Am I insane for worrying about this?
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Topic: Am I insane for worrying about this?
Posted By: aqualung28
Subject: Am I insane for worrying about this?
Date 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. ------------- "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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Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 01:05
| I strongly doubt that listening to sounds could cause you to die. |
Posted By: aqualung28
Date 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 ------------- "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 |
Posted By: arkitek
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 02:07
load of  you coudl feel ill that is possible but not death!!!!
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 03:52
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Ready,take aim,fire?
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 05:49
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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! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: nacho
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 07:31
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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... |
Posted By: Pixel Pirate
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 08:00
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You obviously haven't heard Britney Spears. ------------- Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. |
Posted By: mirco
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 08:21
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Even dog hearing can be damage by that bitch... ------------- Please forgive me for my crappy english! |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 11:16
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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. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 11:23
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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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Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 12:06
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Maybe you shouldn't listen to the record in the mountains! |
Posted By: FloydWright
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 12:24
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. |
Posted By: Pixel Pirate
Date 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. ------------- Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. |
Posted By: JrKASperov
Date 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. ------------- Epic. |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 16:27
Ah! Gaston! |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 17:47
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So we don't hear the lions aproaching ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: JrKASperov
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 17:50
Nope! 
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 18:43
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Subwoofer popularity and prozac use have both gone way up over the last decade. Coincidence? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 20:45
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. ------------- "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 |
Posted By: JrKASperov
Date Posted: March 18 2005 at 07:42
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Not at all. As I said, the science shoppe investigates this stuff
regularly in my country. People who have become diseased and depressed
claimed there was something with low sound waves happening, and they
were RIGHT. One time, the waves were emenating from the ventilation
device on top of the building those people were living in. Very
interesting matter. ------------- Epic. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 20 2005 at 04:40
Emerson Lake and Powell maybe |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: March 25 2005 at 01:26
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anyway, any music listened too loud for a long period of time will cause vertigo, nausea and an overall discomfort. depending on the quality of your headphones, the frequency response could be wider in the low frequencies than 20- 20000Hz, so that indeed the harmful ultra low frequency sounds will not be filtered! ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Harlequin
Date Posted: March 25 2005 at 05:05
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Think yourself lucky it's 20Hz
The brown noise ------------- Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best... |