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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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If you’re craving a bit more sauce in your life, I implore you to exit the figurative bubble that is noise cancelling headphones, and allow your environment to soundtrack your inner monologue — you’d be surprised how it affects the themes and tone of your inner world.
Some brief background on this theory... In my experience, my music selection would often colour my thoughts, and unfortunately I have a penchant for sad boy shit. And sad boy music = sad boy. Conversely, if I made the deliberate choice to listen to “happy” music when I was feeling off, my mind would try to manufacture happiness through sheer will, exposure, and a repeated “happy thoughts” mantra. But this process rarely felt authentic, and all the more isolating.
Instead, I found that inviting the randomness of worldly sounds would take me on a crazy-eyed, spontaneous journey — internally and externally.
Jun 3, 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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Mar 21, 2025
especially this really lovely photo of little miss giggles... she's just like me fr ☆♡
May 29, 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