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.............. Only very few people have been able to withstand being in the room for a long period of time — at most an hour. After a few minutes, you’ll already start to hear your own heartbeat. A few minutes after that, you can hear your own bones grinding and blood flowing.          .............

https://www.couriermail.com.au/technology/science/no-one-can-stay-in-the-quietest-room-in-the-world-for-more-than-an-hour/news-story/be5502ddebf8c082f9da7fc23cee3cb4?fbclid=IwAR0nfumtJd3hplot_40iza2VFZv0u-n-hr_jU9ITXC7ieQf8Te0wBOk3SBg

I could easily do 8+ hours in them.
No different to being in a hyper-baric chamber.
You will find that in that Quiet Room, other factors come into play for those who can only hack an hour.
1. Carbon Dioxide build-up from breathing, stuffiness and lack of free-flowing fresh air.
2. Claustrophobia.
3. Turn-over of people wanting to have a go and waiting in line.
4. Boredom

There's probably more.


If they are so bad that people can only hack 1 hour - maybe they should be installed in prisons as a torture chamber? ;)

Sprintcyclist wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 11:43am:

Quote: .............. Only very few people have been able to withstand being in the room for a long period of time — at most an hour. After a few minutes, you’ll already start to hear your own heartbeat. A few minutes after that, you can hear your own bones grinding and blood flowing.          ............. https://www.couriermail.com.au/technology/science/no-one-can-stay-in-the-quietest-room-in-the-world-for-more-than-an-hour/news-story/be5502ddebf8c082f9da7fc23cee3cb4?fbclid=IwAR0nfumtJd3hplot_40iza2VFZv0u-n-hr_jU9ITXC7ieQf8Te0wBOk3SBg

Amazing.
There's a horror story in there.  There are several.

Jasin wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 12:08pm:

I could easily do 8+ hours in them. No different to being in a hyper-baric chamber. You will find that in that Quiet Room, other factors come into play for those who can only hack an hour. 1. Carbon Dioxide build-up from breathing, stuffiness and lack of free-flowing fresh air. 2. Claustrophobia. 3. Turn-over of people wanting to have a go and waiting in line. 4. Boredom There's probably more. If they are so bad that people can only hack 1 hour - maybe they should be installed in prisons as a torture chamber? ;)

They have been. Sensory deprivation is a well established method of controlling recalcitrant prisoners. The 'dumb cells' and silent prison at Port Arthur are an early example.

Belgarion wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 12:49pm:

Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 12:08pm: I could easily do 8+ hours in them. No different to being in a hyper-baric chamber. You will find that in that Quiet Room, other factors come into play for those who can only hack an hour. 1. Carbon Dioxide build-up from breathing, stuffiness and lack of free-flowing fresh air. 2. Claustrophobia. 3. Turn-over of people wanting to have a go and waiting in line. 4. Boredom There's probably more. If they are so bad that people can only hack 1 hour - maybe they should be installed in prisons as a torture chamber? ;) They have been. Sensory deprivation is a well established method of controlling recalcitrant prisoners. The 'dumb cells' and silent prison at Port Arthur are an early example.

Interesting.
Makes me wonder why Prisons themselves are put to that effect?

Jasin wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 12:08pm:

I could easily do 8+ hours in them. No different to being in a hyper-baric chamber. You will find that in that Quiet Room, other factors come into play for those who can only hack an hour. 1. Carbon Dioxide build-up from breathing, stuffiness and lack of free-flowing fresh air. 2. Claustrophobia. 3. Turn-over of people wanting to have a go and waiting in line. 4. Boredom There's probably more. If they are so bad that people can only hack 1 hour - maybe they should be installed in prisons as a torture chamber? ;)

Have you ever experienced The Roaring Silence?

No. But I could do 8 hours at the least in the Roaring Silence Room, easy!

