If I Can Hear Boom-Boom Cars, In My House, With The Windows Closed...

[arwalden]

... and the TV ON, and the furnace humming, and my being a little hard of hearing, and with my house being 50 yards from the street... I WONDER WHAT IT MUST SOUND LIKE INSIDE THE CAR??

[Mz Pip]

1. People inside the cars

are probably close to deaf from being so close to all that loud noise.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[barb162]

45. and they have no brains anyway so they won't notice they're deaf

[terrya]

2. That's noise pollution.

Maybe it's just me, but how can you enjoy music that loud?

Of course, whether or not you think of that as "music" is open to interpretation.

[ET Awful]

9. The object isn't to "enjoy" the "music," it's to show off.

A big woofer is just as much a sign of trying to compensate as a big SUV :)

[terrya]

10. Whatever floats one's boat, I guess.

I just don't get it. But, whatever. It's still noise pollution.

[ET Awful]

16. Agreed.

Most forms of compensating end up being pollution of one kind or another :)

Whether it's noise polution from their giant woofers or air pollution from their giand SUV's.

It all comes out the same :)

[arwalden]

24. Yeah... But...

I never heard of anyone committing suicide by locking themselves in a garage and suffocating on the fumes from their giant woofers! :eyes:

:hi:
-- Allen

[ET Awful]

28. Hmmm. . . .

It would be an interesting experiment though :)

[Iris]

17. And none of that will matter when you're old and gray and have a bad

prostate AND bad hearing!

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[terrya]

18. Oh dear...are you having a bad day today?

That could explain the "fuck you".

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[arwalden]

22. Right Mark414... We're "Assholes" For Having An Opinion...

Nice.

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[arwalden]

26. Mark414... A Word To The Wise...

I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the rules that prohibit attacking other members. Next time try to argue the message and not hurl insults and heap personal scorn on the messenger.

That's such a juvenile way to respond. When people use personal attacks and vulgar insults like that, it shows a lack of maturity.

[mark414]

27. thanks dad

say the same to your hip hop hatin friends

[arwalden]

30. My "Hip-Hop Hating Friends" Posted A Message Against The Music

itself, and you responded with personal attacks against THEM. There's a difference.

Rather than posting something that supports your side, you respond with insults. Instead of refuting someone else's opinion, you answer with "fuck you!" and "shut the fuck up!" and "i don't put up with yes, assholes, making ignorant statements" and "i'm just sick of assholes..."

Nice... real nice.

Someone posts their opinion about hip-hop music and you resond with personal attacks. They did not attack you personally, yet this is how you respond to them. When someone does that, it makes me think that they lack maturity.

From what I can see... as of right now, my "hip hop hatin friends" have not attacked you personally.

[mark414]

32. people don't understand

an attack on hip hop IS a personal attack

people don't get it, they don't understand it, so they'd be best to just not say anything at all

[arwalden]

34. What Horseshit !!

>> an attack on hip hop IS a personal attack <<

It's an attack on something that is important to you, but it's not an attack on YOU.

Why do you consider it to be an attack on you? Exactly how is it an attack on you personally?... Please explain if you will. I'm interested in hearing this.

>> people don't get it, they don't understand it, <<

Obviously there are some people who "get it"... so it's clearly not beyond the scope of human comprehension. What can you share with us (other than "fuck you") that would help us to "get it"??

So rather than explain it... and instead of arguing your points... your response is to make personal attacks and resort to vulgar language? Why?

Why would you rather engage in the juvenile name-calling instead of having an intelligent conversation? Even if it's an argument (instead of a conversation) it doesn't need to include the name calling.

>> so they'd be best to just not say anything at all <<

Really? Wow! -- They'd *better* not, huh? Or what?? Sounds like a threat. Such big-man tough-talk is hardly a substitute for actually explaining your opinions of why you think someone might be wrong. I guess it's just easier to call someone an "asshole" and say "fuck you", huh?

[Susang]

37. This has got to be the funniest flamewar I have ever read

"An attack on hip-hop is a personal attack"? Comedy genius! :D

[arwalden]

38. The Absurdity Of It Is What Makes It So Hysterical...

so... FUCK YOU!! :hi:

-- Allen

[Susang]

40. Now don't be hatin'

:evilgrin:

[proud2BlibKansan]

57. Go back and read the thread starter

NEVER is hip hop mentioned. He is just assuming the poster means hip hop.

[arwalden]

59. Ah... Very Interesting.

[Logansquare]

61. I'd like a remote control that switched those things to opera

I think it'd be fucking hilarious to aim a remote at one of those boom-boom cars and suddenly have Madam Butterfly blasting out of the speakers!

[RandomKoolzip]

71. I like hiphop, mark 414. One of your first posts about it, I responded to

with my liking for El-P, PE, the Coup, Vadim, etc.

However, this stuff about "an attack on hip hop IS a personal attack" is really misguided. You can't tie your own identity to a genre or a particular group of artists so closely that when that group is criticized, you take it personally. It's a waste of time.

