My heartbeat just goes up. It just triggers me so fucking much.
Even talking does’t trigger me that much, it’s something about that phone speaker’s weak crackling sound, I despise that. It’s like the REVERSE of asmr.
Japan has ruined me for going anywhere in public elsewhere. If someone is playing anything that others can hear, they will get told off. I love the silence. (This unfortunately does not apply inside store like don kihote that have 37 different things blaring music at once and I can’t enter without noise-canceling headphones).
I was just getting annoyed at my husband for exactly this and your post was literally the next one in my feed. Felt like kismet.
Anyway YES it drives me crazy. He seems to love watching videos on his phone. I don’t get it at all.
At my last doc’s appointment, some 900 year old Lady was blairing AI Facebook reels at max volume in a crowded waiting room.
I genuinely believe in most cases its a clear indication of genuine cognitive dysfunction.
It’s infuriating and I don’t understand how anyone is ok with doing it.
If I’m walking back from the pub I’ll play something out loud and audio book etc.
If I start approaching people i turn it off until I’m out of their earshot again.
In an enclosed space public transport etc i think we should be allowed to smash their devices
In the past Apple included earpods with their phones, and this was a relatively small problem, but ever since they and other manufacturers stopped doing that, this behavior has exploded.
It is stupid, the people are getting a worse experience of the video while disturbing others.
The worst offenders are not the video people, but the speakerphone callers.
This annoys me even more than the speaker video people, simply because there is zero excuse. The phone has everything needed to hold it to your ear and talk without the speaker.
I can imagine how someone who is still a good person overall might commit certain serious crimes. But the petty stuff like this or littering immediately places whoever does it in the “person I detest” category in a way that, say, robbing a bank would not. The thought of having all that money is a genuine temptation, and maybe the robber needs it for something important. Meanwhile playing audio in a subway car is just completely unjustifiable.
Me speaking into my phone: “No way! There an asshole playing videos with the volume all the way up sitting next to you too? What are the odds?”
Its the selfishness of people playing loud ass tiktoks, looping AGAIN and AGAIN, on public transport. Like use some fucking headphones. You can even get shitty wired earphones for like 3 quid on amazon or at a corner shop.
Oh, the looping.
I don’t usually mind the sound of my wife tictoking, but sometimes she dives deep into the comments and I’m stuck listening to the same 30 seconds of audio over and over and over.
You can even get shitty wired earphones for like 3 quid on amazon or at a corner sh
To be fair, if you’re talking 3.5mm headphones/earbuds, you’re likely going to need to add a USB DAC with that too, as most current smartphones don’t have a 3.5mm jack.
That doesn’t fundamentally change the point on cost — you’re talking maybe $6+ more on Amazon — but it does cost more.
There are now cheap trash airpods clones with usb c at the end now. So no need for those obnoxious people to get a dongle and no excuse other than zero empathy
You don’t need a DAC with USB C.
I can’t fuckin stand it, but I get its an irrational anger, and so suppress my urge to do irrational things
I’m extremely annoyed when people do anything.
People need to follow this PSA more
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I hear you. Fuck those motherfuckers.
For me it’s the generally underpowered, terrible speaker paired with the worst quality audio you could imagine (128 kbps MP3 in 2025?).
Someone brings a powerful hifi setup into your metro cart, and starts blasting trap. It’s super crisp and the bass is pumping just right. The asshole playing it confirms that the source is in lossless format. You are saying you wouldn’t be annoyed by the situation?
I would but at least my head wouldn’t be pounding from the “tin tunnel” sound of lofi.
Yes. The absolute worst is in the lobby at a doctor’s office. It’s quiet and then filled with whatever video stream they decide to play.
I’ve started carrying my headphones with me to drown out those situations, especially if I know it’s going to be a long wait.
Me and my friends used to play frisbee golf. I started hating being associated with them about the time they started blasting their music on the course. I don’t like to attract attention, ever. Id rather blend in the background. So I just make up an excuse when envited. I’d rather play alone anyway.
Personally I like hearing the birds or catching some wildlife doing their thing.
Yes. In the rest room is the worse.
They do it on purpose just to irritate other people. People have no respect nowadays.
