Memfis

Saw a concert friday used earplugs all was good.

I like the experience of live shows but I can't enjoy anything if I'm not physically comfortable. The last show I went to I was the only guy covering his ears and looking for quieter places to stand, and I'd probably have walked out if I didn't have friends on stage. This wasn't a particularly loud show, so either I'm abnormally sensitive or I've spent enough time with deaf grandparents to make me cautious. I'm thinking about getting musician's ear plugs. I can probably get enough use out of them to justify it over the long-term. I'd rather not have frequency-skewing florescent orange foam sticking out of my ears if I'm the only guy in the audience who needs it.

I never would have guessed that it's just standard procedure to wear ear plugs to rock and metal concerts. I'm with printz - my first thought is "Can't they just turn that shit down?" but I get it, different strokes and all that.

Memfis said:

My best concert was Uehara Hiromi...

Lucky bastard.

Technician said:

Deep Purple was probably the loudest show I've ever attended... That was the show that made my tinnitus bad enough to quit going to concerts.

And you were wearing -30 dB ear plugs? Jesus.

Creaphis said:

And you were wearing -30 dB ear plugs? Jesus.

It would be kinda ridiculous wearing these at any rock or metal concert.

Yeah I'm like this. Doesn't go for everyone, but it's pretty rare for me to address someone by name.

I'm having a bit of fun with the reverse lately though. My name is often misheard as something else, and someone has been convinced that my name is something that it really isn't. Haven't corrected him yet, just gonna see how long this drags out xD

I have noticed this tendency in myself in the last few years and it bothers me. It really only applies to people I have just met or don't see regularly. Part of it is a slight feeling of awkwardness calling them their name and part of it is I'm afraid I will say their name wrong, but I think it's more the former. The more I don't call people by their names the more difficult it becomes to do it. So I have been making a concerted effort to do it more.

It bothers me because people will greet me by my name, which I like, it shows consideration, friendliness and respect; it's almost as if it validates my existence, but I will say "hey" back instead of "hi Bob" or whatever. Sometimes it's because I can't remember their name in the moment but often it's this strange feeling that it will be awkward if I say their name. I kinda thought I was the only one with this problem. Interesting to see I'm not. I definitely chalk it up to some kind of social shortcoming. Seems mildly autistic to me. Somewhere in the realm of social anxiety and social awkwardness.

I always feel bad when someone who I haven't seen in a bit immediately says my name when they greet me and I just say "hey, how are you". It's like, why can't I return the respect and courtesy of saying their name back? I like it when they say my name, yet I struggle to say theirs. I find it mildly rude if someone just says "hey" to me if I expect they know my name. It shows a lack of investment in the person and consideration. What kind of world would it be if we just went around saying "hey" to each other? Sure, you don't have to say their name ten times in a single conversation; that's just weird. But I think it is really important to say someone's name upon greeting them if it's been more than 24 hours since you've seen them (the longer it's been, the more important it is to say their name), and again when saying goodbye to them.

Naming things in general is important. Everything in the world has a name. Naming things makes them real and meaningful to us. That's why it's so important for Atreyu to give the childlike princess a new name in The Neverending Story. Naming things gives them validity and relatability. "hey"ing things keep things in the realm of unimportance; not worth being distinguished from anyone or anything else; not worth one's attention or consideration. So if something or someone has a name, call them by their name, lest the Nothing take over you and your reality!

I've never had this kind of anxiety. If I need to get someone's attention, I just call them directly. What does make me feel a bit uneasy is when others are calling me by my name. It usually means they want my attention immediately.

Thanks TimeOfDeath, works for me too!

I need to use numpad numbers because that way I can study in Anki in a more relaxed pose (no need to reach far for the other numbers).

I think most people use the term OCD half-jokingly. They find it weird how a tiny little thing can be so distracting so they exaggerate (wow this word is hard to spell) the situation to present it in a funny fashion.

OCD is needing to wash your hands after touching or being touched by infected things, since there are more infected things than uninfected things.

But really I probably have OCD or some similar thing. Sometimes I'm required to count the number of letters in a word I've just read. Also when leaving the kitchen I often feel the need to touch the refrigerator to check whether it's fully closed or not, even if I'm 100% sure it is. Or if I touch my left nostril for some reason, I might feel forced to touch the right one as well to "complete" the action. I'm not too too crazy about this and when I'm conscious about it I usually can fight it, but there is definitely something there.

Its like a car crash, its so awful but I can't look away.

Maes said:

So, what do I think it means?

How would I know?

All I know is that the actual definition does not match up with how you were using it.

40oz said:

Its like a car crash, its so awful but I can't look away.

:)

When I was a truck driver, I remember when I "accidentally" ran over a motorcyclist (I was found not guilty); it was one of the greatest feelings ever. I know exactly how you feel, bro. :)

Congratulations on ruining yet another thread (not that it had much promise to begin with)

Maes said:

Transmission, which comes with Ubuntu by default (I think), is all that uTorrent claimed to be, and more.

A well-served torrent download has many advantages over a file hosting service's download link, which is anything but direct.

I'm more of a Deluge kind of person, to be honest; that one does happen to be available for most (all?) major OSes and has a layout very similar to older uTorrent.

And yes, torrents are extremely useful for larger files (especially OS distribution DVD images), and have the distinct advantage that the more people are connected to a given torrent, the faster it'll go*, as opposed to just hammering the HTTP/FTP for all it's worth and killing all bandwidth.

* I'm aware this is an extreme oversimplification of how the bittorrent protocol works.

Isn't there a barebones free-software command-line (without UI, just with config file) daemon for managing torrents already?

Apparently, there is. And yeah, the question made me curious enough to google it.

I'm not really seeing it unless the comments replying to you have been deleted. It could very well be BDL.

GhostlyDeath said:

Those engines either drastically change the game logic, are infected with C++, or have fancy hardware accelerated render systems.

I almost missed your joke while thinking you might have missed my joke. I hope Memfis did not mis the joke either... or else the joke's on me.

Well, I once had a ZDaemon stalker. Some guy from Colombia didn't get my jokes muy buenos, and when I left the server he actually chased me to the next one, and tried to grief/troll my game. Pretty sad, actually, as I now had to fight him as well as the monsters (it was a Sunlust Survival server).