These ‘factory look’ restaurants ,with high ceilings with all the pipes and ducts exposed, can fuck right off. Then they pump in music so everyone has to shout, adding to the ‘ambiance’. That shit is the laugh track of social interaction.
Huh?
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Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 19 hours ago
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
It’s even crazier that office space are designed like that. And then managers are suprised that everyone wears headphones in the office.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 16 hours ago
while saying you have to be in the office because of the interaction
merc@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
In one place I worked, the ambient sound was so loud that not only did everyone wear headphones, but the best way to chat with someone who was 3-4 desks away was to type to them while continuing to listen to whatever you had on your headphones. Of course, the place was so absurdly loud because the management insisted on an open office plan with everyone in the office so that we’d more easily be able to chat informally to foster new ideas.
comrade19@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Finally someone who agrees. Plus they charge so much for some tiny burger. Get a ceiling grid with those acoustic panels using the burger profit. The polished concrete floor never helps too.
I went to a club that boomers go to the other day. Carpet, clean toilets, soft lighting, and meals that cost less because their profit comes from poker machines. Hell yeah brutha
scytale@piefed.zip 13 hours ago
The burger is also on a wood chopping board. We want plates!
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 15 hours ago
We have supper clubs here, which are apparently highly regional.. as in I never saw one when I was more than a few hours out of my region, and that was several years of looking. Meanwhile nearly every town here has at least one.
It’s mostly boomers, tho you’ll find considerable millennial representation these days as well (not typically much younger people). A nice low ceiling, dim light, carpeted place that expects you to sit for a drink or two and socialize before food, take your order long before you are seated at your table sort of thing. Slow, quieter, intimate, and so popular they are gathering spots for old people. Also the food is usually killer, and/or stuff you can’t get elsewhere, for decent small town prices. No poker machines tho.
Eiri@lemmy.ca 17 hours ago
Oh, you don’t need the music to need to shout. The high ceiling achieves that by itself. Echo, space to fill, or something. Not to knowledgeable about acoustics.
I really wish they made restaurants with low ceilings. You take the tallest people who are likely to come, you add maybe 30 cm, and that’s more than high enough, right? No, they’ve gotta have ceilings so high they could genuinely fit two floors in the one they have. It’s a waste of space, too.
Rothe@piefed.social 19 hours ago
Indeed. It is like drinking in a sweatshop.
glorkon@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Absolutely. When I go to a bar or restaurant, I prefer a place that doesn’t look like a co-working space. Also, when I see anyone using a laptop in there, I’m out.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
That is called a “pub”.
Remember kids:
Oak and brass, A touch of class. Pine and chrome, Get yourself a six pack and drink it in your garage.
merc@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
One of my personal gripes with TV and movies is when the main characters go to a dance club, or a strip club, and have a conversation at a normal volume level. You can always tell from the look of the places that they’re the kind where you have to shout into the ear of the person next to you to have a hope at being understood.
thenewred@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Sound panels. They’re insanely effective. I put up a few at home, and now I complain about every place that doesn’t have them.
melfie@lemy.lol 13 hours ago
Mind linking to what you found to be insanely effective? Might be a dumb question, but not positive what “sound panels” are and acoustics can be pretty fickle from my experience.
thenewred@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Examples here
www.acoustimac.com/…/acoustic-panels-dmd-series
I’ve done a few with my own photos printed on them, they look like canvas art. Well, they basically are, but also filled with sound deadening insulation.
I will probably make some myself at custom sizes, it’s basically a frame filled with insulation from the big box store, wrapped in fabric.
The impact they have is reducing room reverb, which helps a lot for conversation when there are a lot of people in the room.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
WHAT?
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
#WHAT?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I don’t have a cat, maybe next door?
sramder@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
So just drinking with friends at home then?
No… wait! Charging strangers to drink at your home 😏🤑
gmtom@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Like some kind of public house?
sramder@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I see what you did there…
Pretty sure I’d need to be a church or something first. California isn’t a fan of not collecting taxes.
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Make them byob and pay a cover
sramder@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Nice handle. I’m going to try that… I just fill up 50 syringes from 1-50 units, stick them all in and… no, no… I didn’t think this through either 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉
Going to go take a nap my friends, feel a little woozy 😌
apex32@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
There’s a town where there’s a trend of people building garage bars:
sramder@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Pretty sure Family Guy did that first?
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
That sounds pretty neat actually
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 21 hours ago
Drinking in the basement with my friends (the various paraphernalia i use to do drugs).
sramder@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That’s almost a haiku… no wait, I just sat on syringes 43 through 50… someone please call 911.*
*100% kidding… although I am diabetic 😌
SethTaylor@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
BILLION DOLLAR IDEA: A BAR, BUT YOU CAN HEAR THE PEOPLE YOU’RE WITH
Siethron@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
WHAT!? TELL ME AFTER THE NOISE DIES DOWN.
meanwhile when the noise actually does die down: SO THAT’S WHY I NEED A NEW HEMROID CREAM.
