You phone shouldn't make any sound whatsoever when you're in public period.

Worst thing about someone watching a reel out loud is you hear the same 15 second sound bite 30 times while they're reading the comments.

I swear to god, please please please do not blast your fucking music, even if it is rad like ratm, on the walking trail. No one likes it and it makes you look like an asshole and I have to glare at you instead of giving you a friendly wave.

Hiked up to a ridge today. Guy up there smoking and playing a radio. Ugh.

Man, my brother is the worst for this. Has multiple pairs of headphones, usually at least one on his person, and STILL will blast his Instagram reel on speaker as if everyone around him wants to hear his doomscrolling and brainrot memes

I really wish people were more interested in open format ear buds and bone conductors. They are the perfect blend between personalized notifications, background music and being able to hear what's going on around you as well as so much more comfortable than having your ear holes plugged up. I wear mine all day long sometimes and forget I'm even wearing them.

People need to get called out for this more.

I was thinking "I bet back in the day people would have called people out on their shit. That's why standards were higher". So I called some guy out on it and he was like "sorry sorry sorry. Okay" and he put his hands up.

Look cunt you obviously seem to know it's not right if you acting like that so why you being a knobhead? Just because no one will call you out?

Edit:corrected my own shite grammar

Its not their fault. The phones took away their headphone jacks.

If you are in public, like a bus, restaurant, store, public space, etc.

Your phone shouldnt make any fucking noise at all besides ringing and the text ping noise.

And if you're gonna answer it, don't put it on speakerphone, and respect teh fact that everyone within 300 feet of you doesnt want to be party to your fucking phonecall.

okay, but what if it's a very important porn video? /s

Maybe don't walk around the store while on facetime with the volume on full blast while you're at it.

Just like drug addicts, these people are addicted to dopamine and they will do anything to get it even if it makes everyone else uncomfortable

I think TikTok format video players are straight up drugs. It's a real physical addiction which even has withdrawal symptoms

They are so appealing, I do avoid them but it's just sad to watch everyone else become a victim of those

I don't have this problem because whenever I'm in public I have my headphones on. Even if I'm not listening to anything on them they're still good enough to muffle every other sound blasted by others.

It's easier to adapt myself than it is to educate everyone else I guess.

some folks firmly believe everyone and everything exists solely to entertain them snd they cannot fathom that anyone else wouldnt feel the same

I used to judge people for going about their daily lives with headphones on (like shopping) as being antisocial. In the last few years, I've come to realize they were just quicker to realize how annoying our society is and I'm increasingly likely to join them.

Recently I went to a mall and visited all the department stores. One of them had a guy playing a piano live and my first thought was "how quaint". Then, as I sat and waited for my wife to try things on it struck me that I wasn't hearing horrible music played over speakers - the piano was really nice. Why can't places go back to playing relaxing music like that (even recorded)?

Remember when tech companies wanted you talking to your phone for everything out loud. Hey Siri, eat a boiled dick.

This chick was watching how-to makeup tiktoks super loud w no headphones and after 5 mins I asked if she could turn it down and she scowled at me and said ‘YOU CAN WAIT’

Then there is this guy that has his headphones so loud that I can hear what he listens to from 5 rows away

Obnoxious dickheads gonna be obnoxious

Mute with subtitles is fine

Literally had a dude do this when the VP debate was on, and he was all cheering and pumping his fist soyboying about JD Vance

It takes me a while to see how enraged I get with it. I always have to wonder if I can take a punch from that person.

I once joked, "hey that's pretty loud isn't it?" And instead of them taking the hint, they were startled and were like, what's going on? and I instead I just go, "excuse me, could you turn that down?" now. Direct approach is better.

I was at a party and another person was watching videos on their phone without headphones while everyone was watching a movie. We were all too polite to say anything because it was part of a three-day meetup for people who had been talking to each other on a forum for years and no one wanted to be critical of anyone else, but wow did it piss me off.

Literally my school bus, there's like 50 students inside at any given time, more than half of them blast tiktoks, shorts, reels or other bullshit, the rest are either yelling and acting macho, or really wanna gtfo of that bus.

At work once, some guy was watching YouTube videos in the bathroom stalls with sound on. He was also laughing at the videos. What a fucking weirdo! What kind of animal does this?

I automatically hate you very much if you do this

Some other things to add:

• Stand left, walk right on escalators and moving walkways
• Do not walk more than two abreast, and be aware that there may be people behind you who want to walk faster.

My main gripe with society is that everyone else is in their own little worlds and I'm stuck in the real one dealing with them all.