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And there is no treatment yet.
The initial damage is obvious, but it does not go away like it seems to; it is just neural rewiring to cut out the damaged parts.
Not to mention the possibility of triggering PTSD.
taco81
When I was in the military some people thought it was funny to do this to others.
I was born very hard of hearing and have worked hard my whole life to speak well and my hearing can be sensitive with certain frequencies.
When they air-horned me, I went off on those turds and never had to deal with again.
FrenziiTheSuccubus
Yep, I have mild tinnitus and ptsd. I'm almost constantly on edge, worried someone is gonna set something off close by.
puxorb
Also add to this people who rev their engines next to pedestrians, especially in enclosed spaces. Nobody thinks you're cool for taking the muffler off and causing hearing damage, which is in fact, assault.
DrNick
The point at which permanent hearing damage occurs is around 85dB. At this point permanent damage begins to occur after listening for 8 hours. The rule of thumb is halve the time for every 3dB.
Air horns start at over 100dB and go way higher, but even at 100, the time is down to 15 minutes.
Navrodel
Did you know that if you stuck a particularly sensitive microphone into the ear of someone suffering from Tinnitus, you can capture the sound?
It's not just some made up condition of the mind, you can actually physically damage your ears, and they will scream at you for the rest of your life.
And if someone else does that to you, they're not being quirky or goofy. They're an asshole, and should be treated as such.
briham86
I'd rather someone just chuck the airhorn at my head.
MapleSyrupMafia
StrandedonEarth
Some parents had a cordless-drill-powered air horn at a kids hockey game, right behind the scorebox where we were working. Reverberated off the four sides of glass every time her team scored. Luckily our goalie didn’t let that happen much. Asked her to stop; she just moved farther down the bleachers…
VCJunky
Eldis
FAFO.
andthentheresmaude
I have a portable air horn in my Jeep for riding with the doors off. It’s for protection not pranks.
KnifeKnut
An acceptable use.
DeeplyBroken
My wife can whistle about as loud as an air horn blast. Once while I was driving and she was in the passenger seat, she spotted a friend on the sidewalk on the driver's side of the car. So she leaned that direction, got her face about an inch from my ear, and whistled as loudly as she could. It took all the self control I could muster not to punch her face through the back of her skull. That was about fifty years ago and I still have a ringing in my right ear that wasn't there before.
MeisterKleister
Waking a bunny with an airhorn:
KnifeKnut
I have mixed feelings about this. It is ragebait after all.
behaardeman
RockKickass
I hate that and videos of people being pranked by some ass wipe setting off an air bag under someone’s chair
KnifeKnut
Another example of assault under the guise of a "prank".
RockKickass
I was a mechanic and had undiagnosed osteoporosis at 35, this prank would’ve crippled or killed me by shattering my back bone. I cringe when I see those videos
CouldntCakeLess
KnifeKnut
Looks like that bus needs a better electrical system to keep up with the sound system.
Everydayitgetsworse
ThatMoustachio
Hearing loss is cumulative and permanent. It cannot be stressed enough.
KnifeKnut
One of the reasons I am of the opinion that hearing protection needs to be recurring educational topic in the educational system, going into more detail with increasing age (aka age appropriate).
ThatMoustachio
Varnna
I had entertained the thought of putting one on my car, as an extreme motivational device. It would only be used as protection, of course. I would maintain my usual horn for day to day, but the one time someone pushes their luck, they'll have to change underwear.
amuchlessweirdusernamethanIhad
Sorry, @op, but there is no amount of "neural rewiring" that can "cut out the damaged parts" of a blown out ear drum, or the scar tissue that forms as a result, and the loss of hair cells in the cochlea, among other damage.. Sensorineural hearing loss is not correctable at all.
KnifeKnut
I described my best current and simple to explain understanding of the fact that hearing seems to come back for the most part after the damage is done. And my title also said that it was not correctable as you describe it.
KnifeKnut
Clarification, minor to middle damage, not the extreme damage you describe.
Subsound
There's definately a number of stupid people that believe if it's funny them, it's just a prank.
I knew someone that would like to scare people when they were getting things out of the oven. They were told repeatedly it wasn't okay and what could happen.
Then someone pranked them the same way. They ended up getting a good sized burn and finally...finally....understood why people would get so mad. Like others were just NPCs of their life story.
