White Noise for Loud, Distracting Study Environments

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• Colin1485 Member

  April 2017 108 karma

  Ornithology is the new thing nowadays, so I heard but study distractions stink! I have some pigeons on the roof of my apt building who like to make noise every afternoon too & downstairs a yipping little dog - very annoying! Occasionally, I use a LectroFan Jr. - purchased it off of amazon.. works awesome - I also use it for sleeping at night. Drowns out a lot of noise. Not too expensive either.
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  extramedium Alum Member

  April 2017 419 karma

  Oh how I'd love to have one of those machines. Dogs are the worst, but these birds sound like a car alarm after it rains. Never knew I hated nature so much.

  @Colin1485 said:
  Ornithology is the new thing nowadays,

  Did you hear this in Brooklyn or Portland? Sounds like their kind of thing.
• Colin1485 Member

  April 2017 108 karma

  LOL I think it was actually on the uk dailymail news website - but was in a recent cbs segment (queue the random link) -

  http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/01/17/birdwatching-soars-in-popularity-with-help-from-smartphone-apps/
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  Alex Alum Member ⭐

  April 2017 23929 karma

  MY grandmother's friend growing up was so into bird watching/ornithology. This was in the late 90s though and I wonder if she is still around bird watching. Seems like a serene and peaceful hobby though.
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  extramedium Alum Member

  April 2017 419 karma

  @Colin1485 said:
  LOL I think it was actually on the uk dailymail news website - but was in a recent cbs segment (queue the random link) -

  http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/01/17/birdwatching-soars-in-popularity-with-help-from-smartphone-apps/

  Weird. I guess it's better than Pokemon.
• allanisrael Alum Member

  April 2017 98 karma

  I like this ..
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  xtrfalcon Alum Member

  April 2017 148 karma

  Thanks for this! Perfect for starbucks.
• extramedium Alum Member

  April 2017 419 karma

  Found another one here. I couldn't tell if I was hallucinating (side effect of bipolar), but when I cranked the other one up, I could swear I heard a siren on loop about every 5 minutes. It worked for my PT on Friday, but I didn't start noticing until Saturday.

  

  @allanisrael said:
  I like this ..

  Good. Hope it helps.

  @xtrfalcon said:
  Thanks for this! Perfect for starbucks.

  I can imagine. It works wonders with ear buds. Props to you for even being able to study there.

  Two worst things about Starbucks noise for me:

  Job interviews for companies that barely exist. You know this because they're holding interviews at a Starbucks. Sad!

  And web start-up guys jacked up on caffeine and yelling about their ill-considered business plan, usually some dumb app.

  Top it off, there was once a guy a foot away from me cursing on his phone about his business partner going on a cocaine and adderral binge. Some weird people in that place. Not saying I'm not one of them though.