Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoAre "God damn", "damn" and "hell" really considered curse words in America?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up161file-text
arrow-up161message-squareAre "God damn", "damn" and "hell" really considered curse words in America?Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoNoise cancelling headphones or earbuds might work - they’ll minimise background sounds and distortion, so you can hear more clearly at lower volumes.
minus-squarebarrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoEven then, the mixing on a lot of shows is deliberately bad so that explosions/gunfights are louder than dialogue (I blame Christopher Nolan). Mostly for newer shows, so Farscape might be okay.
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoUgh, I hate that. It’s like everything has constant deep, industrial white noise too. Nolan is totally to blame for that.
Noise cancelling headphones or earbuds might work - they’ll minimise background sounds and distortion, so you can hear more clearly at lower volumes.
Even then, the mixing on a lot of shows is deliberately bad so that explosions/gunfights are louder than dialogue (I blame Christopher Nolan). Mostly for newer shows, so Farscape might be okay.
Ugh, I hate that. It’s like everything has constant deep, industrial white noise too.
Nolan is totally to blame for that.