Massive headphones - under 20's?

[pete01]

Never tried driving with one ear! I use my hands like most people!

Thought you had paws?

 

[Odds]

Thought you had paws?

he has paws for thought.

 

[Mottie]

can you still hear people talking with noise cancelling headphones? or do they just cut out background noise ?

You can adjust the amount of ambient sound that you hear, or block it out completely.

 

[Murdochcat]

I think people who insist on walking down the street using face time or similar to conduct a conversation in loud voices are worse

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I think people who insist on walking down the street using face time or similar to conduct a conversation in loud voices are worse

Phone zombies?

 

[ReganAndCarter]

We get them in these parts with the big cans on their ears, even piloting electric scooters. Often complete with manbags and eye makeup. Poor things, probably dreaming of an EV that they will probably never have.

 

[Koolpc]

doubt its 61 - but looks cool
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Woof!!!!

 

[Koolpc]

Thought you had paws?

Sssshhhhhh

 

[Munroast]

would a dog know its barking whilst wearing them ?

 

[Koolpc]

would a dog know its barking whilst wearing them ?

Yes as i have tried it...

 

[Rodders53]

Not likely. A deaf driver, would need to declare it on their licence application, a driver needs to hear, and be aware of what is happening around them. I only turn the ICE on, when driving on quiet roads.

Not for the majority of drivers. https://www.gov.uk/deafness-and-driving Only certain class(es) of Licence need it declaring.

(Hearing aid wearer, but not yet deaf)

I think some of the yoof wearers in supermarkets and similar crowded spaces are Autistic/ADHD types and it helps with sensory overload.

Over the ear cans were common enough on my Tube commute and well before noise cancelling versions came in. Far better than open back that just annoyed other commuters.

 

[Munroast]

Phone zombies?

Irvine Welsh (trainspotting book) recently made a very interesting comment
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I wonder if in 20 or 30 years time we will look back at people today walking up and down the streets staring at their mobile phones, in the same way we now look back at people in the 70s & 80s who chain smoked

an epidemic of lung cancer to an epidemic of mental illness ?

there is something very weird about the way some people go on with these phones...

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I think some of the yoof wearers in supermarkets and similar crowded spaces are Autistic/ADHD types and it helps with sensory overload.

There must be an awful lot of 'Autistic/ADHD types'.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

there is something very weird about the way some people go on with these phones...

+1...

I spent several years, before I retired, living at the end of a mobile phone. When they first became popular, I thought they were a great boon, but I grew to hate them, being ruled by one. I now just pick it up, when I go out, there for my use, should I need it, or to pay for purchases, the rest of the time, it's out of sight, out of mind.

 

[JP_]

Life is too short for poor quality audio.