HerrBisch
This is no joke. I would phsyically beat someone if they did that shit to me and then I would tell the police I was acting in self defense.
Zamerine
It is considered assault (or battery) in a lot of juridictions. Press charges
Zamerine
I mean, I am in no way giving legal advice sorry. But I would strongly suggest to ask for legal advice from a professional
KnifeKnut
Relevant: /gallery/vcrT6mD/comment/2415225579
w1n3r1
I used to do valet, had a guy get his truck back and showed off his horn that was rigged to be an insanely loud air horn. I have PTSD and immediately hit the ground crying while he laughed and drove off. Full agreement of this post.
KnifeKnut
I know it is hard to think in the moment, but if there was a Valet paper trail or other evidence, trying to get him charged with assault would have been the way to go in my opinion.
KnifeKnut
One of the reasons for the inclusion of that phrase.
Wrinkle666
Need to change your environment that is horseshit nobody needs !
KnifeKnut
Your meaning is unclear without punctuation, but I believe you intended to say was: [You]"Need to change your environment;" that is horseshit nobody needs!
Wrinkle666
Ok .
Wrinkle666
Where and why are you around these types of people can I ask ?
atrielienz
I already have tinnitus, and let me tell you, I have been merged into by a large vehicle so often that I have considered keeping an airhorn in my cup holder for such things because the horn does seemingly nothing. I don't because other drivers might find it to be a distraction and I don't want to kill anyone. But I'd also like not to be driven into the ditch while I'm minding my own business.
KnifeKnut
That is a valid use, unlike blasting a person at close range.
navyjeff
Here's what you need: https://www.thedrive.com/reviews/31282/best-train-horn-kit
atrielienz
Same problem as the air horn. Startling other drivers who didn't do anything wrong. I don't want that otherwise I'd have bought an airhorn a long time ago. Plus this might be illegal in my state (I'd have to look). But thank you.
navyjeff
That's a good point. You can put it on a different switch than your regular horn, for when the occasion arises. I figure if it's at the same level as a semi truck horn, it's probably not illegal.
atrielienz
That's fair.
SpiteLip
Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch6HmvHtV7M (Prankster thrown off bridge)
Imalwaysready
afroniner
They're both in on it.
KnifeKnut
Even if true, it encourages continued asshattery of the sort.
marsgoose
The only issue is most governments will protect the one assaulting with the horn and prosecute the one defending himself and others with the bridge. It's a kind of outsourced tyranny.
Imalwaysready
Most governments would charge them both. Assuming the whole thing wasn't a set-up where they were in it together, horn guy would definitely land an assault charge where I am. The other guy might start with worse, given that he actually threw him off a bridge, but they'd quickly wind it down as having been provoked and either dismiss it all together or just do a light slap on the wrist (30 days probation or something).
KnifeKnut
not sure how to describe this, but not enough justice was done, off the top of my head.
aReasonableMan
That one looked staged, this one on the other hand is perfect https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FtdcQt4qCIg that slap likely perforated the “prankster”s eardrum, watch the way he holds it afterwards. An ear for an ear.
KnifeKnut
Co prankster conveniently shows up.
majortool
You never realize how many truck drivers are completely awful people until you start cycling every day and I had like three of them yesterday gun it as they went past me to smoke me out on purpose. I had one guy do it just 200m from his home, and I went outside his house and yelled at the guy for like a good 10 minutes.
someguy7734206
Do you mean pickup truck drivers? Because they definitely tend to be especially awful people compared to car drivers. Semi truck drivers, on the other hand, tend to be more respectful towards cyclists than most drivers, in my experience.
KnifeKnut
Next time get the police involved. It was assault after all.
Corrodias
Looking to waste your time or get shot?
whatsisname
The police aren't going to prosecute their coworkers.
majortool
I could tell his wife had enough of his shit and that this wasn't the first time.
majortool
I did. They went out and spoke with him, but nothing came of it.
KnifeKnut
Did you file a report?
majortool
I called the non-emergency line, told them what happened, a uniform called me a few hours later and told me he was heading out to the house to talk with the person. I don't know if that's considered a report, but honestly, even though he was belligerent, after he told me that I wanted to **** Justin Trudeau's ****, because apparently I looked like a liberal (which I am), I got really loud calling him a Nazi and must've yelled "You pick on the weak." 30+ times. I think he might be cured.
