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What are the most unconventional sources of white noise you use? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have started listening to random American city council meetings lately for white noise. Since they're all bureaucratic-flavored boredom anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but the city council meeting I'm listening to is on the other side of the Pacific Ocean (Filipino here), so I couldn't do anything even if I wanted to. And given the geographical distance, the impact on my day-to-day life is.. zero.

But still, the stories I hear during the meetings are entertaining and they really do help me understand America just that little bit more. Curiosity for the win!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Hahaha yeah fair enough!

If you’re interested in another country, my city of Brisbane, Australia streams all its council meetings on YouTube, and we certainly have some…interesting debates. (I would certainly not hold it up as a good example of well-functioning democracy…)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

streams all its council meetings on YouTube

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Please, listen to the City Commission of Fort Scott, Kansas. It is so very dull.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. It looks quite dull from the thumbnails indeed. At the moment my current source of city council white noise is Spokane, Washington - the stories that people tell during open forum are entertaining and I sometimes hate how an amazing story gets cut off by the 2-minute limit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No limit on how long someone can speak during public comments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

~~Well, Spokane enforces a 2 minute limit. What city do you recommend I listen to if I want to hear longer open forum stories?~~

EDIT: Oh wait, I replied from the inbox, nevermind. Fort Scott, Kansas is definitely the place.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People can ramble on about anything. Come on down! :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So... if I have the money to fly down to Fort Scott do I get to ramble on for 3 hours about how their city council has been such a great source of white noise, generating additional white noise for me in the process that I can use once I return to Manila?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Please do. Our one good barbecue closed, please bring some good food. Also a gallon of calamansi.