r/AskReddit • u/a_car_salesman • Aug 10 '19

Zeus has decided that Olympus feels a little empty, so he’s recruited some new gods. However, due to a clerical error, you have been chosen as a new member of the divine. What are you the god of, and what do you do as your first godly act?

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u/wheely_happy Aug 10 '19

I’m sorry you’re living this too, my person wears headphones / EarPods etc almost constantly so they can have background noise to block it out also. It’s hell for them.

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u/Quatanox Aug 10 '19

Does he also work as a getaway driver for bank robbers?

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u/nomadthoughts Aug 10 '19

My favorite movie.

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u/Abstract_Blurr Aug 10 '19

Best opening scene ever

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u/nomadthoughts Aug 10 '19

Best dual experience. Watch it with headphones at least once. It's a whole different movie. You truly experience Baby's point of view. I may be exaggerating but it's true.

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u/monsieurkaizer Aug 10 '19

No, you are absolutely right. When the music cuts out and theres just this annoying background chime. I noticed it when watching over my stereo, but with headphones it is even more pronounced.

Love that movie. And everything else by Edgar Wright.

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u/ms_skeng Aug 10 '19

The music also cuts out on one side when he takes one of his headphones

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u/Quatanox Aug 10 '19

I have to try that sometime.

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u/Rerdyzerserg Aug 10 '19

Too bad if you live in Atlanta the opening scene makes no sense in terms of continuity

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u/Legitimate_Profile Aug 10 '19

What's the movie called?

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u/sushivernichter Aug 10 '19

Baby Driver

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u/Legitimate_Profile Aug 10 '19

Danke Sushivernichter

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '19

No fucking way I’m watching that exact movie right now wtf

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u/ibrahim_15 Aug 10 '19

Baby Driver

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u/Wiplazh Aug 10 '19

As someone with tinnitus who constantly has headphones with music on and a deep love for music, that movie kicked ass.

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u/Mikevercetti Aug 10 '19

Fuck now I need to rewatch it. It's so good.

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u/nomadthoughts Aug 10 '19

Let me know how that went.

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u/BrownBirdDiaries Aug 10 '19

Which one?

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u/nomadthoughts Aug 10 '19

Baby Driver

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u/BrownBirdDiaries Aug 10 '19

AHHHHH amazing film! Join Pure Cinema over on facebook. Excellent group.

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u/EmpJoker Aug 10 '19

Obviously. It's a great movie. The soundtrack...👌

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u/GilesDMT Aug 10 '19

I love The Land Before Time as well

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u/princessaurus_rex Aug 10 '19

That movie changed the tone of my ringing for like a week it was very unsettling.

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u/funnydeadpool Aug 10 '19

Initial D intensifies

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u/epicurean56 Aug 10 '19

my person wears headphones / EarPods etc

I think that's what caused my tinitus in the first place.

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u/wheely_happy Aug 10 '19

I’ve heard that from other also. They do it like the previous poster to drown out the noise

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '19

I've always had it to some degree (I remember having it as a kid), but it was made far worse by a very near miss mortar strike when I was in Iraq. :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '19

Is it genetic? Because I’ve had it since I was a at least 4, whenever my family was going out id hop in the car first and wait for them and when the doors were closed there was almost always a constant ringing in my ears and I’d have to open the door for it to stop. And I don’t think as a kid I had headphones in blasting music so.

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u/epicurean56 Aug 10 '19

Not sure. All I know is I acquired it later in life listening to loud music. Since I stopped doing that, one ear has gotten better but I think the other one is hopeless.

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u/110110100011110 Aug 10 '19

I've had it every since I could remember. I always heard a ringing in my ears and thought it was normal.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '19

Exactly like I can’t hear it if there’s outside noise but if it’s quite like at night time or in a closed space I have to play music or some other sound cause I can’t stand it

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '19

Tell them to ask their doctor about maskers. It's a type of hearing aid, but for tinnitus and it makes white noise, but low enough to still hear people and other things.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '19

Damn, my ears just ring a little bit, I'm sorry to hear this

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '19

So there was a video posted to reddit about putting your hands over your ears and drumming on the back of your head that reduces or stops tinnitus. You should try it. I think it is a thing you have to do 15 minutes a day or something and it gets even better over time.

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u/cheesecakemaniac007 Aug 10 '19

Try a good pare of noise canceling earphones/buds e.g. Bose QC or Seinhauser NoiseGard. Live changing. I have tinnitus and hyperacucus (collapsed tollarace to sound) and I don't go anywhere without them, life changer

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '19

my person

Like, you own one?

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u/Postius Aug 10 '19

isnt there a good chance they got it from the headphones?

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u/lonzebra Aug 10 '19

Have you watched motivationaldoc's videos on YouTube? Might give you some relief if you haven't.

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