KnifeKnut
I don't want to sound like victim blaming, but from my beginners understanding you have to insist on filing a report. That is the first step in getting charges pressed.
SteveMND
Unfortunately, the people who need to hear this (no pun intended) do not care. If they did, they wouldn't be doing these kinds of pranks to begin with.
Corrodias
Everyone has a first time that they realize that loud noises can cause permanent damage.
ApothecaryGrant
"You mad? Looks like I've gotten a reaction out of you and that means I've won," they say, picking up their teeth off the ground.
"I'm gonna get so many likes and subscribes from this."
BaklavaWearingBalaclavaWhilePlayingBalalaikaOnBlackLava
The guy who got shot for this dipshittery still does it. Even nearly dying isn't enough for them.
NonstopRampage
Then they weren't scared enough. You gotta let it sink in that they SHOULDN'T HAVE FUCKING DONE THAT. That's the trick.
ApothecaryGrant
If shooting a person doesn't send the message, I don't think they're ever gonna learn.
NonstopRampage
Nono, like, you just menace them with the gun. Make them blubber and cry. Put a bullet in their leg first
WolfPacker
Has this been done to any of the pranksters? They may feel differently if they’re on the receiving end.
DiracsDelta
You break my ears, I feel entitled to break your jaw.
5WattBulb
This sounds like a treatment to me!
potatoispeople
"obligated"
TheGhostOfFutureDisappointments
In fact, encouraged.
Blunderwriter
Jaws heal...should be an ear for an ear...you get tinnitus too!
KnifeKnut
A tempting but shallow position to take IMHO. Punishment, yes, permanent in kind physical damage, no.
Blunderwriter
Everyone has a moment...in the heat of it it's easier to stand in shallow water...more all talk no action myself. ITG? (me, not you) Shit, I don't even run from the local thieves..."hey, how you doin'?" where my wife is like DON'T TALK TO THEM! THEY'RE BAD! They'll take your stuff! Well if they do at least I know where it is.
KnifeKnut
I failed to clarify; In the heat of the moment is not what I meant. I meant justice.
Blunderwriter
Oh I know...you were calling out my response as shallow...I was talking about me being in the heat of the moment. I swim in shallow until the red mist clears...I'm making up euphemisms that don't exist yet. Or maybe it's one of those other things where you use phrases which mean nothing but have that wink wink nudge ;-/ "get it?" vibe happening. Like falling off the turnip truck...or listening for trees falling in the forest. Mixing metaphors maybe? Not a major of anything here so...derp derp?
TexMexHex
A kid did this to a vet in my area. It did not end well for either of them.
Imalwaysready
My dad was a Vietnam vet. Sudden, unexpected sounds...let's just say that they did not go over well and ended in near hospital visits on several occasions.
1GNL
My friend doesn't know about this. Sauce?
DontTellMeWhatToDoBawbags
/gallery/vcrT6mD/comment/2415210823
unluckyandbored
Let me guess. The vet lost his hearing and the kid lost a few teeth?
boxak
Don’t think it would end well for anyone who did this to someone else regardless of vet status. I’d drop kick someone if they did that to me or someone nearby.
OddOod
At first I was like "did the dogs bite them"? then I realized
theHuskySparrow
lol
KnifeKnut
Exactly one of the reasons I included the PTSD phrase. Vet was victim, but sounds like he (understandably) reacted disproportionately.
Pyrowolf1
I thought he was taking about a veterinarian until I read your comment lol
TurangaLeeIa
Well, that's exactly why PTSD is debilitating -- your automatic brain overreacts in the present.
KnifeKnut
/gallery/vcrT6mD/comment/2415223455
TexMexHex
He knee jerk reacted and broke the kids' nose. Kids' parents filed charges. I really dont like the kind of people this country keeps spitting out.
MasterMookie
Kids parents sued? I would have punished my kid a lot after that. Downgrade to a phone that can't surf only text and call. At least grounded for a month. Any talk back or saying it is unfair would increase the punishments. But most of all I would be disappointed. So utterly disappointed.
