Can you hear it or are you old?
Okay, so quick test to see if you are as young as you think you are (ha!). Perhaps you've read about the new ringtone that high school students are using in class because only they can hear it and not their teachers (due to a normal disappearance of the ability to hear higher-register tones as we age).
I must admit I am pleased that I can hear it (and it is DANG annoying). I may be 26 but don't write me off as old yet! I'm kind of surprised that my ears still work well at all because of my truly unfortunate habit of going to really loud concerts and often not wearing earplugs (it sounds all muffled and under-watery when you wear earplugs!). Shame, shame, I know.
My sincere apologies if this test confirms your aging and depresses you at all on this beautiful Monday morning. You are still wonderful.
Take the test: Listen to the sound here.
Monday Music Roundup coming in a bit.
posted by heather @ 9:52 AM
13 comments
13 Comments:
So I'm old, but being wonderful is good!
Crap... Can't hear it.
Ahh, that is obnoxious!
Err, I definitely hear something -- a high pitched noise that kinda chirps, though the chirping isn't as pronounced as the clip goes on. Is this it, or am I making this up?
Yup, I'm old.
But I just had to DL Audacity and downsample the pitch alot so I could hear there was anything there besides a laugh and a clink.
There's a better clip here: Ringtone
Thanks Jason. I can hear it!!!
Damn...I'm only 21, but apparently I'm elderly, because all I hear in that MP3 is giggling.
I can hear it. And I'm a teacher. Hell yes.
Whew, I thought I was getting old until I clicked on Jason's link. That's freakin' annoying!!
55. can hear it in left ear,but not right. halfway told?
Thank you Jason! I knew my hearing was still with me.
I've heard about this! But in England they're using the noise to repel loitering kids from hanging around corners and malls and stuff. Little did we know they'd get their own back!
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