stolen it from the other. Or they may have both come up with it independently. It was definitely a quote in Discworld Noir though.
vineyardmike 8mo ago
> it's impossible to tell who is normal in these stories The answer is that everyone thinks they’re the normal one. And everyone generally is normal. I’ve objectively been a bad neighbor in the past. Early 20s me loved loud music. But late 20s me learned how to be considerate of the music volume. I’ve also had crazy neighbors. One neighbor of mine complained constantly, immediately after moving in, that the communal laundry area light was left on, and I kept promising to try and do better. Of course, I made plenty of mistakes and often forgot to turn the light off when leaving with a full basket. One day he just took the (low powered LED) bulb away like they were his! Was I the poor neighbor wasting electricity? Was he the psychopath who thought he could forcibly control the entire apartment buildings access to light? It’s all in the story telling.
- vee-kay 8mo ago

vee-kay 8mo ago

LOL, this reminds me of that iconic TBBT episode where Sheldon "trains" Penny with "positive reinforcement". ;) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_mIEnnlF4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_mIEnnlF4

efilife 8mo ago

I will go insane if I read more reddit. > Have you thought about moving into a house with no neighbors? Otherwise, have some respect for others IMO What about the smoker having respect to the person he forces to smoke? (you can't be quick enough to close your window, the smoke has already invaded your home once you smelled it). Your rights end where my rights start. You have no right to invade my personal space with your toxic smoke

moi2388 8mo ago
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runaround555 8mo ago
Typically it's written in the lease or apartment policies if you can/can't smoke on your balcony/porch/apartment parking lot etc. People who smoke usually look for smoke friendly places because having to get dressed, go outside, off the property, and then across the street every time you want a cigarette is miserable especially at night or in bad weather. If the guy has to go to these passive aggressive lengths instead of going straight to the apartment management with a complaint more likely than not the smoker is allowed to smoke on his balcony. Causing a noise disturbance and potentially impacting several neighbors at once because he doesn't like one particular neighbor doing something he signed a legal document agreeing to when he moved there is kind of silly. It's like becoming a member at a cigar lounge and then complaining when the guy in the chair next to you lights one up.
- efilife 8mo ago
  Being protected by law doesn't mean you are not harmful to others. I was just responding to that one reddit comment, he might have the right to do so, nonetheless it's very self centered