KnifeKnut
A miscarriage of justice then. I withdraw my statement of his reacting disproportionately.
rusrsdude
Those kinds of people have been around for ages, it's nothing new. They also exist everywhere else in the world, so you can't worry too much. Spoiled kids, enabler parents
Nateinthewild
They can file charges all they want, but did they win the case? Hopefully the judge sided with the vet.
TexMexHex
Nothing will come of it, the old soldier and the shitty family are both well known in the area. But the kid is the son of a famous drummer, who is also a piece of shit. So he won't face consequences to any degree.
KnifeKnut
Prosecutor should not have even taken up the case.
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Alurkerforcedtologin
You do not want tinnitus. I have severe tinnitus, so I'm speaking from experience here.
nickelrocket
WHAAAT?
ThomKlanc
Thankfully I've gotten away with only mild tinnitus. As I've gotten older I've taken more precautions to make sure it stays mild
mymustachecallstheshots
I never realized how bad mine was until i got earbuds with active noise canceling. Now i wear ear plugs at concerts, etc
Yakeshinu
I have 2 different frequencies in each ear. Being a scientist with access to an anechoic chamber and a bunch of other s&p equipment, I know the exact freqs and perceived intensity that I experience.This allows me to easily replicate the experience for those who don't understand that it's literally chronic pain.
It rarely takes more than 30 seconds before they're begging me to turn it off, followed by HOW THE HELL DO YOU FUNCTION LIKE THAT?!?
XD
genbadger
I would do anything to not have it. Past few years it's gotten worse and is starting to affect my hearing when people speak to me. Take care of ears and eyes!
tr0lleyjack
I have tinnitus and PTSD. I'll happily second you here.
3nd3rwiggin
Yeah, same. No fun.
SilentScreamsX
I have mild tinnitus. It doesn't bother me moment to moment, but when I think about it, it's all I can hear for a while and at night it's a pain in the ass. White noise helps.
drizztx
Yup. And I have two DIFFERENT tones, one in each ear, so I get a whole choir of EEEEEEEEE.
ArcaneM37
I just had major neurosurgery, and the first symptom to get better (of 42 symptoms) was the tinnitus. It was instantly 80% better! It has gotten worse again in the month since surgery 😢
PickleRiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Speaking from eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexperianceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
**ring ring**
Whose there?!
Tinnitus!! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
SpaceISIS
Ménière's disease here, having constant ringing in your ears, even low level, is a goddamn nightmare. Anyone have some homebrew things that help?
Ballsackhands
I woke up one morning having worked the Graves shift for a few months and I think my blood pressure was just too much and I've had tinnitus since. Fuck Graves shifts.
Beezlebubble
Mines not severe but can be crippling when it shoots up. To the point I can't even hear.
Can't imagine constant EEEEEE
captainhappen
I have mild tinnitus, I can't imagine what severe tinnitus is like. You have my sympathies.
Dontletthebedbugsbite2
hockey4mal8
Mine is moderate but annoying enough to drop 5k and 3 months of 1 hour per day sessions to try the Lenire treatment. They boast 70% success rate but didn't help me.
KnifeKnut
Looks like an attempt to rewire the nerves to eliminate the tinnitus.
BanadecCamberbootch
WHAT?
GeneralDisorder
I had a pair of JBL D315 when I was 12. They moved lots of air even though I underpowered them.
I started noticing signs of tinnitus by age 13. I didn't really notice until my friends played a punk show. Ringing never stopped after that. I've since done plenty of worse things. I don't really notice it because it's been my normal for 27 years now. I don't think I'd miss it if it stopped though
ProfessorDumbass
*buzzzzzing in support
notsol337
What?
TheMostKink
Huh?
Cayowin
My left ear is slowly dying. It started with tinnitus, then TINNITUS, I just wanted it to stop, would do anything to make it stop. Then the cochlear died and the ringing stopped, total deafness in one ear was a blessing. Now the balance organ is dying and i randomly fall over. Cant turn my head fast or i fall over, and i would still take that over the tinnitus
KnifeKnut
Sad that the medical system cannot give you affordable treatment.
Cayowin
The treatment is surgical removal of the balance organ, then training of the brain to use only one ear. Either way i fall down randomly for a while.
WholeWheatBunnyHugger
An implant is impossible?
Primatebuddy
Got mine working construction and seeing Rush in 1990. In some ways, it's like the band lives on in my head.
