Posted by europerep on September 18, 2013, at 16:03:38
In reply to Re: hypersensitive to noise » europerep, posted by alexandra_k on September 18, 2013, at 15:49:06
> > > welding earmuffs. maybe i need something like that. i dno't know.
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> > I once saw a girl with those in the library. Admittedly, my first thought was that she was crazy, but if it works for her, who cares what I think.
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> ah. i don't care too much what people think. i'm sure people stare at me for ramming my fingers in my ears, too.
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> if i cared too much about what other people thought... i don't suspect i'd have a problem, really. i could go to the library and pretend to work but really spend my time rustling papers, tapping the desk, smiling and giggling and flirting with any individual i can possibly lure to pay attention to me! pay attention to me! pay attention to me! like... a lot of undergraduates seem to. and then wonder 'why don't i do better i spend so much time pretending to study, i don't understand'
>Hmm, you know, I've been coming across posts of yours every now and then, here and especially on the social forum, and I usually read them without intervening or replying... but I was just gonna say, you usually write some pretty good stuff. I mean, not as in literature type of good, but as in smart stuff that makes sense and shows you're a pretty good observer of yourself and of others. This library thing here is a good example.
So, yeah, I was just gonna say that. I'm relatively sure you're a pretty cool person in real life. I'm not sure what a compliment on an anonymous internet forum for crazy people is worth, but I decided to say it nonetheless. ;)
I hope you find a solution to this noise problem. If you have to use a welding earmuff, why not do it, but the idea with noise-canceling headphones that PC made is probably worth a try as well.
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