elijahwright ([info]elijahwright) wrote,
@ 2006-06-19 22:14:00
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the tone adults supposedly can't hear
Some of you may have heard about this new ringtone - the one that adults supposedly can't hear, but that teens can.

It turns out that I *can* hear it, and it is annoying as heck. Very, very painful whining noise with a good large dose of rough distortion in it. Painful on the ears.

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[info]dr_flippy
2006-06-20 12:42 pm UTC (link)
I can hear it, too, though I don't find it to be painful. Just annoying.

As a child I could hear a distinct buzzing from the TV tube when it was turned on. The ringtone is similar.

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[info]amanderpanderer
2006-06-20 03:06 pm UTC (link)
E, I heard it too. It hurtsez! EEEeeeeee!

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[info]ktron
2006-06-20 05:07 pm UTC (link)
does the tone decrease in volume for adults before it goes away? i listened to the sound sample on nytimes.com, and i could definitely hear it... but i can't imagine hearing it over, say, classroom noise. (hell, i don't notice my cell phone ringing most of the time.) mostly whiny, high static, right?

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[info]hlb1995
2006-06-20 08:51 pm UTC (link)
first, i wonder what that means about you?

i had paradoxical reactions to medications that only children were supposed to have for quite a while. i don't know if that's still true or not. but considering that i still giggle at fart noises, who knows.

secondly, i heard a story about this on NPR and they played the tone and all i heard was silence, so i was confused. :). but people wrote in about the story and apparently the sound drives cats crazy.

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