AUGH! That's really annoying!

[mousme]

Created by Train Horns

Apparently I have the hearing of a teenager. In this case, it's not a blessing. :P

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[forthright.livejournal.com]

I've been seeing this all over my f-list for the past day or so and have yet to find anyone who couldn't hear it (including me). I suspect this is a joke designed to annoy us all.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Could be, although I have a few friends (bodhifox springs to mind) who couldn't hear it. Mind you, their hearing may just be especially crappy. ;)

Stupid internet. ;)

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

Created by Train Horns

**I** could hear it; and as we all know, I'm older than dirt. Therefore, it is obviously a joke. :-P

[gmarc.livejournal.com]

I don't actually hear anything, though I do "hear" a sharp ringing at the very start that "sounds" like I've just walked out of a concert, but it goes away after less than a second. If I didn't know I was listening to it, I might not even notice it.

MLG

[(Anonymous)]

No, I can't hear a thing here, and I'm older than God, so I think you guys just have young ears.

Pasley's mother

[elanya.livejournal.com]

I can hear it.... but I have good ears so I'm not surprised. I terms of it being a joke, I had to have my ears tested medically before I went sailing a few years ago as part of a physical, and this is just the sort of thing they do: make you wear a headset and then make you identify high pitched whines at various volumes and try to say which side it is on... blargh.

I doubt it is a joke, but probably they are using a very narrow definition of age to frequency correlations -_-

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Argh, that stupid sound gave me tinnitus for hours :p

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Dude, I'm so sorry. ^^;

[kiwano.livejournal.com]

I can hear it, and also recognize it from a few stores that use it as a deterrent. Of course, I'm bloody nearly 30, and a doctor (though not a physician), so I'm guessing that problems with loitering teens must be pretty severe if they're fighting it with devices that also drive away my business.

[whiskeygirl8.livejournal.com]

This is dumb. I couldn't hear it the first time. I turned up my speakers a little and I could hear it clear as a bell. If it truly can only be heard by certain age groups, then it should be the frequency that makes the difference, not the volume.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, it's an internet meme. Asking it to be scientific is maybe a little too optimistic. ;)

[luvenditti.livejournal.com]

me too! it's right at the edge of hearing, but it makes my eyes water and my teeth hurt!