Sound that drives you insane.

[Pinkamena]

I simply hate, hate, HATE snoring. Especially when I am trying to sleep. I know of nothing that will make me as angry, desperate and uncomfortable as the sound of someone snoring when I am trying to sleep. Makes me want to punch things, but at the same time I don't want to wake the snoring person up...

 

[V8 Ninja]

I used to hate the noise made by Velcro straps when I was younger. The noise still annoys/creeps me out whenever someone slowly rips off their Velcro straps.

 

[FEichinger]

The sounds some people make when eating.

When my step-brother eats he makes the most otherworldly sounds that I can't explain how they could be created with just some food in his mouth, it drives me freaking crazy..

This is by far my biggest pet peeve.

It baffles me how people can make such loud and disgusting noises when they eat.

Similar issues, but to me it's how some people drink. Gurgling, smacking ... A sound as if the entire bottle was down their throat and they were running out of air ... And in some cases that's even awfully true ...

 

[teqrevisited]

The fucking dog nextdoor. It whines when they're there. It whines when they're not there. It whines when it can't see them. It whines when it can see them. It whines when it's not doing anything. It whines when it is doing something.

Fuck that dog.

 

[Exocet]

Kids dicking around with their scooters and Vespas' exhaust.
It's a big deal to have one when you're 14-17 where I'm from, and these little shits decide to customize them by making an already loud pile of shit into hell's own trumpet orchestra.

I'm talking hearing that single cylinder, lawnmower sized engine from 500 meters away.
Seriously, I once saw on of these fucking things in front of a American muscle car with a hefty V8 engine, and the car was quieter, despite a)not being made to be quiet b)having an engine ten times the size, and twenty times more powerful.

Worst part? These are school kids, so they start school at 8am, so they are on the road at around 7:30, and sometimes on saturday. And if there's one thing I hate on a saturday morning, it's hearing some little punk making enough noise on his junkyard of a motorized vehicle to wake the dead.
I fucking hope people who mod their two-wheelers to make more noise die in a fire started from the brimstone of Mount Doom itself.

 

[zumbledum]

The word banana (family guy reference)

 

[Luap26]

Metal sliding over concrete... I want to rip my teeth out when I hear that noise!

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Babies screaming. This is probably because I work a in restaurant and there are screaming children everywhere when I'm trying to work.

Also dogs barking. This isn't as bad because I can put up with the dog going off when the door bell goes or something like that, but there is one particular little shit head dog a couple doors down from my house that sits in the garden barking for hours and hours, usually late at night or early in the morning, so yeah, I just want to stamp on it's neck. This is coming from someone who loves dogs.

 

[CPunchMaster]

There's this noise some people make when they're eating. Specifically, when they're pulling a metal utensil through their teeth. That scraping noise is one of the most awful noises I've ever heard. Much, much worse than nails on a chalkboard.

That and people chewing nails. I can't stand it.

 

[Quaidis]

I have phonophobia (my sense of hearing is extra sensitive) so tons of noises drive me out of an area.

Here are a few that irritate me:

Smacking lips. It's okay in moderation, but when someone can't keep their jowls closed while eating, SMUCHSMUCHSMUCHgrumSMUCHgrummSMUCH! , it makes me want to punch them. Especially so when they make those moaning sounds, like they're trying to suck in air to breath while chewing. Ugh...

Fork scraping plate. This can make me leave a place. Seriously. If you eat a salad, don't dig at the bottom of the bowl like there's gold to be found. If you're one of these people, please, by the gods, use a plastic fork or chopsticks.

Dog licking. Same thing as smacking lips. A dog obsessive compulsively licking its paws. Now I'm not into animal abuse, however you will not find a dog around me who does it anymore.

Bells. You know, bells. Someone takes a bell and rings it off, even once, deserves a fist to the face. More so if they enjoyed doing it.

Raccoon deterrents. There's a book store in the area that's trying to deter a raccoon in their ceiling with sound. It's high pitched, and supposedly everyone under 40 years old can hear it. It doesn't work against raccoons, it works against customers. Those things don't work. Why the old lady that owns the place still uses the thing, when she knows it alienates people, is still up in the air. I enter that store looking for a deal and it feels like my head is going to explode.

