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There was this loudening warbly flappy whistling behind me and when I looked back, I realized the sound was now coming from above and then a flock of geese or ducks flew over me and kept going.

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[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Haha, yeah! I just came from the Philippines for a wedding. I lasted 10 days, and that was more than enough noise for me.

It seems like Filipinos enjoy that much noise, or maybe they're just inured to cacophony at this point.

[–] mastertigurius@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Actually a bit of both. Many Filipinos feel uncomfortable when it's quiet. My wife had a hard time at first adjusting to life in Scandinavia. As the years passed, she learned to embrace tranquility, though.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Good to hear, and brave of her! Moving from a maelstrom of ambient noise to largely unpopulated tracts of land must have been strange. I still haven't been anywhere in Scandinavia, but I'm sure it'll happen eventually.

[–] mastertigurius@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Recommend you do it soon. The current government tanked the currency, so it's actually relatively affordable if you're from f.ex the UK.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 1 points 21 hours ago

I hadn't heard, thanks! I'll definitely keep that in mind!