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like i understand why it would be helpful for like productivity and shit and i do use a pair (got gifted one for christmas) but beyond that and for overstimulation/sensory issues noise-cancelling headphones are a nuisance to our society...
the absence of noise genuinely drives me out and freaks me out sorry i can't fucking handle it....
why do we want to be disconnected from the humdrum noise of everyday life so much??? the background noise of life is what keeps us grounded and honestly something we take from granted...
leaves rustling, bird chirping, train sounds, background conversations, the sound of walking??? and the most ordinary shit you know???? feel alive goddammit!!!
Mar 21, 2025
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i LOVE turning off the outside world and just enjoying my music or whatever else i'm listening to. it's like logging off - byee i'm not available i'm enjoying ME time!!
Dec 30, 2024
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not an original experience I know, but if I cannot make the sounds around me more, or less at will I'll become feral, and society doesn't need me to behave that way
Mar 3, 2025
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only heightens your sensitivity to and appreciation for silence and/or the ambient noise of life during the moments u decide to opt in
Mar 16, 2024
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Mar 21, 2025
(specifically behavioural experiment — really putting my psych degree into good use huh?)
i don't know man but this really helps me get unstuck from an all-or-nothing mindset and the insane analysis paralysis from even doing the most menial of tasks
look just set it from a random number of days and put a random thing to focus on and see what happens
i don't even have to stick to it — this isn't even a "serious/legitimate" experiment at all — i give myself the grace to fail at this "experiment" completely and i try to take as much emotional weight from it as possible
the whole of point me doing this in the first place is ripping off the band-aid: any action is good action at this point, i don't want to ruminate anymore and i want to build momentum (even if it seems embarrassingly insignificant)
if it works out: good!! if it doesn't work out: also good!! the whole point of this is trial and error and honestly just bridging the gap between idea and execution and getting rid of friction between tasks as much as possible...
we can always change the hypothesis and the experiment... back to the drawing board we go!!!
Mar 27, 2025
absolutely hate how the government is insisting on phasing out bamboo scaffolding and replacing it with steel scaffolding... like why??? bamboo scaffolding is deeply woven into hong kong culture and instantly reminds of home because it's just so unique and so distinctively hongkonger... i fucking hate the lack of efforts of cultural preservation because what else do we have left?
in recent years i could already feel a slow, sinking feeling that the local flavour of hong kong is slowly slipping away... i just don't want the city i was born and raised in to be more and more unrecognisable as time goes on.... even from the tiniest details of everyday life
there are so many iconic landscapes, features and walks of life that i value so much in the city that i just don't want to be seen thrown in the wayside and i know many hongkongers feel this way too
Mar 22, 2025