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Moronic noise:


backup beepers:

Backup beepers have never saved a life beyond
what a reasonable backing alarm has.  It's 
panic-stricken idiocy, by idiots, for idiots.  
Why do I need to know that someone one mile 
from me is backing their vehicle.

See: Target's beepers


sirens:

Ambulance sirens, running in continuous fashion 
over the course of an entire run -- regardless 
of traffic level -- have never saved a life.  
It's little boys playing with their toys.  
See: unwarranted


gas leaf blowers:

They can't ban these things soon enough.  Autumn isn't
what it used to be.  Nor is summer.  And now they are
running them in the winter.


exterior-mounted air exchangers:

Sixty years ago:

Commercial and industrial buildings did not utilize 
air exchangers that blast the surrounding residential 
neighborhoods with their soundscape-dominating roar.  
We could actually leave our windows open to let in 
fresh air and the wonderful sounds of summer without 
being blasted by these wrongly engineered systems.
HVAC companies can sell a facility manager on 
absolutely anything.  (I've yet to encounter a
facility manager -- in any walk of life -- who has
demonstrated an I.Q. above 60. [1]  There's nothing
wrong with having a low I.Q., but these people should
not be in charge of a building.)


sport ATVs:

I've seen many touring ATVs out west.  I wave when
I see them, as they putt along quietly in their two,
four or six seaters, just like a jeep.  People out
exploring the wilderness which they appreciate.

It's the sport ATVs -- the monster single-seaters 
whose sacreligious drivers just want to pit themselves 
against nature -- for which they have zero appreciation 
-- that are the enemy.  The loud noise of those monsters 
fills the valleys for many miles around -- ruining the 
wilderness for everyone else.  The wilderness is not a 
race track.


boom boxes:

If I had a ray-gun, these people would all be dead.


camping generators:

People go camping to escape the noise of the city.
If you can't camp without a generator powering your
frig and television, then stay home.




None of this is negotiable.



1. One exception: The sharp gal at the WRC who acts as
facility manager there as a side gig.


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