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Fukitol's avatar

Protip: the farther away you are from other people, the less you can hear their noise. If you live far enough out all you have to be concerned about is quieting your appliances, which can be done.

As for headphones, ordered noise is better than disordered noise. When you have to descend into the screaming abyss, headphones are necessary protective equipment. (Counterpoint: they make you an easy mark when the harassment escalates beyond obnoxious behavior.)

I've known people who find the quiet disquieting. Fortunately none of them were fun to talk to anyway, so it was a mute point.

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Ahmed’s Stack of Subs's avatar

Silence is divine.

Mark 4:39 (CSB)

He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still! ” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

1 Kings 19:12 (CSB)

After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire there was a voice, a soft whisper.

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