My ex bought us tickets to go see the Flaming Lips because that's our band. We're broken up now, but still going to the concert together tonight. I haven't been to a show since middle school and don't know shit about concerts. Is there anything I should know before going?

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[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago (9 children)

earplugs, bring 'em. even if you don't need them it's good to have just in case. I wish I had done that when I was younger going to concerts.

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

yeah this

I own ones with little filter elements in them that reduce the noise without straight up blocking it/muddying the sound. I usually forget them though. Pretty sure I'm slowly getting tinnitus. But there have been times where I've been to shows that ended up being way louder than I expected that they were a lifesaver.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm forty and I absolutely have tinnitus, and it's due to a combination of concerts, driving a convertible in my twenties (north american miata-boy love association member), and working with airtools. Runner up causes are working with grinders, cutoff wheels, sawzalls, chainsaws, etc. If I were less stupid I would have used earplugs and I would not now hear a constant EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yeah I only do that kind of loud stuff occasionally, and I sometimes wear hearing protection, so it's not bad yet, but its going to be if I don't get better about it. Teaching kids how to use power tools has really helped remind me to use hearing protection, because I would feel terrible if I taught them habits that got them hurt, but I care less about myself, in the moment.

I don't want to be like my dad who's half deaf in one ear at not-that-old of an age and spent years denying there was anything wrong (or my grandpa who bought cheap amplifiers rather than properly tuned hearing aids and made his hearing much worse)

driving a convertible is one I don't hear many talk about but yeah, I had a car with no AC and a soft top and any drive at highway speed more than like 20 mins you really wanted earplugs for

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