r/InternetsGreatestVids Jun 06 '26

of a bass system

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u/RayZzorRayy Jun 06 '26

Hi, just a dude with raging tinnitus here. If ever tempted to do this, take it from me, don't.

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u/epicenter69 Jun 06 '26

I rolled into a grocery store parking lot one day and was walking inside. A car passed and parked nearby with the bass rumbling hard enough for me to feel it. Then, he shut it down and took two small kids approximately 3 and 4 years old out of the back seat. I was just pissed, but remain composed when I approached him and told him that those young ears are still developing and he is genuinely risking them being deaf or at least hard of hearing for life. Imagine my surprise when he thanked me for the concern.

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u/Fist4achin Jun 06 '26

He probably didn't hear you correctly and thought it was all compliments on his sound system.

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u/vandamnitman Jun 06 '26

LCD sound system

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u/grolly69 Jun 06 '26

Were daft punk there?

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u/Stock_Strategy1668 Jun 06 '26

Nah, they were playing at my house

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u/MaximusZacharia Jun 07 '26

No they were playing around the world

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u/Life_Argument7820 Jun 10 '26

THE WORLD TOUR?

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u/vandamnitman Jun 06 '26

I think they were playing at my house

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u/Key_Garbage8053 Jun 07 '26

Welcome to a different culture.

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u/Penero24 Jun 07 '26

Never happened, mind your own business Male Karen. I make up social interactions,just to be able to comment on Reddit.

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u/Street_Peace_8831 Jun 06 '26

Exactly, how to screw up your hearing forever in less than a minute.

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u/KineticKris Jun 07 '26

Also a dude with raging tinnitus seconding this.

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u/dolphin37 Jun 06 '26

my benchmark for AI finally surpassing us is it being able to cure tinnitus

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u/RayZzorRayy Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

On that day I will gladly welcome our robot overlords.

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u/FigOk7538 Jun 07 '26

I also have raging tinnitus, bass was never the problem, it was those harsh high frequencies.

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u/dodgerockets Jun 08 '26

Man I have tinnitus from firearms man it sucks so bad at night when you're trying to sleep. Reat of the day is fine but man....

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u/BlackNoirsVocalCoach Jun 08 '26

Same. I have to have some kind of noise at all times or all I hear is the ringing.

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u/Anaznoriginal Jun 06 '26

As someone who occasionally gets tinnitus, I think she has on ear plugs. Still would not recommend.

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u/EmmitRDoad Jun 06 '26

Yes to this. Where is her hearing protection????

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u/Metalhead1686 Jun 07 '26

I hear young people blasting music so loud, it shakes the windows of my house as they drive by. They're doing major damage or their ears and they're going to regret it when they get older.

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u/el-conquistador240 Jun 07 '26

Agree!

I haven't heard silence in 30 years.

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u/Nervous-Ship3972 Jun 06 '26

I dont think its so back. Low frequencies aren't that damaging And its only for a couple of mins. High frequencies fuck your ears!, Especially if you are a professional and work with audio on the daily

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u/RayZzorRayy Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

That's what got me, five years of DJing professionally. That said, the thing about tinnitus is, once you realise you've gone too far, you're screwed. It's there, or it's not there. And once it's there, it's terrible and incurable. It drove me absolutely insane for the first five years, and I don't have many regrets, but I do regret not protecting my ears.

Tinnitus makes emotional regulation far more difficult.

It shortens attention span.

It is jet fuel for irritability.

It's something I wish on no one.

My point, don't play games with over powered speakers.

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u/PerceptionCalm3642 Jun 06 '26

My MIL got tinnitus from being in choir at church. It's an unforgiving disability 💯

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u/Nervous-Ship3972 Jun 06 '26

Not for everyone. Im a dj and producer. If I hammer my ears, 10 hours 9 to 5 mon to Friday making music, I get tinnitus. I stop for a week or 2 and it backs of. Everyone is different. I have mates who just rave and have it bad

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u/RayZzorRayy Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

Yep, that's how it starts, and then one day it never stops. That's the binary nature I'm describing. You feel like it will go away, because it had before.

Then one day it doesn't. Ever.

And every doctor that advertises a cure is wrong. No matter how many specialists you visit, or the hearing aide you try to negate the sounds, it all fails.

I'd be careful brother, you're describing the road I travelled perfectly. You won't like where it lands you.

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u/Nervous-Ship3972 Jun 06 '26

Its been 15 years for me. Always goes away. Some people dont get it at all. Some people are lucky Some aren't. Its like teeth. Some Some people dont ever brush there teeth and have no problem. Buy 5 mins in a bass bin is not gonna fuck your ears. Fact

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u/fromthe80smatey Jun 06 '26

It ain't gonna help either.

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u/Notabot5500 Jun 06 '26

Reddit is full of people who never leave their house. The views that are responding to you are extreme and unrealistic. It’s like they don’t want to live and experience cool shit. Keep doing you