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Originally posted by Epona:
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Originally posted by Neb:
Yorick, calm down. Canst thou not taketh a joke? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Well the thing is that tinnitus is not a joke. It can send you round the bend. I have had temporary tinnitus before, and it is NOT pleasant (that was after being too close to the speakers at a gig). Imagine hearing ringing and buzzing noises, quite loud, every single minute for the rest of your life and it becomes less funny. Thankfully mine passed. I've also suffered temporary hearing loss due to ear infections on several occassions.
I'm much more careful now than I used to be, my hearing is precious to me. Music is the main driving force in my life I sometimes think (even tho I don't play much these days I still listen), and if I lost or damaged my hearing I would be devastated.[/QUOTE]That's understandable, Epona, but in my opinion people need to be less touchy. I think that Yorick overreacted a bit just at one small joke. The thought of losing my hearing is for me definitely not pleasant either, I love music and I don't think that I'd want to live if I couldn't hear anything at all. But that doesn't mean that I don't take life a little lightly and joke a bit about serious things. As long as I'm not serious about the joking and don't care about exposing myself to levels of sound that'd damage my hearing I can't see how harmful it can be.