neighborhood security cameras that make fuckass noises or yell “HI UR ON CAMERA”

Those exist??

As a former rider, apologies. Whenever I drove in the city I kept the noise and rpm low so you could not make me out between the cars.

It is easily doable, but there are many assholes.

Motorbikes are without a doubt my biggest source of audio-related stress.

The worst are those without any mufflers. And they block off streets.

A million years ago southpark had an episode about that...

Motorcycles are a close 2nd only to my neighbors who leave their dogs out barking all night

The theory is that it keeps them safe because drivers hear them before seeing them.

im with you there. i have a pair of these i wear when i really need quiet. the best sound isolation ive been able to find has been those with a pair of ear plug headphones playing some kind of noise, usually ocean waves because i find them relaxing. when i do that i literally cant hear anything that isnt strong enough to physically feel the sound.

people always try to recommend noise canceling headphones of some kind to me but honestly theyre all kind of garbage. they dont attenuate the sound nearly enough and they cheap out on passive attenuation so they barely do anything without the active damping. a lot of them will also amplify some noises, especially sudden short bursts of noise, which is insufferable to me.

i know that this is because they arent nearly as sensitive to sound as me, but its still kind of annoying that people act like active noise cancelling will solve all your noise related issues. theres no replacement for preventing the sound from getting to your ears in the first place.

Noise cancelling earbuds? Even the $30 ones are pretty good.

They don't bother me, even the loud gas-powered ones.

My HOA includes landscaping and they come around once on month on Monday and that saves me from raking. It only takes a few minutes and they move on to the next house.

Purposely loud motorcycles and cars, on the other hand...

I've been prepping my driveway for the last week to seal coat it, and I feel bad when I need to run the electric blower for like ten minutes max.

I keep the garage door shut when I run the air compressor and run the hose out under it, which works very well to suppress the noise.

I also share the opinion that regular leaf cleanup is stupid. like just leave 'em be, the bugs will use them and they'll feed the lawn. raking is usually easier than blowing anyways, in my experience. maybe that's just because I've never cut my grass weekly and don't have a golf course for a yard

Gas leaf blowers genate a fuckton of pollution. The stats are horrific for their outsoded carbon footprint. Like on the order of 30 minutes of a leaf blower is about the same as a truck driving from texas to Alaska. They should be banned for both noise and airborne gas pollutions.

I don’t hate my neighbours enough to buy a leaf blower.

The stats sound about right, based on general world experience.

What those don't address is quantity per category. There's way more cars than motorbikes on the roads (in Switzerland and most EU/North America areas).

The loudest part of a car is usually (assuming it's got a legal muffler) the wheels in contact while rolling at speed. So, while few cars might be breaking a sound law individually, the sheer quantity of cars driving fast makes for the general cacophony you hear in the city. It's then punctuated with motorbikes, car horns, and leaf blowers. That basic rumble you can never escape is just the tires of the cars rolling along.

Also assholes playing loud music. The only reason for that is because you're attention starved. Turn the music down and go get a hug you dicks.

Well, fragile masculinity is.