[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

I was surprised (and yet not surprised) to see that I had already commented on this thread 5 years ago. My sound sensitivity is seriously going to drive me to the brink. San Francisco has these new (not THAT new anymore) LOUD buses. The misery of being ON these buses is even worse than having to listen to them on the street (that's a whole separate rant).

Do other cities have "talking" buses? Nonstop "PLEASE HOLD AH-ON!". Loud pinging (blastingly loud) stop requests. Street name announcements. "Security" updates. All at loud volume! And they never shut up. These buses are SHEER TORTURE. Life is misery, thanks to these buses. Unless the audiologists have been ON one of these buses, they have no idea how constant sound bombardment can affect the quality of one's life.

[rwfromkansas]

I went to see Elizabeth yesterday and the darn sound was so loud that the theater canon booms shook my body. Theaters really need to turn the volume down a bit.

I feel for you about the buses!

[rwfromkansas]

er....cannon