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[–] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 7 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The gas station near me blasts very loud opera music at the area surrounding the building. I think it's also to prevent kids from loitering as there is a school nearby as well as plenty of homeless.

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 23 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

At least its music, though this does confirm that Baby Shark is something they'd have played at Gitmo if it'd been around 2 decades ago.

I have been to many places where things like these are everywhere:

Imagine this but diesel powered, a bit chonkier, and they just emit this high pitched scream (there are other versions called 'mosquito alarms'), and has extremely bright, blue strobing lights that will induce seizures in anyone susceptible.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

JFC, the cruelty really is the point...

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 5 points 11 hours ago

Oh if baby shark had been around two decades ago…

They have one of those outside the Home Depot in DC playing classical music to pacify all the day laborers hanging around hoping to pick up work.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 15 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I honestly don't know if this is better or worse than the ear murdering high pitched screeching they play in the stairwells at a mall in Ottawa

[–] Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

laughs in Deafness

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So as a worker with a house, can I sue when I go insane from hearing that song over and over? Didn’t they do this in Guantánamo to torture and break people?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They only had death metal and industrial goth music back then. Nothing as terrible as Baby Shark existed at the time.

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