Thefreeeezian
Me too. I got hearing aides that relief some of it but it’s far from being quiet.
n0n53n53
sameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
whatspaulplayingtoday
Have you tried the back of the head thumping thing? I always wondered if it worked or if tumblr was on their bullshit.
KnifeKnut
Induces headache whenever I have tried.
reverendfixxxer
It doesn't always work for me, but sometimes it does. I get 8-10 minutes of blessed silence. Silence is such a jarring difference that it sometimes feels like being in an empty room, where you can sorta hear air currents echo off the walls. Still hella better than the constant ringing.
whatspaulplayingtoday
I'm glad it's at least semi-effective. Too bad it's not universal.
KnifeKnut
Preach my Brother/Sister in Tinnitus!
VashTehStampede
What)!
DeadeicPrints
I have mild tinnitus and fuuuuuck. Some days it drives me insane. I haven't heard it in a while thank God. Tho now that I thought about it... fuck it's gonna come back isn't it?
ongabonga
If it comes and goes it's your spine or some other nerve, if it's permanent it's damage from acoustic shock or similar. You can have any amount and severity of those mix and stack and layer
xeilua
Yeah, same here. My brain usually blocks it out unless I'm thinking about it or of a room is totally silent. Music and a fan helps a lot
amp99
Had tinnitus for more than 11 years now. Can confirm.
KeltsBeard
Summer of 99 is when I picked mine up. It's done nothing but get louder and louder over the years and nothing I've found can stop it. When the old heads on the jobsite tell you that you need earplugs, listen to them
cozze07
13 years in the military. Can you speak louder please???
poscduke
I said I'm sorry but your hearing loss was found to not be service related!
GrosseChung
*squeaking from experience m
ThePastorWhoSaysFuck
poscduke
Mwap
ChaosSound
I also have severe tinnitus, I feel your pain, people you don't want this.
kowboy77
Covid left me with severe tinnitus, and nothing will help (I’ve tried them all). I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
KnifeKnut
One of the many reasons I do not want to contract it yet, and have not done so via the precautions I take.
kowboy77
I had it before vaccines came out and that did the most damage. The newer variants aren’t as bad from that perspective.
rgraz65
Yep, even with "hearing protection" (the quotes are because the foam plugs we got were useless), ordinance explosions and demolition when I was with a Combat Engineers Battalion, I've forgotten what life is like without the constant "eeeEEEeeeEeeEee."
KnifeKnut
I have a theory that I have not gotten around to testing or look in the literature yet for, that for maximum protection against such concussive forces such as this, and poorly attenuated indoor shooting ranges as another example, a fully enclosed helmet is needed.
It is a fact that the concussive forces are making their way inside the skull via the nose. And it is also a fact that the entire skull is subject to extreme sound pressure thus subjecting the inner ear via bone conduction.
SpiteLip
I have mild tinnitus that comes and goes randomly - it sucks ass. I couldn't imagine a severe case.
BlackHeartConstructs
Might be that you just need a low level of sound to override it. I'm fine 90% of the time, but as soon as the ambient sounds drops past a point, all I hear is eeeereeeeeeeeee
dmcdo8918
Tip I found online helps with my tinnitus when it gets to be too much- cover your ears with your hands, and gently drum on the back of your skull with your fingers for about 15 seconds. You should feel rumbling in your ear when done properly. Remove your hands. Blessed silence for a couple of minutes.
KnifeKnut
Tried it. Stopped because was inducing headache.
ThisGuyHere
Yep, that's what I have. S'why I need a fan on or some low level ambience like brown noise at all times.
Evi1Gav
I have a mild case. And the only reason I realised I had it, was when I read an explanation of it. That dawning moment of "you mean everyone doesn't have a permanent ringing in their ears?"
illtrytocomeupwithsomethingwittylater
Have you tried calling the tinnitus hotline? Just forget it. It just keeps on ringing.
nsmike
I've had mild tinnitus since I was 12 due to a fireworks accident (not as bad as it sounds, a tiny firecracker blew near my head). I am fortunate enough that as long as there is background noise, and I'm not thinking about it, my tinnitus can go largely unnoticed. But if there's any degree of silence, or I start thinking about it, it'll come back, and I can hear it all the time until my brain stops focusing on it and I go back to that neutral mental place. It can be really annoying.
pab61
Holy fuck, I could have written this. The same incident, same age, same tinnitus. It sucks to never be able to sit in absolute silence. My wife heard a ringing noise one day and I told her that is what I hear all day, every day. She has a new sympathy for me now.
