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aqualung28 
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 00:42 |
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OK, so I ordered Fantomas' self titled debut album about a month ago and I waited about a month for it. When the time came for it to arrive, it didn't come. I contacted the seller who told me it got lost in the mail and he gave me a refund. I was disappointed but it gave me an opportunity to check out a "dark ambient" musician who goes by the name of Lustmord. After I ordered the CD, I decided I'd check out more about this guy's music. I found this piece of info stating that he often uses sounds under 20Hz. The article went on to say that sounds under 20Hz are known to cause "vomiting,permanent hearing loss, and death." I usually am not a gullible person and usually am not this worried about something like this but I forgot to take my anxiety pills today and was worried about this. So now onto my point, am I completely f**king insane or is there a reason to freak out. If not just laugh at me and call me a f**king moron or something. Yep thats' about it.
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Bryan
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 01:05 |
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I strongly doubt that listening to sounds could cause you to die.
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aqualung28
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 01:33 |
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yeah that's what I thought, But I thought I'd ask as a just in case
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"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
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arkitek
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 02:07 |
load of  you coudl feel ill that is possible but not death!!!!
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Reed Lover
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 03:52 |
 Useful_Idiot wrote:
I strongly doubt that listening to sounds could cause you to die. |
Ready,take aim,fire?
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James Lee
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 05:49 |
What a coincidence! I happen to have a collection of masterpieces recorded in the freqencies usually reserved for bat calls and dog whistles. Because of the frequency limitations of the human ear- not to mention the even more limited range of existing recording formats- it sounds very much like a blank CD. But take my word for it, they're masterpieces- and will not cause any medical problems, unless inserted into a body cavity. Only $49.99 + S&H for the whole collection!
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nacho
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 07:31 |
Hmmm... I wouldn't call "sound" to something below 20 Hz... just vibration maybe. And believe it or not you are continually surronded by this kind of frecuencies (that bus passing by, for example), you just don't feel them (unless they have enough amplitude as to be detected by touch receptors) and I think nobody dies because of that... although on a second thought, because all of us will sooner or later die... that might be the cause!!! 
So don't worry, but don't buy a record with inaudible "sounds", that's nonsense...
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Pixel Pirate
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 08:00 |
Useful_Idiot wrote:
I strongly doubt that listening to sounds could cause you to die. |
You obviously haven't heard Britney Spears.
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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mirco
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 08:21 |
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Even dog hearing can be damage by that bitch...
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Please forgive me for my crappy english!
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maani
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 11:16 |
aqualung:
It might interest you (and maybe calm your nerves) to know that it is those exact ultra-low frequencies - low rumbles and subliminal sounds - that are often used in movie soundtracks (especially horror/slasher films) to cause feelings of anxiety. However, I don't know of anyone who has died after watching one of those films. It is simply an immediate - but temporary - response to a sonic stimuli.
Still, if I knew that something was going to cause those types of "anxious" feelings, I would probably not deliberately subject myself to them.
Peace.
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Reed Lover
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 11:23 |
I'm sure I once heard of a frequency that when played in unison caused immediate evacuation of the bowel.....
oh wait, that was an episode of South Park-"Brown Noise" 
bet you thought I was gonna say ELP
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Alucard
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 12:06 |
Maybe you shouldn't listen to the record in the mountains!
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 12:24 |
Reed Lover wrote:
I'm sure I once heard of a frequency that when played in unison caused immediate evacuation of the bowel.....
oh wait, that was an episode of South Park-"Brown Noise" 
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LOL, I remember that!!!! I've barely ever seen South Park, but I did see that episode and it was really funny.
BTW, some people can hear dog whistles, and the very lowest ranges of bat echolocation.
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Pixel Pirate
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 14:12 |
In my younger days I was able to hear infinitisimal pitch variations that are deemed impossible for the human ear to detect. A completely useless talent I haven't been able to put to any practical use whatsoever.
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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JrKASperov
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 14:45 |
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20 Hz or lower frequency waves are indeed quite hostile to your body.
Numerous reports from the science shop in my university have shown that
low frequency sound has a devastating impact on daily life when living
in it. It is known to cause nausea, depression and more ecky stuff.
Now to conclude, 20 Hz waves have so much energy they can carry on
really far, that is what lions use to communicate with other lions
miles and miles away. The danger lies in your incapability to hear it.
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Epic.
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Joren
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 16:27 |
Alucard wrote:
Maybe you shouldn't listen to the record in the mountains!
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Ah! Gaston! 
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 17:47 |
JrKASperov wrote:
20 Hz or lower frequency waves are indeed quite hostile to your body. Numerous reports from the science shop in my university have shown that low frequency sound has a devastating impact on daily life when living in it. It is known to cause nausea, depression and more ecky stuff.
Now to conclude, 20 Hz waves have so much energy they can carry on really far, that is what lions use to communicate with other lions miles and miles away. The danger lies in your incapability to hear it.
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So we don't hear the lions aproaching
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I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT
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JrKASperov
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 17:50 |
Nope! 
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Epic.
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James Lee
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 18:43 |
JrKASperov wrote:
20 Hz or lower frequency waves are indeed quite hostile to your body. Numerous reports from the science shop in my university have shown that low frequency sound has a devastating impact on daily life when living in it. It is known to cause nausea, depression and more ecky stuff.
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Subwoofer popularity and prozac use have both gone way up over the last decade. Coincidence?
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aqualung28
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Posted: March 14 2005 at 20:45 |
nacho wrote:
Hmmm... I wouldn't call "sound" to something below 20 Hz... just vibration maybe. And believe it or not you are continually surronded by this kind of frecuencies (that bus passing by, for example), you just don't feel them (unless they have enough amplitude as to be detected by touch receptors) and I think nobody dies because of that... although on a second thought, because all of us will sooner or later die... that might be the cause!!!
So don't worry, but don't buy a record with inaudible "sounds", that's nonsense...
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It's not an album of inaudibileness but it occasionally uses these sounds. I didn't hear about this possible death frequency until after the purchase on amazon.com And thank you all for not outright calling me an insane paranoid person that is ignorant or something.
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"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall"
"Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart
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