Electronics. All electronics emit a high-pitched frequency sound in the air. Most humans can auto-ignore it. Sometimes I cannot. It's always there. Occasionally it gives me migraines. I don't know how the cats have survived this long. Sometimes I need to just unplug things in my room. The worst is the fan/lamp in the guest room. I don't know if a wire is loose or a light bulb has been trying to commit suicide these last year or two, but it's just.... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee................ when it's on. I'm about ready to dismantle the entire thing and invest in a few desk lamps to light the place.

 

[Johnny Impact]

Country music fills me with a seething, volcanic hatred for all living things. I do not know the means by which this festering abomination secured its fetid purchase upon this universe. Perhaps it is best I do not. Discovery of its true cause or nature might well drive me to shrieking lunacy in the manner of a Lovecraft protagonist.

People who smack when they eat. My mother especially. It's as if she doesn't think food is properly chewed unless a loud smack accompanies each movement of her jaw. It's especially irritating when she does it because she is the one who taught me not to.

Children crying. I don't mean a little fussing. I mean full-on, continuous, air-raid siren caterwauling, broken only by the occasional gasping inhalation. Take. Your child. Home. Before I do the world a service by snuffing its tiny. Miserable. Life.

Captcha: It's Super Delicious. That doesn't excuse you, Mom!

Electronics. All electronics emit a high-pitched frequency sound in the air. Most humans can auto-ignore it. Sometimes I cannot. It's always there. Occasionally it gives me migraines. I don't know how the cats have survived this long. Sometimes I need to just unplug things in my room. ..........eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee................ when it's on. I'm about ready to dismantle the entire thing and invest in a few desk lamps to light the place.

You're not going mad. I hear it too. When a piece of electronics -- TV, stereo -- is on, I can tell from 1-2 rooms away. (And before some wiseass says it: No, not from listening to the program, it produces a sound merely by virtue of being turned on, my folks pause their Tivo for hours at a time, I can always hear the TV itself)

 

[War Penguin]

Skrillex. HA HA HAAA... I'm not clever.

But seriously, I truly hate the sound of motorcycles, especially Harleys. Whenever they drive around my neighborhood at night, I unashamedly thrust my middle finger out the window. Fuckers...

 

[Alexias_Sandar]

My coworkers watching the Tim and Eric Aweful Show, Eric Andre Show or Dr. Steve Bruelle during break. *shudder* Makes me want to gouge out my eyes and impale my eardrums in self defense to protect my brain.

 

[renegade7]

The sounds of college dorm life:

My roommate snores. Loudly.

People who slam doors.

"AAAAAH! I DRANK LOADS OF BEER AND AM PROBABLY MENTALLY SUBNORMAL SO I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH THE HALLS SCREAMING LIKE THIS! AAAAAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

And from the girls' floor (right above ours): >SniffSobStumble<

This one assbag who likes to play dubstep and Gangsta rap at max volume with his door open, as though broadcasting to the world that he has a teeny, tiny penis and wants everyone to know he doesn't care because he's a big, loud, grown ass man.

 

[charge52]

Any kind of noise made by dragging two fully sold(as in not flimsy like paper. Pencils count, but paper doesn't) objects together, the scratching sound produced, oh god I hate the scratching sound, I feel like I'm a video game character who is getting his power drained. It's FUCKING awful.

 

[saints1544]

I cant believe this wasn't said yet, but it could fall under sirens, fire alarms.....
Especially when they are in your neighbors house/apt and you can do nothing but listen to it until they get back.
I wanna just burn it to the ground to teach that devilish device to never cross me again....

 

[KiloFox]

whistling- i can't do it myself. never been able to learn either. so i carry a loathing for those that are able to do it. it just pisses me off when i hear it around me. i want to smack their teeth in. plus i have sensitive ears. i can hear pitches not many others can and whistling is irritating in that right

Children- any age really. babies crying, stupid baby talk, and that pre-teen WTF are you saying ENUNCIATE YOUR WORDS! way that kids speak. their very presence bothers me on nearly every level. and on nearly all of my senses. they are NOT cute. they do NOT sound good. they act like entitles little shits that need a good parent to smack them when they act out. they have contempt for adults. they're just loathsome to be around.

any high-pitched scream or wail- again, sensitive ears. in some instances even dog whistles register.