Do you read in pure silence, or do you put on something in the background?

[Anonymous No.22033912]

[Anonymous No.22033915]

>>22033912
Took me about $30 before I found the best earplugs.
Total fucking silence is one of life's great luxuries.

[Anonymous No.22033936]

>>22033915
Please post which ones you got

[Anonymous No.22034041]

>>22033915
>best earplugs
sauce pls

[Anonymous No.22034112]

>>22033912
Imagine having her feet in your mouth as she reads.

[Anonymous No.22034123]

>>22033915
please anon for the love of god post a link
i can't take much more of my family arguing 11 times a day

[Anonymous No.22034131]

>>22033912
.... Why are all the books backwards... You will never be able to know what the book is without grabbing it

[Anonymous No.22034133]

>>22033912
Silence
>>22033936
>>22034041
>>22034123
Not him but Alpine makes good earplugs

[Anonymous No.22034136]

>>22034131
Because they are not real books and you could tell if none of them had a title in the spine.

[Anonymous No.22034152]

A pro tip from a shitty guitarist - if you truly value silence and comfort then get fitted earplugs. The noise reduction will be unmatched AND your ears won't feel raped after 45 minutes.
Your medical benefits from work might cover them as well, so do inquire.

[aaa No.22034155]

I like reading out loud if its poetry or when I get excited. Otherwise its silence or background noise from outher going ons.

[Anonymous No.22034166]

>>22033912
I read and mark my books in silence, later i make my annotations with music in the background since that part is a bit boring and doesnt need 100% concentration

[Anonymous No.22034179]

>>22033912
>lust-provoking image

[Anonymous No.22034214]

>>22033912
I'm currently reading childe harold's pilgrimage while listening to videos of boats sailing and imagining myself as the poet.

[Anonymous No.22034381]

>>22033912
i want to have sex with her and then cuddle with the cat

[Anonymous No.22034492]

>>22034123
>studied hard
>Had a shit office job but make good money
>Have a son with wife
>He is sever autist
>He is 9yo
>Can't talk only makes weird noises
>Only play with baby toys
>He have to wear diapers because somedays he refuses to go to the bath
>Some days he becomes agresive amd destroys the house
>He only sleeps 3-4h
>No sex with wife (sex drive goes to 0 when you don't sleep a full night for years)
>Only fun thing of my life is playing some vidya in the bus to work
>Regret not being a comfy happy neet reading my books in silence

[Anonymous No.22034505]

>>22034492
Lmao

[Anonymous No.22034634]

>>22034492
Sounds like a nightmare, you have my sympathies.

[Anonymous No.22034670]

I sometimes read with podcasts in the background so I can train my ability to focus regardless of the noise around me.

[Anonymous No.22034677]

It depends on the book, but usually to get into the vibe of reading I'll play some jazz (sometimes, I'll play albums that have a similar vibe to the book.) If the book requires a lot of focus or is super engaging, I'll either phase out the music or turn it off.

[Anonymous No.22034730]

>>22034179
Beauty is not always erotic, you walking cock

[Anonymous No.22034744]

>>22033912
why did this retarded woman place the books reversed in the shelf? I want to cut her to pieces and feed her to a stray dog argggggghhhh

[Anonymous No.22035065]

>>22034123
I use my normal earbuds with industrial mufflers on top
t. wigger neighbors love loud dogs
>>22034492
Sounds like hell. Good luck, anon.

[Anonymous No.22035144]

>>22034744
because the stock photographer worried his work would have a limited appeal if it has any real content.
>assuming human intentions from stock images
it's like thinking your cup intentionally burned you when you drank your coffee

[Anonymous No.22035181]

>>22034131
so people don't discover that your entire library is YA romance that you printed and bound in oversized hardcover yourself

[Anonymous No.22035191]

>>22035181
I wouldn't have a high opinion about that person as a reader, but I'd respect that crazy level of dedication. They could open a boutique publisher line or something.

[Anonymous No.22035290]

>>22034492
Take him on a hike in a storm and lose him anon. Its not nice but its for the best in the long run, for you, your wife, and your son himself.

