Shouting.

[luka]

I don't think I've ever shouted in anger. There's various shouters in various flats within earshot. Mostly east European, very shouty cultures those. It does my head in. I think it should be illegal. It's almost always women but there's some Arabic sounding man shouter too who wants gagging. I could see how you could turn into a mad racist, being unemployed, shut in the flat, never going out, your only impressions of the world garnered from the sounds that come in through the window, mass media and the Internet. Get all festerey, paranoid, twitchy, resentful.

Do you do shouting?

 

[shiels]

Jokily all the time but only a handful of time seriously, pretty effective when used this sparingly.

 

[woops]

whenever i hear people shouting, through walls, on the phone, on the street, i wonder how can you live like that, constantly getting to a state where you raise your voice to an ineffectual level which also makes you look and sound stupid

 

[luka]

Wait up sweating in the bed with some nightmare hangover and there's some cunt shouting in a foreign language.

 

[luka]

Fuck off

 

[woops]

sounds like you had a good night though... oh wait you mean the neighbours.

 

[luka]

I don't actually have a hangover, I was just recreating a scene from the past

 

[luka]

For the psychotherapy crew they reckon not shouting makes you sick. Western man constantly swallowing his own anger and aggression. There's a lot in that. That's why I hate suit pubs where men in suits drink after swallowing rage all day. Bad vibes.

 

[DannyL]

I had a Scottish shouter in the flat below me in the last place I lived. Long term mental health problems. He once tried to set the place on fire 'cos he was angry at the benefits people for some reason. It did used to vary though - sometimes he was quiet. I assume due to meds or moon phases.

 

[luka]

Flats are pretty intense sometimes. You're so intimate with strangers.

 

[DannyL]

Yeah. Private but not. No real interaction but then it ramps up and you're thinking "would it be rude to call the police"?

 

[luka]

We had the police knock a door down on my floor during lockdown. I was watching through the peephole. Classic flat action.

 

[luka]

"Someone reported a disturbance"

"No, nothing wrong here, no, I don't know what that's about"

 

[yyaldrin]

i never shouted i think. i don't think my vocal cords are even able to. i was drinking a beer last week and a few tables away from me a man sat alone, wearing his headphones and shouting continuously. he shouted for a good thirty minutes and nobody cared. i kinda ignore it when it happens outside and i feel these people are less harmful then you think they are. in the flat it's horrible, i agree with that.

 

[luka]

Can't imagine the Dutch being big shouters. Phlegmatic is the adjective which is always paired with the Dutch, like dour with the Scottish.

 

[shiels]

There's a lot of shouting in london, very noticeable after being out for a few months. people more stressed and less chance of shame from repurcussions because you're a nobody amongst thousands. the worst is people having a conversation on public transport on loudspeaker, or playing their very loud funny video and laughing very loudly, just complete disregard for my sensitive ears

 

[Mr. Tea]

the worst is people having a conversation on public transport on loudspeaker

Oh god, those ones need shooting.