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ITT a bunch of fucking losers claiming to have hearing problems and would rather be a dick in public than invest in proper headphones.
Note on the claim part, I don't believe a fraction of the assholes here, just trying to justify their assholery. People with legitimate hearing issues tend to accept the support technology that's readily available these days. I spend quite a bit of time around folks who are actually hard of hearing.
Even if they do have hearing issues, a phone pressed against your ear will sound much louder with much greater clarity compared to the speaker mode.
You don't get it and you lack empathy. Got it.
Which may be the case, but being immediately dismissive like you are isn't exactly going to get them on your side now, is it?
There is no side, it's a fact and if you can't have some empathy for people with hearing issue then what can I say to change your mind?!
Well, the guy you are responding to is maybe only thinking of people whose hearing is diminished in some manner. Not people whose hearing is otherwise incapacitated through something like tinnitus or like the other poster in here who has auditory dyslexia. Both of whom may be inconvenienced by headphones or earbuds and have an easier time with speaker phone than those options. Maybe try to explain how you think they are being insensitive or lacking empathy rather than just accusing them of such without explanation.
I'll accept that, well spoken.
I know right? Like how hearing aids are designed to be held a foot and a half from the head. These people need to be more sensitive
You don't get it and you lack empathy. It's a pretty straight-forward statement. Don't think I need to expand.
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No, you don't get it and lack empathy.
No, you don't get it and lack empathy.
Add to that the amount of headphones out there that do help with various ear issues is growing and the prices are not that heavy.
They have bone conduction ear phones now that can be picked up online. Your skull can hear for you now. This is the same technology as what hearing aids use and you can just wire it up as headphones to your phone now
Yo, that's dope. As someone who is partially deaf, but mostly hears fine, I'm curious about this.
I was just reading about these yesterday. They basically bypass your eardrum so they're really good for people with hearing loss who still want to use headphones. Definitely check them out if you think they'll work for you.
Yeah I saw several variances available on Amazon just in the past week. Might be worth checking out or seeing how they rate
I have hearing problems
I bring headphones everywhere
Of course you do. You're not a raging prick.
When someone calls and I expect it to be 60 seconds or less, I don't wanna go fumbling in my bag for 30 seconds to find the headphones and spend another 20 making sure they hook up to my phone properly.
Plus, idk about hearing issues, but I have epilepsy and my seizures increase when I have long calls with the phone against my face OR with TWS earbuds in, which can apparently (and not too uncommonly) be triggered by the type of radiation they put off, even though it's at very low levels. But just 3 inches further from my face and no problems. I know that's not why a lot of people do it, and I still try not to in public, but there are various reasons that someone might.
I am sure this will get downvoted to the lowest level of hell, but when it comes to people doing this without a medical reason/just based on preference, I also just don't know why a minor annoyance triggers such major anger in others. If I'm on a train for an hour and someone is talking the whole time, that's annoying no matter how they're doing it. If I pass someone on speaker in the grocery store, I don't really let that 12 seconds affect the rest of my day, certainly not enough to harbor such hot feelings about it.
You could have just swapped your first few lines for ' I'm selfish and don't care about others'.
Sure, but I'd honestly also rather hear both sides of a stranger's conversation than just one. Doesn't feel better to me to be talking just as loud on the phone but have it against your ear than a few inches away
See my original reply. It applies to this comment as well.