TehWorld@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Back in the late 90s, at a seedy bar with my tech-head buddies, we snagged a booth/table with a crappy half blown speaker that was pumping music so loud you couldn’t hear ANYTHING. My buddy whips out his multi tool and proceeds to stand up and snip the wire going to the speaker. An amazing idea that I’ve really never had the chance to replicate, but inspired me to carry a multi tool a lot more.
naught101@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
My personal conspiracy theory is that bars have bad acoustics so that you have to shout, so that you get a sore throat, so that you feel like you need to drink more.
CheesyFingers@piefed.social 20 hours ago
That’s good, but it’s just so people dont linger too long and will leave after they’ve spent money. If bars and restaurants were comfortable people would hang out at them for hours and that’s bad for profits.
autriyo@feddit.org 18 hours ago
In my dreams I’d be running an unprofitable bar out of my other living room. (I don’t have another living room)
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
For singles bars, it’s so people can get close and talk in each other’s ears and have a private conversation.
starchylemming@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
it’ll go bankrupt quick. people drink less when they can have other stimulation
if the place has a dancefloor, it also has to have shit music in between so you return and buy a drink to pass time
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
So not a bar.
davidagain@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Like my local pub, then. That’s how I like it. Spoiler: they’re not ranking it in and agent millionaires, though.
rumba@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Missed opportunity. They need a jukebox, where you put $5 in for it to drop the volume by 3 points for 10 minutes.
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
^what’s new pussy cat^
glitchdx@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Part of the reason why I hate going to bars. Another part is that the drinks are overpriced. I can get a decent handle and drink for a week for the same price as 3 drinks at a bar. No, the shitty music and oppressive atmosphere does not make the experience worth it.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Music should be loud enough for you not to hear the next table conversation but be able to listen to yours
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
The rule is make it so loud that you only stick around while you’re actively buying and consuming overpriced drinks.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
That’s called a “lounge”.
HowAbt2day@futurology.today 20 hours ago
Loud-ge
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
A pub?
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I feel like pubs in Europe are different than they are in the US. If you go to a dive bar in the US there’s a real chance you might end up stabbed or shot.
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
You get those places in Europe too, but you also get places that are queer friendly, serve food and craft beer, have a good punk oriented jukebox, and the barman will start pouring your drink when you walk through the door because they know what you’re going to order.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I mean, there’s some personal choice involved here. My wife and I and a friend, all middle aged, visited a bar recently to hang out and burn some time and it was busy and noisy (like, piped music and chatter noisy). We moved on and found a less busy bar where we could talk.
Eldritch_Alyx@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Soundproof booths with a touchscreen for ordering drinks.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You should visit a Asian style kareoke bar.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
Why, I don’t want to hear them complaining about the current state of the world, I’m already depressed because all of it, I just want to drink my beer in peace and overwhelming conversation-canceling noise.
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Totally get it. You wanna be where you can see your troubles are all the same. You wanna be where everybody knows your name.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
And I want my friends to know:
Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 22 hours ago
Weird, my friends and I may occasionally talk about the bad stuff, but there’s always something good going on. We can be excited for upcoming things too.
I like being able to have conversations at bars and restaurants. In my bachelor days when I was dating an amazing person she knew all the good bars and restaurants that you could actually have conversations in. We always knew going in to a social thing if it was gonna be a good conversation or just yelling and “what?”
Plus the ear damage from the loud shit is no joke. Tinnitus started for me by mid 30s and I never listen to loud music or do stupid stuff, beyond bars and parties.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
I was joking, I can’t handle the large chaotic crowds of bars (autistic). I just meet with friends at home or go when it’s not busy.
brb@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
I’ve never been to a bar that plays music too loud. Did oop a club instead?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
It’s not just about music. Like some bars and restaurants with modern interior have shitty acoustics, since they are open spaces with concrete walls and large windows. I went to a restaurant recently, wasn’t super crowded, music was played at low volume, still had a hard time hearing people. Since everyone in the room had to speak louder and louder to make themselves heard and overcome the reverb in the room.
KenOh@feddit.online 17 hours ago
Grogan’s Castle Lounge on Dublin. No music, live or otherwise. Only drinks, conversation, and legendary toasties.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
Aren’t these everywhere? Where I grew up they were called taverns, but this basically every bar that isn’t some scam for young people. Find yourself a dive bar and enjoy.
davetortoise@reddthat.com 21 hours ago
We have this in the uk, it’s called wetherspoons
HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Sign language bar?
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Needs a fog machine and strobe lights
Pistcow@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
That’s a dive bar.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
Don’t tell them. Half empty bars are the best.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 22 hours ago
All the dive bars in my area are filled with people smoking.
I think I aged out of it.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
All bars in my area banned smoking even in outdoor patio areas. It sucks.
Objection@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
WHAT?
YEAH, I LOVE BEING HERE WITH THE PEOPLE I’M WITH TOO
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 22 hours ago
In western movies & series that’s every bar.
thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 hours ago
Like a combo library and bar
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
In Austin Texas there was a bar on 6th street called the Library that had books and ladders. My friend’s sister would go there all the time with his credit card and a fake ID. Her dad asked how in the world she could spend so much money at the library
menas@lemmy.wtf 20 hours ago
Like, withe the helicopter headphone system ?
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Where my tinnitus homies at?