I know because I used to be the same way. I used to have to defend my love of punk rock to "haters." I had identified so deeply with the music that it almost used to bring me to tears, or at least bring me to red-faced anger when I would hear my peers put it down. To me, the musicians I loved were closer to me than my friends and my family, and the feelings they engendered were quite similar.

But I'm a little older now, and I can seperate my identity from the music I love.

I often get involved in music flamewars here on DU (You wouldn't believe the number of people who consider a slam on Radiohead as a slam on THEM.) It's best to take any criticism of a musical genre with a grain of salt...life's too short. It's just music.

Plus, you gotta admit, hiphop is so omnipresent, so dominant a cultural force, that a backlash is going to come eventually, especially when so many people insist on playing the music in their cars so goddamned loud that you can hear it in the next time zone. Just like the republican party, hiphop is no underdog anymore, it's the king of the hill. So you should get used to the slings and arrows and enjoy the music for the music's sake, not because you identify so strenuously with the culture.

Just my 2 cents.

[alfredo]

53. I am sixty years old and I do not like my house shaking from

loud woofers. I like hip hop, I and like listening to it when I have a mind to. I just don't want it imposed on me by some jerk-off parked in front of my house.

It is kind of like bush imposing "democracy" on others whether they want it or not.

Hip hop isn't the problem, it is immature arrogant assholes that impose it on the rest of us.

[Bat Boy]

42. I remember my dirt bag friends saying exactly the same thing

about Lynyrd Skynyrd. I found the statement just as ridiculous then.

Being passionate about something is extremely cool. I'm all for it. But unless you back that passion with intelligent and articulate dialogue you're just flailing in the wind, ineffectually pissing people off and giving them more reason to stay away from the thing you love.

Don't let your passion override your intelligence.

[terrya]

23. It's called "freedom of speech"

You have every right in the world to call my tastes in music crap.

Whatever.

But, sorry, I'm not going to pretend that I like a kind of music when I don't. And I have every right in the world to say so.

[CatWoman]

33. you know, my neighbor does that shit each and every fucking weekend

he and his buds get together, just to sit in their cars in front of his house and blast that shit to smithereens.

It makes everything on my walls shake.

and it sounds like shit.

btw -- it's not "hip hop" that they play alone -- he's hispanic.

I don't give a damn what type of music it is, the shit sounds terrible with the distored bass.

I hope he blows his speakers.

[proud2BlibKansan]

55. Who ever said anything about this boom boom car thing

being exclusive to hip hop music?

I happen to think there is an adequate volume for any music and playing it too loud ruins it. Even hip hop can be too loud. And punk rock. And country. And classical.

[ET Awful]

19. You won't hear me complain about the music itself, I like quite a bit

of it. I just don't like to feel the music from someone else's car while I'm trying to relax in my living room. :)

[arwalden]

21. Mark414... That's Not Nice

There are many "disco sucks" threads and "musicals are stupid" threads around here... but I happen to like disco and musicals... but you don't see me responding in such a vulgar manner.

[Midlodemocrat]

36. Right there with you.

...I personally detest that music, but what I detest more is the blasting of it which excludes my ability to listen to what is in my CD player. Once, while sitting in traffic with my little ones, with the A/C on and Barney the dinosaur on, a kid pulled up and the bass was so loud the van was shaking. I rolled down my windows, put all the Barney to the speaker nearest him and let him have a 'good' listen. Needless to say, he looked over and sheepishly turned his music down. It was actually pretty funny.

[Goathead]

3. That's the most polite thing

I have ever heard those cars called. Is that even music that they are listening to or is it just a loud obnoxious, droning, bassline?

[Algorem]

4. this is what the roadside bomb was actually invented for

[billyskank]

47. Would this be a bad time to own up

to the fact that I just put a 300 watt amp and a sub in the back of my car? :-}

[Algorem]

68. Better ask Rumsfeld about that armor thing.

Nah.For some reason my booming doesn't bother me.

[Lady Effingbroke]

5. WHAT???? CAN YOU TYPE A LITTLE LOUDER, PLEASE???

Oh, sorry. What, exactly, is the purpose of such a loud stereo "system"? Besides, of course, annoying the crap out of everyone within a 1/2 mile radius? I don't get it.:shrug:

[arwalden]

8. Maybe It's Like A "Mating Call" Of Some Sort...

Some species' mating calls can be heard for MILES!

(BOOM-BOOM hey baby BOOM-BOOM look at me BOOM-BOOM I've got a big 10" woofer BOOM-BOOM me so horny BOOM-BOOM you horny too BOOM-BOOM)

[fluffernutter]

6. argh, that drives me totally insane!

and i just don't get the attraction to it at all.

[immoderate]

I usually say, "Thanks for serenading me."

--IMM

[immoderate]

7. I usually say, "Thanks for serenading me."

--IMM

[Us vs Them]

11. They are deaf. Not to be mistaken with def.

That's why they keep repeating "know what I'm sayin'??"

Most often times the other person does not.

