Comment on How do you voice chat without bothering roommates?

db2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• MrBobDobalina@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  …talking, in your own room, is being an asshole?

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you’re doing it loudly enough to be worried about people in complete other rooms, kinda yeah.

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    • MrBobDobalina@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Some people are overly conscientious of people around them, and ask questions like these even though they are already being completely reasonable. It’s a huge jump to assume they must be being an asshole, yelling into their mic etc. Try asking next time: “are you concerned about it because you tend to get excited and loud while chatting? Or is it more just a normal phone-call conversation volume?”

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    • ALostInquirer@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My question is coming more from the perspective of, “i think i’d like to try voice chatting but i really don’t want to be that roommate someone wants to strangle”

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      • QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Have you considered talking to your roommates about it? Maybe let them know that you want to make sure you’re not disturbing them and asking them to send you a text or knock on your door if it’s too loud? They might have ideas on how to minimize the sounds and/or agree on “quiet hours”.

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      • db2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        In that case maybe consider sound dampening. Castles had tapestries for looks but also to cut down the echo by absorbing some of that sound.

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• desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  literally where?

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  • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hallway, stairwell, outside the building, in your parked car, things like that

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    • guy@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Insanity, imagine how extraordinary long the telephone cord have to be

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      • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        C’mon, even we had one of those giant long phone cords so you could answer the phone in the kitchen and stretch it around into the other room so you could talk with your friend without your mom overhearing everything.

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