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 People who walk around with speakers. What are they thinking?

(Next on my list of trying to understand grumpy dad type moans lol)

https://image.nostr.build/c3fa45dc391acd3dd902495e1d8f6d1f7b81e2f126907f3c20737156e60a517d.jpg 

It's usually someone alone, who looks like they're into street art, ESL, backpacker vibes, blasting french hip hop or reggaeton.

Are they trying to make friends? are they sound tracking their lives. Do they think we care? Do they not care what we think? (I find it hard to believe they don't care about what people around them think, cos they're blasting music at them lol).

#asknostr

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 Unfortunately i can imagine someone ina nostr t-shirt doing this. No offence. 
 They're about to enjoy themselves. They must be stopped. 
 They don't look like they're having fun tbh 
 But they do look like they want to look like they're fun. Which is why I wonder if they're trying to make friends? 🤔 
 Not to sound all bluesky or whatever. But it's never a woman. 
 Probably deeply-rooted in some kind of evolutionary male courtship display. 
 Sometimes actually there is a much older guy doing this. And they seem to actually be having fun. Tends to be a different genre of music, like soul. And on a bike. 
 As long as it’s not on public transport. 😁 
 Lol yes, that is another grumpy complaint, very close to this one tho..but seems to be a different branch of the phenomenon lol 
 Yes, I was confusing your observation with this. It was just the other week, sitting quietly on a train, when a small group decided to march through the carriages whilst the lead proudly held out a little JBL Bluetooth speaker… I was incredibly envious and impressed 🤣 
 Why don't you ask? 
 No no, that's how they get you to be their friend 
 We never did shit like that back in my day.
https://image.nostr.build/bcd2e991d4ecfbfa8be2351efe58cd29f38dc57be77f3c7e9d49534073404d2d.jpg 
 But were these olden days people alone? In the monies they have friends at least🤔 
 Sometimes they'd even breakdance alone. Not me though - I was always incredibly popular. 
 We didn't have bluetooth headphones in those days. 
 But we had the Walkman. With wired headphones of course. 
 There is a special place in hell for these people. 
 One of my biggest pet peeves, especially in nature areas 🙄😤 selfish creatures  
 Yes,  I've occasionally been having a nice sit off next to a river totally ruined by JBL speaker blasting some rubbish lol. Do they fear the sound of the river lol?? 
 I should buy an even bigger sound system and attach it to some mics, place the mics in the river and blast that on full volume 🤔 
 I like it. Be sure to blast classical or ambient.  
 River sounds, max volume lol 
 I guess they need to match the jumbled mess in their minds and can't take the quietude 🫠 bless their little hearts. But seriously I want to yell at them and that takes a lot!