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Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Block Noise In a Dorm?

Posted by samzenpus on from the keep-it-down dept.

First time accepted submitter zmitch32 writes "I live in a dorm, and I have ADHD, so every little noise distracts me. I know this annoyance isn't limited to those with ADHD, so how does everyone else block out the noise? I can't really cover my walls in soundproof foam because I live in a dorm. I can't just listen to music because I find it too interesting and just end up getting distracted by it. I use ear plugs to block out small noises, but they don't block out human voices very well at all. What do you guys/gals recommend?"

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  1. I covered my dorm room with Pink Floyd... by gatkinso · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and Phish tapestries.

    No reason you can't put up foam and cover it with... Pink Floyd and Phish tapestries.

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    1. Re:I covered my dorm room with Pink Floyd... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Do your headphones help you ignore the freaks doing bong hits 4 feet away from you?

    2. Re:I covered my dorm room with Pink Floyd... by mcgrew · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wish I had mod points, that was funny!

      ...damn, you made me knock my bong over =(

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  2. Obvious answer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Smoke weed. Lots and lots of weed.

  3. Ear Buds by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny
    Ear Buds, MP3 collection.

    If you find music too distracting, just put the ear buds in and turn the device WAY up for a while. After a while you'll have completely destroyed your hearing. Problem solved! You're welcome!

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  4. Re:odd technique by dpidcoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Counting to 10 sounds more like an even technique to me. Might I suggest 11 or 9 instead?

  5. Re:odd technique by rherbert · · Score: 4, Funny

    This weird trick also boosts my testosterone.

  6. With so many geeks here... by owlnation · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... yet no-one has suggested duct tape yet?

    There's many ways duct tape can solve this. Some of them are probably even legal.

  7. Definitive best way to block noise by fyngyrz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fill the room with breasts. Attached to beautiful coeds. You won't hear a thing.

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    1. Re:Definitive best way to block noise by Kwyj1b0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Fill the room with breasts. Attached to beautiful coeds. You won't hear a thing.

      But I have ADHD. Every time a new pair of breasts comes in, I forget all about the pair in my face!

    2. Re:Definitive best way to block noise by nitehawk214 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fill the room with breasts. Attached to beautiful coeds. You won't hear a thing.

      I'm sorry I cant hear you, I have breasts on my ears.

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    3. Re:Definitive best way to block noise by Aaden42 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is that how you catch hearing AIDS?

  8. Air is your enemy by labnet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Suck all the air out of the room. Problem Solved!

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  9. No ticket by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Butler: [Answering door] Yes?
    Indiana Jones: [In Scottish accent] Not before time! did you intend to leave us standing on the doorstep all day? we're drenched
    [sneezes in butler's face]
    Indiana Jones: Now look, I've gone and caught a sniffle
    Butler: Are you expected?
    Indiana Jones: Don't take that tone with me my good man! Now buttle off and tell Baron Brunwald that Lord Clarence McDonald and his lovely assistant
    [Drags Elsa towards him]
    Indiana Jones: are here to view the tapestries
    Butler: Tapestries?
    Indiana Jones: The old man is dense, this is a castle isn't it? there are tapestries
    Butler: This is a castle and we have many tapestries, and if you are a Scottish lord then I am Mickey Mouse!
    Indiana Jones: How dare he?
    [punches butler in face]

    1. Re:No ticket by ArcadeMan · · Score: 1, Funny

      Of course, what do you expect? Mickey Mouse isn't Scottish!

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  10. Re:Go to the f-ing library by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, have you tried masturbating in a library? It's hard.

  11. Re:Noise canceling headphones by tehcyder · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you must, feed them white noise to drown out what remains.

    As an added bonus, you'll soon be driven insane, and have a genuine illness to worry about rather than the largely imaginary First World Problem of ADHD.

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  12. Re:Or White Noise + EGG Chair by camperdave · · Score: 1, Funny

    Decades back I sat in a large egg shaped shell with a small opening with a padded interior you could sit in with stereo speakers in it.

    Then you befriended one of the indigenous females, and moved into her attic. Of course it was all part of your mission to observe human culture.

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  13. Re:Go to the f-ing library by slashmojo · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's hard.

    It would have to be..