Comment on Boomers with their loud Samsung phone sounds

• 1ns1p1d@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  To be fair, no it isnt. Its inconsiderate assholes, not old people. Inconsiderate assholes are all ages. For instance, you are an inconsiderate asshole.

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• RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The most annoying phone thing to me is Zoomers / teens / old people / anyone with videos and music playing from their shitty little phone speakers in public. A lot of kids seem to be phone and tablet addicts and don’t comprehend the noise they’re making is bothering others.

  But a few notification sounds is nothing. It’s all about the quantity and duration and volume. Personally I don’t put my phone on Silent or Vibrate unless I’m in a quiet public place like a movie or an office - but I also control all notifications with a heavy hand, not allowing any bullshit apps notification permission unless it’s an important direct communication.

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  • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah I don’t get what the issue is with notification sounds.

    I’m not sure what it is, but ever since I got a more modern phone, the vibration motor has just gotten so weak compared to older phones I’ve used. I legitimately do not feel my phone vibrating in my pocket.

    So when I’m at work, if I’m expecting a message, I actually have to turn the sound on and listen for it as opposed to feel it vibrating. I hardly get any notifications tho.

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• bluewing@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  As a boomer with tinnitus, (I’ve had since maybe 4 years old), and now hearing loss, I can’t hear shit on my cell phone at 50% volume. And I have alarms set to remind me to take certain inhalers at set times during the day, (Thanks Long Covid!). So, yeah, I have the volume up enough to probably piss you off. It pisses me off too-- I hate those things and having to live like this. But it’s not like turning the volume off or down is really an option for me.

  But chances are I probably forgot the damn thing at home anyway.

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  • earphone843@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Get a smart watch. I have adhd and rarely register notification tones, but my watch vibrating usually gets my attention. You can usually control what apps get to send notifications to it.

    I have the garmin instinct and love it, but I do a lot of outdoor activities.

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  • westyvw@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I have a uncle with a similar situation. He ended up getting him a smart watch. I don’t remember which, but the search was for the strongest vibrate he could find. The phones vibrate didn’t do the job, but he feels the wrist vibrate.

    He also is used to wearing a watch so he feels weird without it and there fore doesn’t forget it.

    Maybe that could help you.

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    • bluewing@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I already wear a smart watch and use the vibrate reminders. It’s not particularly effective. After a lifetime in the harsh sun, there ain’t a lot of feeling left. Maybe once out of three times I might notice the vibration if I’m not distracted doing life things.

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• westyvw@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not my experience at all, seems to be just about anyone can be an asshole.

  I was in the library for the first time in ages, two of them actually. Mixed group of people, pretty busy. I am happy to say I heard not a single notification or phone ring the whole time. I hadn’t thought about it until you mentioned it. That was kind of refreshing. Unlike waiting rooms, the bus, coffee shop, the quiet lounge at the airport. Maybe I got lucky.

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