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[–] 124 points 5 months ago (13 children)

A version of this happened to me when I was young. I was lucky enough to be invited to dinner with a famous scientist. I spent a good chunk of time pitching my work (looking for a faculty position). At the end of the night he apologized and said he was sure I was very interesting but he couldn't hear over the music.

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  • [–] 61 points 5 months ago (12 children)

    I absolutely hate places with "background" music that isn't in the background.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago (11 children)

    Restaurants that properly handle noise are awesome. Busy ones can get loud even without music, but if they take steps to address sound reverberation, it can make a huge difference.

    Some places are so loud, employees should be required to wear hearing protection.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    There’s a brewery near me that gets so loud that my ears are ringing when I leave. And they don’t play background music. I don’t go there anymore

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (9 children)

    Noise deadening material that isn't also incredibly flammable is very expensive.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Not exactly true, Rock wool is a great material for this purpose and is cheap and safe. It's just that these products originated in the high end music world for recording studios or fancy setups in millionaire houses, so they just charge whatever they want.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Damn wish there was some other solution...

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    What exactly are you trying to say?

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    And they don’t play background music.

    They said there is no music, it's just loud people.

    Maybe less snark, more reading comprehension next time?

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