Jasin wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 12:08pm:

I could easily do 8+ hours in them. No different to being in a hyper-baric chamber. You will find that in that Quiet Room, other factors come into play for those who can only hack an hour. 1. Carbon Dioxide build-up from breathing, stuffiness and lack of free-flowing fresh air. 2. Claustrophobia. 3. Turn-over of people wanting to have a go and waiting in line. 4. Boredom There's probably more. If they are so bad that people can only hack 1 hour - maybe they should be installed in prisons as a torture chamber? ;)

You frkn moron  ...sensory deprivation has been used for decades  :D :D

Jasin wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 1:45pm:

No. But I could do 8 hours at the least in the Roaring Silence Room, easy!

I have experienced a roaring silence twice. It's not just a quiet time.
It has a presence that grows. No wind, no birds, no 50Hz hum.
It's like I was lacking stability.

' ............  There was literally not one sound – everything was as still as death – not one car, or person, or slight noise from an animal, for many minutes. I was suddenly engulfed by this silence, it was like falling through an abyss. I struggled to cling on to something, to find some kind of sound to distract myself. The depth of the silence was both unnerving and bewildering. We rarely get to experience complete silence, and when we do we become uneasy and obsessive to distract our minds – like I did ........... '

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/loud-roar-deafening-silence-adnan-chilwan/

It's the audio version of Blue Water Vertigo which is visual.
Floating in the Big Blue with only the discipline of thought to remind oneself to watch which way the bubbles go to know which way is up. Everywhere is just empty blue water. People can sometimes find themselves spinning in all directions wondering which way is up without presence of mind.

It can also be like being in a Hyper-Baric chamber set to get you 'narked' off your titties and not losing the plot which is very hard to do. When I did my tour of duty as Guinea Pig in the Chambers - I did very well. It's a strange thing being in a chamber with others and watching them go off the charts. Even stranger being full blown narked and alone.

Some people can't even cope with a MIR scan.

No. I think I'll do pretty well in the 'fabricated' silence. ;)

I used to hire a old Colonial-time Gaol cell for meditation. It's just down the road. Haven't been for awhile. It's really quiet once you shut the heavy iron door. ;)

When people are lost in silent places, they often report hearing traffic and people talking and start to walk towards it.

The mind replaces the lack of external noise with what would normally be audible.

Standing wave rooms are also interesting. You stand in one square and you can hear perfectly but step into the next square and you hear nothing.

Wonder how long I would be able to last in there with my mild tinnitus from working as a mechanic in tenpin bowling centres for 30 years?

It doesn't bother me and I can usually just ignore it but I would never be able to experience 'true silence' anymore.

Carl D wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 6:40pm:

Wonder how long I would be able to last in there with my mild tinnitus from working as a mechanic in tenpin bowling centres for 30 years? It doesn't bother me and I can usually just ignore it but I would never be able to experience 'true silence' anymore.

Me either, same reason but not the same cause. The big BUT is that it's only true to an extent, your brain can tell the difference, one is outside noise and living in a pretty close to rural area it get's very quiet, you can hear the night. Another thing is it seems playing/making an outside sound of the same pitch lessens the one that's always there.

Carl D wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 6:40pm:

Wonder how long I would be able to last in there with my mild tinnitus from working as a mechanic in tenpin bowling centres for 30 years? It doesn't bother me and I can usually just ignore it but I would never be able to experience 'true silence' anymore.

Is this you bowling?


https://youtu.be/YPfdSu6wO08

It's almost a reflex action that I notice 'silence', even underwater.

Jasin wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 7:31pm:

It's almost a reflex action that I notice 'silence', even underwater.

Like a brain thing?

Setanta wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 7:40pm:

Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:31pm: It's almost a reflex action that I notice 'silence', even underwater. Like a brain thing?

No. Doing some apnea dives off a point in Jervis Bay and I suddenly notice the 'silence' underwater and decided to swim to the rocks before rising the 15m up to the surface to get out. Told me mate and he was like 'yeah right ::)' and the following weekend at the same point he was dragged 20m underwater when the big female Whitey took his catch line. "You were right Xav!"  :o he admitted.

Walk in on people in a room and if goes quiet, you know they were talking about something or someone that shouldn't be talked about.

Etc, etc.