[Anonymous No.22035345]

>>22033936
>>22034041
>>22034041
I got you. They are Mack's Ultra Soft. They are beige colored. You can used each pair a couple of times, and make use of the travel case. They block almost everything and are comfy enough to sleep a whole night and they usually never fall out.

[Anonymous No.22035352]

>>22033912
Why the FUCK would you play music while reading? Not good.

[Anonymous No.22036456]

I read in as much silence as possible. People being loud while I'm trying to read is very fucking annoying.

[Anonymous No.22036589]

Airpods Pro

[Anonymous No.22036702]

>>22033912
Depends. For most books I try to have complete silence. Only exception is if a book has a really unique setting or really unique story approach that I'm aware of going in, I'll usually find some ambient music as a companion piece whenever I'm in the mood for it. For example Oneohrtix Point Never with Her Body and Other Parties is fucking transcendent

[Anonymous No.22036719]

>>22036702
>Oneohrtix Point Never
Which album? Some of his shit can be so noisy and chaotic I can't imagine how you'd pay attention to the book. Either way based choice, he has some very uncanny, futuristic, and fascinating music. I feel like his music could pair well with some JG Ballard as well.

[Anonymous No.22036742]

>>22036719
I'll have to try J.G Ballard with Oneohrtix Point Never someday, that sounds like a great match.

I'm mostly sure it was R Plus Seven but it also could've been Betrayed in the Octagon. As for it being chaotic I keep all the music I listen to while reading super low while using a speaker. It should be something you can only fully notice when you lose your train and are actively trying to hear every sound

[Anonymous No.22036761]

>>22034492
My wife is mildly autistic and I'm extremely Catholic and this is pretty much my worst nightmare - you're in my prayers man.

[Anonymous No.22036780]

>>22036742
>R Plus Seven
>Betrayed in the Octagon
Oh OK, I could maybe see myself reading to those. Definitely not something like Garden of Delete or Replica or some of his newer shit. As far as your music-reading method, I don't know, I feel I'd personally end up getting pulled into doing just that, trying to hear every sound, especially if I really like the music (which in OPN's case, I do) That's just how my brain works though, if it works for you more power to you.

Yeah JG Ballard and OPN have a kind of shared aesthetic or sense of the world in a way, I think. Something disturbing, disgusting, eerie, and also sublime in both of their works. Also, what is this book "Her Body and Other Parties"?

[Anonymous No.22036795]

>>22036761
I hear you man, I have Aspergers myself and only managed to just adopt some semblance of "normality" because of a lifetime of idiosyncratic circumstances and experiences, or at least that's my theory. I would be terrified of having an autistic or retarded child. I hope my partner and I will have the strength and the patience and the love to deal with that reality.

[Anonymous No.22036810]

>>22036780
Ive only read the first two but its essentially shocking and creepy feminist short stories. Ive heard the other stories start to get more varied but the first two have a mix of high sexual energy and a high creep factor. while being very personal stories. I think some author I follow online recommended it as a really good debut so I checked it out, so far I think the author has a really unique disturbing voice that I enjoy a lot so far

[Anonymous No.22036827]

>>22036810
>essentially shocking and creepy feminist short stories
Sounds like it'd really challenge my notions of the world. Can you give me an overview of some of the things that happen in these first two stories? I'm guessing something to do with rape and being used by men? Maybe something about being used as vessels for fetuses?

[Anonymous No.22036873]

>>22036827
I'll just explain the first one. The first one is about an almost young adult with a ribbon around her neck that she wont have anyone touch. She falls in love and eventually marries a man she deeply loves. In each moment of her life with him she explains a scary folklore stories, stories all about some type of unfairness and explotation not just sexual. If you know the ribbon story than you should know how it ends, but the way it builds upon that folklore story is really unique while still being the same

[Anonymous No.22036879]

>>22033912
Usually I enjoy blasting jpop while reading but sometimes I need pure silence for anything to register.

[Anonymous No.22036891]

>>22036873
Ahhhh yeah the old red ribbon around the neck. I remember reading a variation of it in one of those Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books I think. Do you know those books?

