mark tonin Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 I heard an interview on CBC radio a few days ago with the professor who conducted this research:The Hunt for the Worst Sound in the WorldAnd here's an article about the study:World's Worst Sound?Peace, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Great way to start the morning . I wonder how many other people here had a similarly high threshold for feedback compared to the average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 What is the worst sound in the world? Last call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cully Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Brad Barr singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Right now, the world's worst sound is the wailing screech that my neighbour makes at all hours of the day and night (mostly night, unfortunately). She literally cries for hours, moaning and wailing at the top of her lungs, oftentimes throwing objects against the walls and/or dragging her furniture around the room. This has been happening several nights per week for the last eight months, most frequently on weeknights between 11 PM and 2 AM (ironically, she once came pounding on my door at 10 PM on a *Saturday* to throw a fit about her inability to sleep because I was listening to the stereo). Occasionally, instead of crying, she sings at top volume. Can anyone say "bi-polar?"The second-worst sound is the rooster across the street. Yeah, that's right - a fookin' ROOSTER! I live in the Korean equivalent of the Upper West Side in Manhattan, and the fuckers in the house across the street have a rooster. The rooster is apparently a global rooster, because it seems to annouce dawn in every time zone around the globe. All day. Every day. Cock-a-doodle-doooo! It's morning in Seoul! Cock-a-doodle-doo, it morning in Honolulu! Cock-a-doodle-doo, it's morning in Los Angeles! I'm thinking of buying a pellet gun and erasing that mutherfucker. I'm not sure if it will work on my neighbour - I might need something bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 The sound of silence coming from the amps of Phix... (sobbing uncontrolably) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cully Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 The sound of silence coming from the amps of Phix... (sobbing uncontrolably)That is some funny shit my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrtrhhrtgg Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 air raid siren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Right now, the world's worst sound is the wailing screech that my neighbour makes at all hours of the day and night (mostly night, unfortunately). She literally cries for hours, moaning and wailing at the top of her lungs, oftentimes throwing objects against the walls and/or dragging her furniture around the room....Ouch! This is only nominally related, but we had Korean upstairs neighbours when we first moved into our place in Toronto way back when that would start doing this completely otherworldly chanting (for the most part, 6-part atonial wailing) around 2 or 3 in the morning and carry on till just before sunrise. It was so surreal at the beginning, and would find the weirdest ways to get into dreams. After a while, it got really annoying. They eventually moved out; my guess is, the aliens finally rescued them (or, rather us). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurry Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 What is the worst sound in the world? Last call.HA HA!!Personally - Seastones by the Dead or Lesh or whoever Phil does it with has always been extra painful for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Alarm clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 After seeing Orbital in 1996(ish?) at Opera House(Killer show, pounding techno, and a head full of acid made for a great night)....anyways, partway up Spadina(this was the year they did all the work on it) we were walking past a giant construction area and a big wheel loader with a bucket of debris dragged it's bucket across the top of a metal bin giving the most epic fingernails-on-chalkboard ever. It has defined 'worst sound ever' in my books since...nothing has topped it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headymamamyrna Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 snoring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Croup cough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Alarm clock the morning after hearing last call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggest Fan Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 (edited) The easy pick the Dentists drill up close and personal...Not that it did or would ever happen to me... the sound of your wife coming down the steps (early in the AM) while you are surfing through some of the www.moredubious.sites. I could only imagine how much that would SUCK.As for myself settling down for a long summers nap and hearing a F@CKING cricket in the house looking for a DATE. Edited January 28, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 a wailing baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingbear Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 air canada...on hold music and voice recordings.....38th hour stuck in toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 A determined mosquito in a dark room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSeasJim Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Somebody receiving a "Dutch Oven" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 A determined mosquito in a dark room.oooh good one. maybe not the worst sound but one of the most aggravating for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show---whore Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 "The End Of The World Sound"it happens on a bad burned cd, when the laser hits fucked up binary code.oh and when Doug the sound guy rings the monitors out at pepper jacks for 45mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomouse Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Man there's alot of very nasty noises out among the english and I'd agree with a few here but my personal best/worst one is just that. Its those ultrasonic scalers that the dentists use now. I can handle most of the cranies but I seem to have a few harmonic points along my jaw that for some reason sends a deafening howl of vibration right up to my inner ear. It makes me well up with tears that I'm too embarassed to wipe away and I feel like a small child lost at the fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 gotta go with crying baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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