Edit: In a political or even Media culture - silence is easy to notice. ;)

Jasin wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 7:51pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:40pm: Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:31pm: It's almost a reflex action that I notice 'silence', even underwater. Like a brain thing? No. Doing some apnea dives off a point in Jervis Bay and I suddenly notice the 'silence' underwater and decided to swim to the rocks before rising the 15m up to the surface to get out. Told me mate and he was like 'yeah right ::)' and the following weekend at the same point he was dragged 20m underwater when the big female Whitey took his catch line. "You were right Xav!"  :o he admitted. Walk in on people in a room and if goes quiet, you know they were talking about something or someone that shouldn't be talked about. Etc, etc. Edit: In a political or even Media culture - silence is easy to notice. ;)

Well done, you have me baffled once more!

You're a Hippie, I'm a Feral.
Simple.

I'd love to drop a fart in the quiet room.

Would it be the same if you were out in the middle of the desert  without a breath of wind.

Gordon wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 7:16pm:

Carl D wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 6:40pm: Wonder how long I would be able to last in there with my mild tinnitus from working as a mechanic in tenpin bowling centres for 30 years? It doesn't bother me and I can usually just ignore it but I would never be able to experience 'true silence' anymore. Is this you bowling? https://youtu.be/YPfdSu6wO08

No.

I used to bowl regularly in leagues until I started work as a mechanic in 1988.

I'm assuming you've never worked as a bowling centre technician but after you start working as one the last thing you feel like doing is bowling in leagues or even social bowling (except for the occasional quick game to test a machine after working on it).

Other techs that I've known over the years gave up bowling in leagues because once the bowlers knew you worked there they would 'swoop' on you with their tales of woe about what they believe is wrong with the lanes or machines every week.

Gordon wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 8:23pm:

I'd love to drop a fart in the quiet room.

Can a fart in a quiet room cause a hurricane/cyclone? A butterfly to fall to the ground? The tipping point of methane in the atmosphere? What would happen to the forest?

Setanta wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 8:34pm:

Gordon wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:23pm: I'd love to drop a fart in the quiet room. Can a fart in a quiet room cause a hurricane/cyclone? A butterfly to fall to the ground? The tipping point of methane in the atmosphere? What would happen to the forest?

No. But I'm sure it can linger with nowhere to go.

The best fart is the one in the elevator where you get out at the next floor and as the doors close - say to the person in the front of the pack "You dirty bastard!" >:( ( ;D)

Setanta wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 8:34pm:

Gordon wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:23pm: I'd love to drop a fart in the quiet room. Can a fart in a quiet room cause a hurricane/cyclone? A butterfly to fall to the ground? The tipping point of methane in the atmosphere? What would happen to the forest?

How dare you. But I'd just like to hear the pure timbre of my fart unmolested in this world of noise pollution.

Jasin wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 8:36pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:34pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:23pm: I'd love to drop a fart in the quiet room. Can a fart in a quiet room cause a hurricane/cyclone? A butterfly to fall to the ground? The tipping point of methane in the atmosphere? What would happen to the forest? No. But I'm sure it can linger with nowhere to go. The best fart is the one in the elevator where you get out at the next floor and as the doors close - say to the person in the front of the pack "You dirty bastard!" >:( ( ;D)

The best thing about having kids is the first time you play pull my finger.

My first and only 'Pull my finger' moment was from my grandfather. Man he stunk as if he had saved that one from the first world war. :P I still remember coughing as if he had done something really bad to me, more than for a joke. I've never fallen for that one since.

...imagine Peccary farting in a room like that. Being a gaslighter of a person, one can only imagine he came out burnt like Wiley Coyote.

Gordon wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 8:37pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:34pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:23pm: I'd love to drop a fart in the quiet room. Can a fart in a quiet room cause a hurricane/cyclone? A butterfly to fall to the ground? The tipping point of methane in the atmosphere? What would happen to the forest? How dare you. But I'd just like to hear the pure timbre of my fart unmolested in this world of noise pollution.

A philosophic POV? Is one's fart real f it's only heard by the emitter? Like a tree falling in a quiet room?

Did you know that Planet Uranus farts plasma out into space?

