Comment on How do you voice chat without bothering roommates?

• db2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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