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It was a bright, frigid morning in Ann Arbor, Michigan, two weeks before the University of Michigan let out for winter break, and the college town's numerous coffee shops were abuzz with the gentle tapping of keyboards, the whooshing of espresso machines, the occasional chatter—and the tinny strains of 1980s and '90s pop hits.
It's that last element of the sonic landscape that drives Gina Choe and Libby Hunter crazy. Standing just inside a cavernous cafe where The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" competed with a sizzling griddle, jostling coffee cups, and echoing voices, Choe said, "I came in here once, and [the music] was everywhere around me. Everyone was talking more loudly—I couldn't even hear my friend."
As Choe checked a decibel meter on her phone ("65, the level of loud conversation"), Hunter mentioned that the last time she was here, she had asked a counter worker if the music could be turned off. "The manager came over to my table, and she was really nice, but she said no, because of the 'atmosphere.' It's amazing how afraid they are to not have music."
Hunter, a retired middle-school music teacher, and Choe, a 2017 Michigan graduate who is working in a research lab while she prepares to apply to medical school, do not travel in the same circles, and might never have met at all had they not come together over a mutual love of quiet spaces—and a loathing for piped-in background music.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Tuesday December 26 2017, @06:44PM (4 children)
But how are you going to know what to think if you don't always have Fox News blaring at you?
(Score: 3, Touché) by maxwell demon on Tuesday December 26 2017, @07:23PM
FTFY
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @07:58PM (2 children)
Fox was barely right of center at the best of times. It takes strong corporate leadership to do that when your employees are mostly journalists who live in New York City. The leadership has changed due to death. The new leaders are not putting in the effort required to keep Fox on the right, and so it is rapidly moving left.
Fox was even caught colluding with CNN to stage fake protests around London. Although usually not as horrible as CNN and NBC, Fox is still fake news.
Breitbart is very good. Infowars is OK, if you can tolerate rambling. If you can tolerate that and some nonsense too, you'll find that /r/TheDonald has the best breaking news.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @10:33PM (1 child)
Did the guy who runs the realDonaldTrump account here forget to log in?
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday December 26 2017, @11:14PM
I honestly want to get high with the dude behind the account and pick their brain. With a spoon of course, because I'll be doing bath salts. Or just plain weed. We'll see.