Setanta wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 8:54pm:

Gordon wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:37pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:34pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:23pm: I'd love to drop a fart in the quiet room. Can a fart in a quiet room cause a hurricane/cyclone? A butterfly to fall to the ground? The tipping point of methane in the atmosphere? What would happen to the forest? How dare you. But I'd just like to hear the pure timbre of my fart unmolested in this world of noise pollution. A philosophic POV? Is one's fart real f it's only heard by the emitter? Like a tree falling in a quiet room?

I think you'd have somehow detach the fart from the emitter so you could run the thought experiment in it's purest form. Even if the emitter was totally deaf they'd still be able to detect the acoustic vibrations.

Dang! I just dropped one in C&C. I hope it's not a banning offence?

Jasin wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 9:02pm:

Dang! I just dropped one in C&C. I hope it's not a banning offence?

Monk is a fart sniffer, I bet he cupcakes himself.

Gordon wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 8:40pm:

Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:36pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:34pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 8:23pm: I'd love to drop a fart in the quiet room. Can a fart in a quiet room cause a hurricane/cyclone? A butterfly to fall to the ground? The tipping point of methane in the atmosphere? What would happen to the forest? No. But I'm sure it can linger with nowhere to go. The best fart is the one in the elevator where you get out at the next floor and as the doors close - say to the person in the front of the pack "You dirty bastard!" >:( ( ;D) The best thing about having kids is the first time you play pull my finger.

Ever played "check my sunburn" with your wife?

No, haven't heard of that one.


Dang! I dropped another one in C&C

Johnnie wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 8:31pm:

Would it be the same if you were out in the middle of the desert  without a breath of wind.

That is where I experienced a roaring silence.
I would imagine this room would be MUCH quieter.
Remember sound is in dBs which is a funny scale.
Every 3 dB less is a halving of the noise, from memory

Jasin wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 7:51pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:40pm: Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:31pm: It's almost a reflex action that I notice 'silence', even underwater. Like a brain thing? No. Doing some apnea dives off a point in Jervis Bay and I suddenly notice the 'silence' underwater and decided to swim to the rocks before rising the 15m up to the surface to get out. Told me mate and he was like 'yeah right ::)' and the following weekend at the same point he was dragged 20m underwater when the big female Whitey took his catch line. "You were right Xav!"  :o he admitted. Walk in on people in a room and if goes quiet, you know they were talking about something or someone that shouldn't be talked about. Etc, etc. Edit: In a political or even Media culture - silence is easy to notice. ;)

I have heard noises underwater.
try banging 2 rocks together underwater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAEppFUWLfc

Sprintcyclist wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 11:43am:

Quote: .............. Only very few people have been able to withstand being in the room for a long period of time — at most an hour. After a few minutes, you’ll already start to hear your own heartbeat. A few minutes after that, you can hear your own bones grinding and blood flowing.          ............. https://www.couriermail.com.au/technology/science/no-one-can-stay-in-the-quietest-room-in-the-world-for-more-than-an-hour/news-story/be5502ddebf8c082f9da7fc23cee3cb4?fbclid=IwAR0nfumtJd3hplot_40iza2VFZv0u-n-hr_jU9ITXC7ieQf8Te0wBOk3SBg

With “severe to profound” deafness in my left ear I get that sort of thing late at night when all is quiet. I need to have a radio playing some music to “give the ear something to process.”

You're one of those old guys Monk with the races hooked up to one ear from a small radio in the pocket.  ;D

I never followed racing, like WTF? The office sweepstake on the Melbourne Cup was it and even that stopped in 1985.

