Poll: Loud or Quiet

[Zen Toombs]

If you have to share a room with someone, would you rather they only be in the room occasionally but be loud and obnoxious OR they be in the room constantly but be... not-being-obnoxious?[footnote]Wow I've been watching too much Buffy recently...[/footnote]

Now, I fully admit that this question comes from personal experience.[footnote]Unlike certain question threads that have popped up recently[/footnote] My previous college dorm roommate was only around the room half the time, but he was...

Spoiler: occasionally obnoxious when he was around.

Well, long story short, there were around 5 times that I noticed him masturbating while I was in the room. Now I've got no problem with someone doing what they gotta do, but I was there and he knew it.

That's not all he's done, but all in all it isn't all that big of a deal. Others have dealt with worse, I'm fully aware.

My current roommate on the other hand is very polite and nice, but he never leaves the room. I can count the number of times he's left the room for a reason other than food or class on one hand.

I hadn't thought of it before it came up, but I never realized how much I enjoyed having the occasional time to myself in a space that is my own.

So Escapists, what do you think?

Spoiler: Captcha

Captcha - in the air
Pun not intended?

 

[Vault101]

gaahhh..I wouldnt want to share a room with somone full stop

loud and obnoxious...I can just block them out, plus I value my privacy

if they are quiet god knows that they are planning.....

 

[manic_depressive13]

I would prefer someone who is an asshole because at least I won't have to deal with them all the time. If I'm with someone who never leaves, when will I get to masturbate? It would mean never having the privacy to do the things that make you obnoxious if you do them around other people, so I'd either have to forgo those things or subject my room mate to them, thereby making me the jerky room mate, which I would rather not be.

Captcha (I shit you not): get out

 

[Zen Toombs]

if they are quiet god knows that they are planning.....

Spoiler: Muahahaha....

I can leave the room too after all, but a constant presence would be kind of annoying. My younger brother used to be kind of loud and we'd get in fights over it, but now I think it'd be a tad more disturbing to have someone unavoidable.

Yeah, that is beginning to be my general thought. Y'know, despite how distressing my old roommate was. *shrug* That's life I suppose.

 

[Kae]

I'd do whatever is possible to not have a roommate even if that means living in a tiny little room without a kitchen, I had enough of room mates when I was living with my family I mean I never even got a room, I had to either sleep on the living room or be the guest at one of my brother's room and that meant sleeping bag on the floor, no thanks I'll take whatever privacy I can gather and all my stuff was in boxes, well one box I never had much stuff.

Also he did WHAT?!
I wouldn't be able to put up with that, I guess I'm a little delicate when it comes to that kind of stuff but I would have preferred spending all night outside that stay inside with someone that does that with me in the room, I have my reasons for that.
As for which I would prefer if I had no choice... I really have no clue I don't think I'd be able to stand either, I think I would get really exasperated with either of the choices, I know I'm not too comfortable with people in the same room as me even if they say nothing and are really calm and I also know I can't stand loud obnoxious people either, so really I wouldn't stand either, but now that I think of it a loud obnoxious person caused me to have a nervous attack just by being loud and obnoxious, so I'd probably stand the quiet person that's always there better but I still wouldn't be ok with it.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Ok have you ever asked why your roommate why he hang around in the room alot? I mean you don't have to be up front about it a simple suggestion will do (do you two got similar interest?) Also what type of room is it that you're both sharing? The living room or your room like bedroom?

Anyway I would do with the pleasent but hang in the room alot. Sure I prefer my own personal space most of the time and that will get awkward but I cannot stand load and obnoxious people being that close to me.

 

[Malkavian]

One of my best friends needed a place to live for a few months, in a city where he could get some work. That was my city.

So he moved in. Trouble is, my apartment is a one room apartmen, so we would spend all day in the same room, and sleep in the same room.

He, however, was never obnoxious. We quickly developed the understanding that it was not necessary to talk to each other all the time, and that silence didn't have to be awkward. So, I think he lived there for about 3 months or so, and while the need for privacy did sometimes feel pressing, we made it work just fine, without it feeling crappy for either of us.

 

[Ravnican]

I'd rather room with someone quiet, like myself. Even if he/she didn't hang around that much the obnoxious person would crack my nerves pretty fast.

 

[Akytalusia]

whichever one would be comfortable with my own silent chronic presence.

 

[Patrick Buck]

Nice. Why?

Because I could always leave the room. Make excuses or something, and leave for a walk if I wanted to be alone for a while.
Simples.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

Loud and obnoxious? I already have a character like that in my life... it's called a younger brother and to be fair i don't think i'd want to replace that. You learn to live with it.

 

[Argtee]

Very nice, but always there.

If they're nice, I don't see the problem with them being there all the time.
...privacy is for bitches!

 

[gazumped]

See, I stayed at home for college. But my own mum is loud and obnoxious, but only at times. Once I got to an age that she felt that she didn't have to cater to me any more she'd get drunk perhaps twice a week, weekends or weekdays, play her music dead loud and talk at a level of almost shouting.

Although it was less than half of the time, I never knew when I'd have to come home to that, the journey home from college would stress me out to physically sick levels that would only be relieved once I'd walked through the door and seen her sober. (Or it wouldn't be relieved.)

Soooo I'd definitely prefer the nice one, because the obnoxious one might not be around all the time but unless they have a timetable so you know when you can avoid them, it'd affect me all of the time.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I'm willing to share my space with anyone who is very mindful and respectful. I've tried the obnoxious roommate and that did not bode well.

 

[MisterGobbles]

As much as I enjoy the company of very nice people, I value my privacy more. But of course, it depends on the type of obnoxious and how often I myself was there.

I mean I can be annoying too. Sometimes. I don't wanna annoy the nice guy.

 

[Sticky Squid]

Loud and obnoxious, I feel it helps with a personality if you are forced to deal with a person like that as you become more patient with those types of people and you really appreciate the people who you feel are reasonable and pleasant to talk to.

 

[Tipsy Giant]

I would prefer someone who is an asshole because at least I won't have to deal with them all the time. If I'm with someone who never leaves, when will I get to masturbate? It would mean never having the privacy to do the things that make you obnoxious if you do them around other people, so I'd either have to forgo those things or subject my room mate to them, thereby making me the jerky room mate, which I would rather not be.

Captcha (I shit you not): get out

But if he were indeed a nice guy he would sit in the corner staring at the wall with his fingers in his ears while you had "some alone time"

 

[Dethenger]

Loud and obnoxious. At least then, while he's there, I can just block him out (lived in a basement with my brother and two sisters for a year; I've had practice) and take care of my, ah, business while he was away. If he was there constantly... well, look; it doesn't matter how quiet you are, your presence is going to bother me. This isn't just an "I don't like being watched while masturbating" thing, it's an "I don't like being in the same room as other people" thing.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

Either or. I'm never in my room, anyway.