I got my hearing professionally checked today and all is normal. But I have difficulty hearing people I am dining with, talking in restaurants. Is it me, or is the music just too damn loud?!

  • neidu2@feddit.nl
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    2 months ago

    Might be relevant, but I find that American restaurants are generally louder compared to European ones.

    Side note: And why is ithe music always fucking neo-country? Sure, I’ve mostly been to Texas, but I have several albums in my CD collection as a testament to y’all making good music too.

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      2 months ago

      It isn’t. My favorite restaurant–Kuma’s Korner, on Belmont in Chicago–is always playing metal.

      Goddamn I miss that place… :(

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      2 months ago

      My experience in American restaurants is that the music is usually whatever is currently popular, so there’s a lot of hip hop and pop songs about dancing and fucking.

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        2 months ago

        Last time I was out to eat with friends, the restaurant was playing an easy listening version of Welcome to the Jungle. That was a lot to process.

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      2 months ago

      The US and it’s people are often super loud. I say this as one who traveled and now lives in Japan. I didn’t notice right away and had to work hard to lower my normal volume