[Anonymous No.22036897]

>>22033912
Only the ambient noise of my books resting on my shelves around me is permittable.

[Anonymous No.22036906]

>>22036891
Yeah loved them as a kid, I should read them again. I got to talk about the elephant in the room, why are you using those creepy ass images?

[Anonymous No.22036917]

>>22036906
>why are you using those creepy ass images?
LOL I guess just to go along with the "theme" of our conversation about bizarre/unsettling writing. I also just have TONS of weird pictures saved on my computer that I just like to randomly pick and post. A lot of them happen to be surreal, macabre, sublime, or strange in a way. I guess that's kind of what really catches my eye. My bad haha.

[Anonymous No.22036942]

>>22036917
All good man, the one you just posted is interesting asf though. I like it quite a lot

[Anonymous No.22036966]

>>22035345
I think Mack's Ultra Soft suck. They're comfy but barely block out any sound. I prefer Howard Leight by Honeywell Maximum earplugs. They're orange. If you have tiny ear canals they may bother after you after long periods of time though. They're dense and really fill your ears. They're the best I've used.
To answer the original question, I prefer absolute silence. If I can't get silence when reading I put on noise canceling headphones and play something like dark ambient.
https://youtu.be/FrWr3hiOO6k

[Anonymous No.22037090]

>>22034492
some things in life are more important than feeling comfortable. Being moral is one of them (and maybe the only one besides being holy)
>>22036761
feel ya, kit is exactly the same with me. but I would not call it "the worst nightmare". I think that what the other anon described qualifies for that

[Anonymous No.22037266]

>>22035144
I will rape you arghhghhhhh

[Anonymous No.22037274]

>>22034123
>i can't take much more of my family arguing 11 times a day
Can relate bro.

[Anonymous No.22037277]

>>22034492
Oh man. You have my condolences.

[Anonymous No.22037351]

>>22033912
Silence preferably. Music makes me lose focus but some mild noices like people talking softly or someone walking past me dont bother me.

[Anonymous No.22037373]

>>22033912
I read some chapters of moby dick with the sound of waves in the background but I had to turn it off because I was too busy googling nautical terms

[Anonymous No.22037621]

>>22034492
can you afford some extra help like a nurse for him or psychological help?

[Anonymous No.22037733]

>>22033912
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edTVzmtK07s&t
Anything more complex than this gets too distracting.

[Anonymous No.22037797]

>>22036966
If you put them in right they block out everything. Good luck.

[Anonymous No.22037811]

>>22034123
iktf, bro. People who can't talk quietly with each other are troglodytes in my eyes. Always so distracting when they have to argue and scream at each other instead of just talking like decent humans

[Anonymous No.22037946]

>>22034112
Imagine playing with the cat and making it chase string while she reads

[Anonymous No.22037951]

>>22034131
Probably just because the color is aesthetic and contrasts the grain of the wood.

[Anonymous No.22037954]

>>22037951
and her face and hair. Someone's put a lot of thought into this coomer bait.

[Anonymous No.22037961]

>>22037373
I go to the beach to read Moby Dick. Driving past some Whaling stations next month too, Ill be bringing it along for that. Fuck Yeah.

[Anonymous No.22038050]

>>22034123
fucking same, except they're not even arguing, just talking normally. fucking retards can't hear for shit and make everything a screaming competition without even realizing they're loud as fuck. and when i tell them to calm down a bit every day they think i'm just sensitive kek. FIX YOUR FUCKING EARS GODDAMNIT

[Anonymous No.22038055]

>>22038050
i take back the word retards, idk why i talked about my parents like they're some anons or close friends... i love u moms and dad, sorry

[Anonymous No.22038117]

>>22036456
this. It's so annoying when there's people talking in the background. it just ruins my mood and i can't focus on the book

[Anonymous No.22038143]

>>22033912
The ideal condition for reading is light rain.

