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I don't know why, but someone speaking in the background in a language I don't speak drives me insane. It doesn't have to be loud, I don't have to be trying to concentrate on anything especially hard, but if it doesn't stop after a couple of minutes, I basically just have to go somewhere else.
No idea why. I don't think it is any subtle racism, because it's every language. It's like my brain won't let go of trying to understand, and keeps wanting to notify me that it's having trouble and needs my help with it.
I've heard that we hate having to hear people talking on the phone because of how jarring it is to only hear half a conversation. It sounds like you're experiencing something similar where you can't quite make out what's happening, and that keeps pulling it into the foreground of your attention.