TinaEveFox
When I was about 12 I got hit in the side of the head with a snowball, right on my ear. The snowball turned out to be packed with firecrackers, I'm not saying that's where my tinnitus came from because I was in construction for 12 years but it sure didn't help.
KnifeKnut
It contributed. It is commonly unknown that the damage is cumulative despite it seeming to go away after the trauma.
CeruleanSky1988
All day every day I'm EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Crc07200
Oh nice, I have the
AAAAÀAAAaaAaaAaaaaaaaaaAÀAAAAAAAAA
CgnCalling
PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS for over 30 yrs now
Malus333
Mines sounds like a flock of birds. Just constant chirping 24/7
Alurkerforcedtologin
Do you live in or near an aviary, by any chance?
Malus333
No. I did grow up in the boonies and it just sounds like flocks of sparrows after corn harvest.
Alurkerforcedtologin
Ah. Sorry to hear that. That sucks.
CongratsYouAreHereNow
There is treatment
neithermenoryou
The treatment only alleviates the phantom noises, it does not undo the hearing loss due to damage.
DanielFromDenmark
What treatment? I got bad tinnitus after covid a year ago..
neithermenoryou
It'd be best to talk to an otorhinolaryngologists because the treatment options vary depending on what exactly is causing it in the first place. If it's a muscle vibrating due to stress there are exercises that can help loosen it back up to stop that, if it's damage to the inner ear hairs white noise treatments might help. If it's the nerves misfiring I believe there's a new experimental therapy option using very tiny electro shocks or something?
Best to consult a professional first tbh.
IllegalDuckling
I can't even imagine how y'all stay sane
TotallyNotFromTheFuture
Thats the neat part, you dont!
owlcatsanctuary101
I went absolutely nuts the first couple months, but at some point you learn to live with it. It ain't fun though.
Rovylern
That's the neat part... You don't.
myotheralt
The trick is not to start sane.
Beezlebubble
You get a pass to say "WHAT" anytime you need
sirwolfyy
Tell that to my wife!
sabian92
Lotta weed
Although the “WHAT?” jokes are never not funny lmao
ThanatosElNyx
Thank you for implying we were sane to begin with.
Tonberryc
I'm entirely reliant on background noise. Always need to have a fan running, quiet music, or a white noise machine. The silence is unbearable because it doesn't exist anymore. Just sounds like an electrical short inside of your head 24/7.
Pacifistmonkey
We don't.
Nizedk
We don't.
Copperbrat
It really gets annoying (almost claustrophobic) when you listen to it. So I just try not to tune in to the tinnitus frequency. If you have it, you know what I mean.
Mxlespxles
It's tenuous
AdmiralLightningrod
It's tenacious.
Mxlespxles
DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Poopoopeepeevagina
Sounds awful
Alurkerforcedtologin
ee ee ee ee EE-EE ee. EE EE-EE EE EE ee ee.
napsmear
Don't worry about it, after 40 years or so you'll mostly get used to it,... mostly 😏
DanWraith
Had it since I was a kid, didn't realize I had it until I flew on a plane for the first time and could still hear "crickets" 30,000ft up. I grew up in the swamps shooting guns and always thought it was just loud ass crickets 24/7.
KnifeKnut
One of the reasons I am of the opinion that hearing protection needs to be recurring educational topic in the educational system, going into more detail with increasing age (aka age appropriate).
nothingunused
Ugh, ass crickets are the worst.
TurdBurglar3000
I don't mean this in any demeaning way but that's the most redneck thing I've read in weeks
KnifeKnut
It only became demeaning because of the euphemism treadmill.
toomanymemesandnotenoughmemeory
How is this an unpopular opinion?
KittyKlimt6
US.
SarcasticComment
The Frequency of doing this. Everything from pranks to protests are very comfortable using this ear adjacent. It isn't seen as remotely in the ballpark of using pepperspray even though the damage can be life long.
tetondons
Because the most common culprit are carbrains announcing to all the pedestrians around them that someone in front of them isn't driving to their own personal satisfaction.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
It's unpopular to abusive idiots.
wylkyn
Most puffins love airhorn pranks.