[Anonymous No.22038154]

>>22034492
Just convince him that he is at fault for being retarded and that his internal logic and desires are always wrong and retarded. That’s what happened to me and now I just isolate myself as much and possible and interact with others as little as possible in order to not bother people and lot let others as how retarded I am. It’s full proof.

[Anonymous No.22038504]

>>22037961
>whaling stations
Damn dude, where? You live in the great white north? Up in that Alaska? Somewhere in Canada? Russia?

[Anonymous No.22038521]

>>22038050
>>22038055
Don't sweat it so much, they won't read this shit; just vent your honest feelings about them, it's all good. Or maybe I just say that because I relate really hard. I (still) live with my parents who are old boomers (mid-to-late 60s). My mom's not so bad, but Christ my dad, even when you're right across the table from him, talks like he's in a wind tunnel, and it's always about the most mundane, uninteresting shit. That motherfucker likes to hold court. Then they bicker and argue over shit they misheard the other one say. Just like a sitcom but not funny or endearing.

[Anonymous No.22038583]

>>22033912
I like rain, a fan, or any sort of white noise

[Anonymous No.22038952]

Why is modern life so fucking loud? Schopenhauer complained about the loudness of urban life two hundred years ago but he had no fucking clue what was to come (oh no, not the sound of horsewhips!) Everywhere I live a fucking construction site shows up next door. For several years I had to live next to where they demolished an entire five story building and built a new one. Now, in another city, out comes the construction equipment! They’re building two new buildings within a block from me.

If it’s not construction, it’s homeless people screaming, leaf blowers (which do nothing; clean nothing; just blow shit from here to there), or faggots on motorcycles revving their engines. Last night when the construction noises had finally died down (I guess retarded construction workers have to sleep sometime), all of a sudden while I’m trying to read before bed someone outside starts power washing. This is at around 1:30am. Why can’t everyone just shut the fuck up for five minutes already. It’s like there’s just a constant drone in the background that’s now the soundtrack of my life.

[Anonymous No.22039092]

>>22033912
I like me some slow black metal when I don't have to focus too hard

[Anonymous No.22039308]

>>22034123
>>22038050
It's not just the volume, it's how insipid the conversations are, like an endless stream of water torture. I would rather listen to random noises like geese or sheep bleating (or even be electrocuted periodically) than hear my sister loudly argue about her inane television shows with my dad or my parents argue about random shit like car insurance or my mom nag about something for 4 minutes which I could condense into two sentences.
>>22038952
>I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise which anyone can bear undisturbed is in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and may therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it. Noise is a torture to all intellectual people. The super-abundant display of vitality which takes the form of knocking, hammering, and tumbling things about has proved a daily torment to me all my life long.

[Anonymous No.22040234]

>>22038952
>leaf blowers (which do nothing; clean nothing; just blow shit from here to there)
They always lift up my spirits because I end up reflecting on what silly contraptions they are.

[Anonymous No.22040257]

>>22033912
Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode
The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
The Silence of the Lambs starring Anthony Hopkins
Silence by Endo

[Anonymous No.22041163]

>>22033912
>or do you put on something in the background?
????????????
who the fuck does this
is this some hyperactive gen z meme i am unfamiliar with

[Anonymous No.22041171]

>>22034492
for what its worth, my bestfriend with a healthy kid feels nearly the same.

[Anonymous No.22042262]

>>22038952
where I live a lot of repetitive urban noise is just cars and motorbikes

when I went to work during my city's first covid lockdown it was surreal how tranquil the street sounded at 2pm on a thursday. I worked at supermarket in the CBD.

it unironically made me consider that maybe those twitter urbanists do have a point

[Anonymous No.22042292]

>>22041163
>Professors listening to classical and jazz on the gramophone in their studies since the '20s
>Le gen Z

[Pitbull rekt No.22042327]

>>22037733
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiwOjGBCl7s

[Anonymous No.22042357]

>>22034492
>newfags falling for this one again

[Anonymous No.22042455]

>>22033912
I want to bury my face in her feet while she reads me Borges

[Anonymous No.22042621]

>>22042455
The cat, right?

[Anonymous No.22042658]

>>22033912
Damn… she cute as fuck