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Quatrarius  ·  2301 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Restaurants Became So Loud - and How to Fight Back

my senses are several shades of fucked so somewhere between the noise levels of "moderately loud TV playing in the background" and "room full of people" i lose my ability to understand what people say without focusing on them/straining to hear, which is inconvenient when i'm with people i want to hear and interact with without skincrawling noise

what's really beautiful is that i learned i can just leave situations that are unpleasant for me instead of having to bear it and my life has improved so much now that i can slap the fuck it button

i freely admit that i'm a fussy little bitch but i wouldn't be if i could, i swear to god

and thank christ for earplugs