• n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Cool, can I sue over damaged hearing because you are a total POS?

    85db or above can cause hearing damage, and every 10db is a doubling of sound so that would be 8x louder than 85 db threshold.

    Also for reference, a jet engine is 140db

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      1 month ago

      At 85 dB you’ll have hearing damage from long term exposure without hearing protection. Normally considered 8 hours a day 5 days a week. So 2000 hours in a year. Higher sound levels have a lower threshold so shorter times. 120 dB is the threshold of pain, so immediate hearing damage. Also, dB are a 10x log scale. So every 10 dB is an order of magnitude increase. So the siren is actually about 3000x louder than when you should start wearing earpro.

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      1 month ago

      My first thought also. Not only am I not tipping, I am suing for the painful, immediate and permanent hearing loss.