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So odd that the OP thinks the standard should be complete silence and that music is "background noise" rather than something people enjoy. Life is simpler if you mind your own.
Well...I can see OP's point if the noise is so loud as to be an annoyance to someone else. But just the idea that some people like background noise...and trying to make it seem like a pathology...weird.
I just find silence distracting. Maybe because I have ADD, IDK. I graduated college Magna C um Laude doing all my work at home with TV on in the background.
Others find noise distracting. I can't study or pay attention to what I'm reading anymore with TV, radio, ads, etc, going on. Low-moderate volume, mellow (think soft-rock, classical, smooth jazz) music without commercials is okay, preferably without any vocals. It's funny, because as a child I had 4 brothers and sisters and I could tune out the TV, their jabbering, all else, while reading, almost to the point of a trance-like reading state in which the whole of the world faded out and only my book and I existed. One time my brothers actually plotted and gave me a hot foot while I was reading because I was so oblivious to everything else going on. Now, I'm the exact opposite.
Some people have fear of being alone with their own thoughts.
it's sad and has a detrimental effect on society (lack of personal awareness causes one to act in ways that are fear-based, for starters).
They are emotionally, mentally, intellectually, and spiritually retarded - not going for full potential or actualization (Mazlow).
very true. But those who love noise cant hear the sound of the wind or the birds or the rain etc etc etc. Maybe they dont want to be part of a bigger universe.
I remember my mom used to nap in front of the TV in the living room. She could sleep with the TV on and all of us kids running around. As long as we weren't fighting, she could sleep. She said it was "happy noise" so it didn't bother her. Later in her life, she lived alone and for at least the last 10 years of her life she had the tv on 24/7. She slept with the tv on in her room. She said she liked it "for company". Thinking about that, I realized that in her entire life before that, she'd never lived alone for even one day. She went from her parents to her first husband, to a house full of kids, to her last kid finally leaving the nest, all without ever living on her own, so no wonder she needed "company".
I think it's an interesting topic. I love the sound of silence. It's often hard to come by so when I have it, I certainly appreciate it.
One thing I don't particularly care for is when I'm visiting someone's home and there is background music on ... especially during dinner. I like to have conversation around the dinner table and I don't feel the need to have music on but that's my personal opinion. Obviously many people like it so I just try to ignore it.
When people are invited to my home there is no music on and the only sounds are conversation, hopefully some laughter and maybe an occasional bark or two from our dogs. Even when I'm driving I usually have the radio off. We're all different.
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