SofaH3ro
The only way to get an unpopular opinion puffin to the front page is to post a popular opinion.
QuintinParry
It's not it's even assault if someone chooses to press charges. And the existence of a prank video would be very convenient evidence should the need arise.
IdRatherBeOnThePlaystation
KnifeKnut
Then why are there so many "prank" videos of it happening.?
Arbitrarynamehere
Because not everyone moralizes their media consumption
Arbitrarynamehere
Hey guys unpopular opinion here but does anyone else think hurting people is bad?
KnifeKnut
The popularity of "prank" videos where this is happening.
LeSethX
I call those the FAFO Pranksters. They are betting people will have a flight or freeze reaction, but eventually get a fight response
Comet260
Like that kid that got shot and KILLED in Nashville. He was doing a knife robbery prank. FAFO indeed.
KnifeKnut
Especially without significant consequences.
Thanshin
Sometimes there are significant consecuences to pranks, but you must be ready for actual violence. I slapped a guy to the ground for a kind of prank.
sumthinsumthinsumthin
Some might argue a slippery slope about calling things that do not have contact "assault". I'm not one of those people. I 100% agree with @OP but I am not sure what legal wonks might say about it.
OppaGangnamPyle
Blast one in a cops ear and see what happens
Jarjarthejedi
Assault does not require physical contact by (dictionary and legal) definition, it is "harm /or/ unwanted contact". Some places do have strange legal codes where battery is not separate and thus the joint crime of "assault and battery" requires physical contact, but /most/ locations separate the two and thus assault does not require physical contact.
YouThinkImEspeciallyNotAGenius
No clue about the assault part, but I can’t imagine it would be overly hart to sue a person that caused deafness.
adrianontherocks
Noise is a torture category, isn’t it? If it works for torture I feel like it should qualify for assault
Imalwaysready
"11 Popular Songs the CIA Used to Torture Prisoners in the War on Terror"
https://www.mic.com/articles/87851/11-popular-songs-the-cia-used-to-torture-prisoners-in-the-war-on-terror
Binyam Mohamed suffered Eminem's "Slim Shady" for 20 days.
"I heard this nonstop over & over," he told...Reprieve, [an] organization determined to end music torture practices. "CIA worked on people, including me, day & night for the months before I left. Plenty lost their minds."
Check on the torture angle, anyway.
Imalwaysready
"Some might argue a slippery slope..."
Yes, people who are wrong are prone to arguing all sorts of things.
N000BSt
As others have said, all is required for assault is to cause fear or apprehension of injury. Battery is what requires unwanted physical contact.
owlcatsanctuary101
Apparently throwing water at someone is considered assault in some parts of America, or so I'm told... (Not American). So I'm sure this could be too! Nothing makes sense over there, everything is possible! /S
astrangehop
Currently have a friend staying with me because she has a no contact order and is facing assault charges for throwing water.
phalanks
In many states assault doesn't require touching someone. Battery requires touching someone. That's the key difference.
Imalwaysready
Are you positive about battery?
KnifeKnut
It causes physical damage even though there is no contact. Same goes for high powered lasers for example.
KsuviKhor
Depends on your definition of “contact” I suppose. The science of physics would certainly support the argument that both loud noises and lasers are indeed making “contact” with a victim on a molecular level.
KnifeKnut
According to you silly position, shooting someone is not assault.
quadraspaz1
It's attempted murder
LoquaciousDude
That's.. not what they are saying though, they're saying there's an argument to be made that sounds, etc, are also making contact
KsuviKhor
My apologies if the wording of my comment was too ambiguous.
To be more clear, the point I was trying to make was that physics dictates that lasers and loud sounds DO make contact with a victim, and as such they SHOULD be considered weapons capable of assault and battery.
“Battery is an unlawful application of force directly or indirectly upon another person or their personal belongings, causing bodily injury or offensive contact.”
Loud sounds and lasers are both applications of force.
Miller16of16
My POV, its the only self defense tool my minor daughter can carry and use. That said, deliberately using one without cause should be considered assault, no different than unlawfully pepper spraying someone or punching them.
KnifeKnut
An acceptable use, not to say that the situation calling for it is acceptable.
mouseasw
Self defense is a far cry from a shitty prank.