Here's Peccary's experience in the Loudest and Quietest Rooms.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=world%27s+most+silent+room&&view=detail&mid=2D2D55037A885A0075D22D2D55037A885A0075D2&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dworld%2527s%2Bmost%2Bsilent%2Broom%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

Jasin wrote on Feb 6^th, 2023 at 8:38am:

You're one of those old guys Monk with the races hooked up to one ear from a small radio in the pocket.  ;D

In the top  pocket with pens and a notepad.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Feb 5^th, 2023 at 10:15pm:

Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:51pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:40pm: Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:31pm: It's almost a reflex action that I notice 'silence', even underwater. Like a brain thing? No. Doing some apnea dives off a point in Jervis Bay and I suddenly notice the 'silence' underwater and decided to swim to the rocks before rising the 15m up to the surface to get out. Told me mate and he was like 'yeah right ::)' and the following weekend at the same point he was dragged 20m underwater when the big female Whitey took his catch line. "You were right Xav!"  :o he admitted. Walk in on people in a room and if goes quiet, you know they were talking about something or someone that shouldn't be talked about. Etc, etc. Edit: In a political or even Media culture - silence is easy to notice. ;) I have heard noises underwater. try banging 2 rocks together underwater

To me silence underwater is real but you notice it visually. It seems very quiet when all the life around you disappears. It is also a good sign that there is a predator around. It can be you. You do hear sound underwater if there is a swell crashing on rocks some fish make sound but it is often very quiet too. I don't think you notice the quiet when there are fish swimming around all over the place but when they all disappear the quiet is deafening.

Gordon wrote on Feb 12^th, 2023 at 4:23pm:

Jasin wrote on Feb 6th, 2023 at 8:38am: You're one of those old guys Monk with the races hooked up to one ear from a small radio in the pocket.  ;D In the top  pocket with pens and a notepad.

His transistor radio with only AM on it, has the brown leather casing.  ;D

Dnarever wrote on Feb 12^th, 2023 at 4:34pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 10:15pm: Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:51pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:40pm: Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:31pm: It's almost a reflex action that I notice 'silence', even underwater. Like a brain thing? No. Doing some apnea dives off a point in Jervis Bay and I suddenly notice the 'silence' underwater and decided to swim to the rocks before rising the 15m up to the surface to get out. Told me mate and he was like 'yeah right ::)' and the following weekend at the same point he was dragged 20m underwater when the big female Whitey took his catch line. "You were right Xav!"  :o he admitted. Walk in on people in a room and if goes quiet, you know they were talking about something or someone that shouldn't be talked about. Etc, etc. Edit: In a political or even Media culture - silence is easy to notice. ;) I have heard noises underwater. try banging 2 rocks together underwater To me silence underwater is real but you notice it visually. It seems very quiet when all the life around you disappears. It is also a good sign that there is a predator around. It can be you. You do hear sound underwater if there is a swell crashing on rocks some fish make sound but it is often very quiet too. I don't think you notice the quiet when there are fish swimming around all over the place but when they all disappear the quiet is deafening.

The silence in a room with a handful of people is a sign someone has let rip a quiet assassin. :P

Jasin wrote on Feb 12^th, 2023 at 4:39pm:

Dnarever wrote on Feb 12th, 2023 at 4:34pm: Sprintcyclist wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 10:15pm: Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:51pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:40pm: Jasin wrote on Feb 5th, 2023 at 7:31pm: It's almost a reflex action that I notice 'silence', even underwater. Like a brain thing? No. Doing some apnea dives off a point in Jervis Bay and I suddenly notice the 'silence' underwater and decided to swim to the rocks before rising the 15m up to the surface to get out. Told me mate and he was like 'yeah right ::)' and the following weekend at the same point he was dragged 20m underwater when the big female Whitey took his catch line. "You were right Xav!"  :o he admitted. Walk in on people in a room and if goes quiet, you know they were talking about something or someone that shouldn't be talked about. Etc, etc. Edit: In a political or even Media culture - silence is easy to notice. ;) I have heard noises underwater. try banging 2 rocks together underwater To me silence underwater is real but you notice it visually. It seems very quiet when all the life around you disappears. It is also a good sign that there is a predator around. It can be you. You do hear sound underwater if there is a swell crashing on rocks some fish make sound but it is often very quiet too. I don't think you notice the quiet when there are fish swimming around all over the place but when they all disappear the quiet is deafening. The silence in a room with a handful of people is a sign someone has let rip a quiet assassin. :P

That can be the case but I find that it mostly triggers quite a kerfuffle.

If those were Dutch people they would all be laughing—the fart joke is the epitome of Dutch humor. Sad but true—too strict in potty training?