I hooked up my trusty old Logitech speakers to see if they still worked. They did, so I booted a game and sheepishly turned the volume way down in fear of annoying my neighbors, immediately remembering why I had these stuffed in a closet for almost 10 years.

Even if I lived in a soundproof house in the middle of nowhere I’d still be self-conscious enough to just use headphones instead sicko-wistful

  • Ithorian [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    I’m almost forty and still have trouble remember to make sound when I walk around other people. Some childhood survival skills never go away.

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      Me too. People say “you scared the shit out of me” a couple times a month, and I’m usually not trying.

      I had a roommate who almost requested that I wear a bell around my neck.