• Lorindól@sopuli.xyz
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      A few years ago I regularly took the same morning bus to work. There was this maybe 16-17 year old kid who sat on the back and would listen obnoxious rap at full volume on his phone, while hogging the whole seat row with his stuff.

      I had my headphones on but the hideous rap blared so loud I couldn’t hear anything else. In my country we rarely interfere with other people’s business, everyone was just sitting tight looking pissed off.

      After few minutes I stood up, walked to the kid and told him to either turn that shit off, use headphones like everyone else or I’d throw his phone out at the next stop. He looked at me for a moment completely dumbfounded but turned the noise off and left the bus at the next stop.

      He never took the same bus again.

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          I strongly dislike rap in general, but this horror was something that was probably home made by the kid himself or his friends. All I remember about the “lyrics” was that they involved some kind of rape fantasy.

          That was the breaking point for me.

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          I live in Finland. We do not clap.

          Everyone on the bus remained silent, just you are expected to be while in public spaces. This is our way.

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          These things happen! I have a similar story. People often just rely on the bystander effect to let them get away with anti-social behavior; sometimes when something is done about it the confrontation shocks them so much they don’t put up a fight.

        • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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          No, what? Don’t be creepy about it. Just snap their picture and run it through pimeyes to find their address and live in their walls for a few years to observe their schedule and fears. Maybe replace all of their clothes with identical versions a single size larger and put an irritant in their bodywash to give them reason to question whether they’ve dropped weight due to a terminal illness, then complete their existence as they sleep and, as hard as it may be, platonically collect their eyelashes for your album. Just don’t be creepy.

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      euthanized

      You write " forced to listen to accordion covers of operas played at a volume so it competes against the TVs playing the HeadOn commercial in Portuguese backwards in a loop" funny, but I get it.

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      I’m gonna add people that use speakerphone in public to that last. Just today I witnessed a dude at a Starbucks speaking loudly because he had his phone sitting on the table in front of him. Nothing in his hands, just wanted to disturb everyone, apparently…

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      I had a hero bus driver pull the bus over and give one of those kids a single warning. Told him if he plays the music loud again he’d be walking.

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      And let’s be real, it’s never someone playing Billy Joel or Stevie Ray Vaughn. It’s always the worst drill rap you’ve ever heard.

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        What difference does it make what they’re playing? This is a stupid distinction to make.

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      listening to music on speaker in some public places is illegal in some countries