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Do drums drive you crazy?

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MT62 Sun 03-May-26 17:05:25

Yes I have a problem with noise, whether it’s loud music in the background of dramas & films, drowns out the dialogue.. why so loud?
Also birds singing in the early hours of the morning, I literally cannot stand it. but don’t mind them in the afternoon.
Restaurants with scrapey chairs on tiled floors, & cutlery scraping on plates. I literally can’t concentrate on a conversation I am having, so much so I barely go out for meals now.
Groups of loud, young women voices.
Now I have tinnitus so whether that’s something to do with it. The hearing lady at the tinnitus clinic did say there was a sss sound that young woman make that I probably couldn’t tolerate.
So yes I get that you would find drums annoying.

Mollygo Sun 03-May-26 16:32:01

I don’t watch or go to football matches so I didn’t know drums were allowed, but I’d hate to be sitting close to them. Last time I went it was Vuvuzelas, fun to play but a nightmare en masse.
I do sympathise about background noise during interviews though.
We usually resort to subtitles and low sound if it’s too bad.

gransruleok Sun 03-May-26 16:10:29

Why are drums allowed into football grounds? The mindless bang, bang, bang serves no purpose other than to drive me mad. Also noise in the background on some interviews has me rushing to the kitchen to check if I’ve left something on! How do others feel?