[arwalden]

12. I Thought "Noam Sayin" Was Some Man's Name.

[Us vs Them]

14. Fureal, son! Word.

[Ron Green]

15. If you don't want to take the time to learn to play music....

you can always spend some cash on a car system so you can CRANK IT!

[Wapsie B]

29. I just knew I shoulda

gone to school to be an Audiologist.

[BattyDem]

31. Those aren't cars ...

those are speakers with wheels! :P

[Algorem]

35. i always wonder how much of the boom-boom is coming from outside of

the passenger compartment,like from the trunk,where the back speakers are really located,and if they were to have sound insulation covering the back parts of the goddam speakers how much less boom-boom there'd be

[n2mark]

39. Boom- Boom

I just find it annoying to be forced to listen to what others want to hear. I don't want to hear it my house. For those with hearing problems like me, the vibrations bothers my ears and head. When I'm in my car my car sometimes shakes from the vibrations. I don't care what people listen to-- just don't make me.

[CatWoman]

41. I felt the same way about boom boxes

the best and funniest movie scene I've seen was in Star Trek - The Voyage Home.

Spock gave this obnoxious punker the knock out pinch when he disturbed the entire bus with his loud, rude music. When asked to turn it down, the moron gave the requestor the finger, and cranked that evil sounding shit up even louder.

[ET Awful]

44. Great scene :)

It stands out in my head so well I can remember some of the lyrics to the song the kid was playing :) (It was "I Hate You" by Edge of Etiquette, I just found that out by doing a quick search of the lyrics I remembered) :).

That's still one of my all time favorite movie scenes :) I also liked his "I think it's time for another one of those colorful metaphors captain." :)

[CatWoman]

48. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

IT'S STUCK IN MY HEAD NOW!!!!!!!

AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.........

"

[ET Awful]

50. Sorry :)

I didn't mean to ruin your evening :)

[CatWoman]

52. As long as I can gaze upon Quinn's beautiful puss

you're forgiven!!

:D

[ET Awful]

58. How about his back and Althea's face?

:)

[ismnotwasm]

43. Um, well in my younger days

I, too was guilty of playing very loud music. Got the cops called a couple of times. Didn't have that bass, or I'm sure I woulda used it. I still do listen to stuff like Bad Brains pretty loud in my car. To the hip-hop person: you all didn't invent music meant to be played loud, or music with a message. Please. I personally appreciate a lot of hip-hop because one of my kids is very into it. No hater here. Relax. Peace.

[barb162]

46. One of the things I dislike about summer is the noise. I am glad to

have the windows closed now and to not listen to the loud cars, the lawn mowers, etc. In the summer when one of the boom-boom cars pulls up next to or near you, you can't even hear your own quiet radio. ANd I swear my car vibrates from their booming radios.

That car had to have one incredibly loud system for you to have heard it that far away and with the windows closed.

[Skittles]

49. pity poor me, Allen

I work 6PM to 6AM and they are doing major construction right across the street from me, building houses. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

[arwalden]

51. How Awful!!

Have you tried those foam earplugs? You know... the ones that you squeeze down to insert, then they slowly expand in your ear canal.

[Skittles]

54. I just can't sleep with things in my ears

the worst is when those big machines are backing up. BEEP.....BEEP.....BEEP......BEEP

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[n2mark]

56. Huh?

Did someone say something?

[name not needed]

65. Just kick their asses

:)

[flamingyouth]

60. Sometimes I like driving through Bellevue listening to

Black Sabbath or the Sex Pistols really loudly, just to piss off the Republicans. :evilgrin:

[arwalden]

62. LMAO!!

Okay... so we'll cross out Bellevue from our list of places we'd like to move to.

[flamingyouth]

63. Hon, I'll turn it down if I'm on your street, no worries

I just get a kick out of driving near Bill Gates' house while listening to "Iron Man" or "God Save the Queen" really loudly. :D

[arwalden]

64. Actually, I Was More Concerned About Living Amongst Republicans!!

Unless.... do you know whether or not there's a Democratic-Ghetto in Bellevue?

[flamingyouth]

67. Oooh, let me think on that

No. :D

[miss_kitty]

66. when my player works

you know I'm cruisin Bellevue Square with the windows down and Public Enemy or Run DMC cranked to share with the playa hatas. I turn down the music when I get off the freeway. I don't want to advertise stereo equipment in my car.

[alfredo]

69. Loud music = collapsed lungs.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3614180.stm

Loud music lung collapse warning

It's not just damage to hearing that clubbers should worry about


Loud music can do more than damage your hearing - it can also cause your lungs to collapse.

Experts writing in the Thorax detail four cases where loud music fans experienced the condition, known as a pneumothorax.

One man was driving when he experienced a pneumothorax, characterised by breathlessness and chest pain.

Doctors linked it to a 1,000 watt "bass box" fitted to his car to boost the power of his stereo.

[mac56]

70. Thousands of dollars worth of speakers and sound equipment -

not a nickel's worth of car insurance.

And: are there women who are really attracted to this kind of shit? Or are these dudes just showing off for each other?

Paging Dr. Freud....Dr. Freud...